Kashy Aminian

Kashy Aminian

  • Experience and Education

    EXPERIENCE
    1992-Present Professor, Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, WVU
    1987-1992 Associate Professor, Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, WVU
    1983-1987 Assistant Professor, Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, WVU
    1979-1983 Reservoir Engineer, Michigan Consolidated Gas Co., Detroit, Michigan

    EDUCATION
    Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, 1982
    M.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, 1978
    B.S. Chemical Engineering, Tehran University, 1976

  • RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

    COURSES I TEACH
    Basic Reservoir Engineering (PNGE 333)
    Applied Reservoir Engineering (PNGE 434)
    Natural Gas Engineering (PNGE 470)
    Natural Gas Production & Storage (PNGE 471)
    Pressure Transient Analysis (PNGE 634)
    Advanced Reservoir Engineering (PNGE 734)
    Advanced Natural gas Engineering (PNGE 770)

    SHORT COURSES I TAUGHT
    CBM Reservoir Engineering
    Pressure Transient Analysis
    Natural Gas Reservoir Evaluation
    Gas Storage
    Petroleum Engineering Certification Exam Review

    RESEARCH GRANTS
    1. Characterization of Unconventional Marcellus Shale Resources, USDOE, 2008-09.
    2. Northern Appalachian Coalbed Methane Assessment, RPSEA, 2003-04.
    3. Identifying Technical Barriers and Preferred Practices in Appalachian Basin, USDOE, 2001-03.
    4. Reservoir Characterization of Upper Gordon Sandstone, USDOE, 1998-2001.
    5. Development of Models for Desiccation Barriers, USDOE, 1994-96
    6. The Atlas of Major Appalachian Gas Plays, USDOE, 1991-94
    7. Measuring and Predicting Reservoir Heterogeneity, USDOE, 1990-93.
    8 CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery Mobility Control by In-Situ Chemical Precipitation, USDOE, 1986-89.
    9. Technology/Database Development for Eastern Gas Bearing Formations, USDOE, 1985-87.

  • PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

    CURRENT ACTIVITIES

    Member, ABET-Engineering Accreditation Commission
    Coordinator, North American Coalbed Methane Forum
    Member, Northern WV SPE Section Board of Directors
    Member, SPE Education and Accreditation Committee
    Technical Editor, SPE Formation and Reservoir Evaluation Journal
    Chair of Technical Program Committee, 2010 SPE Eastern Regional Conference

    PAST ACTIVITIES

    NSF Graduate Fellowship Review Panel
    Chair of Technical Program Committee, 2005 SPE Eastern Regional Conference
    Chair of Technical Program Committee, 2000 SPE Eastern Regional Conference
    SPE Computer Application Committee
    Chair of SPE Education and Accreditation Committee

    CONSULTING

    Provided technical/expert support to DTI, Dominion E&P, Questar Pipeline, Schlumberger, EAE, Columbia Gas, and others in the area of Gas Storage Design and Development, Gas Storage Inventory Analysis, Gas Production Performance and Field Development, and Reserves Evaluation

  • AWARDS

    Outstanding Teacher, College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, West Virginia University, 2003
    West Virginia University Outstanding Teaching Award, 2000
    Regional Service Award, Society of Petroleum Engineers, 1999
    Teacher of the Year, College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, West Virginia University, 1998
    Outstanding Teacher, College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, West Virginia University, 1998
    Outstanding Teacher, College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, West Virginia University, 1997

