Educational Qualifications:

PhD, Petroleum Engineering, Delft University of Technology, 2003

MS, Environmental Tech & Management, Wageningen University, 1999

MBA, Industrial Management, Asian Institute for Technology, 1997

BS, Chemical Engineering, Vietnam-Tokyo Polytechniques University, 1996

PGE Courses Taught:

Formation Damage and Production Stimulation

Advanced Production Engineering

Transport Phenomena in Subsurface Systems

Natural Gas Engineering

Research:

Dr. Nguyen’s current research program is focused on (1) enhanced hydrocarbon recovery methods involving heat, gas and chemical injections, (2) complex fluids (surfactants, polymer, nanoparticles, foam, emulsion, gel) for controlling unwanted fluid production and improving the conformance of injected fluids, (3) control of scale (asphaltenes, paraffin wax, minerals, hydrate) deposition in natural rocks and pipelines, (4) improved production of unconventional resources including enhanced flowback, non-aqueous fracturing fluids and cyclic gas injection, and (5) subsurface carbon utilization and storage.

Awards & Honors:

SPE Regional Distinguished Achievement Award for Petroleum Engineering Faculty, 2022.

BEST of URTeC 2019 Technical Paper Award, 2019.

UT Innovator of the Year, 2019.

SPE Distinguished Member award, 2017.

SPE Lester C. Uren award, 2017.

Foundation CMG Industrial Research Chair.

J.H. Herring Centennial Professorship.

Visiting Professor at Rice University.

Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering Excellent Teaching Award, 2013.

Chevron Centennial Teaching Fellowship.

Journal of Petroleum Engineering Editorial Board Member.

International Journal of Chemical Engineering, Editorial Board Member.

SPE Forum on EOR/IOR Discussion Leader, 2015.

Invited Keynote Speaker at "Complex Fluid Flows in Porous Media" Symposium Bordeaux, 12-14 October 2015.

ACS Energy and Fuels Symposium Organizer, 2012.

Certificate of Appreciation, American Chemical Society Publications, 2012.

1st International Conference on Upstream Engineering and Flow Assurance Section Chair, 2012.

Best Paper Award, Delft University of Technology, 2003.

Van de Plas Award for Development of A Novel Methodology for Cleaner Production Development in Chemical Industry, 1998.

Highlighted Publications and Google Scholar Profile:

Chao-Yu Sie and Quoc P. Nguyen: “Non Aqueous Foam For Improving Hydrocarbon Miscible Flooding In Water Sensitive Tight Oil Formations” SPE-196162, SPE ATCE, 30 Sept.-2 Oct. 2019, Calgary, Canada.

Chao-Yu Sie and Quoc P. Nguyen: “Field Gas Huff-n-Puff for Improving Oil Recovery from Eagle Ford Shale Reservoirs” SPE-200471, SPE IOR, Aug. 31-Sept 4, 2020.

Katiyar, A. Hassanzadeh, P. Patil, M. Hand, A. Perozo, D. Pecor, M. Kalaei, Quoc P. Nguyen: “Successful Field Implementation Of CO2 Foam Injection for Conformance Enhancement in The Evgsau Field In the Permian Basin,” SPE-200327, SPE IOR, Aug. 31-Sept 4, 2020.

M. Mirzaei, D. Kumar, D.J. Turner, A. Shock, D. Andel, D.W. Hampton, T. Knight, A. Katiyar, P. Patil, P.M. Rozowski, Quoc P. Nguyen: “CO2 Foam Pilot In A West Texas Field: Design, Operation And Results,“ SPE-200371, SPE IOR, Aug. 31-Sept 4, 2020.

Amit Katiyar, Pramod Patil, Neeraj Rohilla; Pete Rozowski, Jay Evans, Tim Bozeman, Quoc Nguyen: “Industry-First Hydrocarbon-Foam EOR Pilot in an Unconventional Reservoir: Design, Implementation and Performance Analysis" SPE Reserv. Eval. Eng., 2020.

Xiao Luo, Quoc P. Nguyen, and David DiCarlo: “Experimental study on the formation damage caused by gas fracturing fluids,” J. Pet. Sci. Eng., 192, 107254, 2020.

SD Brame, B Mukherjee, P Patil, A Katiyar, Quoc P. Nguyen: “The effect of Rock Microheterogeneity on Steam Foam Rheology,” J. Pet. Sci. Eng., 188, 106898, 2020.

Alolika Das, Nhut Nguyen, Quoc P. Nguyen: “Low Tension Gas Flooding for Secondary Oil Recovery in Low-Permeability, High-Salinity Reservoirs,” Fuel, 264, 116601, 2020.

Das, N. Nguyen, R. Farajzadeh, J.G. Southwick, S. Vincent-Bonnieu, S. Khaburi, A. Al Kindi, Quoc P. Nguyen: “Experimental Study of Injection Strategy for Low-Tension-Gas Flooding in Low Permeability, High Salinity Carbonate Reservoirs,’ J. Pet. Sci. Eng., 184, 106564, 2020.

Sean D. Brame, Litan Li, Biplab Mukherjee, Pramod D. Patil, Stephanie Potisek, Quoc P. Nguyen: “Organic bases as additives for steam-assisted gravity drainage,” Pet. Sci., 16 (6), 1332-1343.

Chao-Yu Sie, Bradley Nguyen, Orlando Castellanos Diaz, Marco Verlaan, and Quoc P. Nguyen: “Viscous Oil Recovery and In-situ Deasphalting in Fractured Reservoirs – Part 2: Effect of Solvent Type and Temperature, Fuel, 247, pp 294-301, 2019.

