Narendra Kumar Rawat

Alumni

Post Doctoral Fellow

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4315-WS21

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Research Interests

My specialty is to design and develop fluid systems for Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery (C-EOR) through experiments, mechanistic illustrations, and simulation studies. Working experience with various EOR fluids systems including surfactant solutions, emulsions (micro-and nano-emulsions), polymeric materials, nanoparticles, modified fluids (Smart fluids), and Reservoir Characterization, Modelling, and Simulation

Specialties: Design and Development of EOR fluids, Reservoir characterization, Nano-fluids, Interfacial phenomenons (Surfactant/NPs)

Selected Publications

  • Narendra Kumar, Marcio Augusto Sampaio, Keka Ojha, Hussein Hoteit, Ajay Mandal. Fundamental aspects, mechanisms and emerging possibilities of CO2 miscible flooding in enhanced oil recovery: A review. Fuel. 330 (2022) 125633. 

  • Narendra Kumar, Amit Verma, Ajay Mandal. Formation, Characteristics and Oil Industry Applications of Nanoemulsions: A Review. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. 206 (2021) 109042. 
  • Narendra Kumar, Nilanjan Pal, Ajay Mandal. Nanoemulsion Flooding for Enhanced Oil Recovery: Theoretical Concepts, Numerical Simulation, and History Match. Journal of Petroleum Science and
    Engineering. 202 (2021) 108579. 
  • Narendra Kumar, Ajay Mandal. Experimental investigation of PEG 6000/tween 40/SiO2 NPs stabilized nanoemulsion properties: A versatile oil recovery approach. Journal of Molecular Liquids. 319 (2020) 114087. 
  • Narendra Kumar, Ajay Mandal. Wettability alteration of sandstone rock by surfactant stabilized nanoemulsion for enhanced oil recovery—A mechanistic study. Colloids and Surfaces A. 601, 125043, 2020. 
  • Narendra Kumar, Ajay Mandal. Thermodynamic and physicochemical properties evaluation for formation and characterization of oil-in-water nanoemulsion. Journal of Molecular Liquids. 266, 147-159, 2018.
  • Narendra Kumar, Ajay Mandal. Surfactant Stabilized Oil-in-Water Nanoemulsion: Stability, Interfacial Tension, and Rheology Study for Enhanced Oil Recovery Application. Energy Fuels. 32 (6), 6452-6466, 2018. 
  • Narendra Kumar, Tushar Gaur, Ajay Mandal. Characterization of SPN Pickering emulsions for application in enhanced oil recovery. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. 54, 304-315, 2017.

Education

  • Ph. D, Petroleum Engineering. Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Dhanbad, India. 2021

  • M. Tech, Petroleum Engineering. Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Dhanbad, India. 2015

  • B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering, AKTU (formerly UPTU), India. 2011

Professional Profile

2022- Present, Postdoctoral fellow, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, Saudi Arabia

Dec 2021 - Oct 2022, Postdoctoral fellow, University of São Paulo, Brazil

April- Nov 2021, Research Associate, Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Dhanbad, India

2018-2021, Senior Research Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Dhanbad, India

2016-2018, Junior Research Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Dhanbad, India

Scientific and Professional Membership

  • Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)

  • European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE)

Awards

2021, FAPESP scholarship, Brazil for Post-Doctoral research

2018, Inder Mohan Thapar Research (IMTR) Award for Best Research by Inder Mohan Thapar Foundation Trust (Karam Chand Thapar Group) 

2016, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development, India Scholarship to pursue Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering

2013, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development, India Scholarship to pursue Post Graduation in Engineering

KAUST Affiliations

PSE - Physical and Engineering Division

Research Interests Keywords

Enhanced Oil Recovery Design, and Development of EOR fluids CO2-EOR and CCUS Interfacial phenomenon (Surfactants, Polymers & Nanoparticles) Reservoir Characterization CO2 capture and storage (CCUS; EOR) Modelling