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Overview

Turgay Ertekin is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on engineering, with a significant emphasis on ocean engineering and mechanical engineering. The scientific contributions span areas such as reservoir engineering and simulation methods, enhanced oil recovery techniques, hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis, oil and gas production techniques, petroleum processing and analysis, drilling and well engineering, and water resources management and optimization.

Ertekin has published research in various scientific journals. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Screening and optimization of CO2-WAG injection and fish-bone well structures in low permeability reservoirs using artificial neural network," 2020, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
  • "A comprehensive techno-economic assessment of alkali-surfactant-polymer flooding processes using data-driven approaches," 2021, Energy Reports
  • "The Design of Hydrogen Saline Aquifer Storage Processes Using a Machine-Learning Assisted Multiobjective Optimization Protocol," 2024, SPE Journal
  • "Structure of an artificial-intelligence-assisted reservoir characterization and field development protocol," 2022, Fuel
  • "The Efficacy and Superiority of the Expert Systems in Reservoir Engineering Decision Making Processes," 2021, Applied Sciences

Frequent co-authors working with Ertekin include:

  • Qian Sun
  • Miao Zhang
  • Thinh On
  • Khaled Enab
  • Zhenzihao Zhang

Their work has been disseminated through journals such as:

  • Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
  • Energy Reports
  • SPE Journal
  • Fuel
  • Applied Sciences

Ertekin's main fields and subfields of study are as follows:

  • Engineering
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Analytical Chemistry

The primary research topics covered include:

  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • Oil and Gas Production Techniques
  • Petroleum Processing and Analysis
  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Water Resources Management and Optimization

Best Publications

  • Basic Applied Reservoir Simulation

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  • DYNAMIC GAS SLIPPAGE: A UNIQUE DUAL-MECHANISM APPROACH TO THE FLOW OF GAS IN TIGHT FORMATIONS.

    Turgay Ertekin;Gregory A. King;Fred C. Schwerer

  • Effect of Capillary Number and Its Constituents on Two-Phase Relative Permeability Curves

    R.A. Fulcher;Turgay Ertekin;C.D. Stahl

  • Numerical simulation of the transient behavior of coal-seam degasification wells

    Gregory R. King;Turgay Ertekin;Fred C. Schwerer

  • Production Analysis of Tight-Gas and Shale-Gas Reservoirs Using the Dynamic-Slippage Concept

    Christopher R. Clarkson;Morteza Nobakht;Danial Kaviani;Turgay Ertekin

  • Development of a multi-mechanistic, dual-porosity, dual-permeability, numerical flow model for coalbed methane reservoirs

    Prob Thararoop;Zuleima T. Karpyn;Turgay Ertekin

  • Applications of Neural Networks in Multiwell Field Development

    A. Centilmen;T. Ertekin;A.S. Grader

  • A parametric study of the effects of coal seam properties on gas drainage efficiency

    David J. Remner;Turgay Ertekin;Wonmo Sung;Gregory R. King

  • Development and validation of a compositional coalbed simulator

    Julio Manik;Turgay Ertekin;Timothy E. Kohler

  • FACTORS AFFECTING HYDRAULICALLY FRACTURED WELL PERFORMANCE IN THE MARCELLUS SHALE GAS RESERVOIRS

    Tunde Osholake;John Yilin Wang;Turgay Ertekin

  • Artificial Intelligence Applications in Reservoir Engineering: A Status Check

    Turgay Ertekin;Qian Sun

  • Simulation of CO2 sequestration in coal beds: The effects of sorption isotherms

    Grant S. Bromhal;W. Neal Sams;Sinisha Jikich;Turgay Ertekin

  • Applications of Neural Networks in Multiwell Field Development

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  • A Comprehensive Study of Pressure Transient Analysis With Sorption Phenomena for Single-Phase Gas Flow in Coal Seams

    K. Anbarci;T. Ertekin

  • Production performance analysis of horizontal drainage wells for the degasification of coal seams

    Turgay Ertekin;Wonmo Sung;Fred C. Schwerer

  • A New Screening Tool for Improved Oil Recovery Methods Using Artificial Neural Networks

    Claudia Helena Parada;Turgay Ertekin

  • Pressure Transient Analysis of Coal Seams in the Presence of Multi-Mechanistic Flow and Sorption Phenomena

    T. Ertekin;W. Sung

  • The Unsteady-State Nature of Sorption and Diffusion Phenomena in the Micropore Structure of Coal: Part 1 - Theory and Mathematical Formulation

    J.E. Kolesar;Turgay Ertekin;S.T. Obut

  • Utilization of artificial neural networks in the optimization of history matching

    Asha Ramgulam;Asha Ramgulam;Turgay Ertekin;Peter Barry Flemings

  • Performances of Openhole Completed and Cased Horizontal/Undulating Wells in Thin-Bedded, Tight Sand Gas Reservoirs

    B. Göktaş;T. Ertekin

  • The unsteady-state nature of sorption and diffusion phenomena in the micropore structure of coal; Part 2 - Solution

    J.E. Kolesar;Turgay Ertekin;S.T. Obut

  • Recovery Efficiency in Hydraulically Fractured Shale Gas Reservoirs

    Maxian B. Seales;Turgay Ertekin;John Yilin Wang

  • An Artificial Neural Network Utility for the Optimization of History Matching Process

    Asha Ramgulam;Turgay Ertekin;Peter B. Flemings

  • The effect of the capillary number and its constituents on two-phase relative permeability curves

    R.A. Fulcher;T. Ertekin;C.D. Stahl

Frequent Co-Authors

Cem Sarica
Cem Sarica University of Tulsa
Peter B. Flemings
Peter B. Flemings The University of Texas at Austin
Russell T. Johns
Russell T. Johns Pennsylvania State University
Christopher R. Clarkson
Christopher R. Clarkson University of Calgary

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