Wellbore Integrity

Ongoing research in wellbore integrity includes the numerical simulation of wellbore integrity using mechanical earth modeling to investigate micro-annuli between the wellbore and cement or cement and casing, and laboratory bench scale physical modeling of the wellbore cementing process. Part of this work focuses on the environmental and safety implications associated with maintaining wellbore integrity following multi-stage hydraulic fracturing.

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Dr. Baojun Bai

Curators’ Distinguished Professor, Lester Birbeck Endowed Chair Professor, Petroleum Engineering

573-341-4016 | baib@mst.edu |

161 McNutt Hall

Research Interests

Water management, conformance control, Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR), CO2 EOR and Storage, fluid flow in porous media, and
unconventional oil and gas development.

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Dr. Shari Dunn-Norman

Chancellor's Professor Emeritus, Petroleum Engineering

573-341-4840 | caolila@mst.edu |

151 McNutt Hall

Research Interests

Hydraulic fracturing, wellbore construction, well integrity, production engineering and artificial lift. 

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Dr. Andreas Eckert

Associate Professor, Petroleum Engineering/Geology and Geophysics

573-341-4876 | eckertan@mst.edu |

328 McNutt Hall

Research Interests

Numerical simulation of buckle folding, numerical simulation of rock fabric evolution, fracture initiation, salt tectonics, deformation bands, and wellbore and reservoir geomechanics. 

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Dr. Mingzhen Wei

Associate Professor, Petroleum Engineering

573-341-4657 | weim@mst.edu |

330 McNutt Hall

Research Interests

Reservoir simulation, data mining, unconventional resources, and enhanced oil recovery.

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