2026 Thomas Alwin Blasingame: Engineering and Technology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	47	4866	4684	1399	1292	208	8469

Overview

Thomas Alwin Blasingame is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains within engineering and environmental science, with a focus on topics related to hydraulic fracturing, reservoir analysis, and environmental impacts of subsurface processes.

Their main fields of study include:

Engineering
Environmental Science

Within these fields, more specific subfields of study include:

Ocean Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Mechanics of Materials
Environmental Chemistry

Blasingame's research covers a range of topics such as:

Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions
Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis
Drilling and Well Engineering
Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques

Several recent publications illustrate Blasingame's contributions to the field, including:

"Compositional reservoir simulation of underground hydrogen storage in depleted gas reservoirs" (2023), International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
"Numerical simulation of seasonal underground hydrogen storage: Role of the initial gas amount on the round-trip hydrogen recovery efficiency" (2024), International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
"Message Passing Interface (MPI) Parallelization of Iteratively Coupled Fluid Flow and Geomechanics Codes for the Simulation of System Behavior in Hydrate-Bearing Geologic Media. Part 1: Methodology and Validation" (2022), SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering
"Wavelet Transforms for the Simulation of Flow Processes in Porous Geologic Media" (2022), Transport in Porous Media
"Message Passing Interface (MPI) Parallelization of Iteratively Coupled Fluid Flow and Geomechanics Codes for the Simulation of System Behavior in Hydrate-Bearing Geologic Media. Part 2: Parallel Performance and Application" (2022), SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering

Blasingame frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

George J. Moridis
Jiecheng Zhang
Tianjia Huang
Niwit Anantraksakul
Abdulkader M. Afifi

Their work has appeared extensively in reputable industry and academic venues, with frequent publications in:

SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition
SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference
Proceedings of the 9th Unconventional Resources Technology Conference
SPE Journal
SPE Western Regional Meeting

Best Publications

UNAVAILABLE - Decline-Curve Analysis With Type Curves - Analysis of Gas Well Production Data

J.C. Palacio;T.A. Blasingame

562
Citations
Exponential vs. Hyperbolic Decline in Tight Gas Sands: Understanding the Origin and Implications for Reserve Estimates Using Arps' Decline Curves

Dilhan Ilk;Jay Alan Rushing;Albert Duane Perego;Thomas Alwin Blasingame

541
Citations
A NUMERICAL STUDY OF MICROSCALE FLOW BEHAVIOR IN TIGHT GAS AND SHALE GAS RESERVOIR SYSTEMS

C. M. Freeman;G. J. Moridis;T. A. Blasingame

381
Citations
Decline Curve Analysis for Variable Pressure Drop/Variable Flowrate Systems

T.A. Blasingame;T.L. McCray;W.J. Lee

379
Citations
Improved Permeability Prediction Relations for Low Permeability Sands

Francois Andre Florence;Jay Rushing;Kent Edward Newsham;Thomas Alwin Blasingame

335
Citations
A numerical study of performance for tight gas and shale gas reservoir systems

C.M. Freeman;G. Moridis;D. Ilk;T.A. Blasingame

254
Citations
Decline Curve Analysis Using Type Curves--Analysis of Oil Well Production Data Using Material Balance Time: Application to Field Cases

L.E. Doublet;P.K. Pande;T.J. McCollum;T.A. Blasingame

248
Citations
Type-Curve Analysis Using the Pressure Integral Method

T.A. Blasingame;J.L. Johnston;W.J. Lee

218
Citations
Rock Typing: Keys to Understanding Productivity in Tight Gas Sands

Jay Alan Rushing;Kent Edward Newsham;Thomas Alwin Blasingame

215
Citations
Analysis of Mechanisms of Flow in Fractured Tight-Gas and Shale-Gas Reservoirs

George J. Moridis;Thomas Alwin Blasingame;Craig Matt Freeman

195
Citations
Variable-Rate Reservoir Limits Testing

T.A. Blasingame;W.J. Lee

189
Citations
Effect of Confinement on Pressure/Volume/Temperature Properties of Hydrocarbons in Shale Reservoirs

Termpan Pitakbunkate;Perla B. Balbuena;George J. Moridis;Thomas A. Blasingame

185
Citations
Reservoir Engineering for Unconventional Reservoirs: What Do We Have to Consider?

Christopher R. Clarkson;Jerry L. Jensen;Tom Blasingame

172
Citations
Optimal Transformations for Multiple Regression: Application to Permeability Estimation From Well Logs

Guoping Xue;Akhil Datta-Gupta;Peter Valko;Tom Blasingame

169
Citations
Klinkenerg-Corrected Permeability Measurements in Tight Gas Sands: Steady-State Versus Unsteady-State Techniques

J.A. Rushing;K.E. Newsham;P.M. Lasswell;J.C. Cox

164
Citations
Production-Data Analysis—Challenges, Pitfalls, Diagnostics

Dilhan Ilk;David M. Anderson;Garth W.J. Stotts;Louis Mattar

141
Citations
Decline Curve Analysis Using Type Curves - Fractured Wells

H. Pratikno;J.A. Rushing;T.A. Blasingame

140
Citations
A Comparative Study of Capillary-Pressure-Based Empirical Models for Estimating Absolute Permeability in Tight Gas Sands

Joseph Thomas Comisky;Kent Newsham;Jay Alan Rushing;Thomas Alwin Blasingame

140
Citations
High-Resolution Numerical Modeling of Complex and Irregular Fracture Patterns in Shale-Gas Reservoirs and Tight Gas Reservoirs

Olufemi Olorode;Craig M. Freeman;George Moridis;Thomas A. Blasingame

133
Citations
Correlation of Black Oil Properties At Pressures Below Bubble Point Pressure - A New Approach

J. Velarde;T.A. Blasingame;W.D. McCain

120
Citations
Decline Curve Analysis Using Type Curves - Evaluation of Well Performance Behavior in a Multiwell Reservoir System

T. Marhaendrajana;T.A. Blasingame

106
Citations
A Semianalytic Solution for Flow in Finite-Conductivity Vertical Fractures by Use of Fractal Theory

Manuel Cossio;George Moridis;Thomas A Blasingame

102
Citations
The Variable-Rate Reservoir Limits Testing of Gas Wells

T.A. Blasingame;W.J. Lee

102
Citations