Dr. Ajay Sahu

Bio

Dr. Ajay K. Sahu has completed his doctoral study (Ph.D.) from IIT Kharagpur with special focus on “Characterization of fracture networks from outcrop analogous: A flow simulation approach”. During his doctoral study, He has also carried out collaborative research work in the area of reservoir modelling and fluid flow simulation. He has published research papers in several reputed journals and also presented his works at several national and international conferences. He pursued his post-graduation (M. Tech) in Petroleum Engineering from IIT(ISM) Dhanbad and completed his graduation (B. Tech) in Petroleum Engineering from Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh. His research area of interests includes Fractured Reservoir Simulation and Characterization, Flow in Porous Media, Optimized Filed Development Approaches, Enhanced Oil Recovery: Screening and Application, Matlab in Geoscience, Python for Oil and Gas. Presently, he is teaching basic and applied courses at undergraduate and post graduate. He also mentors students for their research projects. He is also an active professional member of oil and gas scientific societies like; SPE, SEG, ARMA, AAPG and EGU.

Education Qualifications

Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur.

Subjects Taught

Reservoir Engineering, Production Enhancement and Optimization, Well Completion and Workover, Field Development Planning, Petroleum Engineering Practices Laboratory, and Reservoir Engineering Laboratory.

Research Interests

His research area of interests includes: Computational techniques for fracture network characterization, Fluid flow in naturally fractured reservoirs, Optimized field development techniques using Petrel-RE, Fractals and Multifractals, Carbon Storage in Fractured reservoirs.

Research Papers

Sahu, A. K. and Talukdar P., (2025), Optimizing Field Development with Petrel-14: A Case Study of the Penobscot Field in Nova Scotia, Canada, International Journal of Geoinformatics. (accepted)

Talukdar, P., Sahu, A. K., Dey, K. K., Akhter, S., Hazarika, N., Talukdar, A. and Bora, N. P., (2024), A Critical Review on the Advancements in Exploration and Production of Shale Gas, International Journal of Experimental Research and Review. 42, 199-209, ISSN 2455-4855, https://doi.org/10.52756/ijerr.2024.v42.017

Sahu, A. K., and Roy, A., (2024), Predicting Fluid Flow in Reservoirs: analysis of Fracture Clustering in Outcrop Analogues, Petroleum Geoscience Journal. 30, 1- 9, petgeo2023-091, https://doi.org/10.1144/petgeo2023-091

Sahu, A. K., and Roy, A., (2023), Characterizing Fractured Reservoirs by Integrating Outcrop Analog Studies with Flow Simulations, Petroleum Geoscience Journal. 29,1- 11, petgeo2023 – 032 https://doi.org/10.1144/petgeo2023-032

Sahu, A. K., and Talukdar, P., (2022), Optimizing wellbore conditions with concurrent heat transfer to address paraffin deposition in HTHP reservoirs Eur. Chem. Bull. 11, ,2445-2452, 56, 117–128. https://doi.org/ 10.53555/ecb.v11:i11.17687

Sahu, A. K., and Roy, A., (2021), Evaluating Flow Responses in Fractal-Fracture Networks: Effect of Variable Apertures, Advances in Geoscience, 56, 117–128. https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-56-117-2021

Sahu, A.K. and Roy, A. (2020), Clustering, Connectivity and Flow Responses of Deterministic Fractal- Fracture Networks, Advances in Geoscience, 54, 149–156. https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-54-149-202

Conference Proceedings

Sahu, A. K., Biswas, A. and Roy, A., (2025), Does Directional Changes in Fracture Frequency and Clustering Control Flow Patterns in Fractured Reservoirs? 59th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium held in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, 8-11 June 2025, ARMA 25–0783 (accepted).

Sahu, A. K. and Roy, A., (2024), Analysis of Rotational Anisotropy in Fractured Reservoir Analogues by Correlation of Network Geometry and Flow Responses, India Energy Week - 2024, South Goa, 06 – 09 February, 2024.

Sahu, A. K. and Roy, A., (2023), Analysis of Anisotropy in Fracture Network Geometry by Application of Optimized Waterflood Patterns in Fractured Reservoirs, International Conference on Petroleum Hydrogen & Decarbonization, IIT - Guwahati, Assam, India, 03 - 05 November, 2023. OP-79.

Sahu, A. K. and Roy, A., (2021), Analyzing Anisotropy in Fracture Networks: A Flow Simulation Approach. DFNE 22–2358,3 rd International Discrete Fracture Network Engineering Conference, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, 29 June – 01 July, 2022. https://doi.org/10.56952/ARMA-DFNE-22-2358

Roy, A. and Sahu, A. K. and Singh, A., (2021), Anisotropy in Fracture Clustering and Its Effect on Flow. 3rd International Discrete Fracture Network Engineering Conference, Virtual, June 2021. ARMA-DFNE-21- 2358

Sahu, A. K. and Roy, A., (2021), Clustering, Connectivity and Flow in Naturally Fractured Reservoir Analogs.SPE-206009-MS, SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dubai, UAE, 21 - 23 Sept 2021. https://doi.org/10.2118/206009-MS

Roy, A. and Sahu, A. K., (2021), Anisotropy in Fracture Networks: Scale-dependent Clustering and Flow Behavior. URTEC-2021-5339-MS, SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2021. https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5339

Sahu, A. K. and Roy, A., (2021), Influence of Aperture Distribution on Flow in Fractal-Fracture Networks.EGU21-4050, EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 Apr 2021.https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-4050

Sahu, A. K. and Roy, A., (2020), Clustering and Connectivity of Fractal-Fracture Networks: Are they related? EGU 2020 – 2950, EGU General Assembly 2020, Austria, 4 – 8 May 2020. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-2950

Roy, A. and Sahu, A. K., (2019), Connectivity in Fracture Networks: Is Lacunarity a better indicator than Fractal Dimension? Abstract no: 2019AGUFMNG13C0759R, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2019, San Francisco, 9 – 13 December 2019. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019AGUFMNG13C0759R

Sahu, A. K., (2019), Application of Concurrent Heat Transfer within the Wellbore for Passively Enhancing Oil Recovery by Reducing Deposition of Heavy Components of Crude. SPE-194610-MS, SPE Oil and Gas India Conference and Exhibition, Mumbai, India, 9-11 April 2019. https://doi.org/10.2118/194610-MS Kulkarni, S. D and Sahu, A. K., (2018), Evolving Rheology of Oil-based Drilling Muds/Fluids. Indian Oil Field Chemistry Conference, Ahmedabad, India, 27-28 September 2018.

Sahu, A. K., (2015), Extracting Electricity from the Oil and Gas Well Blowout Disasters by Application of Supercritical Steam Generators. IISF - Waste20, India International Science Festival, IIT - Delhi, India, 4-8 December 2015.

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Teaching Experience :1.3 Years

Industry Experience :2.8 Years

Research Experience :0 Years

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ORCID ID Link :
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