MILIND DEO portrait
  • Professor, Chemical Engineering
  • Peter D. and Catherine R. Meldrum Endowed Professor, Chemical Engineering
  • Director, EFRC-MUSE, Chemical Engineering
  • EGI Director, Vp For Research
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Publications

  • Palash Panja & Chamila Manankandayalage, Maksudul M. Alam, Milind Deo (2023). Understanding the performance of membrane for direct air capture of CO2. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. Published, 10/24/2023.
  • Rasoul Sorkhabi & Palash Panja and Milind Deo (2023). Production Sweet Spots of Eight US Shale Plays Constrained by Data Analytics of Normalized Production Index, Payzone Depth, and Initial GOR. SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference. Published, 06/2023.
  • Carlos Vega-Ortiz & Palash Panja, Milind Deo, Brian McPherson (2023). Decline Curve Analysis Using Machine Learning Algorithms: RNN, LSTM, and GRU. ARMA US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium. Published, 06/2023.
  • Dipendu Saha & Dipendu Saha, Vidha Bhasin, Syed Khalid, Noah Smeriglio, Sebastian Cuka, Dibyendu Bhattacharyya, James Rodgers, Palash Panja, Milind Deo, Tyler Apple (2023). Adsorption of rare earth elements in carboxylated mesoporous carbon. Separation and Purification Technology. Vol. 314. Published, 06/2023.
  • Andrew Jacobson & Chen Chen, Janet C Dewey, Grant C Copeland, Wayne T Allen, Bryony Richards, John P Kaszuba, Adri CT van Duin, Hyeyoung Cho, Milind Deo, Yuqi She, Thomas P Martin (2022). Effect of nanoconfinement and pore geometry on point of zero charge in synthesized mesoporous siliceous materials. JCIS Open. Published, 12/2022.
  • Yidong Xia & Qi Rao, Ahmed Hamed, Joshua Kane, Viktoriya Semeykina, Ilya Zharov, Milind Deo, Zhen Li (2022). Flow reduction in pore networks of packed silica nanoparticles: Insights from mesoscopic fluid models. Langmuir. Vol. 38, 8135-8152. Published, 06/22/2022.
  • Pranay Asai & Robert Podgorney, John McLennan, Milind Deo, Joseph Moore (2022). Analytical model for fluid flow distribution in enhanced geothermal systems. Renewable Energy, Pergamon. Vol. 193, 821-831. Published, 06/2022.
  • Palash Panja & Brian McPherson and Milind Deo (2022). Techno-economic analysis of amine-based CO2 capture technology: Hunter plant case study. Carbon Capture Science & Technology, Elsevier. Vol. 3. Published, 06/2022.
  • Pranay Asai & Pranay Asai, Jiaqi Jin, Milind Deo, Jan D Miller, Darryl Butt (2022). Milind Deo [HTML] from sciencedirect.com Non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulation to evaluate the effect of confinement on fluid flow in silica nanopores. Fuel. Vol. 317. Published, 06/01/2022.
  • Jiaqi Jin & Chen-Luh Lin, Shoeleh Assemi, Jan D Miller, Darryl P Butt, Taylor Jordan, Milind D Deo, Viktoriya Semeykina (2022). Nanopore networks in colloidal silica assemblies characterized by XCT for confined fluid flow modeling. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. Vol. 208. Published, 01/01/2022.
  • Qi Rao & Qi Rao, Yidong Xia, Jiaoyan Li, Milind Deo, Zhen Li (2021). [HTML] from sciencedirect.com Flow reduction of hydrocarbon liquid in silica nanochannel: Insight from many-body dissipative particle dynamics simulations. Journal of Molecular Liquids. Vol. 344. Published, 12/15/2021.
  • Jiaqi Jin & Pranay Asai, Xuming Wang, Jan D Miller, Milind Deo (2021). Simulation and analysis of slip flow of water at hydrophobic silica surfaces of nanometer slit pores. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. Vol. 626. Published, 10/05/2021.
  • Yichen Wang & Tara Henriksen, Milind Deo, Ray A Mentzer (2021). Factors contributing to US chemical plant process safety incidents from 2010 to 2020. Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries. Vol. 71. Published, 07/01/2021.
  • Palash Panja & Sídney Green, Milind Deo, Richard Allis, Richard Newhart, Kevin Kitz, Joseph Moore, John McLennan (2021). Multi-Layer Reservoir Thermal Energy Storage in the Uinta Basin. 55th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium. Published, 06/18/2021.
  • Pranay Asai & Palash Panja, Raul Velasco, Milind Deo (2021). Flow of long chain hydrocarbons through carbon nanotubes (CNTs). Scientific Reports. Vol. 11. Published, 05/2021.
  • Sohaib Mohammed & Hassnain Asgar, Milind Deo, Greeshma Gadikota (2021). Interfacial and confinement-mediated organization of gas hydrates, water, organic fluids, and nanoparticles for the utilization of subsurface energy and geological resources Authors. Energy & Fuels. Vol. 35. Published, 02/2021.
