Mohan Kelkar, Ph.D.

Chairman and Professor, McDougall School of Petroleum Engineering

 

Professional Presentations


  • Kelkar, M.: “Biofuels – Myth or Reality?” presented at the Tulsa Association of Petroleum Landmen Fall Seminar, Tulsa, OK (November 8, 2007).
  • Kelkar, M.: “Biofuels – Myth or Reality?” presented at Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Denver, CO (July 13,2007).
  • Kelkar, M.: “Biofuels – Myth or Reality?” presented at the Tulsa Association of Petroleum Landmen Spring Seminar, Tulsa, OK (April 19, 2007).
  • Gang, T. and Kelkar, M.: “A More General Capillary Pressure Curve and Its Estimation from Production Data,” SPE 108180, presented at SPE Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Technology Symposium, Denver, CO (April 16-18, 2007).
  • Kelkar, M.: “Biofuels – Myth or Reality?” presented at Desk and Derrick Club of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK (April 11, 2007).
  • Liu, B., Kelkar, M., Gang, T., and Dixon, T.: “Efficient Automatic History Matching through Production Data Selection,” SPE 106157, paper presented at SPE Production Symposium, Oklahoma City, OK (April 10-11, 2007).
  • Kelkar, M.: “Biofuels – Myth or Reality?” presented at AIChE Meeting, Student Chapter, The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK (March 19, 2007).
  • Faskhoodi, M. and Kelkar, M.: “Using the Low Frequency Observation Data in Automatic History Matching,” SPE 105252, presented at SPE Middle East Oil and Gas Show and Conference, Bahrain (March 11-14, 2007).
  • Tang, Y., Yildiz, T. and Ozkan, E. and Kelkar, M.: “ Effects of Formation Damage of High Velocity Flow on the Productivity of Slotted Liner Completed Horizontal Wells,” SPE 101987, paper presented at SPE Intl. Oil and Gas Exhibition, Beijing, China (Dec 5-7, 2006).
  • Kelkar, M.: “Barnett Shale – Production Opportunities and Challenges,” presented at Williams Energy Company, Tulsa, OK (Oct. 4, 2006); Apache Corporation, Tulsa, OK (Dec. 6, 2006); Marathon Oil Company, Houston, TX (Jan. 11, 2007).
  • Kelkar, M.: "Dewatering of Hunton Reservoir - What Makes It Work?" presented at University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (Nov. 30, 2006
  • Gang, T. and Kelkar, M.: “History Matching for Determination of Fracture Permeability and Capillary Pressure,” SPE 101052, paper presented at SPE Ann. Tech. Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, TX (Sep. 24-27, 2006).
  • Zubarev, D. and Kelkar, M.: “New Parallel Algorithm for Multiple History Matching of Realizations,” SPE 101333, paper presented at SPE Ann. Tech. Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, TX (Sep. 24-27, 2006); also presented at ADIPEC Conference and Exhibition, Abu Dhabi, UAE (Nov. 5-8, 2006).
  • Gang, T. and Kelkar, M.: “Efficient History Matching in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs,” SPE 99578, presented at SPE/DOE IOR Symposium, Tulsa, OK (April 22-24, 2006).
  • Frederick, J. and Kelkar, M.: "Decline Curve Analysis for Solution Gas Drives," paper SPE 94859 to be presented at the 2005 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition held in Dallas, TX (October 9-12, 2005).
  • Kelkar, M.: “Integrated Reservoir Modeling: Solutions and Challenges,” invited speaker at Shell International Reservoir Engineering Focus Group, Houston, TX (April 7, 2005); also presented the same talk at Shell International, The Hague, Netherlands (February 17, 2005).
  • Kelkar, M.: "Dewatering of Hunton Reservoir - What Makes It Work?" presented at SPE Mid-Continent Section Luncheon (March 3, 2005).
