Dr. M. R. Riazi (AIChE Fellow, PEng)
Chair and Professor
Department of Chemical and Natural Gas Engineering
Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Kingsville, Texas, U.S.A. 78363
Phone: (+1) 361-593-2338
E-mails: m.r.riazi@tamuk.edu
               mrriazi@gmail.com

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Examples of Consulting & Research Projects


The following example consulting services have been conducted for the petroleum and energy related industries in the US, Canada, Europe, Middle East and China for companies such as: ASTM International, API, Schlumberger, BP, Shell, Total/Fina, Kuwait Oil Company (KOC), KNPC/KOTC, Devon Research Center, CMG (Calgary), EGI (Utah), China National Petroleum Company, Norsk Hydro, Neste Oil, Rosneft, Lukoil, Ergo Energy (New York), Petronas, Emerald Energy Colombia, OXY Petroleum Bogota and many more.

  • 1. Characterization and Thermophysical Properties of Petroleum Fractions and Crude Oils

  • 2. Phase Behavior and Properties of Some Reservoir Fluids

  • 3. Consulting services for Tanker Oil Companies

  • 4. Evaluation of Petroleum & Oil Companies in South East Asia

  • 5. Characterization and Thermophysical Properties of Reservoir Fluids

  • 6. Characterization and Thermophysical Properties of Heavy Oils

  • 7. Use of Speed of Sound in Petroleum Fluids and Natural Gas

  • 9. Rate of Diffusion of Injected Gas into a Petroleum Reservoir

  • 9. Modeling of Fractured Reservoirs

  • 10. Modeling of Gas Absorption Columns and Separation Units

  • 11. Modeling of Asphaltene Deposition in Petroleum Production Wells

  • 12. Development of User Friendly Softwares (in both Matlab and Excel VBA Codes) for Petroleum Properties and Phase Behavior

  • 13. Development of User Friendly Softwares (in both Matlab and Excel VBA Codes) for Asphaltene Precipitation and Deposition in Production Wells and Reservoirs

  • 14. Oil Spill Modeling and Simulation

  • 15. Estimation of Properties of Biofuels

  • 16. Modeling and Simulation of PT Profile in Wellbore

  • 17. Prediction of Phase Behavior and Properties of Heavy and Asphaltenic Oils

  • 18. Development of excel software for the estimation of speed of sound in natural gases