JOHN DAVID MCLENNAN portrait
  • Professor, Chemical Engineering
  • Adjunct Professor, Civil And Environmental Engin
  • Adjunct Professor, China University of Petroleum, Beijing
801-587-7925

Publications

  • Yves Guglielmi & et al. (2023). Using in-situ strain measurements to evaluate the accuracy of stress estimation procedures from fracture injection/shut-in tests. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences. Vol. 170, 105521. Published, 10/2023.
  • Waquar Ahmed, John McLennan, G. M. Bhat, Sudeep Kanungo, Bryony Richards, Thang Tran, Bindra Thusu, Naveen Hakhoo & Mateen Hafiz (2023). Geomechanical characterization of the Barren Measure Formation in the Raniganj subbasin of Damodar Basin, India. Journal of the Geological Society of India. Published, 09/2023.
  • Moore, J., McLennan, J. & et al. (2023). Current activities at the Utah Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE): A laboratory for characterizing, creating and sustaining Enhanced Geothermal Systems. American Rock Mechanics Association. Published, 06/2023.
  • Shu Jiang, Kai Zhang, Joseph Moore & John McLennan (2023). Lessons learned from hydrothermal to hot dry rock exploration and production. Energy Geoscience. Vol. 100181. Published, 04/04/2023.
  • Kevin L McCormack, John D McLennan, Elliot A Jagniecki & Brian J McPherson (2023). Discrete Measurements of the Least Horizontal Principal Stress from Core Data: An Application of Viscoelastic Stress Relaxation. SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering. Published, 03/01/2023.
  • Davis, R., Panja, P. & McLennan, J. (2023). Integrated workflow for interpretation of satellite imageries using machine learning to assess and monitor algal blooms in Utah Lake, USA. Ecological Informatics. Vol. 75. Published, 02/24/2023.
  • Xing, P., Damjanac, B., Radakovic-Guzina, Z., Torres, M., Finnila, A., Podgorney, R., Moore, J. & McLennan, J. (2023). Comparison of Modeling Results with Data Recorded During Field Stimulations at Utah FORGE Site. Stanford Geothermal Workshop. Published, 02/06/2023.
  • Kevin L. McCormack, John D. McLennan, Elliot A. Jagniecki & Brian J. McPherson (2023). Discrete Measurements of the Least Horizontal Principal Stress from Core Data: An Application of Viscoelastic Stress Relaxation. SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering. Published, 02/2023.
  • Zhu, H. , Tang, X., Zhang, F. & McLennan, J.D. (2022). Mechanical Behavior of Methane–Hydrate–Bearing Sand with Nonlinear Constitutive Model. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering. Vol. 47. Published, 09/2022.
  • Asai, P., Podgorney, R, McLennan, J., Deo, M. & Moore, J. (2022). Analytical model for fluid flow distribution in an Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS). Renewable Energy. Vol. 193, 821-831. Published, 06/01/2022.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2022.05.079
  • Tao, L., Han, J., Feng, Y. & McLennan, J.D. (2022). Study on the Alteration of Pore Parameters of Shale with Different Natural Fractures under Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Seepage. Minerals. Vol. 12. Published, 05/24/2022.
    https:// doi.org/10.3390/min12060660
  • Xing, P., Damjanac, B., Moore, J. & McLennan, J. (2022). Flowback Test Analyses at the Utah Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE) Site. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. Vol. 55, 3023–3040. Published, 05/2022.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-021-02604-x
  • Xing, P., Wray, A., Velez-Arteaga, E.I., Finnila, A., Moore, J., Jones, C., Borchardt, E. & McLennan, J. (2022). In-situ stresses and fractures inferred from image logs at Utah FORGE. 47th Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering Stanford University, Stanford, California. Vol. SGP-TR-223. Published, 02/2022.
    https://pangea.stanford.edu/ERE/db/GeoConf/papers/...
  • Hu, Z., Xu, T., Moore, J., Feng, B., Liu, Y. & McLennan, J. (2022). Investigation of the effect of different injection schemes on fracture network patterns in hot dry rocks - A numerical case study of the FORGE EGS site in Utah. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering. Vol. 97. Published, 01/2022.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jngse.2021.104346
  • Xing, P., Moore, J. & McLennan, J. (2022). Minimum in-situ stress measurement using temperature signatures. Geothermics. Vol. 98. Published, 01/01/2022.
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/...
  • Zhao, J., Yin, Q., McLennan, J., Li, Y., Peng, Y., Chen, X., Chang, C., Xie, W. & Zhu, Z. (2021). Iteratively Coupled Flow and Geomechanics in Fractured Poroelastic Reservoirs: A Phase Field Fracture Model. Geofluids. Vol. 2021. Published, 12/20/2021.
    https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/6235441
  • Jin, J., Assemi, S., Asgar, H., Gadikota, G., Tran, T., Nguyen, W., McLennan, J.D. & Miller, J.D. (2021). Characterization of Natural Consolidated Halloysite Nanotube Structures. Minerals. Vol. 11, 1308. Published, 11/24/2021.
  • Podgorney, R., Finnila, A., Simmons, S. & McLennan, J. (2021). A Reference Thermal-Hydrologic-Mechanical Native State Model of the Utah FORGE Enhanced Geothermal Site . Energies. Vol. 14, 4758. Published, 08/2021.
    https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/16/4758
  • Vega-Ortiz, C., Avendano-Petronilo, F., Richards, B., Sorkhabi, R., Torres-Barragan, L., Martinez-Romero, N. & McLennan, J. (2021). Assessment of carbon geological storage at Tula de Allende as a potential solution for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in central Mexico. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control. Vol. 109. Published, 06/02/2021.
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/...
