Professor & Martin G. Miller Chair in Petroleum Engineering
E-mail: crai@ou.edu
Office: SEC 1264
Research interests: Rock and mineral physics, Reservoir characterization, Petrophysics
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B.S., Applied Geophysics, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India, 1970
M.S., Applied Geophysics, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India, 1971
Ph.D., Geology and Geophysics, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1977
- Amoco Production Company Presidential Technical Award, 1988
- Amoco Technology Supervisory and Technical Leadership Award, 1991 Professor of the year, 2002, 2005, & 2010
- SPWLA Distinguished Technical Achievement Award 2018
- SPE Distinguished Member, 2020
Gupta, I., Rai, C. S., Devegowda, D., Sondergeld, C. H. (2021). Fracture Hits in Unconventional Reservoirs: A Critical Review. SPEJ, 26(1), 412-434.
Mukherjee, S., Dang, S. T., Rai, C. S., Sondergeld, C. H. (2021). Pore-type partitioning in unconventional
tight reservoirs: impact on formation damage and long-term production. SPE Res. Eval. & Engineering, 24(03), 514-522.
Gupta, I., Rai, C. S., Ousseini Tinni, A., Sondergeld, C. H. (2020). Using dry pyrolysis to understand
crude oil production characteristics and calculate tortuosity in unconventional shales. J. Petrol. Sci. and Eng., 184, 1-11. doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2019.106540.
Gupta, I., Acosta, J., Sondergeld, C. H., Rai, C. S. (2020). Fracture toughness in shales using nano-
indentation. J. Pet. Sci. and Eng., 191. doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2020.107222.
Gupta, I., Rai, C. S., Devegowda, D., Sondergeld, C. H. (2020). Haynesville Shale: Predicting Long-Term Production and Residual Analysis To Identify Well Interference and Fracture Hits. SPE Reservoir
Evaluation and Engineering. https://doi.org/10.2118/195673-PA.
Mohapatra, A., C. