Birol Dindoruk

AADE Endowed Professor University of Houston

Birol Dindoruk is AADE Endowed Professor of petroleum engineering and chemical and biomolecular engineering at University of Houston. Previously he was the chief scientist of reservoir physics and the principal technical expert of reservoir engineering at Shell. He was elected as a member of the NAE for his significant theoretical and practical contributions to EOR and CO₂ sequestration in 2017. He has 28 years of industrial experience, holds a BSc degree in petroleum engineering from Technical University of Istanbul, an MSc degree in petroleum engineering from The University of Alabama, a PhD in petroleum engineering and mathematics from Stanford University, and an MBA from University of Houston.

Human resources

Petroleum Engineering Research Shifts Focus From Oil and Gas to New Horizons

Undergraduate education in petroleum engineering has survived the latest downturn in the industry, and enrollment has started to show an uptick in numbers. However, a different trend is evident in graduate training and academic research: the number of researchers being trained in oil and gas topics is drastically dropping.

November 1, 2024 • Mashhad Fahes • Journal of Petroleum Technology
SPE News

Newly Expanded SPE Journal Delivers Broadened View of Subsurface as an Asset Now and in the Future

The new expanded SPE Journal resulting from the consolidation of SPE’s technical journals will provide SPE the opportunity to continue its mission of disseminating technical information across a global community while remaining open to new and expanding developments in all aspects of the oil and gas industry.

June 1, 2023 • Birol Dindoruk • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Data & Analytics

Technical Directors Share Their Perspectives on All Things Digital

Silviu Livescu, SPE’s technical director for data science and engineering analytics, and Birol Dindoruk, recent technical director for management and information, discuss the state of the oil and gas industry’s digital transformation, where the industry needs to go, and how it can get there.

December 16, 2020 • Silviu Livescu • Data Science and Digital Engineering
Data & Analytics

Director Strives To Give Data and Digital Experts a Voice

Oil companies are talking big about using data and analytics, but the experts in the field are not sure what their role will be. Birol Dindoruk, SPE's technical director for management and information, talks about ensuring that they have a say.

January 15, 2019 • Birol Dindoruk • Data Science and Digital Engineering
Enhanced recovery

Prediction and Experimental Measurements of Water-in-Oil Emulsion Viscosities During Alkaline/Surfactant Injections

In this paper, the authors report results from experiments as well as modeling of water/oil-emulsion rheology that can form during alkaline/surfactant/polymer injections for enhanced recovery.

May 11, 2012 • Amrit Kalra • Oil and Gas Facilities
Technology

Emerging Oil Regions: Brazil, the Arctic, and West Africa—and the Role of Fluid Properties

A brief introduction to the subject regions, highlighting some key differences with respect to other known basins as well as the size of the prize, is followed by a focus on fluid properties’ role in terms of field development and uncertainty reduction.

January 14, 2011 • Birol Dindoruk • The Way Ahead