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Arild Saasen is affiliated with the University of Stavanger in Norway and has a primary research focus within the field of Engineering. Their work spans several subfields including Ocean Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, and Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes.

Their research topics prominently cover Drilling and Well Engineering, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, Tunneling and Rock Mechanics, Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, Concrete and Cement Materials Research, Oil and Gas Production Techniques, and Rock Mechanics and Modeling.

Arild Saasen has contributed a significant number of publications to various academic venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Volume 10: Petroleum Technology
  • Journal of Energy Resources Technology
  • SPE Journal
  • Energies
  • Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

They have collaborated multiple times with several co-authors, who include:

  • Mahmoud Khalifeh
  • Jan David Ytrehus
  • Bjørnar Lund
  • Karl Ronny Klungtvedt
  • Camilo Pedrosa

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Arild Saasen are:

  • Viscosity Models for Drilling Fluids-Herschel-Bulkley Parameters and Their Use (2020), published in Energies
  • Alternative setting materials for primary cementing and zonal isolation - Laboratory evaluation of rheological and mechanical properties (2021), published in Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
  • Impact of Drilling Fluid Contamination on Performance of Rock-Based Geopolymers (2021), published in SPE Journal
  • Experimental Study of Hydraulic Sealability and Shear Bond Strength of Cementitious Barrier Materials (2021), published in Journal of Energy Resources Technology
  • Effect of particle number density on rheological properties and barite sag in oil-based drilling fluids (2021), published in Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

They have also published a book through Springer Nature titled Introduction to Permanent Plug and Abandonment of Wells in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Plug & abandonment of offshore wells: Ensuring long-term well integrity and cost-efficiency

    Torbjørn Vrålstad;Arild Saasen;Erling Fjær;Thomas Øia

  • Viscoelastic properties of drilling fluids and their influence on cuttings transport

    Benjamin Werner;Velaug Myrseth;Arild Saasen

  • Hole-cleaning performance comparison of oil-based and water-based drilling fluids

    Sneha Sayindla;Bjørnar Lund;Jan David Ytrehus;Arild Saasen

  • Effect of Pipe Rotation on Hole Cleaning for Water-Based Drilling Fluids in Horizontal and Deviated Wells

    Mehmet Evren Ozbayoglu;Arild Saasen;Mehmet Sorgun;Kare Svanes

  • The Effects of Drillstring-Eccentricity, -Rotation, and -Buckling Configurations on Annular Frictional Pressure Losses While Circulating Yield-Power-Law Fluids

    Oney Erge;Evren Mehmet Ozbayoglu;Stefan Miska;Mengjiao Yu

  • Selecting Drilling Fluid Properties and Flow Rates For Effective Hole Cleaning in High-Angle and Horizontal Wells

    Rishi B. Adari;Stefan Miska;Ergun Kuru;Peter Bern

  • Updated criterion to select particle size distribution of lost circulation materials for an effective fracture sealing

    Mortadha Alsaba;Mohammed F. Al Dushaishi;Runar Nygaard;Olav-Magnar Nes

  • Introduction to Permanent Plug and Abandonment of Wells

    Mahmoud Khalifeh;Arild Saasen

  • Automatic Measurement of Drilling Fluid and Drill Cuttings Properties

    Arild Saasen;Tor H. Omland;Sigbjorn Ekrene;Jerome Brévière

  • Surge-and-Swab Pressure Predictions for Yield-Power-Law Drilling Fluids

    Freddy E. Crespo;Ramadan Mohammed Ahmed;Arild Saasen;Majed Enfis

  • Lost Circulation Materials Capability of Sealing Wide Fractures

    Mortadha T Al-saba;Runar Nygaard;Arild Saasen;Olav-Magnar Nes

  • Modeling and experimental study of CO2 corrosion on carbon steel at elevated pressure and temperature

    Rida Elgaddafi;Adarsh Naidu;Ramadan Ahmed;Subhash Shah

  • The Effect of Drilling Fluid Rheological Properties on Hole Cleaning

    A. Saasen;G. Løklingholm

  • Application of a three-layer modeling approach for solids transport in horizontal and inclined channels

    A. Ramadan;P. Skalle;A. Saasen

  • The Effect of Drillstring Rotation on Equivalent Circulation Density: Modeling and Analysis of Field Measurements

    Ramadan Mohammed Ahmed;Majed Sadeg Enfis;Hamza Miftah El Kheir;Morten Laget

  • Potential Utilization of Geopolymers in Plug and Abandonment Operations

    Mahmoud Khalifeh;Arild Saasen;Torbjorn Vralstad;Helge Hodne

  • Critical Fluid Velocities for Removing Cuttings Bed Inside Horizontal and Deviated Wells

    M. E. Ozbayoglu;A. Saasen;M. Sorgun;K. Svanes

  • Prediction of Barite Sag Potential of Drilling Fluids From Rheological Measurements

    Arild Saasen;Dawei Liu;C.D. Marken

  • Investigating temperature effect on degradation of well cement in HPHT carbonic acid environment

    Omotayo Omosebi;Himanshu Maheshwari;Ramadan Ahmed;Subhash Shah

  • Mechanistic model for cuttings removal from solid bed in inclined channels

    A. Ramadan;P. Skalle;S.T. Johansen;J. Svein

  • Effect of Drillstring Deflection and Rotary Speed on Annular Frictional Pressure Losses

    Oney Erge;Mehmet E. Ozbayoglu;Stefan Z. Miska;Mengjiao Yu

  • GEOPOLYMERS AS AN ALTERNATIVE FOR OIL WELL CEMENTING APPLICATIONS: A REVIEW OF ADVANTAGES AND CONCERNS

    Mahmoud Khalifeh;Arild Saasen;Helge Hodne;Rune Godøy

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan Z. Miska
Stefan Z. Miska University of Tulsa
Subhash N. Shah
Subhash N. Shah University of Oklahoma
Andrew Steele
Andrew Steele Carnegie Institution for Science
Ole Hassager
Ole Hassager Technical University of Denmark
Masahiro Kawaji
Masahiro Kawaji City College of New York
Henrik Koblitz Rasmussen
Henrik Koblitz Rasmussen University College Absalon

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