Publications & News 

As this research project matures we will post our progress in news articles and publications.

Publications (TMSL Project)

Dr. Chad Miller publishes article in the joint newsletter of Air Quality and OIl and Gas for the ABA section of environment, energy and resources:
Cyclical Challenges to Economic Development Based on the Shale Economy (p. 6, 7)
​https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/publications/nr_newsletters/aq/201808-aq-joint.authcheckdam.pdf

Journal Publications (Complex Fracture Project)

1. Nath, F., Salvati, P. E., Mokhtari, M., Seibi, A., & Hayatdavoudi, A. (2017, October 4). Observation of Fracture Growth in Laminated Sandstone and Carbonate Rock Samples under Brazilian Testing Conditions Using Digital Image Correlation Technique. Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi:10.2118/187515-MS
2. Nath F. & Mokhtari M., 2018, Optical Visualization of Strain Development and Fracture Propagation in Laminated Rocks, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering , Vol. 167, 354-365
3. Jiang S., Mokhtari M., Borrok D., Lee J., 2018, Improving the Total Organic Carbon Estimation of the Eagle Ford Shale with Density Logs by Considering the Effect of Pyrite, Minerals, 8(4), 154 
4. Nath F., Kimanzi R.J., Mokhtari M., Salehi S., 2018, A novel method to investigate cement-casing bonding using digital image correlation, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Vol.166, 482-489    
5. Guedez A., Mokhtari M., Seibi A.,Mitra A., 2018, Developing correlations for velocity models in vertical transverse isotropic media: Bakken case study, Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, Vol. 54, 175-188       
6. Parapuram G. Mokhtari M. & Ben Hmida J., 2018, An Artificially Intelligent Technique to Generate Synthetic Geomechanical Well Logs for the Bakken Formation, Energies, 11(3), 680                                                         
7. Mokhtari M., Wood D., Ghanizadeh A., Kulkarni P., Rasouli V., Fathi E., Saidian M., Barati R., 2017, Virtual special issue: advances in the petrophysical and geomechanical characterization of organic-rich shales, Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, Vol. 38, 638-641
8. Kiran R., Teodoriu C., Dadmohammadi Y., Nygaard R., Wood D., Mokhtari M., Salehi S., 2017, Identification and evaluation of well integrity and causes of failure of well integrity barriers: a review, Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, Vol. 45, 511-526
9. Mokhtari M., Honarpour M.M., Tutuncu A.N., & Boitnott G.N., 2016, Characterization of Elastic Anisotropy in Eagle Ford Shale: Impact of Heterogeneity and Measurement Scale, SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, Vol. 19, Issue 3, 429-439
10. Mokhtari M. & Tutuncu A.N., 2016, Impact of Lamination and Natural Fractures on Rock Failure in Brazilian Experiments: A Case Study on Green River and Niobrara Formations, Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, Vol. 36, 79-86
11. Mokhtari M., Tutuncu A.N., & Boitnott G.N., 2015, Intrinsic Anisotropy in Fracture Permeability, Interpretation, Vol. 3. No. 3, ST43-ST53
12. Mokhtari M. & Tutuncu A.N., 2015, Characterization of Anisotropy in the Permeability of Organic-Rich Shales, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Vol. 133, 496-506   

News:

TMSL Student receives People's Choice Award in the 3-minute Thesis competition for research topic "Determination of Resistivity and Ultrasonic Properties of TMS Play Using Laboratory Techniques"

TMSL featured in the latest issue of La Louisiane:
​https://louisiana.edu/news-events/news/20180919/available-now-latest-la-louisiane-features-research-sports-and-more
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AAPG interviews our Project Director, Dr. Mehdi Mokhtari:
https://www.aapg.org/publications/blogs/learn/article/Articleid/46337/interview-with-mehdi-mokhtari-mdash-university-of-louisiana-lafayette

The Advocate announces UL lead in TMS research:
​https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/business/article_60a78ae8-fc80-11e7-af86-470d77640802.html

USM Joins Consortium to Study Tuscaloosa Marine Shale
http://news.usm.edu/article/usm-joins-consortium-study-tuscaloosa-marine-shale

Missouri S&T announces their participation in the TMS project
https://news.mst.edu/2018/01/missouri-st-to-participate-in-9-7m-oil-gas-exploration-project-in-southeastern-u-s/news.mst.edu/2018/01/missouri-st-to-participate-in-9-7m-oil-gas-exploration-project-in-southeastern-u-s/

UL announces $9.7 million grant for the oil and gas consortium:
https://louisiana.edu/news-events/news/20180118/97-million-grant-fuels-creation-oil-and-gas-consortium-ul-lafayette

DOE publishes article on $30 million investment for unconventional research:
​https://www.energy.gov/articles/department-energy-invest-30-million-boost-unconventional-oil-and-natural-gas-recovery