  • Kolawole, O., Ispas, I., Kolawole, F., Germay, C. & McLennan, J.D. (2021). Mechanical zonation of rock properties and the development of fluid migration pathways: implications for enhanced geothermal systems in sedimentary‑hosted geothermal reservoirs. Geothermal Energy. Vol. 9:14. Published, 05/2021.
    https://doi.org/10.1186/s40517-021-00195-y
  • Omotilewa, O., Panja, P., Sorkhabi, R., Vega-Ortiz, C. & McLennan, J. (2021). Evaluation of enhanced coalbed methane recovery and carbon dioxide sequestration potential in high volatile bituminous coal. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering. Vol. 91. Published, 04/27/2021.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jngse.2021.103979
  • Zhang, Y., Wang, X., Ge, H., Tian, Y., Wang, J., McLennan, J.D., Yue, A. & Liu, T. (2020). Experimental study of the quantitative relationship between water uptake and fracture generation in tight reservoirs. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. Vol. 199. Published, 12/24/2020.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2020.108266
  • Zhang, Y., Ge, H., Shen, Y., McLennan, J., Liu, D., Li, Q., Feng, D. & Jia, L. (2020). The retention and flowback of fracturing fluid of branch fractures in tight reservoirs. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. Published, 12/05/2020.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2020.108228
  • Panja, P., McLennan, J. & Green, S. (2020). Influence of permeability anisotropy and layering on geothermal battery energy storage. Geothermics Volume 90, February 2021, 101998. Vol. 90. Published, 11/24/2020.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2020.101998
  • Xing, P., McLennan, J. & Moore, J. (2020). In-Situ Stress Measurements at the Utah Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE) Site. Energies. Published, 11/09/2020.
  • Green, S., McLennan, J., Palash, P., Kitz, K. & Allis, R.Moore, J. (2020). Geothermal battery energy storage. Renewable Energy. Vol. 164, 777-790. Published, 09/23/2020.
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/...
  • Vega-Ortiz, C., Richards, B., McLennan, J., Levey, R. & Martínez-Romero, N. (2020). Analysis of mineralogy and porosity distribution and on a carbonate mudstone sample of Pimienta Formation in Mexico’s Tampico Misantla Basin. Bol. Asoc. Mex. Geol. Pet. Vol. LXII. Published, 06/2020.
  • A. A. DeReuil, L.P. Birgenheier & J. McLennan (2019). Effects of Anisotropy and Saturation on Geomechanical Behavior of Mudstone. Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth. Vol. 124, 8101-8126. Published, 08/2019.
    https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JB017034
  • Liu, Q., Zhao, J., Zhu, H., Wang, G. & McLennan, J.D. (2019). Review, classification and structural analysis of downhole robots: Core technology and prospects for application. Robotics and Autonomous Systems. Vol. 115, 104-120. Published, 05/2019.
  • Pankow, K., Rutledge, J., Moore, J. & McLennan, J. (2019). Seismic Monitoring at the Milford Utah Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy. 3rd Induced Seismicity Workshop, Schatzalp Davos, Switzerland. Published, 03/07/2019.
  • Nadimi, S., Forbes, B., Moore, J., Ye, Z., Ghassemi, A. & McLennan, J.D. (2019). Experimental Evaluation of Effect of Hydro-Shearing on Fracture Conductivity at The Utah FORGE Site. Vol. SGP-TR-214. PROCEEDINGS, 44th Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering Stanford University, Stanford, California. Published, 02/12/2019.
  • Zhu, H., Zhao, Y.-P., Feng, Y., Wang, H., Zhang, L. & McLennan, J.D. (2019). Modeling of Fracture Width and Conductivity in Channel Fracturing With Nonlinear Proppant-Pillar Deformation. SPE Journal. Published, 02/2019.
  • Tseng, Y.H., Mohanty, S.K., McLennan, J.D. & Pease III, L.F. (2019). Algal lipid extraction using confined impinging jet mixers. Chemical Engineering Science. Vol. 1. Published, 02/2019.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cesx.2018.100002
  • Zhang, S., Wen, D., Xu, T., Jia, X., Sun, S., Zhang, Y., Yang, T., Moore, J., Jiang, S., Allis, R. & McLennan, J. (2019). The U.S. Frontier Observatory For Research in Geothermal Energy project and comparison of typical EGS site exploration status in China and U.S. Earth Science Frontiers. 1-19. Published, 02/01/2019.
  • Asai, P., Panja, P., Velasco, R., McLennan, J. & Moore, J. (2018). Fluid flow distribution in fractures for a doublet system in Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS). Goethermics. Vol. Vol. 75, 171-179. Published, 09/2018.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2018.05.005
  • Zhu, H., Shen, J., Zhang, F., Huang, B., Zhang, L., Huang, W. & McLennan, J.D. (2018). DEM-CFD Modeling of Proppant Pillar Deformation and Stability during the Fracturing Fluid Flowback. Geofluids. Vol. Volume 2018, 18 pages. Published, 08/02/2018.
  • Xiao, Y., Guo., J. , Wang, H., Lu, L., McLennan, J. & Chen, M. (2018). oupled THM and Matrix Stability Modeling of Hydroshearing Stimulation in a Coupled Fracture-Matrix Hot Volcanic System. Mathematical Problems in Engineering. Vol. Volume 2018, Article ID 301501, 15. Published, 07/03/2018.
  • Han K-B., Stella, A., Fuertez, J., Graser, J., Nguyen, V., McLennan, J. & Sparks, T.D. (2018). Calcium Alginate Polymer Encapsualtion of Proppant with Time-Release Delivery of Microbial Consortia for Methanogenesis. Hydraulic Fracturing Journal. Vol. Volume 5, Number 3. Published, 07/01/2018.
  • Dhrupad R. Beti, David J. Thul, Terry A. Ring, John D. McLennan & Raymond Levey (2018). A new method of source and reservoir rock pyrolysis to determine the boiling point distribution of petroleum in rock samples. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. Vol. Volume 170, November 2018, 71–80. Published, 06/19/2018.
  • Nadimi, S., Forbes, B., Finnila, A., Podgorney, R., Moore, J. & McLennan, J.D. (2018). Hydraulic Fracture/Shear Stimulation in an EGS Reservoir: Utah FORGE Program. ARMA, 52nd US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium held in Seattle, Washington, USA. Published, 06/18/2018.
  • Islam, N., Vijapurapu, R., Jones, M., McLennan, J., Moore, J. & Vagnetti, R. (2018). Application of Mechanical Specific Energy and At-the-Bit Measurements for Geothermal Drilling Applications in Hot, High Strength, High Modulus Reservoirs. ARMA, 52nd US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium held in Seattle, Washington, USA. Published, 06/2018.