  • Cui, H. and Kelkar, M.: “Automatic History Matching of Naturally Fractured Reservoirs and a Case Study,” SPE 94037, presented at SPE Western Regional Meeting, Irvine, CA (March 30 – April 1, 2005).
  • Kelkar, M.: “Integrated Reservoir Modeling Using Geostatistics” presented at University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK (February 24-25, 2005).
  • Kelkar, M.: "Improving Reservoir Performance using Integrated Reservoir Modeling," Key Note Speaker, West Coast PTTC Workshop, Valencia, CA (January 27, 2005).
  • Kelkar, M.: "Hunton Formation: Production Performance and Solutions," presented at Graduate Seminar at the University of Missouri, Rolla, MO (December 2, 2004).
  • Bahar, A., Abdel-Aal, O., Ghani, A., Silva, F. P., and Kelkar, M.: “Seismic Integration for Better Modeling of Rock Type Based Reservoir Characterization: A Field Case Example,” SPE 88793, paper presented at 11th Abu Dhabi international Petroleum Exhibition and Conference held in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. (October 10-23, 2004).
  • Salem, S. E., Al-Deeb, M., Abdou, M, Linthorst, S., Bahar, A., and Kelkar, M.: “Practical Flow Simulation Method for a Naturally Fractured Reservoir: A Field Study,” SPE 88761, paper presented at 11th Abu Dhabi international Petroleum Exhibition and Conference held in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. (October 10–13, 2004).
  • Zubarev, D., Patwardhan, S., Kelkar, M., and Keefer, B., "Dewatering in Hunton Reservoir - Drill Vertical or Horizontal Well?", paper SPE 89462 presented at the, SPE/DOE Fourteenth Sypmosium on Improved Oil Recovery held in Tulsa, Oklahoma (April 17-21, 2004).
  • Patwardhan, S., Kelkar, M., and Keefer, B., “Dewatering in Hunton Reservoir – Drill Vertical or Horizontal Well?”, paper SPE 89462 presented at the SPE/DOE Fourteenth Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery held in Tulsa, Oklahoma (April 17-21, 2004).
  • Joshi, R., and Kelkar, M., “Production Performance Study of West Carney Field, Lincoln County, Oklahoma”, paper SPE 89461 presented at the SPE/DOE Fourteenth Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery held in Tulsa, Oklahoma (April 17-21, 2004).
  • Ates, H., Bahar, A., El-Abd, S., Charfeddine, M., Kelkar, M., and Datta-Gupta, A.: “Ranking and Upscaling of Geostatistical Reservoir Models by Use of Streamline Simulation: A Field Case Study,” SPE 81497 presented at the 2003 SPE Middle East Oil Show and Conference, Bahrain (April 5-8, 2004).
  • Bahar, A., Ates, H., Al-Deeb, M., Salem, S. E., Badaam, H., Linthorst, S., and Kelkar, M., “An Innovative Approach to Integrate Fracture, Well Test, and Production Data into Reservoir Models”, paper SPE 84876 presented at the SPE International Improved Oil Recovery Conference in Asia Pacific, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, (October 20-21, 2003).
  • Bahar, A., Ates, H., Al-Deeb, M., Salem, S. E., Badaam, H., and Kelkar, M., “Practical Approach in Modeling of Naturally Fractured Reservoir: A Field Case Study”, paper SPE 84078 presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition held in Denver, Colorado, U.S.A., (October 5-8, 2003).
  • Ates, H., Bahar, A., El-Abd., S., Charfeddine, M., Kelkar, M., Datta-Gupta, A., “Ranking and Upscaling Optimization of the Geostatistical Reservoir Models using Streamline Simulation: A Field Case Study”, paper SPE 81497 presented at the SPE 13th Middle East Oil Show & Conference, held in Bahrain, (April 5-8, 2003).
  • Ramakrishna, S., Kelkar, M. and Keefer, B.: "Correlating Static Data to Dynamic Characteristics: Hunton Reservoir" presented at TOPR Oil Recovery Conference, Wichita, KS (March 17, 2003).