  • Jan Goral & Milind Deo (2020). Nanofabrication of synthetic nanoporous geomaterials: from nanoscale-resolution 3D imaging to nano-3D-printed digital (shale) rock. Scientific Reports. Vol. 10, 1-12. Published, 12/2020.
  • Jan Goral & Milind Deo, John McLennan, Hai Huang, Earl Mattson (2020). Macro-and micro-compression testing of shales. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. Vol. 191, 107034. Published, 08/2020.
  • Raul Velasco & Palash Panja, Milind Deo (2020). Moving boundary approach to forecast tight oil production. AIChE Journal. Vol. 67. Published, 08/2020.
  • Palash Panja & Raul Velasco, Milind Deo (2020). Understanding and modeling of gas-condensate flow in porous media. Advances in Geo-Energy Research. Vol. 4, 173-186. Published, 06/25/2020.
  • Palash Panja & Pranay Asai, Raul Velasco, Milind Deo (2020). Pre-processing Protocol for Nonlinear Regression of Uneven Spaced-Data. Journal of Modeling and Optimization. Vol. 12, 23-37. Published, 06/2020.
  • Palash Panja & T. Pack and Milind Deo (2020). Operational optimization of absorption column in capturing CO2 from flue gas in coal-fired power plant. Chemical Engineering Communications. 1-14. Published, 06/2020.
  • Jiaoyan Li & Qi Rao, Yidong Xia, Michael Hoepfner, Milind D Deo (2020). Confinement-mediated phase behavior of hydrocarbon fluids: Insights from Monte Carlo simulations. Langmuir. Vol. 36, 7277-7288. Published, 06/2020.
  • Yichen Wang & Jules Magda, Ramachandran Venkatesan, Krishnaraj Sambath, Milind Deo (2020). Experimental and Theoretical Investigations of Waxy Crude Oil in Steady and Transient Pipe Flows. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. Vol. 59, 13783-13798. Published, 04/2020.
  • Palash Panja & Jing Zhou, Milind Deo (2020). Simplification of complex fracture morphology and its impact on production. International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology. Vol. 43, 143-168. Published, 02/24/2020.
  • Yidong Xia & Ansel Blumers, Zhen Li, Lixiang Luo, Yu-Hang Tang, Joshua Kane, Jan Goral, Hai Huang, Milind Deo, Matthew Andrew (2020). A GPU-accelerated package for simulation of flow in nanoporous source rocks with many-body dissipative particle dynamics. Computer Physics Communications. Vol. 247. Published, 02/2020.
  • Jan Goral & Palash Panja, Milind Deo, Matthew Andrew, Sven Linden, Jens-Oliver Schwarz, Andreas Wiegmann (2020). Confinement Effect on Porosity and Permeability of Shales. Scientific Reports. Vol. 10. Published, 01/2020.
  • Jan Goral & Matthew Andrew, Terrilyn Olson, Milind Deo (2020). Correlative core-to pore-scale imaging of shales. Marine and Petroleum Geology. Vol. 111. Published, 01/2020.
  • Yichen Wang & Magda, J., Rama, V. and Deo, M. D., (2019). Effect of Emulsified Water on Gelled Pipeline Restart of Model Waxy Crude Oil Cold Flows. Energy & Fuels. Published, 10/2019.
  • Jan Goral & Ian Walton, Matthew Andrew, Milind Deo (2019). Pore system characterization of organic-rich shales using nanoscale-resolution 3D imaging. Fuel. Published, 09/2019.
  • Pranai Asai & P Panja, J McLennan, M Deo (2019). Effect of different flow schemes on heat recovery from Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS). Energy. Vol. 175. Published, 07/2019.
  • Panja, P. & Pathak, M. and Deo, M.D. (2019). Production of volatile oil and gas-condensate from liquid rich shales,. Advances in Geo-Energy Research. Vol. 3(1), 29-42. Published, 03/2019.
  • Jan Goral & Deo, M., & Andrew, M (2019). Correlative Multiscale Imaging of Mancos Shale. International Petroleum Technology Conference. SPE/IPTC. Published, 03/2019.
  • Corredor, EC & Chitta, P. and Deo, M.D. (2019). Techno-economic evaluation of a process for direct conversion of methane to aromatics,. Fuel Processing Technology. Vol. 183, 55-61. Published, 02/2019.
  • Panja, P. & Velasco, R. and Deo, M. (2018). Stimulated Oil Reservoir Volume Estimation of Prominent US Tight Oil Formations . Society of Petroleum Engineers. Published, 09/2018.
  • Goral, J. & Deo, M.D., McLennan, J., Mattson, E. and Huang, H. (2018). Micro-and Macro-Scale Geomechanical Testingof Woodford Shale. ARMA. Vol. 52ndUS Rock Mechanics / Geomec, ARMA18-1220. Published, 06/2018.
  • Corredor, EC & Deo, M.D. (2018). Effect of vapor liquid equilibrium on product quality and yield in oil shale pyrolysis. Fuel. 1498-1506. Published, 06/2018.