  • Green, S., Xu, G., Forbes, G., Green, G. & McLennan, J.Work, D. (2018). Early Time Fracture Growth and Cluster Spacing Effects. ARMA, Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium held in Seattle, Washington, USA, 17–20 June 2018. Published, 06/2018.
  • Zhu, H., Tang, X., Liu, Q., Liu, S., Zhang, B., Jiang, S. & McLennan, J.D. (2018). Permeability stress-sensitivity in 4D flow-geomechanical coupling of Shouyang CBM reservoir, Qinshui Basin, China . Fuel. Vol. 232, 817–832. Published, 05/15/2018.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2018.05.078
  • DeReuil, A.A., Birgenheier, L., McLennan, J., Ammon, J., Moore, S. & Luna-Gonzalez, J. (2018). Experimental geomechanics on heterogeneous mudstone: Developing predictive relationships between facies, reservoir quality, & fracture propagation. AAPG-ACE 2018, Salt Lake City, Utah. Published, 05/2018.
  • Haiyan Zhu, Xuanhe Tang, Qingyou Liu, Kuidong Li, Jialin Xiao, Shu Jiang & John D. McLennan (2018). 4D multi-physical stress modelling during shale gas production: A case study of Sichuan Basin shale gas reservoir, China. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. Vol. 167, 928-943. Published, 04/18/2018.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2018.04.036
  • Asai, P. & Panja, P., McLennan, J., Moore, J. (2018). Performance Evaluation of Enhanced Geothermal System (EGS): Surrogate Models, Sensitivity Study and Ranking Key Parameters. Renewable Energy. Vol. 122 (2018) 184e195. Published, 02/06/2018.
  • Ozgur Balamir & Ernesto Rivas, William M. Rickard, John McLennan, Mary Mann, Joseph Moore (2018). Utah FORGE Reservoir: Drilling Results of Deep Characterization and Monitoring Well 58-32. Proceedings, 43rd Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering Stanford University, Stanford, California, SGP-TR-213. Published, 02/2018.
  • Stuart F. Simmons & Joseph Moore, Rick Allis, Stefan Kirby, Clay Jones, John Bartley, Emily Kleber, Tyler Knudsen, John Miller, Christian Hardwick, Kristen Rahilly, Mark Gwynn, John McLennan, Bryan Forbes, Rob Podgorney, Kris Pankow, Phil Wannamaker, Tobias Fischer (2018). A revised geoscientific model for FORGE Utah EGS Laboratory. Proceedings, 43rd Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering Stanford University, Stanford, California. Published, 02/2018.
  • Quanshu Zeng & Zhiming Wang, Liangqian Liu, Jianping Ye, Brian J. McPherson, and John D. McLennan (2018). Modeling CH4 Displacement by CO2 in Deformed Coalbed during Enhanced Coalbed Methane Recovery. Energy & Fuels. Vol. DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.7. Published, 01/2018.
  • Liu, Q.-Y., Tao, L., Zhu, H.-Y. et al. 2017. Macroscale Mechanical and Microscale Structural Changes in Chinese Wufeng Shale With Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Fracturing. SPE Journal. SPE-181369-PA (in press; posted 14 December 2017). https://doi.org/10.2118/181369-PA. Published, 12/14/2017.
  • Moore, J., Allis, R., Pankow, K., Simmons, S., McLennan, J., Wannamaker, P., Rickard, W., and Podgorney, R. (2017). The Utah Frontier Observatory for Geothermal Research (FORGE): A Laboratory For EGS Development. Proceedings 39th New Zealand Geothermal Workshop 21 - 25 November 2017 Rotorua, New Zealand. Other, Published, 11/2017. Published, 11/2017.
  • Ahmed, W., McLennan, J., Bhat, G.M., Craig, J., Thul, D., Thusu, B., Kanungo, S., Hakhoo, N., Hafiz, M. & Tran, T. (2017). Source Potential and Geomechanical Characterization of the Barren Measure Formation Shale, Damodar Basin, East India. AAPG Datapages/Search and Discovery Article #90310 ©2017 AAPG/SEG International Conference and Exhibition, London, England. Published, 10/16/2017.
  • Smith, Y.R., Kumar, P., and McLennan, J.D. 2017. On the Extraction of Rare Earth Elements from Geothermal Brines, August 28, Resources, 6(3), 39. Published, 08/18/2017.
    http://www.mdpi.com/2079-9276/6/3/39
  • Introduction to Selected Contributions from GeoProc, The 5th International Conference on Coupled Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical-Chemical Process in Geosystems Held in Salt Lake City, Utah, from February 25–27, 2015. Published, 02/23/2017.
  • Jiang, S., et al., Reservoir quality, gas accumulation and completion quality assessment of Silurian Longmaxi marine shale gas play in the Sichuan Basin, China, Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering (2016), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jngse.2016.08.079. Published, 09/09/2016.
  • Yang, X., Jin, X., Zhang, Y., Yin, Q., McLennan, J., Dai, C., Fan, W., and Xioa, Y. 2016. Investigating the Fundamental Mechanisms Governing Solid Production in Superdeep Hot Tight Gas Reservoirs and Exploring Potential Solutions, SPE 181731, SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition held in Dubai, UAE, 26–28 September 2016. Published, 09/2016.
  • Taylor, R., Tuttle, J., Nielsen, R., and McLennan, J. 2016 Long Term Cement Damage from Pressure Cycling in Hydrocarbon Wells: Novel Method to Detect Permeability Changes Along the Length of the Wellbore, ARMA, Houston, TX, June. Published, 06/2016.
  • Allis, R., Moore, J., Gwynn, M., Hardwick, C., Kirby, S., McLennan, J., Pankow, K., Potter, S., and Simmons, S. 2016. EGS Concept Testing and Development at the Milford, Utah FORGE Site, Proceedings, 41st Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, February 22-24, 2016, SGP-TR-209. Published, 02/22/2016.
  • Bradford, J., McLennan, J., Moore, J., Podgorney, R., and Nash, G.. 2016. Numerical Modeling of the Stimulation Program at RRG-9 ST1, a DOE EGS, Proceedings 41st Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, February 22-24, 2016, SGP-TR-209. Published, 02/22/2016.
  • McLennan, J. 2016. Unconventional Natural Gas. Handbook of Combustion. 3:16:1–40. Published, 01/2016.
    http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9783527...
