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RICH 401J, 3116 TAMU, College Station, TX.
+1 979.862.4578
egildin@tamu.edu

Research

Research Topics

Petroleum exploration and production; Conventional/Unconventional Reservoirs; Drilling technologies; Natural/shale gas production; Natural/shale gas supply chain; Geothermal energy conversion and production; Reservoir geo-mechanics and geo-engineering; Modeling, simulation and optimization of energy systems; Control, scheduling, planning, safety, risk analysis, and uncertainty in energy systems

Research Summary

My research involves the mathematics of reservoir simulation and optimization, numerical methods for control and model reduction of large-scale systems, control of dynamical systems, robust reduced modeling with an emphasis on petroleum engineering problems, coupling surface and subsurface modeling, and drilling automation.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Papers (* means Dr. Gildin’s students)

  1. Ghasemi* and E. Gildin. “Model order reduction in porous media flow simulation using quadratic bilinear formulation”. Computational Geosciences, 2015. DOI: 10.1007/s10596-015-9529-0
  2. Ghasemi*, E. Gildin, Y. Efendiev and Y. Yang, “Fast Multiscale Reservoir Simulations using POD-DEIM Model Reduction”. Accepted to SPEJ. February 2016.
  3. Afra* and E. Gildin, “Efficient Geology Preserving Reservoir Parameterization Using Higher Order Singular Value Decomposition (HOSVD)”. Accepted for publication to Computers & Geosciences – February 2016.
  4. Lozovskiy, M. Farthing, C. Kees and E. Gildin. “Model Reduction for Shallow Water Flows”. Submitted to be submitted to the Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics. Accepted for publication. January 2016.
  5. Ghasemi* and E. Gildin. Localized Model Order Reduction in Porous Media Flow Simulation. Accepted for publication at the Journal of Petroleum Science & Engineering (JPSE). January 2016.
  6. Ghommem, M., Gildin, E., & Ghasemi*, M. (2015, April 1). Complexity Reduction of Multiphase Flows in Heterogeneous Porous Media. Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi:10.2118/167295-PA
  7. Tatyana Plaksina*, Eduardo Gildin, Practical handling of multiple objectives using evolutionary strategy for optimal placement of hydraulic fracture stages in unconventional gas reservoirs, Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, Available online 2 July 2015, ISSN 1875-5100, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jngse.2015.06.049.
  8. Plaksina*, T. and Gildin, E. 2015. Rigorous Integrated Workflow for Optimal Exploitation of Unconventional Gas Assets. Forthcoming in International Journal of Energy Optimization and Engineering Vol. 5, Issue 3, Article 5. (Special Issue: Computational intelligent Algorithms and Application to Real World problems)
  9. Fuentes*, E. Gildin, P. Valko, “On the Analysis of Production Data: Practical Approaches for Hydraulically Fractured Wells in Unconventional Reservoirs”. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering (JPSE), Volume 119, July 2014, Pages 54-68.
  10. Xiaodan Ma*, Eduardo Gildin, Tatyana Plaksina*, “Efficient optimization framework for integrated placement of horizontal wells and hydraulic fracture stages in unconventional gas reservoirs”, Journal of Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources, Volume 9, March 2015, Pages 1-17, ISSN 2213-3976, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.juogr.2014.09.001.
  11. Fuentes*, E. Gildin, P. Valko, “Analyzing Production Data From Hydraulically Fractured Wells: the Concept of Induced Permeability Field”. SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering Journal – SPERE-0213-0011. (REE163843). DOI: 10.2118/163843-PA. Accepted for Publication. To appear. 2014.
  12. Presho, A. Protasov*, E. Gildin, Local-global model reduction of parameter-dependent, single-phase flow models via balanced truncation, Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics  (2014), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cam.2014.03.022. Published online. April 2014.
  13. Lerlertpakdee*, E. Gildin and B. Jafarpour, “Efficient Production Optimization Using Flow Network Models”, SJ-1113-0013.R1. Accepted for Publication to SPEJ. DOI: 10.2118/170241-PA. March 2014.
  14. Fuentes*, E. Gildin, P. Valko, “Capturing The Essence Of Flow From Unconventional Reservoirs, Hydraulic Fracturing Quarterly, Volume 1, Issue 1, pp 39-53, 2014.
  15. Efendiev, J. Galvis and E. Gildin, “Local-global multiscale model reduction for flows in high-contrast heterogeneous media”, Journal of Computational Physics, Volume 231, Issue 24, p. 8100-8113.
  16. Gildin, A.C. Antoulas, D. Sorensen, and R.H. Bishop “Model and Controller Reduction Applied to Structural Control Using Passivity Theory”, Structural Control and Health Monitoring Journal, Volume 16, Issue 3, Date: April 2009, Pages: 319-334.

