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Overview

Erdal Ozkan is affiliated with the Colorado School of Mines in the United States and has a substantial publication record in the fields of Engineering and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research spans various subfields including Ocean Engineering, Plant Science, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, and Environmental Engineering.

Their primary research topics include Plant Surface Properties and Treatments, Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis, Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, Drilling and Well Engineering, and Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Erdal Ozkan include:

  • Heping Zhu
  • Hongyoung Jeon
  • Ramón Salcedo
  • Javier Campos
  • Zhiming Wei

Common publication venues where Ozkan's research appears are:

  • Journal of the ASABE
  • SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition
  • Proceedings of the 8th Unconventional Resources Technology Conference
  • SPE Improved Oil Recovery Conference
  • Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Ozkan include:

  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture-Accomplishments, Limitations, and Opportunities, 2020, Remote Sensing
  • Foliar deposition and coverage on young apple trees with PWM-controlled spray systems, 2020, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
  • Techno-economic impacts of using a laser-guided variable-rate spraying system to retrofit conventional constant-rate sprayers, 2020, Precision Agriculture
  • Reducing ground and airborne drift losses in young apple orchards with PWM-controlled spray systems, 2021, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
  • Experimental and Molecular Insights on Mitigation of Hydrocarbon Sieving in Niobrara Shale by CO2 Huff 'n' Puff, 2020, SPE Journal

In addition to journal articles, Ozkan has authored a book titled SEMI-ANALYTICAL PRESSURE TRANSIENT MODEL FOR COMPLEX WELL-RESERVOIR SYSTEMS published in 2021 by Editora Científica Digital eBooks.

Best Publications

  • Practical Solutions for Pressure-Transient Responses of Fractured Horizontal Wells in Unconventional Shale Reservoirs

    Margaret Brown;Erdal Ozkan;Rajagopal Raghavan;Hossein Kazemi

  • Horizontal-well pressure analysis

    E. Ozkan;Rajagopal Raghavan;S. D. Joshi

  • Productivity and Drainage Area of Fractured Horizontal Wells in Tight Gas Reservoirs

    Flavio Medeiros;Erdal Ozkan;Hossein Kazemi

  • New solutions for well-test analysis problems. Part 1; Analytical considerations

    Erdal Ozkan;Rajagopal Raghavan

  • Comparison of Fractured-Horizontal-Well Performance in Tight Sand and Shale Reservoirs

    Erdal Ozkan;Margaret L. Brown;Rajagopal Raghavan;Hossein Kazemi

  • Pressure-Dependent Natural-Fracture Permeability in Shale and Its Effect on Shale-Gas Well Production

    Younki Cho;Erdal Ozkan;Osman G. Apaydin

  • Modeling of Fluid Transfer From Shale Matrix to Fracture Network

    Erdal Ozkan;Rajagopal S. Raghavan;Osman Gonul Apaydin

  • Horizontal-well pressure analysis

    E. Ozkan;Rajagopal Raghavan;S. D. Joshi

  • Comparison of Fractured Horizontal-Well Performance in Conventional and Unconventional Reservoirs

    Erdal Ozkan;Margaret L. Brown;Rajagopal S. Raghavan;Hossein Kazemi

  • Practical Solutions for Pressure Transient Responses of Fractured Horizontal Wells in Unconventional Reservoirs

    Margaret L. Brown;Erdal Ozkan;Rajagopal S. Raghavan;Hossein Kazemi

  • Productivity and Drainage Area of Fractured Horizontal Wells in Tight Gas Reservoirs

    Flavio Medeiros;Erdal Ozkan;Hossein Kazemi

  • New Solutions for Well-Test-Analysis Problems: Part 2 Computational Considerations and Applications

    Erdal Ozkan;Rajagopal Raghavan

  • Influence of Pressure Drop Along the Wellbore on Horizontal-Well Productivity

    Erdal Ozkan;Cem Sarica;Marc Haci

  • Effect of Conductivity on Horizontal Well Pressure Behavior

    Erdal Ozkan;Cem Sarica;Mustafa Haciislamoglu;Rajagopal Raghavan

  • A Hybrid Numerical/Analytical Model of a Finite-Conductivity Vertical Fracture Intercepted by a Horizontal Well

    Mohammed Al-Kobaisi;Erdal Ozkan;Hossein Kazemi

  • Experimental Study and Modeling of the Effect of Nanoconfinement on Hydrocarbon Phase Behavior in Unconventional Reservoirs

    Lei Wang;Elham Parsa;Yuefeng Gao;Jeong Tae Ok

  • Performance of horizontal wells subject to bottomwater drive

    Erdal Ozkan;Rajagopal Raghavan

  • Effect of Discontinuous Microfractures on Ultratight Matrix Permeability of a Dual-Porosity Medium

    Osman G. Apaydin;Erdal Ozkan;Rajagopal Raghavan

  • Analysis of Production Data From Hydraulically Fractured Horizontal Wells in Shale Reservoirs

    Flavio Medeiros;Basak Kurtoglu;Erdal Ozkan;Hossein Kazemi

  • A Trilinear Flow Model for a Fractured Horizontal Well in a Fractal Unconventional Reservoir

    Ozlem Ozcan;Hulya Sarak;Erdal Ozkan;Rajagopal S. Raghavan

  • Thermodynamics of Multiphase Flow in Unconventional Liquids-Rich Reservoirs

    Tuba Firincioglu;Erdal Ozkan;Chet Ozgen

  • A Critical Review for Proper Use of Water/Oil/Gas Transfer Functions in Dual-Porosity Naturally Fractured Reservoirs: Part I

    Benjamin Ramirez;Hossein Kazemi;Mohammed Al-kobaisi;Erdal Ozkan

  • A Breakthrough Time Correlation for Coning Toward Horizontal Wells

    E. Ozkan;R. Raghavan

  • Unsteady Flow to a Well Produced at a Constant Pressure in a Fractured Reservoir

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  • Pressure-Dependent Natural-Fracture Permeability in Shale and its Effect on Shale-Gas Well Production

    Younki Cho;Osman Gonul Apaydin;Erdal Ozkan

Frequent Co-Authors

Hossein Kazemi
Hossein Kazemi Colorado School of Mines
Rajagopal Raghavan
Rajagopal Raghavan Phillips 66 (United States)
Cem Sarica
Cem Sarica University of Tulsa
Michael Batzle
Michael Batzle Colorado School of Mines
Yu-Shu Wu
Yu-Shu Wu Colorado School of Mines

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