  • Raul Velasco & Palash Panja, Milind Deo (2018). Simplification Workflow for Hydraulically Fractured Reservoirs. Petroleum. Vol. 4(2), 134-147. Published, 04/2018.
  • Palash Panja & Jing Zhou, Milind Deo (2018). Simplification of Complex Fracture Morphology and Its Impact on Production. International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology. Published, 02/2018.
  • Manas Pathak & H Huang, P Meakin, M Deo (2018). Molecular investigation of the interactions of carbon dioxide and methane with kerogen: Application in enhanced shale gas recovery. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering. Vol. 51, 1-8. Published, 01/2018.
  • Cho., H. & Caputo, D., Bartl, M. and Deo, M. D (2017). Measurements of hydrocarbon bubble points in synthesized mesoporous siliceous monoliths. Chemical Engineering Science. Published, 12/2017.
  • Velasco R. & Panja, P., Pathak, M. and Deo, M. D (2017). Analysis of North-American Tight Oil Production. AIChE Journal. Published, 11/2017.
  • Panja P. & Velasco, R., Pathak, M. and Deo, M. D (2017). Application of artificial intelligence to forecast hydrocarbon production from shales. Petroleum. Published, 11/2017.
  • Manas Pathak & Hyukmin Kweon, Hai Huang and Milind Deo (2017). Kerogen Swelling and Confinement: Its implication on Fluid Thermodynamic Properties in Shales. Springer - NatureResearch. Vol. Scientific Reports 7, Article. Published, 10/02/2017.
    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-12982-4
  • Ting Xiao, H. Kweon, B. J. McPherson & M. D. Deo (2017). Wormhole generations in Indiana limestone with CO2 intrusion–Numerical simulations based on core flooding experiments. Energy & Fuels. Published, 10/2017.
  • Jan Goral (2017). Modeling and Simulation of Transport Phenomena in Organic-Rich Marcellus Shale Rock Matrix. (pp. I Miskovic, M Deo). SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. Published, 10/2017.
  • Manas Pathak & R Velasco, P Panja, MD Deo (2017). Experimental Verification of Changing Bubble Points of Oils in Shales: Effect of Preferential Absorption by Kerogen and Confinement of Fluids. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition,. Published, 10/2017.
  • Ting, X. & Kweon, H., McPherson, B. J. and Deo, M. D (2017). Wormhole Generations in Indiana Limestone with CO 2 Intrusion: Numerical Simulations Based on Core Flooding Experiments. Energy & Fuels. Vol. 31(11). Published, 10/2017.
  • Raul Velasco (2017). What Happens to Permeability at the Nanoscale? A Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study. Unconventional Resources Technology Conference. M Pathak, P Panja, M Deo. Published, 09/2017.
  • Surrogate models for production performance from heterogeneous shales WJ Ashley, P Panja, M Deo - Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2017. Published, 09/2017.
  • Many-body Dissipative Particle Dynamics Modeling of Fluid Flow in Fine-grained Nanoporous Shales, Physics of Fluids, Volume 29, Number 5. Published, 05/2017.
  • A Dual-Lattice Discrete Element Model to Understand Hydraulic Fracturing in a Naturally Fractured System, Hydraulic Fracturing Journal, Volume 4, Number 2, pp 66-82. Published, 04/2017.
  • Manas Pathak & Panja P., Velasco R., Deo M (2017). Suppression in the Bubble Points of Oils in Shales: Combined Effect of Presence of Organic Matter and Confinement. Society of Petroleum Engineers Canadian Unconventional Resources Conference, 15 – 16 February, 2017, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Published, 02/2017.
  • Pathak, M., Cho, H., and Deo, M.D., 2017, Experimental and Molecular Modeling Study of Bubble Points of Hydrocarbon Mixtures in Nanoporous Media, DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.6b02422, Energy & Fuels, 31(4), pp 3427-3435. Published, 02/2017.
  • Cho, H., Bartl, M. and Deo, M.D., 2017, Bubble Point Measurements of Hydrocarbon Mixtures in Mesoporous Media, DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.6b02424, Energy & Fuels, 31 (4), pp 3436-3444. Published, 02/2017.
  • Pathak, M., Panja, P., Levey, R. and Deo, M.D., 2017, Effect of Organic Matter on Bubble Points of OIls in Shales, AIChE Journal. DOI: 10.1002/aic.15635. Published, 01/2017.
  • Krumm R. Gneshin K. Deo M., 2017, Adsorption Characteristics of Coals Pyrolyzed at Slow Heating Rates, Energy & Fuels, 2017, 31(2), pp 1803-1810. Published, 01/2017.
    http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.energyfuel...
  • Kweon, H., and Deo, M.D., 2017, The impact of reactive surface area on brine-rock-carbon dioxide reactions in CO 2 sequestration, Fuel. Published, 01/2017.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2016.10.010
  • E. Camilo Corredor, Pallavi Chitta, Milind Deo, 2016, Membrane reactor system model for gas conversion to benzene, Fuel, Sep 1 2016 In : Fuel. 179, p. 202-209 8 p. Published, 09/2016.