Journal papers submitted

  1. Y., Gildin, E and Efendiev, Y. Online Adaptive Local-Global Model Reduction for Flows in Heterogeneous Porous Media. Submitted to Computing Journal (Springer). March 2016.
  2. Holanda*, R. W, Gildin, E. and Jensen, J. Improved Waterflood Analysis Using the Capacitance-Resistance Model Within a Control Systems Framework. Submitted to SPE Journal (SPEJ). Under review. January 2016.
  3. Plaksina*, T. and Gildin, E. 2016. Applied Method for Production Design Optimization under Geologic and Economic Uncertainties in Shale Gas Reservoirs (Submitted to Petroleum Exploration and Development Journal).
  4. Plaksina*, T., Kanfar, M., White, C. and Gildin, E. 2016. Carbon Dioxide Sequestration and Geothermal Heat Harvesting in Hot Saline Aquifers: Reservoir Modeling and Commercial Potential. (Under submission to Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering SI: Carbon Capture, Transportation and Storage Technologies).
  5. Benamram, A. Tarakanov*, H. Nasrabadi, E. Gildin. Field-wide Flow Simulation in Fractured Porous Media within Lattice Boltzmann. Submitted to Advances in Water Resources Journal. Under Review. February 2016.
  6. I. Madiebo, H. Nasrabadi and E. Gildin. Lattice Boltzmann Simulation of Apparent Permeability for Gas Flow in Nanochannels. Submitted to Journal of Porous Media (JPM). Under Review. December 2015.

Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings (* means Dr. Gildin’s students)

Submitted

 

  1. S. Kaul and E. Gildin, “Understanding the Reservoir Drive Mechanisms in Liquid-Rich Unconventional Reservoirs and its Effect on Long Term Deliverability”, Abstract submitted to 2014 SPE Unconventional Resources Conference, The Woodlandas, Texas, USA. 1-3 April 2014. (in review).
  2. M. Tarrahi, E. Gildin and S. Gonzalez, “Dynamic Integration of DTS Data for Hydraulically Fractured Reservoir Characterization with the Ensemble Kalman Filter”. Abstract submitted to 2014 SPE Unconventional Resources Conference, The Woodlandas, Texas, USA. 1-3 April 2014. (in review).
  3. A. Ibrahim and E. Gildin, “Reduced Order Modeling In Reservoir Simulation Using the Bilinear Approximation Techniques”. Abstract submitted to SPE LACPEC, to be held in Maracaibo, Venezuela. May 21-23, 2014. (in review).
  4. S. Afra*, E. Gildin and M. Tarrahi*, “Heterogeneous Reservoir Characterization using Efficient Parameterization through Higher Order SVD (HOSVD)”. Full Paper Submitted to the 2014 IEEE American Control Conference (ACC) to be held in Portland, Oregon. June 4-6, 2014. (in review).

 

