Oil and Gas Engineering

Journal Articles

Liu, J., Sheng, J., Polak, A., Elsworth, D., Yasuhara, H. and Grader, A. A fully-coupled hydrological-mechanical-chemical model for fracture sealing and preferential opening, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 43: pp 23-36 (2006)

May, E.F., Moldover, M.R., Berg, R.F. and Hurly, J.J. Transport properties of argon at zero density from viscosity-ratio measurements, Metrologia, 43: pp 247-258 (2006)

Oerlemans, K.I., Vidovich, L. and O'Neill, M. Including Students? Student Voices in Policy and Educational Change, Curriculum Perspectives, 26:3, pp 23-33 (2006)

Rahman, M.K. An intelligent moving object optimization algorithm for design problems with mixed variables, mixed constraints and multiple objectives, Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 32: pp 40-58 (2006)

Rahman, M.K. and Joarder, A.H. Investigating production-induced stress change at fracture tips: Implications for a novel hydraulic fracturing technique, Journal of Petroleum Science & Engineering, 51: pp 185-196 (2006)

Rahman, M.K. Multistage hydraulic fracturing with production intervals - a promising technology for reservoirs subject to reverse faulting stress regimes, APPEA Journal, 2006: pp 89-100 (2006)

Shedid, S.A. and Abbas, E.A. Reversibility of Asphaltene Deposition Under Dynamic Flow Conditions, Petroleum Science and Technology, 24: pp 1457-1467 (2006)

Shedid, S.A. and Zekri, A.Y. An experimental approach of influences of perforated length and fractures on horizontal well productivity, Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology, 45:5, pp 1-6 (2006)

Thiagarajan, K.P. and Morris-Thomas, M.T. Wave-induced motions of an air cushion structure in shallow water, Ocean Engineering, 33: pp 1143-1160 (2006)

Xu, T., Tang, C.A., Yang, T.H., Zhu, W. and Liu, J. Numerical investigation of coal and gas outbursts in underground collieries, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 43: pp 905-919 (2006)

Yasuhara, H., Elsworth, D., Polak, A., Liu, J., Grader, A. and Halleck, P. Spontaneous switching between permeability enhancement and degradation in fractures in carbonate: lumped parameter representation of mechanically and chemically-mediated dissolution, Transport in Porous Media, 65: pp 385-409 (2006)

Zhu, W., Liu, J., Yang, T.H., Sheng, J. and Elsworth, D. Effects of local rock heterogeneities on the hydromechanics of fractured rocks using a digital-image-based technique, International Journal of Rock Mechancis and Mining Sciences, 43: pp 1182-1199 (2006)

Conference Publications

Gavioso, R., May, E.F., Schmidt, J.W., Moldover, M.R. and Wang, Y. Towards an electromagnetic pressure standard: Dielectric permittivity of helium and argon measured with quasi-spherical microwave resonators and cross capacitors, 2006 Conference on Precision Electromagnetic Measurements Digest, Torino, Italy, C.L.U.T., 25: pp 30-31 (2006)

Kamarudin, M.H., Thiagarajan, K.P. and Czajko, A. Analysis of current-induced forces on offshore pipeline bundles, Fifth International Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics in the Process Industries, Australia, CSIRO Australia, 1: pp 1-6 (2006)

Liao, Q.L., Liu, J., Sheng, J., Brady, B.H., Zhu, W. and Liu, J.X. Linking directional strain-dependent permeability fields to a fully coupled THM model, The 2006 International Conference on Coupled T-H-M-C Processes in Geosystems: Fundamentals, Modeling, Experiments and Ap, P.R. China, HoHai University, 2: pp 364-369 (2006)

Liu, J.X., Liu, J., Rahman, M.K., Zhu, W., Sheng, J. and Liao, Q.L. A porosity-based hydromechanics model for heterogeneous rocks, The 2006 International Conference on Coupled T-H-M-C Processes in Geosystems: Fundamentals, Modeling, Experiments and Ap, P.R. China, HoHai University, 2: pp 543-548 (2006)

Mcgrath, T.S. and Mearns, K. Measuring "Risk Perception Index" to Improve the Safety of Offshore Teams, SPE International Conference on Health, Safety and Environment in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production, Texas, USA, Society of Petroleum Engineers, SPE98543: pp 1-12 (2006)

Oerlemans, K.I., Button, Y., Partridge, R.K. and Hurle, R.L. Making IT work: A case study in developing a masters program via mLearning, Online Learning and Teaching Conference 2006, Brisbane, Queensland, Department of Teaching and Learning Support Services, Queensland University of Technology, 1: pp 89- 94 (2006)

Pistani, F., Olivieri, A. and Campana, E.F. Experimental study of the wave generation around a ship bow wave at different scales, 21st International Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies, Loughborough, UK, Loughborough University, 1: pp 153-156 (2006)

Rahman, M.M. and Rahman, M.K. An intelligent hydraulic fracture optimization model: A new tool to stimulate low permeable oil reservoir, SPE Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition, USA, Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2006: p SPE101137 (2006)

Sheng, J., Zhu, W., Elsworth, D., Liu, J.X., Liao, Q.L. and Brady, B.H. Effects of heterogeneity on the multiphysics of fractured rocks, The 2006 International Conference on Coupled T-H-M-C Processes in Geosystems: Fundamentals, Modeling, Experiments and Ap, P.R. China, HoHai University, 2: pp 45-61 (2006)

Sheng, J., Liu, J., Elsworth, D., Zhu, W., Zhao, J. and Su, B. A coupled multiphysics FE model for the evolution of stresses around a borehole in shales, The 2006 International Conference on Coupled T-H-M-C Processes in Geosystems: Fundamentals, Modeling, Experiments and Ap, P.R. China, HoHai University, 2: pp 461-466 (2006)

Zhu, W., Liu, J., Sheng, J. and Brady, B.H. Flow of coal gas under in situ hydromechanical interactions, The 2006 International Conference on Coupled T-H-M-C Processes in Geosystems: Fundamentals, Modeling, Experiments and Ap, P.R. China, HoHai University, 2: pp 732-737 (2006)