Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering
Faculty Information

Dan Hill
A. Daniel Hill, P.E.
Associate Department Head
and R. L. Whiting Endowed Chair

3116-TAMU - 501F Richardson Building
College Station, TX 77843-3116
Phone: (979) 845-2278
e-mail: dan.hill@pe.tamu.edu

Professor and Robert Whiting Endowed Chair

Dr. A. D. Hill is Professor and holder of the Robert L. Whiting Endowed Chair in Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University. Previously, he taught for twenty-two years at The University of Texas at Austin after spending five years in industry. He holds a B. S. degree from Texas A&M University and M. S. and Ph. D. degrees from The University of Texas at Austin, all in chemical engineering. He is the author of the Society of Petroleum Engineering (SPE) monograph, Production Logging: Theoretical and Interpretive Elements, co-author of the textbook, Petroleum Production Systems, and author of over eighty technical papers and five patents. He has recently been commissioned by SPE to be a co-author of a new book, Multilateral Wells. He has been a Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Distinguished Lecturer, has served on numerous SPE committees and was founding chairman of the Austin SPE Section. He was named a Distinguished Member of SPE in 1999. Professor Hill is an expert in the areas of production engineering, well completions, well stimulation, production logging, and complex well performance (horizontal and multilateral wells), and has presented lectures and courses and consulted on these topics throughout the world.
Education
  • B.S., Chemical Engineering,  Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 1974
  • M.S., Chemical Engineering,  The University of Texas, Austin, Texas  1976
  • Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas 1978
Areas of Specialization
  • Production Logging
  • Well Stimulation
  • Improved Production Performance
  • Advanced Well Completions
Patents
  1. “Process for Selective Injection into a Subterranean Formation,” U.S. Patent 4,387,770, June 14, 1983.
  2. “Method and Apparatus for Obtaining Production or Injection Profiles,”  U.S. Patent 4,473,117, Sept. 25, 1984.
  3. “Oil Recovery Process Using a Polyacrylamide Gel,”  with Charles J. Norton and David O. Falk, U.S. Patent 4,561,502, Dec. 31, 1985.
  4. “Oil Recovery Process Using a Polymer Gel,” with Charles J. Norton and David O. Falk, U.S. Patent 4,548,272, Oct. 22, 1985.
  5. “Two-Pulse Tracer Ejection Method for Determining Injection Profiles in Wells,” U.S. Patent 4,622,463, Nov. 11, 1986.
Publications
  • 50 refereed publications

  • More than 100 conference papers

  • More than 30 technical reports

  • Five patents

  • Two textbooks; one book chapter

  • More than 60 industry short courses and workshops

Books

  1. Production Logging:  Theoretical and Interpretive Elements, Monograph Vol. 14, Society of Petroleum Engineers, Richardson, Texas, 1990.
  2. Petroleum Production Systems, with M. J. Economides and C. Ehlig-Economides, Prentice-Hall, January, 1994.

Book

  1. “Fundamentals of Acid Stimulation”, in Reservoir Stimulation, Third Edition, with Schechter, R. S., March 2000. 