Accepted/Published

  1. W. Farthing, A. Lozovskiy, C. Kees and E. Gildin. Projection-Based Model Reduction for Finite Element Approximation of Shallow Water Flows. Accepted to be presented at the XXI International Conference Computational Methods in Water Resources, CMWR 2016, to be held at the University of Toronto, Canada, from 20th – 24th June 2016.
  2. Tarakanov, A, Gildin, E. & Nasrabadi, H. Simulation of Flow in the Solid Matrix of Shale Reservoirs using Lattice Boltzmann Method. SPE180104-MS. Accepted to be presented at the SPE Europec featured at 78th EAGE Conference and Exhibition to be held 30 May to 02 June 2016 in Vienna, Austria.
  3. Benamram, Z., Tarakanov*, A., Nasrabadi, H., & Gildin, E. (2015, November 18). Efficient Fractured Reservoir Simulation Using Lattice Boltzmann Method. Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi:10.2118/177263-MS. Presented at the SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference held in Quito, Ecuador, 18–20 November 2015.
  4. De Holanda*, R. W., Gildin, E., & Jensen, J. L. (2015, November 18). Improved Waterflood Analysis Using the Capacitance-Resistance Model Within a Control Systems Framework. Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi:10.2118/177106-MSR. Presented at the SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference held in Quito, Ecuador, 18–20 November 2015.
  5. Pinto, M. A. S., Gildin, E., & Schiozer, D. J. (2015, November 18). Short-Term and Long-Term Optimizations for Reservoir Management with Intelligent Wells. Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi:10.2118/177255-MS. Presented at the SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference held in Quito, Ecuador, 18–20 November 2015.
  6. Plaksina*, T., & Gildin, E. (2015, September 28). Theory of Petroleum Engineering Education: Big Bounce, Big Crunch, or Big Freeze? Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi:10.2118/174742-MST. Present at the 2015 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. To be held 28-30 September, 2015. Houston, TX.
  7. Gildin and M. Ghasemi*. “Localized Model Reduction in Porous Media Flow” Paper presented at the 2nd IFAC Workshop on Automatic Control in Offshore Oil and Gas Production. May, 27-29, 2015 in Florianópolis, Brazil
  8. Vishnumolakala*, E. Gildin and S. Noynaert. “A Simulation Environment for Automatic Managed Pressure Drilling Control”. Paper presented at the 2nd IFAC Workshop on Automatic Control in Offshore Oil and Gas Production. held May, 27-29, 2015 in Florianópolis, Brazil
  9. Gildin, M. Augusto, D. Schiozer, R. Ghasemi* and N. Sorek*. “Hybrid Optimization for Closed-Loop Reservoir Management” Paper 15RSS-P-345-SPE. Presented at the SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium (RSS), Houston, TX. February 23-25 , 2015.
  10. Gildin, Y. Efendiev, R. Ghasemi, Y. Yang and V. Calo. “Fast Multiscale Reservoir Simulations using POD-DEIM Model Reduction”. Paper 15RSS-P-296-SPE. Presented at the SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium (RSS), Houston, TX. February 23-25 , 2015
  11. Noynaert and E. Gildin. “Going Beyond the Tally Book: A Novel Method for Analysis, Prediction and Control of Directionally Drilled Wellbores using Mechanical Specific Energy”. Paper # 14ATCE-P-2691-SPE. Presented at the SPE 2014 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, 27 – 29 October 2014, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  12. Afra* and E. Gildn, “Efficient Inference of Reservoir Parameter Distribution Utilizing Higher Order SVD Reparameterization” (Sub ID: 21782). Presented at the 14th European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery (ECMOR); Held from 8-11 September 2014 in Catania, Sicily, Italy.
  13. Ghasemi* and E. Gildin. “A New Model Reduction Technique Applied to Reservoir Simulation” (Sub ID: 21805). Presented at the 14th European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery (ECMOR); Held from 8-11 September 2014 in Catania, Sicily, Italy.
  14. Gildin, M. Tarrahi* and S. Gonzalez*, – Control ID: 1923687. “Real-time Estimation of Hydraulic Fracture Characteristics from Production Data”. Presented at the 2014 Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTeC) in Denver, Colorado, 25-27 August 2014.
  15. Gildin, M. Tarrahi* and S. Gonzalez*, “Paper SPE-169990-MS – Dynamic Integration of DTS Data for Hydraulically Fractured Reservoir Characterization with the Ensemble Kalman Filter”, Paper Presented at the 2014 SPE Energy Conference — Future Assets: Acquisition, Maintenance & Reliability. Held in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, June 11-13, 2014.

