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Carlos Torres-Verdín is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within engineering and earth sciences, focusing notably on geophysics and its practical applications in reservoir evaluation and hydrocarbon exploration.

Their recent publications demonstrate engagement with advanced computational and geophysical techniques. Notable works include:

  • "A deep learning approach to the inversion of borehole resistivity measurements" (2020, Computational Geosciences)
  • "Stochastic Pix2pix: A New Machine Learning Method for Geophysical and Well Conditioning of Rule-Based Channel Reservoir Models" (2020, Natural Resources Research)
  • "Error control and loss functions for the deep learning inversion of borehole resistivity measurements" (2020, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering)
  • "Microfluidic Diagnostics of the Impact of Local Microfracture Connectivity on Hydrocarbon Recovery Following Water Injection" (2020, Water Resources Research)
  • "Leveraging digital rock physics workflows in unconventional petrophysics: A review of opportunities, challenges, and benchmarking" (2020, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering)

Their primary research topics cover a broad range of areas, including:

  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • Geophysical Methods and Applications
  • Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis
  • NMR Spectroscopy and Applications
  • Drilling and Well Engineering

Carlos Torres-Verdín has contributed extensively within major publication venues such as:

  • Geophysics
  • Petrophysics - The SPWLA Journal of Formation Evaluation and Reservoir Description
  • Texas Digital Library (University of Texas)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • SPWLA 63rd Annual Symposium Transactions

Their collaborative network includes frequent coauthors such as David Pardo, Victor M. Calo, Oliver C. Mullins, Tarek S. Mohamed, and Paweł J. Matuszyk. This reflects interdisciplinary joint work across computational geosciences and engineering fields.

Their research contributions are situated primarily within engineering with 160 publications and earth and planetary sciences encompassing 100 publications. Subfields of particular emphasis include geophysics, ocean engineering, mechanical engineering, mechanics of materials, and nuclear and high energy physics.

Best Publications

  • Assessing the utility of FIB-SEM images for shale digital rock physics

    Shaina Kelly;Hesham El-Sobky;Carlos Torres-Verdin;Matthew Thomas Balhoff

  • Rapid 2.5‐dimensional forward modeling and inversion via a new nonlinear scattering approximation

    Carlos Torres-Verdín;Tarek M. Habashy

  • Principles of spatial surface electric field filtering in magnetotellurics; electromagnetic array profiling (EMAP)

    Carlos Torres-Verdin;Francis X. Bostick

  • Numerical Simulation of Shale-Gas Production: From Pore-Scale Modeling of Slip-Flow, Knudsen Diffusion, and Langmuir Desorption to Reservoir Modeling of Compressible Fluid

    Vahid Shabro;Carlos Torres-Verdin;Farzam Javadpour

  • Numerical Simulation of Mud-Filtrate Invasion in Deviated Wells

    Jianghui Wu;Carlos Torres-Verdin;Kamy Sepehrnoori;Mojdeh Delshad

  • Electrical conductivity, induced polarization, and permeability of the Fontainebleau sandstone

    André Revil;André Revil;Pauline Kessouri;Carlos Torres-Verdín

  • Trace-based and geostatistical inversion of 3-D seismic data for thin-sand delineation: an application in San Jorge Basin, Argentina

    Carlos Torres‐Verdín;Marcos Victoria;Germán Merletti;John Pendrel

  • Random-walk technique for simulating NMR measurements and 2D NMR maps of porous media with relaxing and permeable boundaries.

    Emmanuel Toumelin;Carlos Torres-Verdin;Boqin Sun;Keh Jim Dunn

  • Finite-difference simulation of borehole EM measurements in 3D anisotropic media using coupled scalar-vector potentials

    Junsheng Hou;Junsheng Hou;Robert K. Mallan;Robert K. Mallan;Carlos Torres-Verdín

  • Efficient Numerical Simulation of Axisymmetric Electromagnetic Induction Measurements Using a High-Order Generalized Extended Born Approximation

    Guozhong Gao;C. Torres-Verdin

  • Pore System Characterization and Petrophysical Rock Classification Using a Bimodal Gaussian Density Function

    Chicheng Xu;Carlos Torres-Verdín

  • Fast 1D inversion of logging-while-drilling resistivity measurements for improved estimation of formation resistivity in high-angle and horizontal wells

    David Pardo;Carlos Torres-Verdín

  • Crosshole electromagnetic tomography: A new technology for oil field characterization

    Michael Wilt;H. F. Morrison;Alex Becker;Hung-Wen Tseng

  • Interfacial polarization of disseminated conductive minerals in absence of redox-active species — Part 1: Mechanistic model and validation

    S. Misra;Carlos Torres-Verdin;A. Revil;J. Rasmus

  • Complex conductivity tensor of anisotropic hydrocarbon-bearing shales and mudrocks

    A. Revil;A. Revil;W. F. Woodruff;C. Torres-Verdín;M. Prasad

  • A self-adaptive goal-oriented hp-finite element method with electromagnetic applications. Part II: Electrodynamics

    D. Pardo;L. Demkowicz;C. Torres-Verdín;M. Paszynski

  • Forecasting Gas Production in Organic Shale with the Combined Numerical Simulation of Gas Diffusion in Kerogen, Langmuir Desorption from Kerogen Surfaces, and Advection in Nanopores

    Vahid Shabro;Carlos Torres-Verdin;Kamy Sepehrnoori

  • Two-dimensional high-accuracy simulation of resistivity logging-while-drilling (LWD) measurements using a self-adaptive goal-oriented hp finite element method

    David Pardo;Leszek F. Demkowicz;Carlos Torres-Verdín;Maciej Paszynski;Maciej Paszynski

  • The Influence of Water-Base Mud Properties and Petrophysical Parameters on Mudcake Growth, Filtrate Invasion, and Formation Pressure

    Jianghui Wu;Carlos Torres-Verdin;Kamy Sepehrnoori;Mark A. Proett

  • A goal-oriented hp-adaptive finite element method with electromagnetic applications. Part I: Electrostatics

    D. Pardo;L. Demkowicz;C. Torres-Verdín;L. Tabarovsky

  • Linear iterative refinement method for the rapid simulation of borehole nuclear measurements: Part I — Vertical wells

    Alberto Mendoza;Carlos Torres-Verdín;Bill Preeg

  • Improved estimation of mineral and fluid volumetric concentrations from well logs in thinly bedded and invaded formations

    Zoya Heidari;Carlos Torres-Verdín;William E. Preeg

  • A two-step linear inversion of two-dimensional electrical conductivity

    C. Torres-Verdin;T.M. Habashy

Frequent Co-Authors

Kamy Sepehrnoori
Kamy Sepehrnoori The University of Texas at Austin
Tarek M. Habashy
Tarek M. Habashy Schlumberger (United States)
André Revil
André Revil Université Savoie Mont Blanc
Leszek Demkowicz
Leszek Demkowicz The University of Texas at Austin
Matthew T. Balhoff
Matthew T. Balhoff The University of Texas at Austin
Mrinal K. Sen
Mrinal K. Sen The University of Texas at Austin
Victor M. Calo
Victor M. Calo Curtin University
Mojdeh Delshad
Mojdeh Delshad The University of Texas at Austin
Alberto Malinverno
Alberto Malinverno Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Mukul M. Sharma
Mukul M. Sharma The University of Texas at Austin

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