Mohan Kelkar - Faculty & Adjuncts

Professor Emeritus of Petroleum Engineering

College of Engineering & Natural Sciences

Petroleum Engineering

mohan@utulsa.edu 918-631-3036 Stephenson Hall Room 2335

PhD – University of Pittsburgh MS – University of Pittsburgh JD – The University of Tulsa BS – University of Bombay

Research Interests

Integrated Reservoir Modeling
Liquid Loading

Petroleum Economics and Property Evaluation
Unconventional Resources
Geostatistics
Integrated Reservoir Modeling

SkopichA., PereyraE., SaricaC., and KelkarB. Pipe-Diameter Effect on Liquid Loading in Vertical Gas Wells. Vol. 30, SPE Production & Operations, 2015, p. 164-76.
SkopichA., PereyraE., SaricaC., and KelkarB. Pipe-Diameter Effect on Liquid Loading in Vertical Gas Wells. Vol. 30, SPE Production & Operations, 2015, pp. 164–176.
LuoS., KelkarB., PereyraE., and SaricaC. A New Comprehensive Model for Predicting Liquid Loading in Gas Wells. Vol. 29, SPE Production & Operations, 2014, p. 337-49.
JiangW., SaricaC., OzkanE., and KelkarB. Investigation of the Effects of Completion Geometry on Single-Phase Liquid Flow Behavior in Horizontal Wells. Vol. 123, Journal of energy resources technology, 2001, p. 119-26.

OyewoleA., KelkarB., PereyraE., and SaricaC. “Well Performance Modeling in Unconventional Oil and Gas Wells”. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, 2018.
TangY., OzkanE., KelkarB., and YildizT. “Fast and Accurate Correlations to Compute the Perforation Pseudoskin and Productivity of Horizontal Wells”. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, 2001.
TangY., OzkanE., KelkarB., SaricaC., and YildizT. “Performance of Horizontal Wells Completed With Slotted Liners and Perforations”. SPE/CIM International Conference on Horizontal Well Technology, 2000.

KelkarB., and SaricaC. Gas Well Pressure Drop Prediction under Foam Flow Conditions. RPSEA, 2015.