 

  1. Ibrahim, Reza Ghasemi* and E. Gildin, “Reduced Order Modeling In Reservoir Simulation Using the Bilinear Approximation Techniques”. Presented at the SPE LACPEC, held in Maracaibo, Venezuela. May 21-23, 2014.
  2. Afra*, E. Gildin and M. Tarrahi*, “Heterogeneous Reservoir Characterization using Efficient Parameterization through Higher Order SVD (HOSVD)”. Presented at the 2014 IEEE American Control Conference (ACC). Held in Portland, Oregon. June 4-6, 2014. Peer- Reviewed
  3. Fuentes*, E. Gildin, P. Valko , SPE-168608-MS, “On the Analysis of Production Data: Practical Approaches `for Hydraulically Fractured Wells in Unconventional Reservoirs, In Proceedings of the SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference to be held 4 – 6,February, 2014 in The Woodlands, TX, USA.
  4. Afra* and E. Gildin, “Permeability Parameterization Using Higher Order Singular Value Decomposition (HOSVD)”, , In Proceedings of the IEEE 12th International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA’13) to be held in Miami, Florida, USA, December 4 – December 7, 2013. Peer- Reviewed
  5. Wu*, C. Oeth, D. Zhu, A.D. Hill, E. Gildin, “Integrated 3D Acid Fracturing Model for Carbonate Reservoir Stimulation”. In Proceedings of the 2013 Offshore Technology Conference (OTC Brazil), to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. October 29-31, 2013.
  6. Ma*, T. Plaxina* and E. Gildin, “Integrated Horizontal Well Placement and Hydraulic Fracture Stages Design Optimization in Unconventional Gas Reservoirs, Accepted to be presented at the 2013 SPE Unconventional Resources Conference, Calgary, Canada, 5-7 November 2013.
  7. Ghommem, V.M. Calo, Y. Efendiev, and E. Gildin, “Complexity Reduction of Multi-Phase Flows in Heterogeneous Porous Media” Accepted to be presented at at the 2013 SPE Kuwait Oil and Gas Show and Conference (KOGS) to be held 07-10 October 2013 at Kuwait International Fair, Mishref, Kuwait.
  8. Ma*, T. Plaxina* and E. Gildin, “Numerical Optimization of Hydraulic Fracture Stages on Horizontal Wells in Shale Gas Reservoirs”. In Proceedings of the 2013 Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTeC). Denver, Colorado, 12-14 August 2013.
  9. Gildin, R. Ghasemi*, A. Protasov and Y. Efendiev, “Nonlinear Complexity Reduction for Fast Simulation of Flow in Heterogeneous Porous Media”, SPE163618 – Proceedings of the SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium, February 2013, The Woodlands, TX.
  10. Fuentes*, E. Gildin, P. Valko, “Analyzing Production Data From Hydraulically Fractured Wells: the Concept of Induced Permeability Field”. In Proceedings SPE Hydraulic Fracture Conference. February, 2013. The Woodlands, TX.
  11. Gildin and T. Lopez*, “Closed-Loop Reservoir Management: Do we need complex models?”, in Proceeding of the SPE Digital Energy Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, TX, USA, 19-21 April, 2011
  12. Gildin, “Closed Loop Reservoir Management: an Overview”. Keynote Speaker – In Proceedings of DINAME 2011 – 14th. International Symposium on Dynamics Problems on Mechanics, Sao Sebastiao, SP, Brazil, March 2011. Peer- Reviewed
