GOPE-2019

3rd International Conference on

Gas, Oil and Petroleum

Engineering
February 18-20, 2019

Venue
DoubleTree by Hilton San Francisco International Airport
835 Airport Blvd, Burlingame, CA 94010,
United States

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 Keynote Speakers

Isaac Gamwo
U.S. Department of Energy, DC, USA
Dr. Isaac K. Gamwo is a research chemical engineer at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory
(Pittsburgh, PA), where he recently led the Equation of State research group. He is a licensed professional engineer, a fellow of the
AIChE, a director of the AIChE’s Separations Division, and a member of the NOBCChE. He previously served as Assistant
Professor at the University of Akron (Akron, OH) and at Tuskegee University (Tuskegee, AL). He earned his M.S. and Ph.D.
in chemical engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago, IL). Dr. Gamwo co-authored the book Design and
Understanding of Fluidized Bed Reactors (Verlag 2009) and co-edited the book Ultraclean Transportation Fuels (Oxford University
Press, 2007). He is credited on over 100 articles and presentations.

Michael Green
Director, UCG Engineering Ltd., Surbiton,Surrey, UK
Dr Michael Green is Managing Director of UCG Engineering Ltd, a consultancy providing technical and management services
on underground coal gasification. Previously, he was Director of the European UCG Field Trial in Spain, then principal advisor for
the UK government initiative on UCG (2000-2005) and Founding Director of the UCG Association: a networking and conference
centre for UCG. In 2015, he was appointed Chair of the IChemE Clean Energy Special Interest Group, a worldwide group of 1,500
Chemical Engineers with interests in CCUS, fuel cells, fossil and renewable energy and hydrogen. Michael Green is uniquely placed
to foresee the future role of fossil fuels in a low carbon world.

Daniel Su
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, PA, USA
Daniel Su received his Ph.D. Degree in Mining Engineering from West Virginia University in 1982. Upon graduation, he was
employed as an assistant professor in the Mining Engineering Department of West Virginia University. In 1985, he joined CONSOL
Energy Research and Development as a Research Engineer, and eventually became Manager of Geo-mechanical Engineering. Over
his 30-year career with CONSOL Energy, Daniel has conducted numerous application-oriented coal mine ground control research
as well as gas well stability research. In May 2015, Daniel retired from CONSOL Energy and Joined the Pittsburgh Mining Research
Division of NIOSH in August 2015 as a Senior Service Fellow.

Russell R Chianelli
University of Texas at El Paso, USA
Russell R Chianelli is Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Materials Research and Technology Institute at the
University of Texas at El Paso. Formerly a member of Exxon Research and Engineering’s Corporate Research Laboratory, he is a
world authority on Transition Metal Sulfide Catalytic Materials with over 160 peer reviewed publications and over 60 issued U. S.
Patents. His work is highly interdisciplinary and covers theory, experiment and application with commercializations based on his
work. In 1990, he was the President of the Materials Research Society and Scientific Leader of the Exxon Valdez oil spill successful
bioremediation effort. He has received several recognitions for his work and continues to lead in the understanding of Transition
Metal Sulfide catalytic materials and their application to petroleum refining and coal gas catalysis.

M. R. Islam
President, Emertec Research & Development Ltd., Canada
M. R. Islam is the President of Emertec Research and Development Ltd. and an adjunct Professor of Petroleum Engineering at
Dalhousie University, where he was Canada’s first Killam Chair in petroleum engineering during 2000-2005. He has written nearly
800 publications, including dozens of books and keynote speeches. He is the executive editor of the Journal of Nature Science and
Sustainable Technology and the Journal of Characterization and Development of Novel Materials. He serves on the board of Journal
of Sustainable Energy Engineering ( JSEE) and several other journals and corporations.

Jack Christiansen
University of Houston, TX, USA
Jack Christiansen is the visionary and founder of the Petroleum Technology Initiative. He has over 35 years' domestic and
international experience with Texaco and ChevronTexaco, 20 years of which were devoted to the North Sea exploration, engineering
and production departments in the United Kingdom. He began his career as a geophysicist, later geologist and manager of
development geoscience. Working in Houston, he became manager of reservoir engineering for major projects in Southeast Asia and
South America. His last two positions were as reservoir manager for an offshore gas project near Myanmar and an onshore heavy oil
project in Venezuela's heavy oil belt. Jack has experience in most upstream project areas with emphasis on creating value while taking
projects from exploration to commercialization.
 Keynote Speakers

Sibudjing Kawi
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Associate Professor Sibudjing Kawi is currently with the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National
University of Singapore. He received MSc (Chem. Eng.) from Illinois in 1988 and BSc (Chem. Eng) from Texas in 1985. He obtained
PhD in Chemical Engineering from Delaware in 1992. His research interests include studies on next generation catalyst that will
provide a knowledge base for novel synthesis techniques and molecular engineering of highly active and selective catalysts, as well as the
design and growth of novel inorganic membranes preferred by industries.