  • Kelkar, M.:  “Simplified History Matching,” a Graduate Seminar presented at Texas A&M University (November, 2002) and The University of Tulsa (November, 2002).
  • Al-Deeb, M., Bloch, G., El-Abd, S., Charfeddinne, M., Bahar, A., Ates, H., Soeriawinata, T., and Kelkar, M., “Fully Integrated 3D Reservoir Characterization and Flow Simulation Study: A Field Case Example”, paper SPE 78510 presented at the 10th Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference held in Abu Dhabi (October 13-16, 2002).
  • Charfeddinne, M., Al-Deeb, M., El-Abd, S., Bahar, A., Ates, H., Soeriawinata, T., and Kelkar, M., “Reconciling Well Test and Core Derived Permeabilities using Fracture Network : A Field Case Example”, paper SPE 78499 presented at the 10th Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference held in Abu Dhabi (October 13-16, 2002)
  • Tang, Y., Yildiz, T., Kelkar, M.: “Effects of Formation Damage and High-Velocity Flow on the Productivity of Perforated Horizontal Wells,” SPE 77534, presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, TX (September 29 – October 2, 2002).
  • Ates, H., Bahar, A., and Kelkar, M.: “Integration of 3-D Seismic, Well Test and Core Data to Simulate Permeability Descriptions,” presented at Conference on Naturally Fractured Reservoirs, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (June 1-3, 2002).
  • Marwah, V., Kelkar, M., and Keefer, B.:  “Reservoir Mechanism for Hunton Formation Production,” SPE 75127, presented at Thirteenth Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery, Tulsa, OK (April 13-17, 2002).
  • Frederick, J., Kelkar, M., and Keefer, B.:  “Production Type Curves for Hunton Formation,” SPE 75248, presented at SPE/DOE Thirteenth Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery, Tulsa, OK (April 13-17, 2002).
  • Kho, T.S. and Kelkar, M.:  “The Effect of Using Scale-Splitting Technique on Two Phase, Two Dimensional Automatic History Matching,” SPE 75220, presented at SPE/DOE Thirteenth Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery, Tulsa, OK (April 13-17, 2002).
  • Tang, Y., Ozkan, E., Kelkar, M., and Yildiz, T.:  “Fast and Accurate Correlations to Compute the Perforation Pseudoskin and Productivity of Horizontal Wells,” SPE 71638, presented at SPE Annual Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, LA (September 30 - October 3, 2001).
  • Bahar, A., Ates, H., Kelkar, M., and Al-Deeb, M.:  “Methodology to Incorporate Geological Knowledge in Variogram Modeling,” SPE 68704, presented at SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition, Jakarta, Indonesia (April 17-19, 2001).
  • Tang, Y., Ozkan, E., Kelkar, M., Sarica, C. and Yildiz, T.: “Performance of Horizontal Wells Completed with Slotted Liners and Perforations,” paper SPE 65516, presented at the 2000 SPE/Petroleum Society of CIM International Conference on Horizontal Well Technology, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (November 6-8, 2000)
  • Bahar, A., and Kelkar, M.: “Journey from Well Logs/Cores to Integrated Geological and Petrophysical Properties Simulation: A Methodology and Application,” paper SPE 66284 was revised for publication from paper SPE 39565, first presented at the 1998 SPE India Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition, New Delhi, India, February 17-19, 1998. Original manuscript received for review March 31, 1998. Revised manuscript received August 30, 1999. Paper peer approved July 10, 2000.
  • Kelkar, M. “Advantages of Integrated Reservoir Description,” presented at Geophysical Trends in the New Millennium, Invited Lecture, Bartlesville, OK (April 13, 2000).
  • Ates, H. and Kelkar, M. “History Matching using Dual Loop Techniques,” SPE 59371, presented at the SPE/DOE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, Tulsa, OK (April 3-6, 2000).