  13. Gildin, “Parameterized Model Reduction Applied to Reservoir Simulation”, In Proceeding of the ECMOR XII, Oxford, England, 2010.
  14. Gildin and M.F. Wheeler, “Optimal Subsurface Flow Management using Model Predictive Control Techniques”, in Proceedings of the European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery – ECMOR XI – Bergen, Norway, September 2008
  15. Gildin and M.F. Wheeler, “Control of Subsurface Flow Using Model Predictive Control Techniques”, in Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Optimization, Brazil, June, 2008. Peer- Reviewed.
  16. Gildin, A.C. Antoulas, D. Sorensen, and R.H. Bishop “An Educational Perspective to Model and Controller Reduction of Dynamical Systems, 46th. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), New Orleans, December, 2007. Peer- Reviewed.
  17. Gildin, A.C. Antoulas, R.H. Bishop and D. Sorensen, “Model and Controller Reduction for the Second Generation Benchmark Control Problem for Seismic Excited Buildings”, In Proceedings of the Fourth World Conference on Structural Control and Monitoring, July 2006, San Diego. Peer- Reviewed.
  18. Gildin, H. Klie, A. Rodriguez, M.F. Wheeler and R. H. Bishop, “ Projection-based Approximation for Large-Scale Reservoir Simulation”, Proceedings of the 10th European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery (ECMOR)— Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 2006.
  19. Gildin, H. Klie, A. Rodriguez, M.F. Wheeler and R. H. Bishop, “Development of Low-Order Controllers for High-Order Reservoir Models and Smart Wells”, Proceedings of the SPE Annual Technical Conference, San Antonio, TX, September, 2006.
  20. H. Bishop, E. Gildin, L. Nick, J. S. Falcon, “Unifying control design and implementation in an undergraduate control systems laboratory”, In Proceedings of the 7th IFAC Symposium on Advances in Control Education, June 2006, Madrid, Spain. Peer- Reviewed.
  21. Gildin, R. H. Bishop and Nicholas Lin, “A Holistic Approach for a Control System Design Laboratory”, In Proceedings of the 18th. International Congress of Mechanical Engineering, COBEM 2005, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Peer- Reviewed.
  22. Gugercin, A.C. Antoulas, C.A. Beattie and E. Gildin, “Krylov-based controller reduction for large-scale systems”, Proceedings of the 43rd IEE Conference on Decision and Control, December 2004. Peer- Reviewed
  23. Beattie, S. Gugercin, A. C. Antoulas, E. Gildin, ”Controller Reduction by Krylov Projection Methods”, In Proceedings of the Sixteenth International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems (MTNS2004). Peer- Reviewed
  24. Gildin, L. Moscato, R. Gonzalez, “Development of an Adaptive Control for Flexible Manipulators with Payload Uncertainties”, Brazilian Congress of Mechanical Engineering – COBEM97, 1997. Peer- Reviewed
  25. Gildin, A.C. Bastos Jr., A. Wulfhorst, “Proposal of a Hybrid Power-Train (Gas-Electric) for a Trash Truck”, XI International Congress of Society of Automotive Engineering – SAE 97 – 1997. Peer- Reviewed