Refereed Papers

  1. “Restoration of Uranium In-Situ Leaching Sites,” with W.M. Breland, M.J. Humenick, R.S. Schechter, I.H. Silberberg, and M.P. Walsh Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal, 20, No. 4, p. 221, August 1980.
  2. “Theoretical and Experimental Studies of Sandstone Acidizing,” with D. Lindsay, I.H. Silberberg, and R.S. Schechter, Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal, 21, No. 1, p. 30, February 1981.
  3. “Production Logging Tool Behavior in Two-Phase Inclined Flow,” with T. Oolman, Journal of Petroleum Technology, 34, No. 10, p. 2432-2440, October 1982.
  4. “Program Predicts Two-Phase Pressure Gradients,” with Donald C. Jacks, Oil and Gas Journal, 81, No. 48, p. 126-129, November 28, 1983.
  5. “Laboratory and Theoretical Modeling of Diverting Agent Behavior,” with P.J. Galloway, Journal of Petroleum Technology, 36, No. 8, p. 1157-1163, July 1984.
  6. “Programs Predict Pressures for Two-Phase Flow,” with Donald C. Jacks, Oil and Gas Journal, 83, No. 37, p. 93-96, September 16, 1985.
  7. “Improved Analysis Methods for Radioactive Tracer Injection Profile Logging,” with J.R. Solares, Journal of Petroleum Technology, 37, No. 3, p. 511-520, March 1985.
  8. “Simulation of Sandstone Matrix Acidizing in Heterogeneous Reservoirs,” with R. Taha and K. Sepehrnoori, Journal of Petroleum Technology, 38, No. 8, p. 753-767, June 1986.
  9. “An Extended Analysis Method for Two-Pulse Tracer Logging,” with J. L. Anthony, SPE Production Engineering, 1, No. 2, p. 117-124, 1986.
  10. “Tracer Placement Techniques for Improved Radioactive Tracer Logging,” with K. E. Boehm and T. J. Akers, Journal of Petroleum Technology, 40, No. 11, p. 1484-1492, November 1988.
  11. “An Improved Method for Calculating Bottomhole Pressures in Flowing Gas Wells with Liquid Present,” with J. W. Peffer and M. A. Miller, SPE Production Engineering, 3, No. 4, p. 643-655, November 1988.
  12. “A Mechanistic Model of Wormhole Growth in Carbonate Matrix Acidizing and Acid Fracturing,” with K. M. Hung and K. Sepehrnoori, Journal of Petroleum Technology, 41, No. 1, p. 59-66, January 1989.
  13. “Sandstone Acidizing Design Using a Generalized Model,” with Rozlan Taha and K. Sepehrnoori, SPE Production Engineering, 4, No. 1, p. 49-55, February 1989.
  14. “A Shallow Gas Kick Simulator Including Diverter Performance,” with Michael Starrett and K. Sepehrnoori, SPE Drilling Engineering, 5, No. 1, p. 79-85, March 1990.
  15. “A Study of the Permeability-Reducing Characteristics of Polyacrylamide/Chromium Gels,” with J. Liang, J. S. Tsau, and K. Sepehrnoori, In-Situ, 15, No. 3, p. 247, September 1991.
  16. “Re-Formation of Xanthon/Chromium Gels After Shear Degradation,” with J. S. Tsau, J.-T. Liang, and K. Sepehrnoori, SPE Reservoir Engineering, 7, No. 1, p. 21-28, February 1992.
  17. “Simulation of Sandstone Acidizing of a Damaged Perforation,” with C.-M. Lea and K. Sepehrnoori,  SPE Production Engineering, 7, No. 2, p. 212-218, May 1992.
  18. “A Comparison of Oil-Water Slip Velocity Models Used for Production Log Interpretation,” Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 8, No. 3, p. 181-189, October 1992.
  19. “Accounting for Silica Precipitation in the Design of Sandstone Acidizing,” with E. P. da Motta, B. Plavnik, and R. S. Schechter, SPE Production and Facilities, 8, No. 2, p. 138-144, May 1993.
  20. “The Effect of Fluid Diversion on the Acid Stimulation of a Perforation,” with C.-M. Lea and K. Sepehrnoori, SPE Production and Facilities, 8, No. 2, p. 131-137, May 1993.
  21. “Ultrasonic Imaging and Velocimetry in Two-Phase Pipe Flow,” with S. L. Morriss, Journal of Energy Resource Technology, Trans. ASME, 115, p. 108-116, June 1993.
  22. “A Comparison of Oil-Water Slip Velocity Models Used for Production Log Interpretation (Author’s Reply to Discussion),” Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 9, No. 1, p. 61-65, October 1993.
  23. “Design of the HCl Preflush in Sandstone Acidizing,” with K. Sepehrnoori and P. Wu, SPE Production and Facilities, 9, No. 2, p. 115-120, May 1994.
