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Roberto Aguilera

Roberto Aguilera

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Earth Science

D-Index
32
Citations
4657
World Ranking
8605
National Ranking
406

Overview

Roberto Aguilera is affiliated with Curtin University in Australia and has contributed extensively to the field of engineering, with specific focus on hydraulic fracturing, reservoir analysis, and related topics. Their research spans several interconnected areas, including ocean engineering, mechanical engineering, mechanics of materials, molecular biology, and geophysics.

Their work has been published predominantly in venues related to petroleum engineering and reservoir studies. Frequent publication venues include:

  • SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference
  • SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering
  • SPE Journal
  • Preprints.org
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology

Aguilera's research topics cover:

  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis
  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Extracellular Vesicles in Disease
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Naturally Fractured Reservoirs and their Link to Tight and Shale Petroleum Reservoirs" (2020) published at SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference
  • "Simultaneous enhanced oil recovery, CCUS and UHUS in shale oil reservoirs" (2023) published in the International Journal of Coal Geology
  • "Life Cycle Assessment of Improved Oil Recovery While Helping to Achieve Net Zero Emissions from Shale Reservoirs" (2023) published in SPE Journal
  • "Machine Learning Applied to SRV Modeling, Fracture Characterization, Well Interference and Production Forecasting in Low Permeability Reservoirs" (2020) published at SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference
  • "Optimization of Recovery by Huff 'n' Puff Gas Injection in Shale-Oil Reservoirs Using the Climbing-Swarm Derivative-Free Algorithm" (2020) published in SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering

They frequently collaborate with a group of co-authors, including:

  • Ider Rivadeneira
  • Francisco Krakowiak
  • Ramón Gutiérrez-Sandoval
  • Ariel Sobarzo
  • Jordan Iturra

Best Publications

  • Naturally Fractured Reservoirs

    Roberto Aguilera

  • Knudsen’s Permeability Correction for Tight Porous Media

    Ali S. Ziarani;Roberto Aguilera

  • Flow Units: From Conventional to Tight-Gas to Shale-Gas to Tight-Oil to Shale-Oil Reservoirs

    Roberto Aguilera

  • Depletion and the future availability of petroleum resources

    Roberto F. Aguilera;Roderick G. Eggert;C C Gustavo Lagos;John E. Tilton

  • Incorporating capillary pressure, pore throat aperture radii, height above free-water table, and Winland r35 values on Pickett plots

    Roberto Aguilera

  • Modeling Fractured Horizontal Wells As Dual Porosity Composite Reservoirs – Application to Tight Gas, Shale Gas and Tight Oil Cases

    Imad Ghani Brohi;Mehran Pooladi-Darvish;Roberto Aguilera

  • Analysis of Naturally Fractured Reservoirs From Conventional Well Logs(includes associated papers 6420 and 6421 )

    R. Aguilera

  • An Improved Triple-Porosity Model for Evaluation of Naturally Fractured Reservoirs

    Ali Al-Ghamdi;Bo Chen;Hamish Behmanesh;Farhad Qanbari

  • Energy Resources and Potentials

    H. Rogner;Roberto F. Aguilera;C. Archer;R. Bertani

  • A New Unified Diffusion--Viscous-Flow Model Based on Pore-Level Studies of Tight Gas Formations

    Mohammad R. Rahmanian;Roberto Aguilera;Apostolos Kantzas

  • Flow Units: From Conventional to Tight Gas to Shale Gas Reservoirs

    Roberto Aguilera

  • A New Unified Diffusion-Viscous Flow Model Based on Pore Level Studies of Tight Gas Formations

    Mohammad Reza Rahmanian Shahri;Roberto Aguilera;Apostolos Kantzas

  • Geologic aspects of naturally fractured reservoirs

    Roberto Aguilera

  • Improved Models for Petrophysical Analysis of Dual Porosity Reservoirs

    Maria Silvia Aguilera;Roberto Aguilera

  • A Triple Porosity Model for Petrophysical Analysis of Naturally Fractured Reservoirs

    Roberto F. Aguilera;Roberto Aguilera

  • Pore-throat radius and tortuosity estimation from formation resistivity data for tight-gas sandstone reservoirs

    Ali S. Ziarani;Roberto Aguilera

  • Recovery factors and reserves in naturally fractured reservoirs

    R. Aguilera

  • Cumulative-Gas-Production Distribution on the Nikanassin Tight Gas Formation, Alberta and British Columbia, Canada

    Nisael Solano;Liliana Zambrano;Roberto Aguilera

  • Link between endowments, economics and environment in conventional and unconventional gas reservoirs

    Roberto F. Aguilera;Ronald D. Ripple;Roberto Aguilera

  • The Integration Of Capillary Pressures And Pickett Plots For Determination Of Flow Units And Reservoir Containers

    R. Aguilera;M.S. Aguilera

  • Investigating the effect of sorption time on coalbed methane recovery through numerical simulation

    Ali S. Ziarani;Roberto Aguilera;Chris R. Clarkson

  • Storage And Output Flow From Shale And Tight Gas Reservoirs

    Mohammad Reza Rahmanian;Nisael Solano;Roberto Aguilera

  • An Improved Triple Porosity Model for Evaluation of Naturally Fractured Reservoirs

    Ali Al-Ghamdi;Bo Chen;Hamid Behmanesh;Farhad Qanbari

  • Integration of geology, petrophysics, and reservoir engineering for characterization of carbonate reservoirs through Pickett plots

    Roberto Aguilera

  • Well Test Analysis of Naturally Fractured Reservoirs

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  • Analysis of naturally fractured reservoirs from conventional well logs

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  • Shale gas reservoirs: Theoretical, practical and research issues

    Roberto Aguilera

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher R. Clarkson
Christopher R. Clarkson University of Calgary
John E. Tilton
John E. Tilton Colorado School of Mines
John S. Oldow
John S. Oldow Western Washington University
Apostolos Kantzas
Apostolos Kantzas University of Calgary
Maen M. Husein
Maen M. Husein University of Calgary
John W. Cosgrove
John W. Cosgrove Imperial College London
Mohamed Y. Soliman
Mohamed Y. Soliman University of Houston

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