Ding Zhu

Associate Professor (effective 9/01/08)
Holder of the W.D. Von Gonten Faculty Fellowship in Petroleum Engineering

3116-TAMU - 401K Richardson Building

College Station, TX 77843-3116

Phone: (979) 458-4522

e-mail: ding.zhu@pe.tamu.edu

 

• B.S., M.E., Beijing University of Science & Technology, Beijing, China, 1982

• M.S., P.E., The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, 1988

• Ph.D., P.E., The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, 1992

• Integrated sandstone acidizing design and evaluation
• Real-time evaluation of acidizing process
• Modeling of acidizing process in naturally fractured carbonate reservoirs
• Acid fracturing
• High-concentration HF acidizing in sandstone reservoirs
• Integrated production-log interpretation by statistical approach
• Horizontal-well stimulation
• Well performance of multilateral wells
• Horizontal-well completion model
• Economic model of intelligent wells
• Intelligent-well model

Dr. Zhu has conducted and supervised research projects in production and well stimulation and led in complex well performance. She has been a key researcher for a Texas State-funded project in sandstone acidizing and a DOE-funded project in intelligent well technology.  She has developed several comprehensive computer software applications for production engineering, many of which have been adopted by industry sponsors. She developed the production engineering software package, PPS, which has been widely used in teaching and in the field worldwide.

1. “The Effect of Wormholing on the Fluid-Loss Coefficient in Acid Fracturing,” SPE Production and Facilities, November 1995, with A.D. Hill, and Y. Wang.
2. “Real-Time Monitoring of Matrix Acidizing Including the Effects of Diverting Agents,” SPE Production and Facilities, May 1996, with A.D. Hill.
3. “Technology Transfer Through Integrated Production-Engineering Software,” SPE Computer Applications, April 1997, with G. Wu, A.D. Hill, and M.J. Economides.
4. “Interpretation of Fracture Height From Temperature Logs—The Effect of Wellbore/Fracture Separation,” SPE Formation Evaluation, June 1997, with E.R. Davis and A.D. Hill.
5. “A Systematic Experimental Study of Acid Fracture Conductivity,” SPE Production and Facilities, November 1998, with M.S. Beg, A.O. Kunak, M. Gong, and A.D. Hill.
6. “Field Results Demonstrate Enhanced Matrix Acidizing Through Real-Time Monitoring,” SPE Production and Facilities, November 1998, with A.D. Hill.
7. “Skin Analysis Program Boosts Matrix Stimulation Results,” Oil & Gas Journal, July 26, 1999, with A.D. Hill.
8. “Fluid Placement Model for Horizontal-Well Stimulation,” with L. D. Eckerfield and A.D. Hill, SPE Drilling & Comoletion 15 (3), September 2000.
9. “Evaluation of Acid Treatments in Horizontal Wells,” with A.D. Hill and M. D. Looney, J. Petrol. Tech.. pp. 49-50, 117, June 2000.
10. “A Comprehensive Model of Multilateral Well Deliverability,” Journal of Petroleum Technology, Nov., 2000, with W. Chen and A.D. Hill
11. “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.
12. “Evaluating Crossflow Effects in Multilateral Wells,” with A.D. Hill and W. R. Landrum, Journal of Petroleum Technology, pp. 52-53, July 2002.
13. “Acid Penetration in Natural Fracture Networks,” with C. Dong and A.D. Hill, SPE Production and Facilities, pp. 160-170, August 2002.
14. “Modeling of the Acidizing Process in Naturally Fractured Carbonates,” with C. Dong and A.D. Hill, SPE Journal, pp. 400-408, December, 2002.
15. “A Rigorous Formation Damage Skin Factor and Reservoir Inflow Model for a Horizontal Well,” with K. Furui and A.D. Hill, SPE Production and Facilities, August 2003, pp. 151-157.

• Member of Society of Petroleum Engineers, 1986-current
• Section Chairman, SPE Fifth International Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition in China, Beijing, China, 1995
• Program Committee and Section Chairman, SPE Sixth International Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition in China, Beijing, China, 1998
• Session Chairman, SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition,  2003 and 2004
• Program Committee, Production Optimization and Monitoring, SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, 2003 and 2004
• Program Committee, SPE Applied Technology Workshop—Hydraulic Fracturing, March, 2003
• Program Chairman, SPE Austin Section, 2001-2002
• Chairman, SPE Austin Section, 2002-2003
• Scholarship Chairman, SPE Austin Section, 2003-2004

• “Who’s Who in Science and Engineering,” 1998
• “Who’s Who in American Women,” 1998
• Distinguished Engineer, China National Offshore Oil Co., 1983-84
• University Academic Awards, Beijing University of Science & Technology, 1980 and 1982