  • Tanakov, M. and Kelkar, M.: “Integrated Reservoir Description for Boonsville, Texas Field Using 3-D seismic Well and Production Data,” SPE 59693, presented at the SPE Permian Basin Oil and Gas Recovery Conference, Midland, TX (March 21-23, 2000); paper SPE 59349 also presented at the SPE/DOE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, Tulsa, OK (April 3-6, 2000).
  • Kelkar, M.: “Estimation of Turbulence Coefficient Based on Field Observations,” paper SPE 62488 was revised for publication from paper SPE 37411, first presented at the 1997 SPE Production Operations Symposium, Oklahoma City, March 9-11. Original manuscript received for review April 17, 1997. Revised manuscript received December 7, 1999. Paper peer approved January 10, 2000.
  • Kelkar,M.: “Integration of Two Phase Production Data using the Dual Loop Method,” The Statoil Research Summit, Invited Lecture, Trondheim, Norway (September 13-14, 1999).
  • Kelkar, M.: “Integrated Approach Towards the Application of Horizontal Wells to Improve Waterflooding Performance,” 1999 Oil and Gas Conference, US DOE, Dallas, TX (June 28-30, 1999).
  • Kelkar, M.: “History Matching through Integration of Multi-Phase Production Data,” presented at the EAGE/SPE International Symposium on Petroleum Geostatistics, Toulouse, France (April 20-23, 1999).
  • Bitsindou, A. and Kelkar, M.: “Gas Well Production Optimization Using Dynamic Nodal Analysis,” paper SPE 52170, to be presented at the 1999 SPE Mid-Continent Operations Symposium, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (March 28-31, 1999).
  • Soeriawinata, T. and Kelkar, M.: “Reservoir Management Using Production Data,” paper SPE 52224, to be presented at the 1999 SPE Mid-Continent Operations Symposium, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (March 28-31, 1999).
  • Ates, H. and Kelkar, M.:  “Incorporation of Two-Phase Production Data into Reservoir Characterization,” paper SPE 48970 presented at the 1998 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana (September 27-30, 1998).
  • Kelkar, M.: “Integration of Dynamic Data,” presented in FORCE Meeting, Bergen, Norway (March, 1998).
  • Bahar, A. and Kelkar, M.: “Integrated Lithofacies and Petrophysical Properties Simulation,” SPE 38261, presented at Western Regional Meeting, Long Beach, CA (June 25-27, 1997).
  • Kelkar, M.: "Integrated Approach Toward the Application of Horizontal Wells to Improve Waterflooding Performance," presentation to Ft. Worth Section SPE as part of technology transfer workshop (March, 1997).
  • Jansen, F.E. and Kelkar, M.: “Upcaling of Reservoir Properties Using Wavelets, “ SPE 39495, presented at 1998 SPE India Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition, New Delhi, India (Feb. 10-12, 1998).
  • Bahar, A. and Kelkar, M.: “Journey from Well Logs/Cores to Integrated Geological and Petrophysical Properties Simulation: A Methodology and Application, “ SPE 39565, presented at 1998 SPE India Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition, New Delhi, India (Feb. 10-12, 1998).
  • Jansen, F.E. and Kelkar, M.: “Non-Stationary Estimation of Reservoir Properties Using Production Data,” paper SPE 38729, presented at SPE 72nd Annual Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, TX (October 5-8, 1997).
  • Jansen, F.E. and Kelkar, M.: “Application of Wavelets to Production Data in Describing Inter-Well Relationships,” paper SPE 38876, presented at SPE 72nd Annual Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, TX (October 5-8, 1997).
  • Bahar, A. and Kelkar, M.: “Integrated Lithofacies and Petrophysical Properties Simulation,” SPE 38261, presented at Western Regional Meeting, Long Beach, CA (June 25-27, 1997).
  • Kelkar, B.G.: “Reservoir Management of Self Unit- Glenn Pool Field,” paper presented at Oil Recovery Conference organised by University of Kansas, Wichita, KS (March 20, 1997).