Conference Presentations (not peer-reviewed)

 

  1. Tarrahi, J. Moreno and E. Gildin, “Dynamic Integration of DTS Data for Hydraulically Fractured Reservoir Characterization with the Ensemble Kalman Filter”. Poster to be presented at the Houston Geological Society’s annual Applied Geoscience Mudrocks Conference, February 17-18, 2014, Houston, TX.
  2. Gildin, “Parameterized Model-Order Reduction for Large-Scale Reservoir Models”, Invited Speaker at the Multiscale Model Reduction Techniques for Subsurface Flow MiniSymposia at the 2011 SIAM Conference on Mathematical & Computational Issues in the Geosciences, March 2011, Long Beach, CA.
  3. Gildin, A.C. Antoulas, D. Sorensen, and R.H. Bishop “An Overview of Model Reduction Techniques Applied to Large-Scale Structural Dynamics and Control”, In Proceedings of at the McMAT 07, Austin, TX, July, 2007.
Other Publication (Class Notes/Research Reports)
  1. Gildin, “Report on POD-DEIM Model Reduction Developments”. Project Report for Skoltech– Deliverable #1 – March 2016.
  2. Gildin and Alexander Tarakanov, “Efficient Multiscale Simulation in Shale Reservoirs”. Petroleum Engineering Department – Crisman Institute. Yearly Report. 2015.
  3. Gildin, “Development of Novel Nonlinear Model Reduction Techniques for Production Optimization and Parameter Estimation in Heterogeneous Porous Media Flow”; Project Report for ExxonMobil – Deliverable #1 – September 2012.
  4. Gildin, “Development of Novel Nonlinear Model Reduction Techniques for Production Optimization and Parameter Estimation in Heterogeneous Porous Media Flow”; Project Report for ExxonMobil – Deliverable #2 – February 2013.
  5. Gildin, “Development of Novel Nonlinear Model Reduction Techniques for Production Optimization and Parameter Estimation in Heterogeneous Porous Media Flow”; Project Report for ExxonMobil – Deliverable #3 – April 2013.
  6. Gildin, “Development of Novel Nonlinear Model Reduction Techniques for Production Optimization and Parameter Estimation in Heterogeneous Porous Media Flow”; Project Report for ExxonMobil – Deliverable #4 – December 2013.
  7. Gildin, “Development of Novel Nonlinear Model Reduction Techniques for Production Optimization and Parameter Estimation in Heterogeneous Porous Media Flow – Phase2”; Project Report for ExxonMobil – Final Deliverable and Proposal Renewal – March 2014.
  8. Gildin and Y. Efendiev. “Local-Global Model Reduction for Large-Scale Models Integrating Systems-Theoretical Properties” – Department of Defense – Army Research Office, Contract No. W911NF-12-1-0206 – Deliverable #1 (Year 1) – Project Report. January 2013.
  9. Gildin and Y. Efendiev. “Local-Global Model Reduction for Large-Scale Models Integrating Systems-Theoretical Properties” – Department of Defense – Army Research Office, Contract No. W911NF-12-1-0206 – Deliverable #2 (Year 2) – Project Report. August 2013.
  10. Gildin and Y. Efendiev. “Local-Global Model Reduction for Large-Scale Models Integrating Systems-Theoretical Properties” – Department of Defense – Army Research Office, Contract No. W911NF-12-1-0206 – Deliverable #3 (Year 3) – Project Report. August 2014.
  11. Gildin and Y. Efendiev. “Local-Global Model Reduction for Large-Scale Models Integrating Systems-Theoretical Properties” – Department of Defense – Army Research Office, Contract No. W911NF-12-1-0206 – Deliverable #4 (Year 4) – Project Report. August 2015.
  12. Gildin and Y. Efendiev. “Local-Global Model Reduction for Large-Scale Models Integrating Systems-Theoretical Properties” – Department of Defense – Army Research Office, Contract No. W911NF-12-1-0206– Project Addendum – Project Report. September 2013.
  13. Gildin and M. King, “Robust Reduced Complexity Modeling (R2CM) is Reservoir Engineering”. Foundation CMG – Annual Renewal Report. February 2014.
  14. Gildin and X. Ma, “Integrated Fracture Placement and Design Optimization in Unconventional Gas Reservoirs”. Project #3.06.08. Petroleum Engineering Department – Crisman Institute. Final Project Report. December 2013.
  15. Gildin, X. Ma and T. Plakisna, “Integrated Fracture Placement and Design Optimization in Unconventional Gas Reservoirs”. Project #3.06.08. Petroleum Engineering Department – Crisman Institute. Yearly Project Report – YEAR 1. September 2012.
  16. Gildin, X. Ma and T. Plakisna, “Integrated Fracture Placement and Design Optimization in Unconventional Gas Reservoirs”. Project #3.06.08. Petroleum Engineering Department – Crisman Institute. Yearly Project Report – YEAR 2. September 2013.
  17. “Controls Laboratory — Controls Experiments and Computer Projects”, Aerospace Engineering  Department, Students Notes and Manual, Spring 2004. The University of Texas at Austin.
  18. Flight Simulator Experiments and Computer Projects – Laboratory Manual used by the students, 2003, Aerospace Engineering Department, UT-Austin.
  19. “Equations of Motion for an Inverted Pendulum”, Internal Document, Aerospace Engineering Department, Spring 2000, UT-Austin.

 

  

Invited Presentations

 