  • PUBLICATIONS

    JOURNAL PAPERS

    • Predicting Production Performance of CBM Reservoirs, Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, Vol. 1, pp. 25-30, July 2009
    • Application of Artificial Neural Networks for Reservoir Characterization with Limited Data, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Vol. 49, pp. 212-222, 15 Dec. 2005
    • A New Approach for Reservoir Characterization, Journal of Petroleum Technology, pp62-63, September 2003
    • Evaluation of the Petroleum Technology-Based Dry Soil Barrier, Journal of Petroleum Science & Engineering, Vol. 26, pp. 83-89, May 2000
    • A New Approach for Drill Bit Selection, Journal of Petroleum Technology, pp.27-28, December 2000
    • Identification of Parameters Influencing the Response of Gas Storage Wells to a Hydraulic Fracturing With Aid of a Neural Network, SPE Computer Applications, Vol. 8, No.2, pp. 54-58, 1996
    • Secondary Recovery Techniques Improve Remediation Projects, Northeast Oil, Vol. 88, No. 1, pp.36-39, 1996.
    • Predicting Well-Stimulation Results in a Gas-Storage Field in the Absence of Reservoir Data with Neural Networks, SPE Reservoir Engineering, 268-272, 1996
    • Petroleum Reservoir Characterization with the Aid of Artificial Neural Networks, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 16, pp.263-274, 1996
    • Predicting the Production Performance of Gas Reservoirs Using Production Type Curves, Scientia Iranica, Vol. 1, No.3, pp. 13-20, 1994
    • Permeable Rock Model Using An Array of Pores, Powder Technology, Vol. 75, pp. 107-112., 1993
    • Pressure Analysis of an Unstimualted Horizontal Well Using Type Curves, Journal of Petroleum Technology, Vol. 43, No. 8, pp. 988-993, 1991
    • Recovery of Oil from Underground Drill Sites, Energy Sources, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 417-431, 1991
    • Production Decline Behavior of Gas Wells in Multi-Well Reservoirs, Journal of Petroleum Technology, Vol. 42, No. 12, pp. 15731579, 1990
    • Simultaneous Calculation of Pressure and Temperature in Flowing Gas Wells, SPE Computer Applications, May-June Issue, pp. 2528, 1990
    • Production History Analysis in Predicting Dry Gas-Well Performance, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Vol. 2, pp. 1326, 1989
    • Determining Gas Pseudo-Functions, SPE Computer Applications, September-October Issue, pp.12, 1989
    • Phase Equilibrium and Reservoir Depletion Calculations on PC Using the Peng-Robinson Equation of State, SPE Computer Applications, May-June Issue, pp. 2021, 1989
    • A Production Forecasting Model for Gas Wells, Math. Comput. Modelling, Vol. 11, pp. 391-395, 1988
    • The Evaluation of Silurian-Niagaran Reef Belt in Northeastern Michigan, SPE Formation Evaluation, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 428-434, 1987.

