Associate Professor Reza Barati, PhD
School of Engineering - Chemical & Petroleum EngineeringRoom 4146C
The Unconventional Resources Lab
Education
- PhD Petroleum Engineering - University of Kansas 2010
- MS Petroleum Engineering - University of Kansas 2006
- BS Chemical and Petroleum Engineering - Petroleum University of Technology 2001
Research Interests
- Hydraulic fracturing and acidizing of unconventional reservoirs
- Characterization and simulation of tight oil and gas reservoirs
- Oilfield nanoparticles
- CO2 EOR-Mobility and conformance control
- Enhanced water-flooding through modifications of injection-brine
Teaching
Spring 2013
C&PE 628: Petroleum Engineering Design
Fall 2013
C&PE 528: Well Logging
Spring 2014
C&PE 628: Petroleum Engineering Design/ Reservoir Characterization and Simulation
Fall 2014
C&PE 528: Well Logging
Spring 2015
C&PE 628/715: Petroleum Engineering Design/ Reservoir Characterization and Simulation
Summer 2015
C&PE 771: Advance Reservoir Engineering: Reservoir Simulation
C&PE 327: Reservoir Engineering I
Fall 2015
C&PE 528: Well Logging
Spring 2016
C&PE 628/715: Petroleum Engineering Design/ Reservoir Characterization and Simulation
Summer 2016
C&PE 771: Advance Reservoir Engineering: Reservoir Simulation
C&PE 327: Reservoir Engineering I
Fall 2016
C&PE 625/715: Unconventional Resources
C&PE 528: Well Logging
Selected Publications
Bose, C. Fairchild, B. Gul, A. Jones, T. & Barati, R. (in press). Application of Nanoproppants for Fracture Conductivity Improvement by Reducing Fluid Loss and Packing of Micro-Fractures. Journal of Natural Gas Science & Engineering. DOI:10.1016/j.jngse.2015.05.019 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S187551001500222X
Barati, R. (in press). Application of nanoparticles as fluid loss control additives for hydraulic fracturing of tight and ultra-tight hydrocarbon-bearing formations. Journal of Natural Gas Science & Engineering. DOI:10.1016/j.jngse.2015.03.028 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1875510015001286
Barati, R. & Aghababa, H. (2016). Hydraulic Fracturing Fluids and Production. In M. Riazi (Ed.), Petroleum and Natural Gas: Characterization, Processing and Production. ASTM International .
Selected Presentations
Barati, R., Pennell, S., Matson, M. & Linroth, M. (04/09/2016 - 04/13/2016). Overview of CO2 Injection and WAG Sensitivity in SACROC. SPE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium. Tulsa, OK, USA
Vinassa, M., Cudjoe, S., Gomes, J. & Barati, R. (10/20/2015 - 10/22/2015). A Comprehensive Approach to Sweetspot Mapping for Hydraulic Fracturing and CO2 Huff-n-Puff Injection in Chattanooga Shale Formation. SPE Unconventional Resources Conference. Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Kalyanaraman, N., Arnold, C., Tsau, J. & Barati, R. (08/11/2015 - 08/13/2015). Stability Improvement of CO2 Foam for EOR Applications Using Polyelectrolytes and Polyelectrolyte Complex Nanoparticles. SPE Asia Pacific Enhanced Oil Recovery Conference . Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Available Here
Bose, C., Fairchild, B., Gul, A., Jones, T. & Barati, R. (04/27/2015 - 04/30/2015). Nano-Proppants for Fracture Conductivity Improvement and Fluid Loss Reduction. SPE Western Regional Meeting. Garden Grove, California, USA. Available Here