  • Roehner, R., Panja, P. and Deo, M.D., 2016, Reducing Gas Flaring in Oil Production from Shales, Energy & Fuels, DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.6b01126, Volume 30, Issue 9. p 7524-7531. Published, 09/2016.
  • Pankaj Tiwari, Josh Staten and Milind Deo, 2016, Core Scale Oil Shale Pyrolysis, Chapter 7 in Utah Oil Shale: Science, Technology, and Policy Perspectives, Jennifer Spinti, Editor, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 157. Published, 08/2016.
  • Manas Pathak, Palash Panja, Hai Huang, and Milind Deo (2016) Enhanced Recovery in Shales: Molecular Investigation of CO2 Energized Fluid for Re-Fracturing Shale Formations. Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, San Antonio, Texas, 1-3 August 2016: pp. 3300-3307. Published, 08/2016.
  • Raul Velasco, Milind Deo, and Palash Panja (2016) New Production Performance and Prediction Tool for Unconventional Reservoirs. Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, San Antonio, Texas, 1-3 August 2016: pp. 3023-3038. Published, 08/2016.
  • Panja, P. and Deo, M.D., 2016, Unusual Behavior of Produced Gas Oil Ratio in Low Permeability Fractured Reservoirs, Petroleum Science and Engineering, 144, 76-83. Published, 08/2016.
  • Zhou, J., Huang, H., & Deo, M. (2016, June 26). Numerical Study of Critical Role of Rock Heterogeneity in Hydraulic Fracture Propagation. American Rock Mechanics Association, ARMA-2016-682. Published, 06/2016.
  • Harsh Maheshwari, John D. Roehling, Bryce A. Turner, Jamal Abdinor, Tien B. Tran-Roehling, Milind D. Deo, Michael H. Bartl, Subhash Risbud, Klaus Van Benthem 2016, Robust mesoporous silica compacts: multiscale characterization of microstructural changes related to physical–mechanical properties, Journal of Material Science, Volume 51, Issue 9, p 4470-4480. Published, 05/2016.
  • Panja, P., Pathak, M., Velasco, R., & Deo, M. (2016, May 5). Least Square Support Vector Machine: An Emerging Tool for Data Analysis. Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi:10.2118/180202-MS. Published, 05/2016.
  • Factors Controlling Production in Hydraulically Fractured Low Permeability Oil Reservoirs, International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal technology, Volume 13, Issue 1, 1-18. Published, 01/2016.
  • Pathak, M., Pawar, G., Huang, H., & Deo, M. D. (2015, November 17). Carbon Dioxide Sequestration and Hydrocarbons Recovery in the Gas Rich Shales: An Insight from the Molecular Dynamics Simulations. Carbon Management Technology Conference. doi:10.7122/439481-MS. Published, 11/2015.
  • Pathak, M., Deo, M. D., Panja, P., & Levey, R. A. (2015, October 20). The Effect of Kerogen-Hydrocarbons Interaction on the PVT Properties in Liquid Rich Shale Plays. Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi:10.2118/175905-MSPathak, M., Deo, M. D., Panja, P., & Levey, R. A. (2015, October 20). The Effect of Kerogen-Hydrocarbons Interaction on the PVT Properties in Liquid Rich Shale Plays. Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi:10.2118/175905-MS. Published, 10/2015.
  • Zhou, J., Huang, H., Deo, M., & Jiang, S. (2015, August 4). A New Physics-Based Modeling of Multiple Non-Planar Hydraulic Fractures Propagation. Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi:10.2118/178664-MS. Published, 08/2015.
  • Zhou, J., Huang, H. and Deo, M. D., 2015, Modeling the Interaction between Hydraulic and Natural Fractures Using Dual-Lattice Discrete Element Method, ARA 15-507, Paper Prepared for the 49th US Rock Mechanics/Geo Mechanics Symposium, July 2015. Published, 07/2015.
  • Siripong Peerapornlerd, Skyler Edvik, Ana P. Leandro, Ryan Hinckley, Milind D. Deo, Rama Venkatesan, and Jules J. Magda, 2014, Effect of the Flow Shutdown Temperature on the Gelation of Slurry Flows in a Waxy Oil Pipeline, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2015, 54 (16), pp 4455–4459Publication Date (Web): December 1, 2014 (Article), DOI: 10.1021/ie503771w. Published, 12/2014.
    http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ie503771w
  • Kweon, H., Payne, C. and Deo, M.D., 2014, Reactive and Pore Structure Changes in Carbon Dioxide Sequestration, Publication Date (Web): November 14, 2014, nd. Eng. Chem. Res., Article ASAP, DOI: 10.1021/ie503879a. Published, 11/2014.
    http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ie503879a
  • Milind Deo, Richard Roehner, Rick Allis and Joseph Moore, Modeling of geothermal energy production from stratigraphic reservoirs in the Great Basin, Geothermics, Volume 51, July 2014, Pages 38–45. Published, 07/2014.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2013.10.01...