  • Kelkar, B.G.: “Application of Geostatistics in Reservoir Description,” a seminar presented at Illinois Geological Survey Seminar Series, Urbana Champaign, IL (March 12, 1997); presented at Anadarko Petroleum Co., Houston, TX (May 1997), presented at Instituto Mexicano del Petroleo, as an invited guest to celebrate 32nd anniversery (October 23, 1997), presented at Bristol Resources, as a part of the Seminar Series, Tulsa, OK (November 11, 1997), presented at University of Pittsburgh, Graduate Seminar, Department of Petroleum and Chemical Engineering (November 14, 1997).
  • Kelkar, B.G.: "Estimation of Turbulence Coefficient Based on Field Observations," paper SPE 37411, paper presented at the Production Operations Symposium, Oklahoma City, OK (March 9-11, 1997).
  • Ates, H. and Kelkar, B.G.: "Two Phase Pressure Drop Predictions Across Gravel Pack," paper SPE 37512, paper  presented at the Production Operations Symposium, Oklahoma City, OK (March 9-11, 1997).
  • Huang, X. and Kelkar, B.G.: "Seismic Inversion Using Heuristic Combinatorial Algorithm: A Hybrid Scheme," paper presented at the SEG International Exposition and Annual Meeting, Denver, CO (November 10-15, 1996).
  • Huang, X. and Kelkar, B.G.: "Direct Porosity Inversion Using Field Statistical Correlation," paper presented at the SEG International Exposition and Annual Meeting, Denver, CO (November 10-15, 1996).
  • Huang, X. and Kelkar, B.G.: "Integration of Dynamic Data for Reservoir Characterization in the Frequency Domain," paper SPE 36513, presented at the 1996 Annual SPE Technical Conference and Exhibition, Denver, CO (October 6-9, 1996).
  • Huang, X., Gajraj, A. and Kelkar, B.G.: "The Impact of Integrating Static and Dynamic Data in Quantifying Uncertainties in the Future Prediction of Multi-Phase Systems," paper SPE 36570, presented at the 1996 Annual SPE Technical Conference and Exhibition, Denver, CO (October 6-9, 1996).
  • Soeriawinata, J., Kasap, E. and Kelkar, B.G.: "Permeability Upscaling for Near-Wellbore Heterogeneities," paper SPE 36518, presented at the 1996 Annual SPE Technical Conference and Exhibition, Denver, CO (October 6-9, 1996).
  • Jansen, F.E. and Kelkar, B.G.: “Exploratory Data Analysis of Production Data,” paper SPE 35184, presented at the 1996 Permian Basin Oil and Gas Recovery Conference, Midland, TX (March 27-29, 1996).
  • Huang, X. and Kelkar, B.G.: “Reservoir Characterization by Integration of Seismic and Dynamic Data,” paper SPE 35415, presented at the 1996 SPE/DOE Tenth Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery, Tulsa, OK (April 21-24, 1996).  Also presented at a graduate seminar, University of Texas (February, 1996).
  • Kelkar, B.G. and Richmond, D.: “Implementation of Reservoir Management Plan - Self Unit, Glenn Pool. Field,” paper SPE 35407, presented at the 1996 SPE/DOE Tenth Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery, Tulsa, OK (April 21-24, 1996).
  • Huang, X., Kelkar, B.G., Chopra, A.K. and Yang, C.T.: “Some Practical Considerations for Application of Heuristic Combinatorial Algorithm Inversion to Reservoir Description,” presented at the SEG International Exposition and Annual Meeting, Houston, TX (October 9-12, 1995).
  • Huang, X., Kelkar, B.G., Chopra, A.K. and Yang, C.T.: “Wavelet Sensitivity Study on Inversion using Heuristic Combinatorial Algorithms,” presented at the SEG International Exposition and Annual Meeting, Houston, TX (October 9-12, 1995).
