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Oliver C. Mullins publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Oliver C. Mullins sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 409 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Oliver C. Mullins D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Oliver C. Mullins sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For developing downhole fluid analysis of oil and gas reservoirs, and elucidating the structure of asphaltenes in crude oils.
  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Oliver C. Mullins is affiliated with Schlumberger in the United States, focusing research primarily in the fields of engineering and chemistry. Their work spans numerous subfields including mechanics of materials, ocean engineering, analytical chemistry, mechanical engineering, and nuclear and high energy physics. The main topics addressed in their research encompass hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, petroleum processing and analysis, enhanced oil recovery techniques, hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis, reservoir engineering and simulation methods, NMR spectroscopy and applications, and ion-surface interactions and analysis.

Mullins' publication record includes a significant number of contributions to well-regarded venues. These include Energy & Fuels, where they have published 15 papers, the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition with 6 papers, the International Petroleum Technology Conference with 5 papers, Petrophysics - The SPWLA Journal of Formation Evaluation and Reservoir Description with 3 papers, and the SPWLA 63rd Annual Symposium Transactions with 2 papers.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Mullins include Soraya S. Betancourt, Andrew E. Pomerantz, Carlos Torres-Verdín, Jesús A. Cañas, and Tarek S. Mohamed.

Recently published papers by Mullins include the following:

  • Overview of Asphaltene Nanostructures and Thermodynamic Applications (2020, Energy & Fuels)
  • Yen-Mullins Model Applies to Oilfield Reservoirs (2020, Energy & Fuels)
  • Structure-Dynamic Function Relations of Asphaltenes (2021, Energy & Fuels)
  • Structure-Solubility Relationships in Coal, Petroleum, and Immature Source-Rock-Derived Asphaltenes (2020, Energy & Fuels)
  • Role of Asphaltene Origin in Its Adsorption at Oil-Water Interfaces (2022, Energy & Fuels)

Oliver C. Mullins has been recognized within the scientific community with distinctions including election as a Member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2018 for contributions to downhole fluid analysis of oil and gas reservoirs and elucidating the structure of asphaltenes in crude oils. Mullins was also named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2004.

Best Publications

  • The Modified Yen Model

    Oliver C. Mullins

  • Advances in Asphaltene Science and the Yen–Mullins Model

    Oliver C. Mullins;Hassan Sabbah;Hassan Sabbah;Hassan Sabbah;Joëlle Eyssautier;Andrew E. Pomerantz

  • Molecular Size and Structure of Asphaltenes from Various Sources

    Henning Groenzin;Oliver C. Mullins

  • Unraveling the Molecular Structures of Asphaltenes by Atomic Force Microscopy

    Bruno Schuler;Gerhard Meyer;Diego Peña;Oliver C. Mullins

  • Asphaltene Molecular Size and Structure

    Henning Groenzin;Oliver C. Mullins

  • The asphaltenes.

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  • Structures and dynamics of asphaltenes

    Oliver C. Mullins;Eric Y. Sheu

  • Molecular size and weight of asphaltene and asphaltene solubility fractions from coals, crude oils and bitumen

    Sophie Badre;Cristiane Carla Goncalves;Koyo Norinaga;Gale Gustavson

  • High-Q ultrasonic determination of the critical nanoaggregate concentration of asphaltenes and the critical micelle concentration of standard surfactants.

    Gaëlle Andreatta;Neil Bostrom;Oliver C. Mullins

  • The overriding chemical principles that define asphaltenes

    Eduardo Buenrostro-Gonzalez;Henning Groenzin;Carlos Lira-Galeana;Oliver C. Mullins

  • Heavy Oil Based Mixtures of Different Origins and Treatments Studied by Atomic Force Microscopy

    Bruno Schuler;Shadi Fatayer;Gerhard Meyer;Estrella Rogel

  • Determination of the Nitrogen Chemical Structures in Petroleum Asphaltenes Using XANES Spectroscopy

    Sudipa Mitra-Kirtley;Oliver C. Mullins;Jan Van Elp;Simon J. George

  • Asphaltenes : fundamentals and applications

    Eric Y. Sheu;Oliver C. Mullins

  • The Colloidal Structure of Crude Oil and the Structure of Oil Reservoirs

    Oliver C. Mullins;Soraya S. Betancourt;Myrt E. Cribbs;Francois X. Dubost

  • Nanoaggregates and Structure−Function Relations in Asphaltenes†

    Gaelle Andreatta;Cristiane Carla Goncalves;Gabriel Buffin;Neil Bostrom

  • Molecular size of asphaltene fractions obtained from residuum hydrotreatment

    Louise Buch;Henning Groenzin;Eduardo Buenrostro-Gonzalez;Simon I Andersen

  • Two-step laser mass spectrometry of asphaltenes.

    Andrew E. Pomerantz;Matthew R. Hammond;Amy L. Morrow;Oliver C. Mullins

  • Contrasting Perspective on Asphaltene Molecular Weight. This Comment vs the Overview of A. A. Herod, K. D. Bartle, and R. Kandiyoti

    Oliver C. Mullins;Bruno Martínez-Haya;Alan G. Marshall

  • Asphaltene Precipitation from Live Crude Oil

    Nikhil B. Joshi;Oliver C. Mullins;Abul Jamaluddin;Jefferson Creek

  • Fremgangsmate og apparat for pavisning av hydrogensulfid i formasjonsfluidprover

    Jones Timothy Gareth John;Mullins Oliver Clinton;Jiang Li;Wu Xu

  • Molecular-weight distributions of coal and petroleum asphaltenes from laser desorption/ionization experiments

    Ana R. Hortal;Paola Hurtado;Bruno Martínez-Haya, ,† and;Oliver C. Mullins

  • Asphaltene Nanoaggregates Studied by Centrifugation

    Farshid Mostowfi;Kentaro Indo;Oliver C. Mullins;Richard McFarlane

  • Diffusivity of asphaltene molecules by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy.

    A. Ballard Andrews;Rodrigo E. Guerra;Oliver C. Mullins;Pabitra N. Sen

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew E. Pomerantz
Andrew E. Pomerantz Schlumberger (British Virgin Islands)
Stephen P. Cramer
Stephen P. Cramer Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Christopher M. Reddy
Christopher M. Reddy Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Robert K. Nelson
Robert K. Nelson Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Kenneth E. Peters
Kenneth E. Peters Stanford University
Richard N. Zare
Richard N. Zare Stanford University
Uwe Bergmann
Uwe Bergmann SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Alan G. Marshall
Alan G. Marshall Florida State University
David S. Schechter
David S. Schechter Louisiana State University
Leo Gross
Leo Gross IBM (United States)

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