  • Justin Wriedt, Milind Deo, Weon Shik Han, Jim Lepinski, A methodology for quantifying risk and likelihood of failure for carbon dioxide injection into deep saline reservoirs, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control Volume 20, January 2014, Pages 196–211. Published, 01/2014.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2013.10.021
  • Panja Palash, Conner Tyler and Deo Milind, Grid Sensitivity Studies in Hydraulically Fractured Low Permeability Reservoirs. Published, 12/2013.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2013.10.009
  • Pasala, S.M., Forster C.B., Deo, M.D. and Evans, J. P., Simulation of the Impact of Faults on CO2 Injection into Sandstone Reservoirs, Geofluids (2013)13, Issue 3, 344-358. Published, 08/2013.
  • Deo, M.D., Hongtao, J., McLennan, J., The Fate of Injected Water in Shale Formations, Book Chapter, Chapter 40, In Effective and Sustainable Hydraulic Fracturing, ISBN 980-953-307-651-0, Edited by Bunger, McLennan and Jeffries. Published, 05/2013.
  • Tiwari, P., Deo, M.D., C.L. Lin and Miller J.D., Characterization of the Oil Shale Pore Structure Before and After Pyrolysis by Using X-ray Micro CT., Fuel 107 (2013) 547–554. Published, 05/2013.
  • Deo, M.D., Roehner, R., Allis R. and Moore J., Reservoir Modeling of Geothermal Energy Production from Stratigraphic Reservoirs in the Great Basin, PROCEEDINGS, Thirty-Eighth Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering Stanford University, Stanford, California, SGP-TR-198. Published, 02/2013.
  • Jules J. Magda, Ahmed Elmadhoun, Peter Wall, Mark Jemmett, Milind D. Deo, Katherine L. Greenhillb and Rama Venkatesan, The Time-Dependent Axial Pressure Profile of a Model Waxy Crude Oil in a Steel Pipeline During Gelation and Flow Restart,dx.doi.org/10.1021/ef301513d Energy Fuels 2013, 27, 1909−1913. Published, 01/03/2013.
  • Jemmett, M., Magda, J.J. and Deo, M.D., Heterogeneous Organic Gels, Rheology and Restart, dx.doi.org/10.1021/ef3014629 Energy Fuels 2013, 27, 1762−1771. Published, 01/2013.
  • Krumm, R., Deo, M. D., and Petrick, M., Direct Thermal and Catalytic Treatment of Paraffinic Crude Oils and Heavy Fractions, Energy and Fuels, dx.doi.org/10.1021/ef2013985 |Energy Fuels 2012, 26, 2663–2671. Published, 05/2012.
  • Jemmett, M., Deo, M. D., Earl J. and Mognehan, P., Applicability of Cloud Point Depression to Cold Flow, 2012, Energy Fuels, 2012, 26 (5), pp 2641–2647. Published, 05/2012.
  • Deo, M.D., and Parra, M., Characterization and Modeling of Carbon Dioxide Induced Asphaltene Precipitation, Energy and Fuels, dx.doi.org/10.1021/ef201402v | Energy Fuels 2012, 26, 2672−2679. Published, 05/2012.
  • Tiwari P. and Deo, M. D., 2011, Compositional and Kinetic Analysis of Oil Shale Pyrolysis Using TGA-MS, Fuel, Volume 94, April 2012, Pages 333-341.. Published, 04/2012.
  • Bauman, J.H. and Deo, M.D., Simulation of a Conceptualized Combined Pyrolysis, In Situ Combustion and CO2 Storage Strategy for Fuel Production from Green River Shales, Energy and Fuels, 2012, 26(3), pp 1731-1739. Published, 03/2012.
  • Tiwari, P. and Deo, M., Detailed kinetic analysis of oil shale pyrolysis TGA data,AIChE Journal, February 2012, Vol. 58, No. 2, 505-515. Published, 02/2012.
  • El Gendy, H., Alcoutlabi, Jemmett, Magda, J.J., Deo, M.D., Venkatesan, R. and Montesi A., 2011, The Propagation of Pressure and Wall Shear Stress in A Gelled Model Waxy Oil Pipeline, AIChE Journal, January 2012, Vol. 58, No. 1, 302-311. Published, 01/2012.
  • Mandalaparty, M., Deo, M.D. and Moore, J., Gas Compositional Effects on Mineralogical Reactions in Carbon Dioxide Sequestration, SPE Journal, December 2011, 949-958. Published, 12/2011.
  • Deo, M.D., Levey, R. and McLennan, J. M., 2011, Unconventional Fuels: Resource Assessment and Sustainable Production Technologies, Proceedings of the '17th Convention of Indian Geological Congress and International Conference on 'New Paradigms of Exploration and Sustainable Mineral Development : Vision 2050 (NPESMD 2011 Indian School Mines Dhanbad, November 10-12, 2011, Chapter 60, 639-648. Published, 11/11/2011.