    CONFERENCE PAPERS

    • The Impact of Stimulation Treatment on EUR of Upper Devonian Formations in the Appalachian Basin, SPE 125973, Proceedings of SPE Eastern Regional Conference, September 2009.
    • Evaluation of Skin Factor from Single-Rate Gas Well Test, SPE 18940, Proceedings of SPE Eastern Regional Conference, October 2008.
    • Evaluation of the Results of Gas Storage in a Gas/Condensate Reservoir in the Appalachian Basin, SPE 111193, Proceedings of SPE Eastern Regional Conference, October 2007
    • Type Curve-Based Production Prediction Tool for CBM Prospects, SPE 111194, Proceedings of SPE Eastern Regional Conference, October 2007
    • A Simple and Reliable Method for Gas Well Deliverability Determination, SPE 111195, Proceedings of SPE Eastern Regional Conference, October 2007
    • Gas Storage in Depleted Gas/Condensate Reservoir in the Appalachian Basin, SPE 104555, Proceedings of SPE Eastern Regional Conference, October 2006
    • Type Curves for Production Prediction and Evaluation of Coalbed Methane Reservoirs, SPE 97957, Proceedings of SPE Eastern Regional Conference, September 2005
    • Evaluation of a Depleted Gas-Condensate Reservoir for Gas Storage, SPE 91483, Proceedings of SPE Eastern Regional Conference, September 2004
    • Type Curves for Coalbed Methane Production Prediction, SPE 91482, Proceedings of SPE Eastern Regional Conference, September 2004.
    • Characterization of a Heterogeneous Reservoir in West Virginia, SPE 84830, Proceedings of Joint AAPG-SPE Eastern Regional Conference, September 2003
    • Prediction of Flow Units and Permeability Using Artificial Neural Networks, SPE 85585, Proceedings of Joint AAPG-SPE Western Regional Conference, May 2003
    • A New Approach for Reservoir Characterization, SPE 78710, Proceedings of SPE Eastern Regional Conference, 2002
    • Permeability Distribution Prediction, SPE 72378, SPE Eastern Regional Conference, Canton, OH, October 17-19, 2001.
    • Application of Artificial neural Network(ANN) for Reservoir Characterization, SPE 72376, SPE Eastern Regional Conference, Canton, OH, October 17-19, 2001.
    • An Unconventional Approach for Drill Bit Selection, SPE 68090, Proceedings of 2001 SPE Middle East Oil Show and Conference, March 17-20, 2001
    • Enhancing Secondary Oil Recovery Performance Simulation with the aid of Neural Network, MS 2000, Modelling and Simulation Conference, Pittsburgh, PA May 15-17, 2000
    • Improving Simulation of Waterflood Performance with the Use of Neural Networks, SPE 65630, Proceedings of SPE Eastern Regional Conference, Morgantown, WV, October 17-19, 2000
    • A New Approach for Drill Bit Selection, SPE 65618, Proceedings of SPE Eastern Regional Conference, Morgantown, WV, October 17-19,2000.
    • The Evaluation of Aerial Surveys for Detection of Natural Gas Pipeline Leaks, SPE 57461, Proceedings of SPE Eastern Regional Conference, 1999
    • Influence of Pore Size Distribution on Damage Profile, SPE 39587, SPE Symposium on Formation Damage Control, 1998
    • A New Approach for Testing Gas Storage Wells, SPE 39223, Proceedings of SPE Eastern Regional Conference, 1997
    • An Experimental Study to Investigate the Feasibility of Desiccation-Based Containment Technology, SPE 36639, SPE Annual Technical Conference, 1996
    • The Application of ANN for Zone Identification in a Complex Reservoir, SPE 30977, Eastern Regional Conference, pp. 27-32, Sept. 1995
    • Effect of Formation and Fluid Properties on the Modeling of Oil Recovery at the Northern Part of the Granny Creek Field, West Virginia, 8th International Conference on Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, 1994.
    • The Use of Well Log Data for Permeability Estimation in a Heterogeneous Reservoir, SPE 29175, SPE Eastern Regional Conference, pp. 167-180, 1994.
    • Application of Enhanced Oil Recovery Technology for Environmental Remediation, Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission Annual Bulletin, Vol. VIII, pp. 225-229, 1994
    • Natural Gas Development, Utilization and Storage, First International Non-Renewable Energy Sources Congress, pp. 332-338, 1993
    • A New Approach for Modeling and Simulation of Hydrocarbon Reservoirs Containing Isolated Channels and Barriers, International Conference on Applied Modelling and Simulation, pp. 139-142, 1993.