  • Huang, X. and Kelkar, B.G.: “Performance Comparison of Heuristic Combinatorial Algorithms for Seismic Inversion,” presented in a poster session at the SEG International Exposition and Annual Meeting, Houston, TX (October 9-12, 1995).
  • Kantak, M., Hesketh, R.P. and Kelkar, B.G.: “Estimation of Design Parameters in Bubble Columns using Differential Pressure Fluctuations,” paper presented at the Annual AIChE Meeting, Miami, FL (November, 1995).
  • Lee, J., Kasap, E. and Kelkar, B.G.: “Development and Application of a New Upscaling Technique,” paper SPE 30712, presented at the Annual SPE Meeting, Dallas, TX (October 22-25, 1995).
  • Yang, C.T., Chopra, A.K., Chu, J., Huang, X. and Kelkar, B.G.: “Integrated Geostatistical Reservoir Description Using Petrophysical, Geological, and Seismic Data for Yachang 13-1 Gas Field,” paper SPE 30566, presented at the Annual SPE Meeting, Dallas, TX (October 22-25, 1995).
  • Bahar, A., Kelkar, B.G. and Thompson, L.G.: “Integrated Reservoir Description and Flow Performance Evaluation - Glenn Pool Study,” paper SPE 30622, presented at the Annual SPE Meeting, Dallas, TX (October 22-25, 1995); also presented at the AAPG Mid-Continent Section Meeting, Tulsa, OK (October 8-10, 1995).
  • Qiu, W. and Kelkar, B.G.: “Simulation of Geological Model Using Multipoint Histogram,” paper SPE 30601, presented at the Annual SPE Meeting, Dallas, TX (October 22-25, 1995).
  • Oetomo, H.K. and Kelkar, B.G.: “Incorporation of Production Data in a Reservoir Description Process,” paper SPE 29316, presented at the 1995 SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference, Kuala Lumpur (March, 1995).
  • Kelkar, B.G.: “Integration of Interdisciplinary Information for Reservoir Characterization, rdquo; presented at the Symposium on Multidisciplinary Approaches to Reservoir Characterization, The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK (May 9-12, 1994).
  • Kelkar, B.G.: “Application of Geostatistics for Reservoir Description,” Invited Lecture in a Forum on Reservoir Description, presented at the SPE Permian Basin Oil and Gas Recovery Conference, Midland, TX (March 16-18, 1994).
  • Pande, P.K., Clark, M.B., Blasingame, T.A., Kelkar, M., Vessell, R.K. and Hunt, P.E.: “Application of Integrated Reservoir Management and Reservoir Characterization to Optimize Infill Drilling,” Paper SPE 27657 presented at the 1994 SPE Permian Basin Oil and Gas Recovery Conference, Midland, TX (March 16-18, 1994).
  • Lee, J., Kasap, E. and Kelkar, B.G.: "Analytical Upscaling of Permeability for Three-Dimensional Grid Blocks," paper SPE 27875, presented at the Western Regional Meeting, Long Beach, CA (March 23-25, 1994).
  • Ahuja, B.K., Bahar, A., Kerr, D.R. and Kelkar, B.G.: "Integrated Reservoir Description and Flow Performance Evaluation of Self-Unit, Glenn Pool Field," paper SPE 27748, presented at the Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, Tulsa, OK (April 17-20, 1994).
  • Huang, X. and Kelkar, B.G.: "Application of Combinatorial Algorithms for Description of Reservoir Properties," paper SPE 27803, presented at the Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, Tulsa, OK (April 17-20, 1994).
  • Hird, K.B. and Kelkar, M.G.: "Incorporation of Production Data in Reservoir Description Process," paper SPE 27713, presented at the SPE Permian Basin Oil and Gas Recovery Conference, Midland, TX (March 16-18, 1994).
  • Sagar, R.K., Thompson, L.G. and Kelkar, B.G.: "Reservoir Description by Integrating Well Test Data and Spatial Statistics," paper SPE 26462, presented at the SPE Annual Technical Meeting and Exhibition, Houston, TX (October 3-7, 1993).