  • Rosen, P., Morris, A., Payne, G., Keach, B., Harvey, I., Richards-McClung, B., McLennan, J., Polson, R., Levey, R., Ring, T., Jurrus, E., and Jones, G.M. 2015. Klareco: An Indexing-based Architecture for Interactive Visualization of Heterogeneous Data Sources, 1st Workshop on Data Systems for Interactive Analysis (DSIA), October. Published, 10/2015.
  • McLennan, J., Walton, I., Moore, J., Brinton, D. and Lund, J. (2015). Proppant Backflow: Mechanical and Flow Considerations, Geothermics, Volume 57, September, pp. 224-237. Published, 09/2015.
  • Jiang, S., Xu, Z., Shi, X. and McLennan, J., 2015, Tectonic Effects on Gas Accumulation, Production and Hydraulic Fracturing of the Lower Paleozoic Marine Shales on the Yangtze Platform in South China, AAPG Datapages/Search and Discovery Article #90217 © 2015 International Conference & Exhibition, Melbourne, Australia, September 13-16, 2015. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 09/15/2015. Published, 09/2015.
  • Shi, X., Chang, X., Cheng, Y.., and McLennan, J.D. 2015. Finite Element Technique with Triangular Gird Split Method for Hydraulic Fracture Propagation Simulation In Reservoirs, ARMA 15-20, American Rock Mechanics Association, 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechaics Symposium, San Francisco, CA, USA, 28 June - 1 July. Published, 06/2015.
  • Brauser, E.M., Rose, P., McLennan, J., and Bartl, M.H. 2015. Optical Detection of Tracer Species in Strongly Scattering Media, Applied Spectroscopy, Volume 69, Number 3. Published, 03/2015.
  • Bradford, J., Moore, J., Ohren, M., McLennan, J., Osborn, W.L., Majer, E., Nash, G., and Friefeld, B. 2015, Recent Thermal and Hydraulic Stimulation Results at Raft River, ID EGS Site, Fortieth Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, February 2015, SGP-TR-202. Published, 02/2015.
  • Craig, S.L., Udell, K.S., McLennan, J., and Moore, J. 2014. An Experimental Study of Thermal and Hydraulic Geothermal Reservoir Stimulation of Brittle, Impermeabile Material, SGP-TR-202, Proc. 39th Stanford Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, February 24-26. Published, 02/2014.
  • Bhide, R., Gohring, T., McLennan, J. and Moore, J. Sheared Fracture Conductivity, PROCEEDINGS, Thirty-Ninth Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, February 24-26, 2014, SGP-TR-202. Published, 02/2014.
  • Ian Walton and John McLennan (2013). The Role of Natural Fractures in Shale Gas Production, Effective and Sustainable Hydraulic Fracturing, Dr. Rob Jeffrey (Ed.), ISBN: 978-953-51-1137-5, InTech, DOI: 10.5772/56404. Available from: http://www.intechopen.com/books/effective-and-sustainable-hydraulic-fracturing/the-role-of-natural-fractures-in-shale-gas-production. Published, 05/17/2013.
    http://www.intechopen.com/books/effective-and-sust...
  • Walter Glauser, John McLennan and Ian Walton (2013). Do Perforated Completions Have Value for Engineered Geothermal Systems, Effective and Sustainable Hydraulic Fracturing, Dr. Rob Jeffrey (Ed.), ISBN: 978-953-51-1137-5, InTech, DOI: 10.5772/56211. Available from: http://www.intechopen.com/books/effective-and-sustainable-hydraulic-fracturing/do-perforated-completions-have-value-for-engineered-geothermal-systems. Published, 05/17/2013.
    http://www.intechopen.com/books/effective-and-sust...
  • Hongtao Jia, John McLennan and Milind Deo (2013). The Fate of Injected Water in Shale Formations, Effective and Sustainable Hydraulic Fracturing, Dr. Rob Jeffrey (Ed.), ISBN: 978-953-51-1137-5, InTech, DOI: 10.5772/56443. Available from: http://www.intechopen.com/books/effective-and-sustainable-hydraulic-fracturing/the-fate-of-injected-water-in-shale-formations. Published, 05/17/2013.
    http://www.intechopen.com/books/effective-and-sust...
  • Mao Bai, Arturo Diaz, John McLennan and Juan Reyna (2013). Importance of Fracture Closure to Cuttings Injection Efficiency, Effective and Sustainable Hydraulic Fracturing, Dr. Rob Jeffrey (Ed.), ISBN: 978-953-51-1137-5, InTech, DOI: 10.5772/56070. Available from: http://www.intechopen.com/books/effective-and-sustainable-hydraulic-fracturing/importance-of-fracture-closure-to-cuttings-injection-efficiency. Published, 05/17/2013.
    http://www.intechopen.com/books/effective-and-sust...
  • Effective and Sustainable Hydraulic Fracturing, Edited by Andrew P. Bunger, John McLennan and Rob Jeffrey, ISBN 978-953-51-1137-5, Hard cover, 1000 pages, Publisher: InTech, Chapters published May 17, 2013 under CC BY 3.0 license, DOI: 10.5772/45724. Published, 05/17/2013.
    http://www.intechopen.com/books/effective-and-sust...
  • McLennan, J.D. 2013. Geomechanics, Petrophysics and Isotherm Measurements for Selected Shale Samples, in China Shale Gas and Shale Oil Plays - Phase I, EGI Publication, S. Jiang (ed.), confidential to sponsors. Published, 02/2013.
    http://egi.utah.edu/corporate-associates/current-p...
  • Nguyen, T., Abraham, J., Ramallo, M., Wagner, D., and McLennan, J. 2012. Formulation of Canola-Diesel Microemulsion Fuels and Their Selective Diesel Engine Performance, J. Am. Oil Chem. Soc., DOI 10.1007/s11746-012-2080-4. Published, 05/2012.
  • Horton, B., Birgenheier, L., Johnson, C., Rowe, H., Kennedy, A. and McLennan, J. 2012. Litho- and Chemofacies of the Mancos Shale – Possible Predictors of Geomechanical Behavior of a Developing Shale Gas Play, AAPG ACE, Long Beach, CA April 22-25. Published, 04/2012.
  • McLennan, J. 2012. USTAR Fossil Energy Poster, Salt Lake City, 2012. Published, 02/2012.