  24. “Selective Matrix Acidizing of Horizontal Wells,” with E. P. da Motta and K. Sepehrnoori, SPE Production and Facilities, 10, No. 2, p. 157-164, August 1995.
  25. “The Effect of Wormholing on the Fluid-Loss Coefficient in Acid Fracturing,” with D. Zhu and Y. Wang, SPE Production and Facilities, 10, No. 4, p. 257-263, November 1995.
  26. “Real-Time Monitoring of Matrix Acidizing Including the Effects of Diverting Agents,” with D. Zhu,  SPE Production and Facilities, 11, No. 2, p. 95-101, May 1996.
  27. “Technology Transfer Through Integrated Production-Engineering Software,” with D. Zhu, G. Wu, and M. J. Economides, SPE Computer Applications, p. 50-54, April 1997.
  28. “Selective Matrix Acidizing of Horizontal Wells,” with E. P. Da Motta and K. Sepehrnoori, Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology, 36, No. 5, p. 43-52, May 1997.
  29. “Interpretation of Fracture Height from Temperature Logs—the Effect of Wellbore/Fracture Separation,” with E. R. Davis and D. Zhu, SPE Formation Evaluation, June 1997.
  30. “A Systematic Experimental Study of Acid Fracture Conductivity,” with  M. S. Beg, A. O. Kunak and M. Gong, SPE Production and Facilities, November 1998.
  31. “Field Results Demonstrate Enhanced Matrix Acidizing Through Real-Time Monitoring,” with D. Zhu, SPE Production and Facilities, November 1998.
  32. "Skin Analysis Program Boosts Matrix Stimulation Results," with D. Zhu, Oil & Gas Journal, July 26, 1999.
  33. “New Model of Acid-Fracture Conductivity Based on Deformation of Surface Asperities,” with M. Gong and S. Lacote, SPE Journal, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 206-214, September 1999.
  34. "Procedures Restore Productivity of Shut-In Wells, The American Oil & Gas Reporter, pp. 98-103, February 2000.
  35. “Evaluation of Acid Treatments in Horizontal Wells,” with D. Zhu and M. D. Looney, J. Petrol. Tech., pp. 49-50, 117, June 2000.
  36. "Fluid Placement Model for Horizontal-Well Stimulation," with L. D. Eckerfield and D. Zhu, SPE Drilling & Completion 15 (3), September 2000.
  37. "Reaction Rate and Fluid Loss: The Keys to Wormhole Initiation and Propagation in Carbonate Acidizing," with Huang, T. and Schechter, R. S., SPE Journal 5 (3), September 2000.
  38. “A Comprehensive Model of Multilateral-Well Deliverability,” W. Chen, D. Zhu and A.D. Hill, Journal of Petroleum Technology, p. 72, November 2001.
  39. “Computer Model Predicts Matrix Acidizing of Naturally Fractured Carbonate”, A.D. Hill, D. Zhu, C. Dong and A. Luna-Garcia, Journal of Petroleum Technology, pp. 20-25,October 2001.
  40. “Evaluating Crossflow Effects in Multilateral Wells,” with D. Zhu and W. R. Landrum, Journal of Petroleum Technology, pp. 52-53, July 2002.
  41. “Acid Penetration in Natural Fracture Networks,” with C. Dong and D. Zhu, SPE Production and Facilities, pp. 160-170, August 2002.
  42. “Modeling of the Acidizing Process in Naturally Fractured Carbonates,” with C. Dong and D. Zhu, SPE Journal, pp. 400-408, December, 2002.
  43. “A Rigorous Formation Damage Skin Factor and Reservoir Inflow Model for a Horizontal Well,” with K. Furui, and D. Zhu, SPE Production and Facilities, pp. 151-157, August 2003.
Awards and Honors
  • Phi Kappa Phi
  • Tau Beta Pi
  • Sigma Xi
  • Omega Chi Epsilon
  • Phi Lambda Epsilon
  • Recipient of George H. Fancher Centennial Teaching Fellowship in Petroleum Engineering, 1987-95
  • University of Texas Engineering Foundation Award, 1987
  • Halliburton Foundation Award of Excellence, 1987
  • Society of Petroleum Engineering Distinguished Lecturer, 1988-89
  • Petroleum Engineering Department Teaching Award, 1988
  • Who’s Who Among Rising Young Americans, 1990
  • Who’s Who in the South and Southwest, 1990
  • Visiting Professor, Mining University Leoben, Austria, June 1991
  • Who’s Who of Emerging Leaders in America, 1992
  • Recipient of Halliburton Annual Professorship in Petroleum Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 1995-97
  • Who’s Who in America, 1998
  • SPE Distinguished Member, 1999
  • Recipient of B. J. Lancaster Professorship in Petroleum Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 1997-2004

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