  • Kelkar, B.G.: "Reservoir Characterization Research at The University of Tulsa," presented at BP Exploration, Houston, TX (April 20, 1993); also at Stanford University, Stanford, CA (May 24, 1993); at Exxon Production Research, Houston, TX (October 8, 1993); and at Petronas Oil Co., Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (October 15, 1993).
  • Kerr, D.R., Martinez, G., Azof, I. and Kelkar, B.G.: "Integrated Reservoir Description Using Outcrop Studies: Example from Bartlesville Sandstone Northeast Oklahoma," presented at the Deltaic Reservoirs Workshop, Norman, OK (March 23-24, 1993).
  • Aasum, Y., Kasap, E. and Kelkar, B.G.: "Analytical Upscaling of Small Scale Permeability Using a Full Tensor," paper SPE 25913, presented at the SPE Rocky Mountain Regional/Low Permeability Reservoirs Symposium, Denver, CO (April 26-28, 1993).
  • Huang, X. and Kelkar, B.G.: "Application of Genetic Algorithm to Reservoir Description," presented at the SIAM Conference on Math and Computational Issues in Geosciences, Houston, TX (April 19-21, 1993).
  • Kerr, D.R., Martinez, G., Azof, I. and Kelkar, M.G.: "Integrated Reservoir Description Using Outcrop Studies: Example from Bartlesville Sandstone Northeast Oklahoma," presented at the Deltaic Reservoirs Workshop, Norman, OK (March 23-24, 1993).
  • Kelkar, B.G.: "Ranking of Independent Projects in the Presence of Uncertainties," paper SPE 25405, unsolicited (1992).
  • Hird, K.B. and Kelkar, M.G.: "Conditional Simulation Method for Reservoir Description using Spatial and Well Performance Constraints," paper SPE 24750, presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Washington, D.C. (October 4-8, 1992).
  • Poquioma, W. and Kelkar, B.G.: "Application of Geostatistics to Forecast Performance for Waterflooding on Oil Field," paper SPE 23677, presented at the Second Latin American Petroleum Engineering Conference of SPE, Caracas, Venezuela (March 8-11, 1992).
  • Perez, G. and Kelkar, B.G.: "Effectiveness of Conditional Simulation to Describe Carbonate Reservoir Properties," paper SPE 23971, presented at the SPE Permian Basin Oil and Gas Recovery Conference, Midland, TX (March 18-20, 1992).
  • Kelkar, B.G.: "Conditional Simulation using Simulated Annealing," presented at Texas A&M University (September 26, 1991).
  • Lotfi, B. and Kelkar, B.G.: "Application of Geostatistical Technique for Reservoir Performance Prediction," presented at the SPE Forum Series on Reservoir Characterization, Creste Butte, CO (July 29-August 2, 1991).
  • Aasum, Y., Kasap, E. and Kelkar, B.G.: "Effective Permeability of Grid Block in the Presence of Heterogeneities," presented as a poster session in SPE Forum Series on Reservoir Characterization, Creste Butte, CO (July 29-August 2, 1991); and presented as a poster session at the Third International Reservoir Characterization Conference, Tulsa, OK (November 3-5, 1991).
  • Perez, G. and Kelkar, B.G.: "Assessing Distributions of Reservoir Properties Using Horizontal Well Data," presented at the Third International Reservoir Characterization Conference, Tulsa, OK (November 3-5, 1991); also presented at the Joint TGS/GST/SPE/SPWLA Workshop, Tulsa, OK (May 10-11, 1993).
  • Daniel, L.S. and Kelkar, B.G.: "Gas Balancing Between Working Interest Owners: An Engineer's Perspective," paper SPE 22619, presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, TX (October 7-9, 1991).