  1. Gildin, “Robust Reduced Complexity Modeling in Reservoir Simulation and Optimization”. Invited Speaker at University of Texas at Austin, Petroleum and Geosystem Engineering. Claude R. Hocott Graduate Seminar Series. February 29, 2016.
  2. Gildin, “Complexity Reduction in Reservoir Simulation and Optimization: A Control System Perspective. Invited Speaker at ExxonMobil URC Seminar. February 25, 2016.
  3. Gildin, “Optimization of Placement of Hydraulic Fracture Stages in Horizontal Wells Drilled in Shale Gas Reservoirs”. Invited Speaker at 2015 Unconventionals Completion Optimization (Hansonwade). March 23-24, 2015, Houston, TX
  4. Gildin, “Fast Multiscale Model Reduction Methods for Reservoir Simulation and Optimization”. Invited Speaker at the New Solutions in the Oil and Gas Reservoir Simulation – Time of the Artificial Intelligence Systems, Skoltech, Moscow (Russia). Oct. 31st, 2015.
  5. Gildin. Skoltech Course: Petrophysics and Reservoir Engineering Course. October 25- November 6, 2015. Series of lectures in introduction to reservoir engineering. 10 Students, Moscow, Russia.
  6. Gildin, E., “New Forms of Model Reduction in Reservoir Simulation and Production Optimization”, Invited talk at the Foundation CMG (FCMG) Summit, September 15-16, 2015. Calgary, Canada.
  7. Gildin, E. “Research at PETE–Texas A&M and Research at Gildin’s Group”, Invited talk at Federal University of Pernambuco – UFPE, Recife, Brazil. October 28, 2014.
  8. Gildin, E., “Robust Reduced Complexity Modeling in Reservoir Engineering”, Invited talk at the FCMG Summit, September 24-26, 2014. Calgary, Canada.
  9. Gildin, “ Robust Reduced Complexity Modeling in Porous Media Flow Simulation and Optimization”, Invited Presentation at the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) at Texas A&M. April 8, 2015 – Texas A&M.
  10. Gildin, “Multiscale Model Reduction in Heterogeneous Porous Media”. Invited Presentation at TEES-COPPETEC Brasil Workshop. Held in Rio de Janeiro. August 06, 2014.
  11. Gildin, M. King and R. Holanda, “Reduced Complexity Modeling via Capacitance Resistance Model (CRM) for Unconventional Reservoirs”. Invited Presentation at the Foundation CMG Summit 2014. Calgary, Canada. September 24-26, 2014.
  12. Gildin, “Robust Reduced Complexity Modeling in Reservoir Simulation and Optimization”. Invited Speaker at 2014 SPE – Gulf Coast Section Reservoir Study Group Reservoir Technology Forum. Held May 8, 2014, The Woodlands, TX
  13. Gildin, “Robust Reduced Complexity Modeling in Reservoir Simulation and Optimization”. Invited Speaker at 2014 Numerical Porous Media Center (NumPor) Annual Meeting. King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia. March 1-3, 2014.
  14. Gildin, “Robust Reduced Complexity Modeling in Reservoir Simulation and Optimization”. Invited Speaker. Graduate Seminar at the Craft & Hawkins Department of Petroleum Engineering at Louisiana State University (LSU). February 21, 2014.
  15. Gildin, “Leveraging Real-time Data Can Maximize Asset Performance”, Invited Speaker at the Digital Oil Fields USA Summit. Oil & Gas iQPC. December 10-11, 2013. Houston, TX.
  16. Gildin, “Research Initiatives in Reservoir Modeling and Optimization at Texas A&M University: The Search for the Optimal Closed-Loop Reservoir Management Practices”, SPE SPWLA Seção Brasil, Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPE SPWLA) and BG Group, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, July 16, 2013.
  17. Gildin, “Local-Global Model Reduction for Large-Scale Models Integrating Systems – Theoretical Properties”, 5th Annual Spring Symposium TAMU-Institute for Applied Mathematics and Computational Science (IAMCS) – King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Symposium, May 12-15, 2013. Saudi Arabia (KAUST).
  18. Gildin, “Nonlinear Model Reduction in Porous Media Flow Simulation”, SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (CSE13), Boston, MA, February 2013.
  19. Gildin, “Complexity Reduction for Fast Simulation of Flow in Nonlinear Heterogeneous Porous Media” ConocoPhillips, Houston, TX, October 24, 2012
  20. Gildin, “Local-Global Multiscale model reduction using system theoretical properties for Flow in Heterogeneous Porous Media”, INTERPORE, Purdue University, May 14-16, 2012.