  • Diek, A., Roegiers, J-C., Moore, J., and McLennan, J.D. 2012. Borehole Preconditioning Of Geothermal Wells For Enhanced Geothermal System Reservoir Development, Proceedings, Thirty-Seventh Workshop On Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, January 30 - February 1, 2012, SGP-TR-194. Published, 02/2012.
  • Maurice Dusseault, University of Waterloo with contributions from John McLennan, University of Utah, Massive Multi-Stage Hydraulic Fracturing: Where are We? ARMA (American Rock Mechanics Association) e-Newsletter, Winter 2011). Published, 01/2011.
  • Nagel, N.B. and McLennan, J.D., 2010, Solids Injection, 285 pp, Monograph 24, ISBN:978-1-55563-256-4, Society of Petroleum Engineers. Published, 09/2010.
  • Damjanac, B., Gil, I., Pierce, M., Sanchez, M.,Van As A., and McLennan, J., A New Approach To Hydraulic Fracturing Modeling In Naturally Fractured Reservoirs 44th U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium And 5th U.S.-Canada Rock Mechanics Symposium, June 27 - 30, 2010 , Salt Lake City, Utah. Published, 06/2010.
  • J. McLennan, D. Tran, N. Zhao, S. Thakur, M. Deo, I. Gil, SPE, and B. Damjanac, Modeling Fluid Invasion and Hydraulic Fracture Propagation in Naturally Fractured Formations: A Three-Dimensional Approach, SPE International Symposium and Exhibition on Formation Damage Control, 10-12 February 2010, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA. Published, 02/2010.

Presentations

  • McLennan, J. 2023. Insights from Drilling, Completion, and Circulation at the Utah FORGE Complex, SPE/GR Workshop: Geothermal and Oil & Gas - Mutual Challenges and Solutions, Denver, CO, November 14. Other, Presented, 11/14/2023.
  • McLennan, J. Panelist, "The Role of Renewable Energy and Energy Storage in Meeting US Energy Needs," at Conservative Climate Summit, Utah Valley University. Other, Presented, 09/08/2023.
  • McLennan, J. and England, K. 2023. Utah FORGE: Recent Drilling and Circulation Testing, FORGE Modeling and Simulation Forum, August 16. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 08/16/2023.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2_xbPmEK5I
  • McLennan, J. 2023. Geothermal Energy: An Opportunity at Any Temperature, presentation to AIChE Environmental Division Webinar Series . Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/31/2023.
  • McLennan, J., England, K., Rose, P., Moore, J., and Barker, B. 2023. Stimulation of a High-Temperature Granitic Reservoir at the Utah FORGE Site, SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, SPE-212346-MS, The Woodlands, TX. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 01/2023.
  • Vega, Carlos and McLennan, J. 2022. Reduction in bulk modulus in CO2 flooded rock samples: considerations for geological modeling and geomechanical analysis, AGU Fall Meeting 2022, Chicago, IL, 12-16 December 2022, id. S36A-05. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 12/2022.
  • Zhu, H., Tang, X., Dusseault, M.B., and McLennan, J.D. 2022. What can we learn from the child/infill well fracturing in shale gas reservoir? Some interesting insights, ARMA/DGS/SEG International Geomechanics Symposium, Abu Dhabi. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 11/07/2022.
  • Vega-Ortiz, C., Panja, P., McPherson, B.J., and McLennan, J.D. 2022. Injection of Flue Gas Improves CO2 Permeability and Storage Capacity in Coal: A Promising Technology, SPE-210419-MS, SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, Texas, USA, October, https://doi.org/10.2118/210419-MS. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 10/2022.
    https://doi.org/10.2118/210419-MS
  • Ye, Z., Fang, Y., Ghassemi, A., and McLennan, J. 2022. A Preliminary Wellbore In-Situ Stress Model for Utah FORGE, ARMA-2022-0272, 56th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, June 2022. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 06/2022.
  • Roshankhah, S. and McLennan, J. 2022. Hydraulic Fractures in Reservoirs Bounded by Layers of Other Rocks, ARMA-2022-206256th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, June 2022. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 06/2022.
    https://onepetro.org/ARMAUSRMS/proceedings-abstrac...
  • Phelan, Z., Xing, P., Panja, P., Moore, J. and McLennan, J. 2022. Prediction of Formation Properties Based on Drilling Data of Wells at Utah FORGE Site Using Machine Learning, ARMA-2022-0135, 56th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, June 2022. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 06/2022.
    https://onepetro.org/ARMAUSRMS/proceedings-abstrac...
  • Hu, L., Bhide, R., Nguyen, W., Butt, D., McLennan, J. and Gadikota, G. 2022. Modeling of In-Situ Indentation Tests in the Framework of Material Point Method, ARMA-2022-0330, 56th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, June 2022. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 06/2022.
  • McLennan, J. 2021. Advancements in the Geothermal Industry Attributed to Oilfield Technologies, SPE Hydraulic fracturing Technical Section, Virtual, April 14. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/14/2021.
  • McLennan, J. 2020. Historical Perspective, Upcoming Activities, Modeling and Simulation; FORGE Utah, CouFrac 2020, ISRM Specialized Conference, International Conf. on Couple Processes in Fractured Geological Media: Observation, Modelling and Application, Seoul, Korea, November 11-13. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/11/2020.
  • McLennan, J.D. 2019. FORGE in 2019. 2019 ARMA-CUPB Geothermal International Conference, August 5-8, Beijing, China. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 08/06/2019.
  • McLennan, J. 2019. Basic Geomechanics Considerations in Drilling Geothermal Wells, 2019 ARMA-CUPB Geothermal International Conference, August 5-8, Beijing. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 08/05/2019.
  • Ammon, J.D., DeReuil, A.A., Birgenheier, L.P., and McLennan, J. 2018. Predictive Relationships Between Mudstone Strength and Water Saturation, AAPG Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, May. Other, Presented, 05/2018.
  • Moore, J., McLennan, J. and Levey, R., 2017. FORGE Utah; A proposed Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Research and the future challenges of Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS), Geothermal Cross Over Technology Workshop, Durham/ UK – April 25-26, 2017. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/2017.