  • Shetty, S.A., Kantak, M.V. and Kelkar, B.G.: "Measurement of Gas Phase Mixing in Bubble Column Reactors," Paper 34A, presented at the Spring AIChE National Meeting, Houston, TX (April 7-11, 1991).
  • Aasum, Y., Kelkar, B.G. and Gupta, S.P.: "Effect of Scaling Parameters on Miscible Displacement," presented at the ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA (December 1-6, 1991).
  • Perez, G. and Kelkar, B.G.: "Three Dimensional Reservoir Description Using Conditional Simulation," presented at the Workshop on Petroleum-Reservoir Geology in the Southern Midcontinent, Norman, OK (March 26-27, 1991).
  • Kelkar, B.G. and Perez, G.: "Interwell Distributions Using Fractal Geostatistics," presented at the Geostatistics Symposium, Calgary (May 22-24, 1990).
  • Kelkar, B.G.: "Reservoir Characterization Research at The University of Tulsa," presented to Arco Oil and Gas Company, Midland, TX (February, 1990), Oryx Energy, Midland, TX (March, 1990), and Conoco, Inc., Ponca City, OK (May, 1990).
  • Aasum, Y., Kelkar, B.G. and Gupta, S.P.: "Application of Geostatistics and Fractal Geometry for Reservoir Characterization," paper SPE 20257, presented at the EOR Symposium, Tulsa, OK (April 23-25, 1990).
  • Kelkar, B.G.: "Numerical Investigation of Viscous Instabilities in the Presence of Heterogeneities," presented seminars at the University of Oklahoma (February, 1989) and at the University of Texas (March, 1989).
  • Kelkar, B.G.: "A Computer Program to do Nodal Analysis," presented at the SPE Mid-Continent Luncheon Meeting (March, 1989).
  • Kelkar, B.G. and Gupta, S.P.: "A Numerical Study of Viscous Instabilities: Effect of Controlling Parameters and Scaling Considerations," paper SPE 18094, presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, TX (October 2-5, 1988).
  • Kelkar, B.G. and Perez, G.: "A New Method to Predict Two-Phase Pressure Drop Across Perforations," paper SPE 18248, presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, TX (October 2-5, 1988).
  • Perez, G. and Kelkar, B.G.: "A Simplified Method to Predict Overall Production Performance," Paper No. 88-39-63, presented at the 39th Annual CIM Meeting, Calgary (June 12-16, 1988).<
  • Kelkar, B.G. and Gupta, S.P.: "The Effects of Small Scale Heterogeneities on the Effective Dispersivity of Porous Medium," paper SPE 17339, presented at the SPE/DOE EOR Symposium, Tulsa, OK (April 17-20, 1988).
  • Tompang, R. and Kelkar, B.G.: "Prediction of Waterflood Performance in Stratified Reservoirs," paper SPE 17289, presented at the SPE Permian Basin Oil and Gas Recovery Conference, Midland, TX (March 10-11, 1988).
  • Kelkar, M.: “Waterflooding Computations in One-Dimensional Reservoir,” paper SPE 16466, unsolicited (1987).
  • Kelkar, B.G.: "The Effect of Current Oil Crisis on Oil and Gas Leases in Light of Recent Court Decisions," paper SPE 16238 presented at the SPE Production Operations Symposium, Oklahoma City, OK (March 8-10, 1987).
  • Surbey, O.W., Kelkar, B.G. and Brill, J.P.: "Study of Subcritical Flow Through Multiphase Orifice Valves," presented at the 60th SPE Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV (September 22-25, 1985).
  • Cox, R. and Kelkar, B.G.: "Unified Relationship to Predict Future IPR Curves for Solution Gas Drive Reservoirs," paper SPE 14239 presented at the 60th SPE Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV (September, 1985). Also presented at the Production Technology Symposium, Lubbock, TX (November, 1985).
  • Kelkar, B.G.: "Design and Characteristics of Multiphase Bubble Column Reactors," talk presented to Dow Chemicals, R & D Division, Midland, TX (July, 1985).

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