  • Oh, K. and Deo, M.D, 2011, Yield behavior of Gelled Waxy Oil in water-in-oil emulsion at temperatures below ice formation, Fuel, Volume 90, Issue 6, June 2011, Pages 2113-2117.. Published, 06/15/2011.
  • Bauman, J. and Deo, M. D., Parameter Space Reduction and Sensitivity Analysis in Complex Thermal Subsurface Production Processes, Energy Fuels 2011, 25, 251–259, DOI:10.1021/ef101225g. Published, 01/2011.
  • Gallin, W., Gani, R., Deo, M., Gani N., and Vanden Berg, M , 2010, Lake Level Controlled sedimentological heterogeneity of oil shale. Upper Green River Formation, eastern Unita Basin, Utah,., in Oil Shale: A Solution to the Liquid Fuel Dilemma, Ogunsala, Hartstein and Ogunsala, Eds., 2010, pp 63-85. Published, 02/2010.
  • Bauman, M., Huang C., Gani, M. and Deo, M, Modeling of the In-Situ Production from Oil Shale,., in Oil Shale: A Solution to the Liquid Fuel Dilemma, Ogunsala, Hartstein and Ogunsala, Eds., 2010, Chapter 7, pp 135-146.. Published, 02/2010.
  • Time-Dependent Rheology of a Model Waxy Crude Oil with Relevance to Gelled Pipeline Restart† Jules J. Magda,, Husam El-Gendy, Kyeongseok Oh, Milind D. Deo, Alberto Montesi, and Rama Venkatesan Energy & Fuels 2009, 23, 1311–1315. Published, 06/2009.
  • Yield Stress of Wax Gel using Vane Method K. Oh; K. Gandhi; J. Magda; M. D. Deo Petroleum Science and Technology, 1532-2459, Volume 27, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 2063 – 2073 . Published, 06/2009.
  • Yield Behavior of Gelled Waxy Oil: Effect of Stress Application in Creep Ranges Kyeongseok Oh,* Mark Jemmett, and Milind Deo Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2009, 48, 8950–8953. Published, 2009.
  • Characteristics of Wax Gel Formation in the Presence of Asphaltenes† Kyeongseok Oh* and Milind Deo Energy & Fuels 2009, 23, 1289–1293. Published, 2009.
  • Michael C. Sukop, Haibo Huang, Chen Luh Lin, Milind D. Deo, Kyeongseok Oh, and Jan D. Miller, Distribution of multiphase fluids in porous media: Comparison between lattice Boltzmann modeling and micro-x-ray tomography, February 2008 issue of Physical Review E (Vol.77, No.2). Published, 02/15/2008.

Research Keywords

  • Oil pipeline flow assurance
  • Natural Gas
  • Hydrocarbon Fuels
  • Energy
  • Carbon Dioxide

Presentations

  • New discrete fracture networks (DFN) model with coupled geomechanics and fluid flow. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 06/2022.
  • Stimulated Oil Reservoir Volume Estimation of Prominent US Tight Oil Formations P Panja, R Velasco, M Deo. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 09/2018.
  • Micro-and Macro-Scale Geomechanical Testing of Woodford Shale J Goral, M Deo, S Nadimi, J McLannan, M McCarter, E Mattson, H Huang 52nd US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 06/2018.
  • Goral, Jan, Ilija Miskovic, and Milind Deo. "Modeling and Simulation of Transport Phenomena in Organic-Rich Marcellus Shale Rock Matrix." In SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2017. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 11/2017.
  • Panja, P. and Deo, M. D. Effect of Temperature Shift Around Critical Point on Liquid Production from Shales, AIChE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, 29 October -03 November. Other, Presented, 11/2017.
  • Palash. Panja, Raul Velasco, Manas Pathak, Milind Deo, 2017, Artificial Intelligence Applications to Forecast Oil Production from Hydraulically Fractured Reservoirs, poster presentation in AIChE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, 29 October -03 November. Other, Presented, 11/2017.
  • Palash. Panja, Raul Velasco, Milind Deo, 2017, Impact of Hydraulic Fracture Permeability on Oil Production, AIChE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, 29 October -03 November. Other, Presented, 11/2017.
  • Pathak, M., Velasco, R., Panja, P., Deo, M., 2017, SPE-187067-MS, Experimental Verification of Changing Bubble Points of Oils in Shales: Effect of Preferential Absorption by Kerogen and Confinement of Fluids, in Society of Petroleum Engineers Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (ATCE), 9- 11 October, 2017 San Antonio, Texas. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 10/2017.
  • Technical Aspects of Producing Liquids from Shales, Peking University in Beijing. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/2017.
  • Optimizing Liquid Recoveries from Shales: Through Geologic, Geomechanical, Fluid and Operating Considerations . Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/2017.
  • Velasco, R., Pathak, M., Panja, P., and Deo, M. “What Happens to Permeability at the Nanoscale? A Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study”, SPE Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, 24-26 July 2017, Austin, Texas. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 07/2017.