Neha Anand, Brandon Tang, Bradley Nguyen, Vence Sie, Marco Verlaan, Orlando Castellanos-Diaz, Quoc P. Nguyen: “Effects of Rate, Temperature and Solvent Type on Vapor Oil Gravity Drainage in Fractured Reservoirs,” SPE Journal, 2019.

Das, Soumik; Nguyen, Quoc P.; Patil, Pramod; Yu, Wanglin; Bonnecaze, Roger: “Wettability Alteration of Calcite by Non-Ionic Surfactants" Langmuir, 34 (36), pp 10650–10658, Sept. 2018.

P.D. Patil, T. Knight, A. Katiyar, P. Vanderwal, J. Scherlin,; P. Rozowski; M. Ibrahim and G.B. Sridhar, and Quoc P. Nguyen; “CO2-Foam Field Pilot Test in a Sandstone Reservoir,” JPT, 70 (7), 2018.

Galang Ramadhan, George Hirasaki, Quoc P. Nguyen: “Foaming Behavior of CO2-Soluble, Viscoelastic Surfactant in Homogenous Porous Media,” SPE-190302, SPE IOR,14-18 April 2018, Tulsa, USA.

Tianbo Liang, Fujian Zhou, Jun Lu, David DiCarlo, and Quoc P. Nguyen: “Evaluation of wettability alteration and IFT reduction on mitigating water blocking for low-permeability oil-wet rocks after hydraulic fracturing,” Fuel, 209, pp 650-660, 2017.

Madalyn M. Liebum, George Hirasaki, and Quoc P. Nguyen: “Solubility of Alkyl Amine Surfactants in Mixed Gas and Pure CO2 Environments,” IND ENG CHEM RES, 56 (39), pp 10958-10964, 2017.

Cuong T. Q. Dang, Long Nghiem, Ngoc Nguyen, Zhangxin Chen, Quoc Nguyen: “Evaluation of CO2 Low Salinity Water-Alternating-Gas for enhanced oil recovery,” J NAT GAS SCI ENG, 35, Part A, pp. 237–258, 2016.

Cuong T. Q. Dang, Long X. Nghiem, Ngoc Nguyen, Zhangxin Chen, Quoc P. Nguyen: “Mechanistic Modeling of Low Salinity Water Flooding,” J. Pet. Sci. Eng., 146, pp. 191-209, 2016.
Naveed Arsalan, Jan J. Buiting, Quoc P. Nguyen: “Surface Energy and Wetting Behavior of Reservoir Rocks,” Colloids and Surfaces A, 467, pp. 107-112, 2015.

Naveed Arsalan, Sujeewa S. Palayangoda, Quoc P. Nguyen: “Characterization of Asphaltene Deposition in a Stainless Steel Tube,” J. Pet. Sci. Eng., 121, pp. 66-77, 2014.

Kelli M. Rankin, Bradley Nguyen, Johan van Dorp, Marco Verlaan, Orlando Castellanos-Diaz, Quoc P. Nguyen: “Solvent Injection Strategy for Low-Temperature Production from Fractured Viscous Oil Reservoirs,” Energy & Fuels, 28 (7), pp. 4342-4354, 2014.

Cigdem O. Metin, Kelli M. Rankin, Quoc P. Nguyen: “Phase Behavior and Rheological Characterization of Silica Nanoparticle Gel,” Applied Nanoscience, 4 (1), pp. 93-101, 2014.

Hieu T. Pham, Quoc P. Nguyen: “Effect of Silica Nanoparticles on Clay Swelling and Aqueous Stability of Nanoparticle Dispersions,” Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 16 (1), pp. 2137-2147, 2014.

Stefan M. Szlendak, Nhut M. Nguyen, Quoc P. Nguyen: “Laboratory Investigation of Low-Tension-Gas Flooding for Improved Oil Recovery in Tight Formations,” SPE Journal, 18 (5), pp. 851-866, 2013.

Guangwei Ren, Hang Zhang, Quoc P. Nguyen: “Effect of Surfactant Partitioning on Mobility Control During CO2 Flooding,” SPE Journal, 18 (4), pp. 752-765, 2013.

Quoc P. Nguyen, Peter K. Currie, Paul S. R. Bouzanga: “The Effect of Gas on the Injectivity of Particles in Sandstone,” SPE Journal, 16, (1), pp. 95-103, 2011.

Cigdem O. Metin, Roger T. Bonnecaze, Quoc P. Nguyen: “Shear Rheology of Silica Nano-particle Dispersions,” Applied Rheology, 21, (1), pp. 13146-13153, 2011.

Adam K. Flaaten, Quoc P. Nguyen, Jieyuan Zhang, Hourshad Mohammadi, Gary A. Pope: “Alkaline/Surfactant/Polymer Chemical Flooding Without the Need for Soft Water,” SPE Journal, 15 (1), pp. 184-196, 2010.

Jieyuan Zhang, Quoc P. Nguyen, Adam K. Flaaten, Gary A. Pope: “Mechanisms of Enhanced Natural Imbibition with Novel Chemicals,” SPE Reserv. Eval. Eng., 12 (6), pp. 912-920, 2009.

Adam K. Flaaten, Quoc P. Nguyen, Gary A. Pope, Jieyuan Zhang: “A Systematic Laboratory Approach to Low-Cost, High-Performance Chemical Flooding,” SPE Reserv. Eval. Eng., 12 (5), pp. 713-723, 2009.