  • McLennan, J.D. 2016. EGS Opportunities and Challenges: Utah Forge, China University of Petroleum, Beijing, China, November. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/27/2016.
  • McLennan, J.D. 2016. EGS Opportunities and Challenges: Utah Forge, GRC Workshop, Sacramento, CA October. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/19/2016.
  • P. Rosen, A. Morris, G. Payne, B. Keach, I. Harvey, B. Richards-McClung, J. McLennan, R. Polson, R. Levey, T. Ring, E. Jurrus, and G.M. Jones "Klareco: An Indexing-based Architecture for Interactive Visualization of Heterogeneous Data Sources”, In the 1st Workshop on Data Systems for Interactive Analysis (DSIA), Oct 2015. Other, Presented, 10/2015.
  • McLennan, J., 2015, Numerical Modeling for Hydraulic Fracturing in Low Mobility, High Modulus Reservoirs, Geomechanics for Unconventionals Workshop, ARMA 2015, San Francisco, CA, June 27. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/27/2015.
  • Bradford, J., McLennan, J., Moore, J., Podgorney, R., Plummer, M., and Nash, G. 2015. Analysis of the Thermal and Hydraulic Stimulation Program at Raft River, Idaho, GeoProc 2015, Salt Lake City, February 27. Other, Presented, 02/27/2015.
  • 89. Bradford, J., Moore, J., Ohren, M., McLennan, J., Osborn, W.L., Majer, E., Nash, G., and Friefeld, B. 2015, Recent Thermal and Hydraulic Stimulation Results at Raft River, ID EGS Site, Fortieth Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, February 2015, SGP-TR-202. Published, 02/2015. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 02/2015.
  • McLennan, J., 2014, Ongoing Research Portfolio, USTAR Confluence, Salt Lake City, Utah, November 3. Other, Presented, 11/03/2014.
  • Eric M. Brauser, M.H. Bartl, P. Rose, J. Mclennan. Thermal Stability of CdSe/CdS Quantum Dots and their Application as a Novel Geothermal Tracer. Presented at 248th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, San Francisco, CA, United States, August 10-14, 2014. Other, Presented, 08/2014.
  • McLennan, J.D. 2013. USTAR Energy Development Snapshot, Zion's Bank Information Session on USTAR, Salt Lake City, September 11. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/11/2013.
  • Stoddard, T., and McLennan, J. 2013. Mancos Formation Completion Considerations, RPSEA Technical Advisory Board, Dnever, CO, June 28. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/28/2013.
  • McLennan, J.D. 2013. Current Topics (in Fracturing and Completions in Low-Mobility Reservoirs) That Are Usually Thrown Under the Bus, presentation to EnCana, Denver, Co, June 13. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/13/2013.
  • McLennan, J.D. 2013. Current Topics (in Fracturing and Completions in Low-Mobility Reservoirs) That Are Usually Thrown Under the Bus, presentation to EnCana, Plano, TX, June 12. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/12/2013.
  • McLennan, J.D. 2013 Shale Petrophysics (Day 1), Shale Geomechanics (Day 2), Short course to Yanchang Petroleum, Xian City, China, June 18-19. Other, Presented, 06/2013.
  • Walton, I., and McLennan, J. 2013. Recent Developments in Unconventional Gas and Liquids Research, presentations to Beach Energy, Adelaide, Australia, May 16. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 05/16/2013.
  • Walton, I., and McLennan, J. 2013. Recent Developments in Unconventional Gas and Liquids Research, presentations to Santos Petroleum, Adeladie, Australia, May 15. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 05/15/2013.
  • Walton, I., and McLennan, J. 2013. Recent Developments in Unconventional Gas and Liquids Research, presentations to AGL, Sydney, Australia, May 14. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 05/14/2013.
  • Walton, I., and McLennan, J. 2013. Recent Developments in Unconventional Gas and Liquids Research, presentations to AWE, Sydney, Australia, May 13. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 05/13/2013.
  • McLennan, J.D. 2013. Shale Geomechanics: Developing Research Programs, presentation to Saudi Aramco Engineers and Geologists, Salt lake city, UT, May 10. Other, Presented, 05/10/2013.
  • McLennan, J.D. 2013. Shale Geomechanics: Developing Research Programs, presentation to Saudi Aramco Engineers and Geologists, Salt lake city, UT, May 10. Other, Presented, 05/10/2013.
  • McLennan, J.D. 2013. EGI Presentation to Utah-Europe Days, Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development Utah-Europe Days 2013, May. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 05/09/2013.
  • McLennan, J.D. 2013. Hydraulic Fracturing Complexity—McLennan, J.D. 2013. Interaction between Hydraulic and Natural Fractures, AAPG Geosciences Technology Workshop, Geomechanics and Reservoir Characterization of Shales and Carbonates, Baltimore, Maryland, July 16-17. Invited Talk/Keynote, Accepted, 05/2013.
    http://www.aapg.org/gtw/2013/baltimore/index.cfm
  • Stoddard, T., Birgenheier, L., McLennan, J., and Wriedt, J. 2013. Mancos Shale In-situ Stress Estimation and Fracture Simulation Across the Uinta Basin, 2013 AAPG Rocky Mountain Section Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, September. Invited Talk/Keynote, Accepted, 05/2013.
    http://www.rmsaapg2013.com/images/documents/4-13-r...
  • Birgenheier, L., Horton, B., Larsen, L., McCauley, A.D., McLennan, J., and Ressetar, R. 2013. A Facies and Sequence Stratigraphic Model for the Mancos Shale, Uinta Basin: Identifying Unconventional Horizontal Targets, 2013 AAPG Rocky Mountain Section Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, September. Invited Talk/Keynote, Accepted, 05/2013.
    http://www.rmsaapg2013.com/images/documents/4-13-r...
  • McLennan, J., and Birgenheier, L. 2013. Geology and Geomechanics of Shale Reservoirs, Short Course, 2013 AAPG Rocky Mountain Section Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, September 21. Other, Accepted, 05/2013.
    http://www.rmsaapg2013.com/images/documents/4-13-r...
  • McLennan, J.D. 2013. Current Topics (in Fracturing and Completions in Low-Mobility Reservoirs) That Are Usually Thrown Under the Bus, presentation to Nexen Inc., Calgary, AB, April 17. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/17/2013.
