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Overview

Ruud Weijermars is affiliated with King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Saudi Arabia. Their research primarily focuses on engineering with an emphasis on subfields such as ocean engineering, mechanical engineering, mechanics of materials, environmental engineering, and geophysics.

Their work covers a range of topics, particularly in the fields of hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis, drilling and well engineering, reservoir engineering and simulation methods, groundwater flow and contamination studies, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, rock mechanics and modeling, and seismic imaging and inversion techniques.

Ruud Weijermars has published multiple recent papers, including:

  • Diffusive Mass Transfer and Gaussian Pressure Transient Solutions for Porous Media, 2021, published in Fluids
  • Hydraulic diffusivity estimations for US shale gas reservoirs with Gaussian method: Implications for pore-scale diffusion processes in underground repositories, 2022, published in Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering
  • Production rate of multi-fractured wells modeled with Gaussian pressure transients, 2021, published in Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
  • Multiscale and multiphysics production forecasts of shale gas reservoirs: New simulation scheme based on Gaussian pressure transients, 2022, published in Fuel
  • Assessment of Production Interference Level Due to Fracture Hits Using Diagnostic Charts, 2020, published in SPE Journal

Frequently, they have collaborated with several co-authors, including Clement Afagwu, Yakai Tian, Tri Pham, Jihoon Wang, and Murat Fatih Tuğan.

Ruud Weijermars' publications have appeared in key journals such as the Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Energies, First Break, Fluids, and Geoenergy Science and Engineering, demonstrating a consistent presence in venues relevant to petroleum and energy engineering research.

Best Publications

  • Rheological and tectonic modeling of salt provinces

    R. Weijermars;Martin P Jackson;B. Vendeville

  • Scaling of Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluid dynamics without inertia for quantitative modelling of rock flow due to gravity (including the concept of rheological similarity)

    Ruud Weijermars;Harro Schmeling

  • Flow behaviour and physical chemistry of bouncing putties and related polymers in view of tectonic laboratory applications

    Ruud Weijermars

  • Economic appraisal of shale gas plays in Continental Europe

    Ruud Weijermars

  • Geology and tectonics of the Betic Zone, SE Spain

    Ruud Weijermars

  • Uplift history of a Betic fold nappe inferred from Neogene-Quaternary sedimentation and tectonics (in the Sierra Alhamilla and Almeria, Sorbas and Tabernas Basins of the Betic Cordilleras, SE Spain)

    R. Weijermars;Th.B. Roep;B. van den Eeckhout;G. Postma

  • Neogene tectonics in the Western Mediterranean may have caused the Messinian salinity crisis and an associated glacial event

    Ruud Weijermars

  • Left-lateral transpressive deformation and its tectonic implications, Sveconorwegian orogen, Baltic Shield, southwestern Sweden

    Michael B. Stephens;Carl Henric Wahlgren;Ruud Weijermars;Alexander R. Cruden

  • US shale gas production outlook based on well roll-out rate scenarios

    Ruud Weijermars

  • A Numerical Model for Simulating Pressure Response of Well Interference and Well Performance in Tight Oil Reservoirs With Complex–Fracture Geometries Using the Fast Embedded–Discrete–Fracture–Model Method

    Wei Yu;Yifei Xu;Ruud Weijermars;Kan Wu

  • Physical Models for Inter-Well Interference in Shale Reservoirs: Relative Impacts of Fracture Hits and Matrix Permeability

    Wei Yu;Kan Wu;Lihua Zuo;Xiaosi Tan

  • The Palomares brittle—ductile Shear Zone of southern Spain

    Ruud Weijermars

  • The role of stress in ductile deformation

    Ruud Weijermars

  • The structure and tectonic evolution of the Aguilón fold-nappe, Sierra Alhamilla, Betic Cordilleras, SE Spain

    J.P. Platt;B. van den Eeckhout;E. Janzen;G. Konert

  • Principles of rock mechanics

    Ruud Weijermars

  • Impact of Well Interference on Shale Oil Production Performance: A Numerical Model for Analyzing Pressure Response of Fracture Hits with Complex Geometries

    Wei Yu;Yifei Xu;Ruud Weijermars;Kan Wu

  • Unconventional gas research initiative for clean energy transition in Europe

    R. Weijermars;G. Drijkoningen;T.J. Heimovaara;E.S.J. Rudolph

  • Progressive deformation in anisotropic rocks

    Ruud Weijermars

  • Plio-Quaternary Movement of the East Arabian Block

    Ruud Weijermars

  • Benchmarking EUR estimates for hydraulically fractured wells with and without fracture hits using various DCA methods

    Yuqi Hu;Ruud Weijermars;Lihua Zuo;Wei Yu

  • Surface Geology, Lithostratigraphy and Tertiary Growth of the Dammam Dome, Saudi Arabia: A New Field Guide

    Ruud Weijermars

Frequent Co-Authors

Wei Yu
Wei Yu The University of Texas at Austin
Martin P. A. Jackson
Martin P. A. Jackson The University of Texas at Austin
Yi-Ming Wei
Yi-Ming Wei Beijing Institute of Technology
Michael R. Hudec
Michael R. Hudec The University of Texas at Austin
Tim P. Dooley
Tim P. Dooley The University of Texas at Austin
Henrik Lund
Henrik Lund Aalborg University
Darren Crowdy
Darren Crowdy Imperial College London
Bruno C. Vendeville
Bruno C. Vendeville University of Lille
Kamy Sepehrnoori
Kamy Sepehrnoori The University of Texas at Austin
Nebojsa Nakicenovic
Nebojsa Nakicenovic International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

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