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Stefan Z. Miska is affiliated with the University of Tulsa in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Engineering, with contributions spanning related subfields such as Ocean Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering, and Geophysics.

Their work covers several main topics, with a significant emphasis on Drilling and Well Engineering, Rock Mechanics and Modeling, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, Tunneling and Rock Mechanics, Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques, Oil and Gas Production Techniques, and Wind and Air Flow Studies.

Stefan Z. Miska has published frequently in the following venues:

  • SPE Journal
  • SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition
  • Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
  • Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering
  • Offshore Technology Conference

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Modeling of Cutting Rock: From PDC Cutter to PDC Bit-Modeling of PDC Cutter, 2021, SPE Journal
  • Modeling of Dynamic Cuttings Transportation during Drilling of Oil and Gas Wells by Combining 2D CFD and 1D Discretization Approach, 2020, SPE Journal
  • Modeling of Cutting Rock: From PDC Cutter to PDC Bit-Modeling of PDC Bit, 2021, SPE Journal
  • Cement Sheath Fatigue Failure Prediction by ANN-Based Model, 2022, Offshore Technology Conference
  • Cement Sheath Fatigue Failure Prediction by Support Vector Machine Based Model, 2022, SPE Eastern Regional Meeting

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Evren Ozbayoglu
  • Mengjiao Yu
  • Silvio Baldino
  • Danzhu Zheng
  • Nicholas Takach

Best Publications

  • Transport of Small Cuttings in Extended-Reach Drilling

    Mingqin Duan;Stefan Z. Miska;Mengjiao Yu;Nicholas E. Takach

  • Critical Conditions for Effective Sand-Sized Solids Transport in Horizontal and High-Angle Wells

    Mingqin Duan;Stefan Z. Miska;Mengjiao Yu;Nicholas E. Takach

  • Quantitative Analysis of Mud Losses in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs: The Effect of Rheology

    Reza Majidi;Stefan Miska;Leslie G. Thompson;Mengjiao Yu

  • Transport of Small Cuttings in Extended Reach Drilling

    Mingqin Duan;Stefan Z. Miska;Mengjiao Yu;Nicholas E. Takach

  • The Effects of Drillstring-Eccentricity, -Rotation, and -Buckling Configurations on Annular Frictional Pressure Losses While Circulating Yield-Power-Law Fluids

    Oney Erge;Evren Mehmet Ozbayoglu;Stefan Miska;Mengjiao Yu

  • Selecting Drilling Fluid Properties and Flow Rates For Effective Hole Cleaning in High-Angle and Horizontal Wells

    Rishi B. Adari;Stefan Miska;Ergun Kuru;Peter Bern

  • Experimental Study and Modeling of Yield Power-Law Fluid Flow in Annuli with Drillpipe Rotation

    Ramadan Mohammed Ahmed;Stefan Z. Miska

  • Experimental Study of MSE of a Single PDC Cutter Interacting With Rock Under Simulated Pressurized Conditions

    Navid Rafatian;Stefan Z. Miska;Leroy W. Ledgerwood;Mengjiao Yu

  • Wellbore Stability: A Critical Review and Introduction to DEM

    Yongfeng Kang;Mengjiao Yu;Stefan Z. Miska;Nicholas Takach

  • Effects of Boundary Conditions and Friction on Static Buckling of Pipe in a Horizontal Well

    Guohua Gao;Stefan Z. Miska

  • Critical Conditions for Effective Sand-Sized Solids Transport in Horizontal and High-Angle Wells

    Mingqin Duan;Stefan Z. Miska;Mengjiao Yu;Nicholas E. Takach

  • The Effects of Back Rake and Side Rake Angles on Mechanical Specific Energy of Single PDC Cutters with Selected Rocks at Varying Depth of Cuts and Confining Pressures

    Vusal Rajabov;Stefan Z. Miska;Laurence Mortimer;Mengjiao Yu

  • The Buckling Behavior of Pipes and Its Influence on the Axial Force Transfer in Directional Wells

    Ergun Kuru;Alexander Martinez;Stefan Miska;Weiyong Qiu

  • Cuttings Transport with Foam in Horizontal & Highly-Inclined Wellbores

    Evren M. Ozbayoglu;Stefan Z. Miska;Troy Reed;Nicholas Takach

  • Effects of Friction on Post-Buckling Behavior and Axial Load Transfer in a Horizontal Well

    Guohua Gao;Stefan Miska

  • An Analysis of Helical Buckling of Tubulars Subjected to Axial and Torsional Loading in Inclined Wellbores

    Stefan Miska;J.C. Cunha

  • A Comparative Study of Hydraulic Models for Foam Drilling

    M.E. Ozbayoglu;E. Kuru;S. Miska;N. Takach

  • Experimental Study and Modeling of Cuttings Transport Using Foam With Drillpipe Rotation

    Mingqin Duan;Stefan Miska;Mengjiao Yu;Nicholas E. Takach

  • Wellbore stability in naturally fractured formations featuring dual-porosity/single-permeability and finite radial fluid discharge

    M. Meng;S. Baldino;S.Z. Miska;N. Takach

  • Experiments in thermal spallation of various rocks

    R. E. Williams;R. M. Potter;S. Miska

  • Experimental Study on Cuttings Transport With Foam Under Simulated Horizontal Downhole Conditions

    Zhu Chen;Ramadan M. Ahmed;Stefan Z. Miska;Nicholas E. Takach

  • Dynamic stress distribution around the wellbore influenced by surge/swab pressure

    Meng Meng;Zahra Zamanipour;Stefan Miska;Mengjiao Yu

  • An Improved Analysis of Axial Force Along Coiled Tubing in Inclined/Horizontal Wellbores

    Stefan Miska;Weiyong Qiu;Len Volk;J.C. Cunha

Frequent Co-Authors

Arild Saasen
Arild Saasen University of Stavanger
James P. Brill
James P. Brill University of Tulsa
Cem Sarica
Cem Sarica University of Tulsa
Siamack A. Shirazi
Siamack A. Shirazi University of Tulsa

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