  21. Gildin, “Local-Global Multiscale model reduction using system theoretical properties for Flow in Heterogeneous Porous Media”, 10th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM 2012) ; Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 09-13, 2012.
  22. Gildin, “Model Order Reduction in Porous Media Flow”, Distinguished Invited Talk at The University Of Texas at El Paso – UTEP, TX. Sponsored by the Program in Computational Science/Cyber-ShARE Center and the Department of Geological Sciences. October 21, 2011.
  23. Gildin, “Mitigating the Computational Cost in History Matching and Production Optimization of Large-Scale Reservoirs”. Presented at the SPE Workshop – Reservoir Descriptions and Dynamics: History Matching: Field Experiences and Lessons Learned. Cartagena, Colombia. August 2011.
  24. Gildin, “Large-Scale Control of Reservoirs: Coping with the Curse of Dimensionality”. Presented at the Petroleum Engineering Department – J.L. Corky Frank Graduate Seminar Series. March 2011.
  25. Gildin, “Closed Loop Reservoir Management in a System Framework”, Keynote Speaker for the DINAME 2011 – 14th. International Symposium on Dynamics Problems on Mechanics, Sao Sebastiao, SP, Brazil, March 2011.
  26. E. Gildin, “Model Order Reduction in Porous Media Flow”, Invited Speaker at the IAMCS Workshop in Large-Scale Inverse Problems and Uncertainty Quantification; February 24-25, 2011, College Station, TX.
  27. E. Gildin, “Parameterized Model-Order Reduction for Large-Scale Reservoir Models”, Invited Speaker at the Multiscale Model Reduction Techniques for Subsurface Flow MiniSymposia at the             2011 SIAM Conference on Mathematical & Computational Issues in the Geosciences, March 2011, Long Beach, CA.
  1. Gildin, “A Practical Approach to Large-Scale Online Computations Applied to Optimal Geosystems Management Using Graphical Programming”, invited talk at the CSM Industrial Affiliates Meeting, October 14-15, 2009, Austin, TX.
  2. Gildin and M.F. Wheeler, “A New Approach to Large-Scale Online Computations Applied to Optimal Geosystems Management Using Graphical Programming”, invited talk at the NI Week, August 3-7, 2009, Austin, TX.
  3. Gildin, “Closed-Loop Reservoir Management in a Systems Framework”, invited talk at the University of Calgary and CMG; Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Department, February 2009, Calgary, Canada.
  4. Gildin, Klie H. and M.F. Wheeler, “Model Reduction of Large-Scale Reservoirs using the Generalized Low-Rank Approximation of Matrices”, invited talk at the SPE Applied Technology Workshop, June 23-26, 2008, Bruges, Belgium.
  5. Gildin, H. Klie, A. Rodriguez and M. F.Wheeler, “Large-Scale Control in Porous Media Flow”, presented at the SIAM Conference on Control and its Applications, San Francisco, CA, June,  2007.
  6. Gildin, H. Klie, A. Rodriguez and M. F.Wheeler, “Low-Order Approximation Methods for Oil Reservoir Simulation and Control ”, presented at the SIAM Conference on Mathematical & Computational Issues in the Geosciences, Santa Fe, NM, March, 2007.
  7. Gildin, A.C. Antoulas, D. Sorensen, “ Model Reduction Applied to Large-Scale Structural Dynamics and Control”, presented at the SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, Costa Mesa, CA, February 2007.
  8. Gildin, A.C. Antoulas, D. Sorensen, R.H.Bishop, “An Overview of Model Reduction techniques Applied to Large-Scale structural Dynamics and Controls” , Purdue University, Computing Research Institute (CRI), Spring 2007 Seminar Series, January, 24, 2007.
  9. Gildin, “Model Reduction Applied to Reservoir Simulation”, presented at the Center for Subsurface Modeling (CSM) , Industrial Affiliates Meeting, The University of Texas at Austin, October 2006
  10. H. Bishop and E. Gildin, “Large Scale Optimal Control and Model Reduction”, Invited Talk, 15th Annual CSM Industrial Affiliates Meeting, Center for Subsurface Modeling (CSM) , Industrial Affiliates Meeting, The University of Texas at Austin, October,  2005.
  11. Gildin, “Model and Controller Reduction for Large-Scale Dynamical Systems”, Invited Talk, ExxonMobil, URC, Optimization Group, November, 2005.