  • Pathak M., Panja P., Velasco R., Deo M., 2017, Suppression in the Bubble Points of Oils in Shales: Combined Effect of Presence of Organic Matter and Confinement, SPE-185080-MS, accepted in Society of Petroleum Engineers Canadian Unconventional Resources Conference, 15 – 16 February, 2017, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 02/2017.
  • Hyeyoung Cho, Dominic Caputo, Alberto Martinez, Milind DeoEffect of nanoporous monoliths on saturation pressure in shale reservoirs, AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco. Other, Presented, 11/2016.
  • Pathak M., Kweon H., Deo M., Changes in Bubble Point of Hydrocarbons in Shales: Effect of Confinement and Presence of Kerogen. Presented in AIChE annual conference, 2016. Other, Presented, 11/2016.
  • Pathak M., Deo M., Application of Nanofluidics in Understanding Fluid Flow in Tight Rocks. Presented in AIChE Annual Conference, 2016. Other, Presented, 11/2016.
  • Manas Pathak, Milind DeoThermodynamic Properties and Transport of Fluids in Presence of Cross-Linked Polymers and Confinement: Modeling, Simulations and Experiments. Presented in AIChE Annual Conference. Other, Presented, 11/2016.
  • SPE Distinguished Lecture Selection. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 08/30/2016.
  • New Production Performance and Prediction Tool for Unconventional Reservoirs. Unconventional Resources Technology Conference. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 08/02/2016.
  • Enhanced Recovery in Shales: Molecular Investigation of CO2 Energized Fluid for Re-Fracturing Shale Formations. Unconventional Resources Technology Conference. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 08/2016.
  • Numerical Study of Critical Role of Rock Heterogeneity in Hydraulic Fracture Propagation. American Rock Mechanics Association, San Francisco. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 06/2016.
  • Geochemical Compositional Simulations of CO2 Sequestration in Fractured Sandstone Formation, oral presentation, 2016 Goldschmidt Conference, Yokohama, Japan. Other, Presented, 06/2016.
  • Manas Hyeyoung Cho and Milind Deo, BartlExperimental and molecular modeling study of bubble points of hydrocarbon mixtures in nanoporous media, Petrophase 2016, Denmark. Other, Presented, 06/2016.
  • Hyeyoung Cho, Alberto Martinez, Dominic Caputo, Michael H. BartlEffect of nano-sized porous media on saturation pressure in shale reservoirs, Petrophase 2016, Denmark. Other, Presented, 06/2016.
  • Least Square Support Vector Machine: An Emerging Tool for Data Analysis. Society of Petroleum Engineers. SPE Low Perm Symposium. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 05/2016.
  • Pathak M., Deo M., Levey R and Craig J., Overpressure in Shales: Implications for the Sweet Spots in Eagle Ford Play. International Conference on Geosciences and Environment & 32nd Annual Convention of Indian Association of Sedimentologists (IAS)-2015 during 7-10, January, 2016, Annamalai University, India . Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 01/2016.
  • Pathak, M., Pawar, G., Huang, H., & Deo, M. D. Carbon Dioxide Sequestration and Hydrocarbons Recovery in the Gas Rich Shales: An Insight from the Molecular Dynamics Simulations. Carbon Management Technology Conference. (2015, November 17), Woodlands TX. doi:10.7122/439481-MS . Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 11/2015.
  • Kweon and Deo, Study of Petrophysical and Mineralogical Changes in Reactive CO2 Systems”. Oral presentation at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual meeting, Atlanta Marriott Marquis & Hilton Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, USA, November 16-21, 2014. Other, Presented, 11/2015.
  • Effect of Nanoporous Materials on Saturation Pressure in Shale Reservoirs, with Hyeyoung Cho, Alberto Martinez, Dominic Caputo, AIChE Annual Meeting, November 2015. Other, Presented, 11/2015.
  • Pathak, M., Deo, M. D., Panja, P., & Levey, R. A., The Effect of Kerogen-Hydrocarbons Interaction on the PVT Properties in Liquid Rich Shale Plays. Society of Petroleum Engineers Unconventional Resources Conference, Calgary, Canada (2015, October 20), doi:10.2118/175905-MS . Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 10/2015.
  • Pathak M., Deo M., Levey R., Examination of the Generation of Overpressure in Eagle Ford. 65th Annual Convention Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies,September 20-22, 2015, Houston, USA . Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 09/2015.
  • Mineralogical Changes in Iron-bearing Sandstone with CO2 injection, Poster Presentation at the US-Korea Conference 2015, Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, USA, July 29– August 1, 2015J. Zhou, H. Huang, M. Deo, S. Jiang, A New Physics-Based Modeling of Multiple NonPlanar Hydraulic Fractures Propagation, URTeC 2170875, Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, San Antonio, July, 2015. – Oral Presentation . Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 07/2015.