    • Characterization of a Complex Reservoir in West Virginia, SPE 26939, Proceedings of Eastern Regional Conference, pp. 445-453, 1993
    • Permeability Evaluation in Heterogeneous Formations Using Geophysical Well Logs and Geological Interpretations, SPE 26060, Western Regional Conference, 1993
    • A Simple Method for Evaluating Pore Surface Mineralogy, SPE 26933, Proceedings of Eastern Regional Conference, pp. 395-400, 1993
    • Performance Evaluation of a Waterflood Project in Southern West Virginia, SPE 26937, Proceedings of Eastern Regional Conference, pp. 429-435, 1993
    • Formation Evaluation Using Core, Well Log, and Initial Production Data, SPE 26938, Proceedings of Eastern Regional Conference, pp. 437-442, 1993
    • Permeability Evaluation in Heterogeneous Formations Using Geophysical Well Logs and Geological Interpretations, SPE 26060, Proceedings of Western Regional Conference, 1993
    • Pre and PostStimulation Well Test Data Analysis from Horizontal Wells in the Devonian Shale, SPE 23446, Proceedings of Eastern Regional Conference, 1991
    • Polynomial Approximation for Gas Pseudopressure and Pseudotime, Proceedings of Eastern Regional Conference, 1991
    • Overview of Recent Developments in Underground Storage, AIChE Spring Annual Conference, April 1992.
    • The Effect of Variable Gas Properties on Isochronal Tests, SPE 23441, Eastern Regional Conference, 1991
    • A Systematic Approach For Predicting Gas Condensate Extended Compositional Analysis, AIChE Spring National Meeting, April 1991.
    • Simulation of Particle Movement in Porous Rock, SPE 23443, Proceedings of Eastern Regional Conference, 1991
    • Semi-Log Type Curves for Interpretation of Well Test Data, SPE 21271, Proceedings of Eastern Regional Conference, pp. 103-111, 1990.
    • CO2 Mobility Control by Carbonate Precipitation- A Modeling Study, SPE 19321, Proceedings of Eastern Regional Conference, pp. 149-156, 1989.
    • Type Curves for Predicting the Production Performance of Horizontal Wells in Low Permeability Gas Reservoirs, SPE 19808, Proceedings of SPE Annual Technical Conference, 1989
    • The Evaluation and Optimization of Hydraulic Fracturing Treatments for the Big Injun Formation in West Virginia, SPE 18540, Proceedings of SPE Eastern Regional Conference, pp. 171-180, 1988
    • Type Curves for Predicting Production Performance From Horizontal Wells in Low Permeability Gas Reservoirs, SPE 18933, Low Permeability Reservoir Symposium, pp. 605-613, 1988.
    • Gas Well Performance in Multi-Well Systems: A Simulation Approach, International Conference on Applied Modelling and Simulation, ACTA Press, pp. 139-142, 1987.
    • Database for Eastern Gas-Bearing Formations: Development & Application, SPE 17065, Eastern Regional Conference, pp. 371-380, 1987.
    • Predicting Gas Well Performance under Altered Conditions, SPE 17060, Eastern Regional Conference, pp. 323332, 1987
    • Production Forecasting for Gas Wells under Variable Conditions, SPE 16939, Proceedings of SPE Annual Technical Conference, pp. 6370, 1987P
    • Production Decline Type Curves for Gas Wells Producing Under Pseudo-Steady State Conditions, SPE 15933, Eastern Regional Conference, pp. 159-164, 1986.
    • Developing Gas Resources in the Appalachian Basin through Recompletion: An Economic Feasibility Study, SPE 15923, Eastern Regional Conference, 1986
    • Explorations for Oil and Gas in the Michigan Basin: A Historical Review, SPE 15919, Proceedings of SPE Eastern Regional Conference, pp.4552, 1986.
    • Developing Gas Resources in the Appalachia through Recompletion: An Economic Feasibility Study, SPE 15923, Proceedings of SPE Eastern Regional Conference, 1986
    • A Study of Reservoir Parameters Affecting Gas Well Spacing in WV, SPE 14517, Proceedings of SPE Eastern Regional Conference, pp. 251258, 1985.
    • A Systematic Approach for Development of the Devonian Shale Gas Resources, SPE 14504, Proceedings of SPE Eastern Regional Conference, pp. 127140, 1985.
    • A Systematic Evaluation of Gas Bearing Formations in West Virginia, SPE Paper 13355, Eastern Regional Conference, pp. 5768, 1984
    • Silurian-Niagaran Reef Belt of Michigan of the Michigan BasinAn Update, SPE 13370, Eastern Regional Conference, pp. 149158, 1984
    • Silurian-Niagaran Reef Belt Around the Michigan Basin A Synergistic Study, SPE 11069, Proceedings of SPE Annual Technical Conference, 1982