Fred Aminzadeh
Director of USC Global Energy Network, USA
Fred Aminzadeh is a professor at the University of Southern California, who leads USC Global Energy Network (gen.usc.edu) and USC
Center for Geothermal Studies, as well as Induced Seismicity and Reservoir Monitoring Consortia. Among his research interests are: reservoir
characterization and monitoring, smart oil fields and unconventional resources. He served as the president of Society of Exploration Geophysicists
(2007-2008). He was Manager of Geophysical Technology at Unocal (now part of Chevron). He was member of U.S. National Research Council’s
Committee on Seismology and the DOE’s Unconventional Resource Technology Advisory Committee (URTAC)..He currently serves as editor
in chief Journal of Sustainable Enegy Engineering (JSEE). He has 4 US patents and 5 provisional / pending patents. He has ‘authored 14 books
and over 500 papers. He received the SPE 2011 Western North America Regional Award for Reservoir Description and Dynamic and its 2012
Educator award. He also received Society of Exploration Geophysicists Honorary mebership in 2018. He has a Ph.D. degree from USC.

Zahid Qamar
Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman
Prof Zahid Qamar, Sayyad is currently associated with the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department, Sultan Qaboos University
(SQU), Muscat, Oman. He has over 20 years of academic and research experience in different international universities. He has also worked
as a professional mechanical engineer in the field for over 6 years in the heavy engineering and fabrication industry (Manager Research
and Development; Deputy Manager Design; Production Engineer; Quality Control Engineer). On top of his experience as a researcher/
academician, he has been actively involved in research and accreditation work related to engineering education. His technical research areas
are Applied materials and manufacturing; Applied mechanics and design; Reliability engineering; and Engineering education. He is currently
editing one volume (Renewability of Synthetic Materials) for the Elsevier Encyclopaedia of Renewable and Sustainable Materials. He has
served as Associate editor, Guest editor, and Member editorial board for different research journals (including Materials and Manufacturing
Processes, Journal of Elastomers and Plastics, the Journal of Engineering Research, American Journal of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering.

Francesco Picchioni
University of Groningen, The Netherlands
F.Picchioni has completed his PhD in 2000 from the University of Pisa (Italy) and postdoctoral studies from the Technical University of
Eindhoven (The Netherlands). Since 2013 he is full professor and chair of the group Chemical Product Engineering at the University of Groningen
(The Netherlands). He has published more than 100 papers in reputed journals. His research activities include the synthesis and application of new
polymeric products in a variety of field including EOR.

Abdulrazag Y. Zekri
UAE University, AL-Ain, UAE
Professor A.Y. Zekri received his B.Sc., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Southern California. He has spent more than two
decades in the petroleum industry. Dr. Zekri worked as a consultant to the management committees of Waha Oil Co., and Agip Oil Company.
He has authored and/or co-authored more than 90 papers on new developments and technical issues in the areas of improved oil recovery, flow
through porous media, and environmental aspects of petroleum production, petroleum contracts, and Enhanced Oil Recovery. He has edited and
refereed technical papers in widely respected journals. Prof. Zekri has completed a number of research projects in the area of IOR/EOR to UAE and
International Petroleum Industries. Professor Zekri is currently working as Coordinator of Oil and Gas Technologies, Emirates Centre for Energy
and Environment Research and Professor of petroleum engineering at the United Arab Emirates University.

Shiro Saka
Kyoto University, Japan
Dr. Shiro Saka has completed his undergraduate study at Kyoto University, and Ph.D. from North Carolina State University,
USA and postdoctoral studies from McGill University, Canada. He has been a professor at Kyoto University for 21 years and
now professor emeritus of Kyoto University. He has published 244 original papers, 117 books, 92 review papers, 437 international
conference proceedings, 53 patents granted. He is now Fellow of the International Academy of Wood Science, and his awards
received are Wood Award 1980, USA, 2008 Japan Prize of Agricultural Science, 2008 Yomiuri Prize of Agricultural Science, 2008
Japan Institute of Energy Award and others.
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Day-1 | February 18, 2019

07:30-07:50 Welcome Coffee, Registrations and Badge Pickup

07:50-08:00 Opening, Welcome and Announcements

Keynote Session
08:00-08:35 In Search of a High-temperature, High-pressure, High-viscosity Industrial
Standard: NETL Contributions
Isaac Gamwo, U.S. Department of Energy DC, USA

08:35-09:10 Fossil Fuelled Clean Energy and Underground Coal Gasification as a Solution
Michael Green, UCG Engineering Ltd., UK