  • McLennan, J.D. 2013. Current Topics (in Fracturing and Completions in Low-Mobility Reservoirs) That Are Usually Thrown Under the Bus, presentation to Talisman Energy, Inc., Calgary, AB, April 17. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/17/2013.
  • McLennan, J.D. 2013. Current Topics (in Fracturing and Completions in Low-Mobility Reservoirs) That Are Usually Thrown Under the Bus, presentation to EnCana, Calgary, AB, April 17. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/17/2013.
  • McLennan, J.D. and Rose, P. 2013. Geomechanics Considerations Including Tracer Technologies, seminar presented to EGI Corporate Associates, April 12. Other, Presented, 04/12/2013.
  • Xian, S., and McLennan, J.D. 2013. Conceptual Methodology for Hydraulic Fracture Design and Production Forecasting, presentation to EGI Corporate Associates, April 11. Other, Presented, 04/11/2013.
  • McLennan, J. 2013. Geomechanical Considerations Chinese Shales, presentation to EGI Corporate Associates, Salt Lake City, April 11. Other, Presented, 04/11/2013.
  • McLennan, J.D. 2013. Geomechanical Considerations South American Shales, presentation to EGI Corporate Associates, April 8. Other, Presented, 04/08/2013.
  • McLennan, J.D. 2013. Geomechanical Considerations South American Shales, presentation to EGI Corporate Associates, April 8. Other, Presented, 04/08/2013.
  • McLennan, J.D. 2013. Understanding Production from Mud Rocks, Short Course for West Texas Geological Society, Midland, TX, March 1. Other, Presented, 03/01/2013.
  • McLennan, J.D. 2013. Understanding Production from Mud Rocks, Short Course for West Texas Geological Society, Midland, TX, March 1. Other, Presented, 03/01/2013.
  • McLennan, J. 2013. Low Mobility Resources, presentation to Chinese Geological Survey, Salt Lake City, UT, January 28. Other, Presented, 01/28/2013.
  • McLennan, J.D. 2013. Energy: An Integral Policy Component, 2013 Legislative Policy Summit, Salt Lake City, UT, January 23. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 01/23/2013.
  • McLennan, J.D. 2013. How Technology is Changing Energy Development Around the World, Governor's Energy Summit, Salt Lake City, UT, January 10. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 01/10/2013.
  • McLennan, J.D. 2012. Shale Drilling and Hydraulic Fracturing, presentation to CNOOC, Salt Lake City, UT, December 6. Other, Presented, 12/06/2012.
  • McLennan, J.D. 2012. Hydraulic Fracturing, Brigham Young University, Geology for Engineers, December 4. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 12/04/2012.
  • McLennan, J.D. 2012. University of Utah's PE and Unconventional Engineering and Future Collaboration with China University of Petroleum, presentation to China University of Petroleum Administrators and Faculty, Salt Lake City, Utah, December 2. Other, Presented, 12/02/2012.
  • Green, S. and McLennan, J. 2013. Hydraulic Fracturing Mineback Experiment in Complex Media, AGU Fall Meeting, Session H032 on “Underground Testing, Monitoring, and Modeling in Different Media", San Francisco, CA, December 3-7. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 12/2012.
  • Geomechanics Initiatives, Presentation to Occidental Petroleum, Salt Lake City, UT. Other, Presented, 11/27/2012.
  • McLennan, J. 2012. Low Mobility Resources, presentation to CNOOC, October 2013, Salt Lake City, UT. Other, Presented, 10/23/2012.
  • McLennan, J.D. 2012. Oil Shale Geomechanics, Short Course for Statoil, Trondheim, Norway, october 9. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/09/2012.
  • Moore, J. and McLennan, J. 2012. Case Studies: Concept Testing and Development at the Raft River Geothermal Field, Idaho, GRC Stimulation Workshop, Sept. 29. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/29/2012.
  • McLennan, J. 2012. Gas Shale And Geothermal Stimulation: Where We Are? GRC Stimulation Workshop, Reno, NV., Sept 28. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/28/2012.
  • McLennan, J. 2012. Low Mobility Resources, presentation to PetroChina, September 27, Salt Lake City, UT. Other, Presented, 09/27/2012.
  • McLennan, J. 2012. Geomechanics Initiatives, presentation to CSIRO, September, Salt Lake City, UT. Other, Presented, 09/26/2012.
  • McLennan, J. 2012. Hydraulic Fracturing: Facts About Fracs. Questar Gas Customer Meeting. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/12/2012.
  • McLennan, J. 2012. South American Shale Gas & Shale Oil Plays, Phase 1 Sponsor Update & Final Review, EGI, September 11. Other, Presented, 09/11/2012.
  • McLennan, J.D. 2012. Gas production Forecasting from Tight Gas REservoirs: Integrating natural Fracture networks and Hydraulic Fractures, presentation to Golder Associates, Salt Lake City, UT, August 9. Other, Presented, 08/09/2012.
  • McLennan, J. 2012. Near‐Wellbore Completion Considerations for Low Mobility, Indurated Formations, BP Completions Engineers Luncheon, Houston, TX, August 3. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 08/03/2012.
  • McLennan, J.D. 2012. Geomechanics, Petrophysics, Final Riport for China Shale Gas and Shale Oil Project, June 15. Other, Presented, 06/15/2012.
  • McLennan, J.D. 2012, Energy from Unconventional Fuels in Utah, Utah Society of Professional Engineers Continuing Education Conference, May 12. Salt Lake City, UT. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 05/12/2012.
  • McLennan, J.D. 2012. Hydraulic Fracturing, American Gas Association, Financial Forum, Scottsdale, AZ, May 6-8. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 05/08/2012.
  • Tran, T. and McLennan, J. 2012. Geomechanical Reservoir State of Kerogen-Bearing Rock, presentation to Statoil, May 7, Salt Lake City, UT. Other, Presented, 05/07/2012.
  • Stoddard, T., Birgenheier, L., Ryan Hillier, Larsen, L., and McLennan, J. 2013. Log-Interpreted Reservoir Potential from Cretaceous Mancos Shale in the Uinta Basin, 2013 AAPG Rocky Mountain Section Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, September. Invited Talk/Keynote, Accepted, 05/2012.
    http://www.rmsaapg2013.com/images/documents/4-13-r...