  • J. Zhou, H. Huang, M. Deo, Modeling the interaction between Hydraulic and Natural Fractures using Dual-Lattice Discrete Element Method, ARMA 15-507, The 49th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 28 – July 1, 2015. – Oral Presentation . Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 06/2015.
  • J. Zhou, H. Huang, M. Deo, Modeling of Complex Hydraulic Fracture Propagation in Shales through Dual-Lattice Discrete Element Method, AAPG Annual Convention & Exhibition, Denver, Colorado, May 31- June 3, 2015. -- Poster . Other, Presented, 06/2015.
  • Porosity and mineralogical changes in iron-bearing sandstone with CO2 injection. Oral presentation at 2015 Spring Meeting and 11th Global Congress on Process Safety, Hilton Austin, Austin, TX, USA, April26-30, 2015 . Other, Presented, 04/2015.
  • CO2 Storage in Iron-Bearing Sandstone and Porosity and Mineralogical Changes under Flow Conditions”. Poster presentation at the 14th Annual Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage Conference, The Wyndham Grand, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, April 28-May 1, 2015 . Other, Presented, 04/2015.
  • J. Zhou, H. Huang, M. Deo, Simulation of Hydraulic Fracture Propagation in Heterogeneous Reservoir based on a Dual-Lattice Discrete Element Method, The 5th International Conference on Coupled Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical-Chemical Processes in Geosystems, Salt Lake City, Utah, February 25-27, 2015. -- Presentation. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 02/2015.
  • Reactive and Pore Structure Changes in Carbon Dioxide Sequestration Oral presentation at Energy, Utility & Environment Conference 2015,San Diego convention center, San Diego, CA, USA, February16-18, 2015 . Other, Presented, 02/2015.
  • Pathak, Deo, Craig and Levey, USAGeologic Controls on Production of Shale Play Resources: Case of the Eagle Ford, Bakken and Niobrara SPE no: 1922781, PE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, 25-27 August , 2014, Denver, Colorado. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 06/2014.
  • Characterization of the Oil Shale Core Pore Structure Before and After Pyrolysis, AIChE Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh. Other, Presented, 11/2012.
  • Heterogeneous Organic Gels: Rheology and Restart. Other, Presented, 06/2012.
  • Important Considerations in Producing Liquids from Shales, International Shale Symposium organized by Schlumberger and Orlen. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 05/2012.
  • Consideration in Production of Liquids from Shales AIChE Spring Meeting, International Symposium on Upstream Engineering and Flow Assurance. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/2012.
  • Morphology and Growth of Fractures in Unconventional Reservoirs , Nan Zhao, Milind Deo and John McLennan Chemical Engineering University of Utah . Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 11/17/2011.
  • University of Utah College of Engineering, Presented at the Indo-US Global Education Summit. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/07/2011.
  • Morphology and Growth of Fractures in Unconventional Reservoirs , Nan Zhao and Milind Deo, AIChE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN. Other, Presented, 10/19/2011.
  • Role of Natural Fractures in Hydraulic Fracture Growth Swapnil Thakur, John McLennan, Milind D. Deo Ravi Bhide and Nan Zhao, Chemical Engineering Department of Chemical Engineering University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT , AIChE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, October 2011. Other, Presented, 10/19/2011.
  • An evaluation of porosity and permeability changes in oil shale due to thermal stresses, Jacob Bauman, Ravindra Bhide, Nan Zhao, Milind Deo, University of Utah Department of Chemical Engineering, CSM International Conference on Oil Shale, Golden, CO, 2011. Other, Presented, 10/16/2011.
  • Experimental Analysis of Multiscale Oil Shale Pyrolysis, Pankaj Tiwari Milind Deo, CSM International Conference on Oil Shale, Golden, CO, 2011. Other, Presented, 10/16/2011.
  • Characterization and Modeling of Carbon Dioxide Induced Asphaltene Precipitation, Milind Deo and Martha Parra Ramirez, Presented at Annual Petrophase Meeting, London, July 2011. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 07/13/2011.
  • Mechanisms of Liquids Production from Shale: Implications on Primary and Secondary Recovery , SPE Advanced Technology Workshop on Liquids from Shale, April 2011. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/12/2011.
  • A Methodology for Quantifying Risk and Likelihood of Failure for Carbon Dioxide Injection into Saline Aquifers, Tenth Annual Conference on Carbon Capture & Sequestration , Pittsburgh, Justin Wriedt, Milind Deo, Si-Yong Lee, Weon Shik Han, Brian McPherson & Jim Lepinski . Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 03/05/2011.
  • Mineralization in Sequestration: Effect of rock Composition, P. Mandalaparty, M. Deo and J. Moore, Ninth Annual Conference on Carbon Capture & Sequestration, Pittsburgh, PA, May 10-13, 2010 . Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 05/12/2010.
  • Tiwari and Deo, Kinetics of Pyrolysis of Greenriver Oil Shale Using Thermal Gravimetric Analyses, AIChE Annual Meeting, 2008. Conference Paper, Other, 2008.

Geographical Regions of Interest

  • India