09:10-09:45 Effect of Longwall-induced Subsurface Deformations on Shale Gas Well Casing

Daniel W.H. Su, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, PA, USA

09:45-10:20 To be Announced
Russell Chianelli, University of Texas at El Paso, USA
10:20-10:40 Group Photo & Networking Break
10:40-11:15 A Recent Progress in Advanced Bioethanol Production by Acetic Acid
Shiro Saka, Kyoto University, Japan

11:15-11:50 The Science of Climate Change: The role of fossil fuel and its processing
M.R. Islam, President, Emertec Research & Development Ltd., Canada

11:50-12:25 Development of Catalyst - Membrane Systems for Shale Gas Processing with
Sibudjing Kawi, National University of Singapore, Singapore

12:25-13:00 Machine Learning and Data Analytic for Energy Applications

Fred Aminzadeh, Director of USC Global Energy Network, USA

13:00-13:45 Networking Lunch

13:45-14:20 The use of polymers for Enhanced Oil Recovery
Francesco Picchioni, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

14:20-14:55 Finite Element Simulation of Elastomer Swelling in Petroleum Drilling

Applications
Sayyad Zahid Qamar, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman
14:55-15:30 Low Salinity/Smart water Flooding Magic Number is 5000 PPM
Abdulrazag Y. Zekri, UAE University, Ai-Ain UAE

15:30-15:50 Networking Break

15:50-18:30 Poster Presentations
GOPE P1 Utilizing Flared Gas for Power Generation in the Permian Basin
Karolina De La Rosa, University of Texas of the Permian Basin, USA

GOPE P2 The Concept of an Intelligent System for Controlling Steam Injection at the
Yaregskoye High-Viscosity Oil Field
Denis Kormshchikov, Mining Institute of the Ural Branch, Russian Academy of

GOPE P3 Management of Microclimate Conditions in Mines when Thermal Mining

Method of Oil Extraction is Used
Mikhail Semin, Mining Institute of the Ural Branch, Russian Academy of

GOPE P4 The Prevention of Evaporation of the Spilled Oil, Radiation Cross-Linking of

Molecules of Organic Impurities of Reservoirs on the Surface of Small-Cat
Wooden Chips
Khagani F. Mammadov, Institute of Radiation Problems of Azerbaijan National
Academy of Sciences

GOPE P5 The Study on Exhaust Emission of Diesel Engine in Idle State Using Palm
Biodiesel
HaengMuk Cho, Kongju Natioanl University, South Korea

GOPE P6 iTRAQ-beasd Exploration of Key Proteins in Pseudomonas aeruginosa on

Petroleum Degradation
JunDi Wang, Xi’an Shiyou University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China

GOPE P7 Environmental Pollution and Refinery Operations in an Oil

Sencee A. Gebeh, Liberia Petroleum Refining Company, Liberia
GOPE P8 Microbial Communities from the Huaibei Coalfield Alter the Physicochemical
Properties of Coal in Methanogenic Bioconversion
Bobo Wang,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

GOPE P9 Comprehensive Diagnostic and Lesson Learned of Water Shut-off campaigns in

Umm-Gudair Field in Kuwait
Ali-Azmi, Kuwait Oil Company, Kuwait

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 Day-2 | February 19, 2019
Scientific Session-1
Geology Aspects | Drilling Aspects | Enhance Oil Recovery

Chairs: Janusz Grebowicz, University of Houston-Downtown, USA

Roger M Slatt, University of Oklahoma, USA
08:00-08:25 Progress towards Nuclear – Oil Shale hybrid?
Janusz Grebowicz, University of Houston-Downtown, USA
08:25-08:50 Conventional Characterization of Unconventional Resource Shales
Roger M Slatt, Univesity of Oklahoma, USA
08:50-09:15 Formation of Carbon Nanotubes from Potassium Catalyzed Pyrolysis of
Bituminous Coal and High Temperature and High Pressure Rapid
Hydrogenation Pyrolysis
Yongfa Zhang, Taiyuan University of Technology, China
09:15-09:40 Vipulanandan Models to Predict the Electrical Resistivity, Rheological
Properties and Compressive Stress-strain Behavior of Oil Well Cement Modified
with Silica Nanoparticles
Ahmed S. Mohammed, The American University of Iraq, Iraq

09:40-10:05 Replacing Cubic Miles of Oil

Ripudaman Malhotra, SRI International Research and Technology, USA

10:05-10:30 Novel Porosity Investigation Tool for Petroleum Geosciences
Marja Siitari-Kauppi, University of Helsinki, Finland
10:30-10:50 Networking Break
10:50-11:15 A Revolution in Applied Petroleum Geochemistry Fostered by Diamondoids
J. Mike Moldowan, Stanford University, USA
11:15-11:40 Study on Water Holdup Detection Method and Downhole Tools Development of
Oil-Water Two-Phase Flow based on Multiple Transmission Lines
Yong Wei, Yangtze university, China