  • Bhide, R., Deo, M., McLennan, J., and Stoddard, T. 2013. Modeling Hydraulic Fracture Interactions with Natural Fractures, 2013 AAPG Rocky Mountain Section Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, September. Invited Talk/Keynote, Accepted, 05/2012.
    http://www.rmsaapg2013.com/images/documents/4-13-r...
  • Birgenheier, L., Larsen, L., McCauley, A.D., McLennan, J., Ressetar, R., and Horton, B. 2013. An Integrated, Core-focused Facies and Stratigraphic Model of the Mancos Shale, Uinta Basin, 2013 AAPG Rocky Mountain Section Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, September. Invited Talk/Keynote, Accepted, 05/2012.
    http://www.rmsaapg2013.com/images/documents/4-13-r...
  • Bereskin, S.R., Chidsey, T.C., Morgan, C.D., and McLennan, J. 2013. Hydrocarbon Potential of the Chainman Shale, Western Utah, 2013 AAPG Rocky Mountain Section Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, September. Invited Talk/Keynote, Accepted, 05/2012.
    http://www.rmsaapg2013.com/images/documents/4-13-r...
  • McLennan, J. 2012. Geomechanics Initiatives at EGI, presentation to Seneca Resources, may, Salt Lake City, UT. Other, Presented, 05/2012.
  • McLennan, J. 2012. Hydraulic Fracturing, Presentation to CNOOC, April 2012, Salt Lake City, UT. Other, Presented, 04/13/2012.
  • SPE/SEG Joint Workshop on Pore Pressure Prediction - Discussion Leader on Underbalanced and Managed Pressure Drilling, Phuket, Thailand. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/23/2012.
  • McLennan, J.D., Hydraulic Fracturing, 2012. Utah Energy Development Summit, Salt Lake City, UT, Feb. 15. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/15/2012.
  • McLennan, J. 2012. Geomechanics Initiatives, presentation to CSIRO, February, Salt Lake City, UT. Other, Presented, 02/07/2012.
  • Deo, M., McLennan, J. and Levey, R. 2011. Energy from Unconventional Fuels: Resource Assessment and Sustainable Production Technologies. 7th 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. Other, Submitted, 11/10/2011.
  • Zhao, N., McLennan, J., Deo, M.D. Morphology and Growth of Fractures In Unconventional Reservoirs, submitted, 2011 AIChE Annual Meeting: Minneapolis, MN. Other, Submitted, 11/2011.
  • Thakur, S., Deo, M.D., and McLennan, J., Role of Discrete Fracture Network In Tight Gas Reservoirs, AIChE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, 2011. Other, Submitted, 11/2011.
  • McLennan, J.D., Coupled Reservoir Simulation for EOR, presentation to Maersk, May 9, 2011. Other, Presented, 05/09/2011.
  • McLennan, J. (2011) Changing the Role of Fractures. Workshop on Evolution of the Mental Picture of Tight Shales, Warsaw, Poland, March 28-29. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 03/28/2011.
  • AIChE Dinner Meeting Presentation: Deep-water Drilling: The Gulf Oil Spill. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/15/2011.
  • McLennan, J., Integrated Geoscience & Geomechanics Initiatives at the University of Utah, Presentation to ConocoPhillips Inc., Jan 28, 2011. Other, Presented, 01/28/2011.
  • McLennan, J., Modeling Fluid Invasion and Hydraulic Fracture Propagation in Fractured Hydrocarbon Reservoirs, SPE/AAPG Joint Workshop: Naturally Fractured Reservoirs, Vail, CO., 4-6 October 2010. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/05/2010.
  • McLennan, J., Modeling Fluid Invasion and Hydraulic Fracture Propagation in Naturally Fractured Rock, Wyoming Geological Association Annual meeting, Casper, WY, . Other, presented, 08/06/2010. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 08/06/2010.
  • McLennan, J., Is Anything Missing, EGI-Schlumberger Shale Gas Summit, London, UK, June 9-10, 2010. Other, presented, 06/10/2010. . Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/10/2010.
  • McLennan, J., Enhanced In-Situ Production Through Fracturing, Presentation: 2010 Unconventional Fuels Conference: Production of Fuels from Oil Shale, Oil Sands, and Coal, April 28, 2010, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah . Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/28/2010.
  • Bai, M., McLennan, J., and Standifird, W.: “An Alternative Method for Predicting In-jectivity Decline in Produced Water Re-injection, SPE 120829, for presentation at the 2009 SPE European Formation Damage Conference, Scheveningen, The Netherlands, 27-29 May 2009. Conference Paper, Refereed, Other, 2009.
  • 63. Bai, M., Standifird, W., and McLennan, J.D.: “Modeling Fluid Mixture Transport and Cross-Flow in Layered Media,” ARMA 09-33 for presentation at Asheville 2009, the 43rd US Rock Mechanics Symposium and 4th U.S.-Canada Rock Mechanics Sympo-sium, Asheville, NC June 28th – July 1, 2009. Conference Paper, Refereed, Other, 2009.
  • McLennan, J.D., Guo, Q., Wang, C., Geehan, T., Martin, W., and Marquardt, J.: “A Laboratory Study on Increased Assurance and Understanding Storage Mechanisms of E&P Waste Injection into an Unconsolidated Formation,” SPE 111707, SPE Interna-tional Conference on Health, Safety, and Environment in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production, 15-17 April 2008, Nice, France. Conference Paper, Other, 2008.
  • McLennan, J.D., Green, S.J. and Bai, M.: ‘Proppant Placement During Tight Gas Shale Stimulation: Literature Review And Speculation,” ARMA-08-355, 42nd US Rock Mechanics Symposium and 2nd U.S.-Canada Rock Mechanics Symposium, held in San Francisco, June 29-July 2, 2008, San Francisco, CA. Conference Paper, Other, 2008.

Research Groups

  • Mao Sheng, Postdoc. EGI. 06/01/2015 - present.
  • Mao Sheng, Postdoc. EGI. 06/01/2015 - present.
  • Mao Sheng, Postdoc. EGI. 06/01/2015 - present.
  • Thu Nguyen, Postdoc. Chemical Engineering. 11/2009 - present.
  • Ravi Bhide, Postdoc. Chemical Engineering. 06/2009 - present.