11:40-12:05 Late Carboniferous-Early Permian Reservoirs Associated with Infracambrian

Salt Minibasins: Al Khlata Formation in South Oman Basin
Iftikhar Ahmed Abbasi, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman

12:05-12:30 sandstones on gas storage and flow capacity-A case study of Ahe Formation in
Tarim Basin, China
Tong Lin, Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development,
12:30-12:55 Applying principal component analysis to seismic attributes for interpretation of
evaporite
Lu Wang, facies Lower
Research Triassic
Institute of Jialingjiang Formation, and
Petroleum Exploration Sichuan Basin, China
Development,
PetroChina, China
12:55-13:40 Networking Lunch

Scientific Session-2
Processing Technology | Pipeline Transportation & Storage
Chairs: Hossein Hosseini, University of Texas of the Permian Basin, USA
Maen Husein, University of Calgary, Canada
13:40-14:05 Produced Water Treatment Utilizing Flared Gas Fired Power Plant in the
Permian Basin
Hossein Hosseini, University of Texas of the Permian Basin, TX, USA
14:05-14:30 Artificial Neural Network–Based Machine Learning Approach to Prediction of
Performance and Exhaust Emissions of a High-Horsepower Diesel Engine Used
in Hydraulic Fracturing
Asanga Wijesinghe, Houston Advanced Research Center, USA
14:30-14:55 The Effect of Purple Cabbage Extract on Telomere Shortening in Peripheral
Blood Mononuclear Cell Culture Exposed to H2O2
Hiroshi Tashima, Kyushu University, Japan
14:55-15:20 Enhancement of Cement Properties by Means of Nanoparticles
Maen Husein, University of Calgary, Canada
15:20-15:45 Realization of Near-Zero Emissions with High Thermal Efficiency
Yasuo Takagi, Tokyo City University, Japan
15:45-16:05 Networking Break
16:05-16:30 The Role of Natural Convection on the Crude Oil Gel Strength in
the Riser
Lalit Kumar, IIT Bombay, India
16:30-16:55 Approximating Nonlinear Relationships for Optimal Operation of Natural Gas
Transport Networks
Kody Kazda, Queens University, Canada
16:55-17:20 Safe and Economical Design of Surface Multi-well Production
Oluwaseun Olanrewaju Alade, Institute of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hungary
17:25-17:50 Experimental Evaluation of Ferrous and Ferric Ions on Oilfield Mineral Scale
Inhibitor Performance
Ping Zhang, University of Macau, Macau
17:50-18:15 CFD Modelling of Pilot-Scale Three-Phase Separators
Tariq Ahmed, Teesside University, UK
 Day-3 | February 20, 2019
Scientific Session-3
Renewable Energy | Environmental Issues |Energy Supply and Economics
Chair: Md. Azizul Moqsud, University of California, USA

08:00-08:25 Bioelectricity generation from organic soil and living plants

Md. Azizul Moqsud, University of California, Berkeley, USA
08:25-08:50 “Smart” Nano-oxyhydride Catalysts for Hydrogen Production from Bio-Resources
Louise Jalowiecki-Duhamel, UCCS CNRS, France
08:50-09:15 Study of an Integrated Tower Solar Energy Combined Cycle System with the
Simultaneous Integration Solar Energy with Top and Bottom Cycle
Liqiang Duan, North China Electric Power University, China
09:15-09:40 Plasma Gasification of Biomass in Air Medium
Alexandr Ustimenko, Plasmatechnics LLP, Kazakhstan

09:40-10:05 Recent progress on anode materials for non-hydrogen solid oxide fuel cells
Yongdan Li, Aalto University, Finland

10:05-10:30 LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES FOR EX FIELD

Kim Fumagalli, 1Excen srl, Italy

10:30-10:55 Research on Multi-Energy Complementary Power Generation System Using

Ghulam Ahmad, Southeast University, China
10:55-11:20 Biomass to Finish Fuels via Hydrofaction™: Upgrading Pathways and Refinery
Julie Katerine Rodriguez, Steeper Energy, Canada
11:20-11:45 Low-rank Coalbed Methane Enrichment Charabteristics in Jiergalangtu Sag of
Sun Qinping, Research Institute Petroleum Exploration and Development,
China
11:20-11:45 China's Shale Gas Development and the Prospects Forecast
Zhao Qun, Research Institute Petroleum Exploration and Development, China
11:45-12:10 Uniform versus partial carbon tax policy in a small open economy
Presley Kaybe Wesseh, Jr., Xiamen University, China

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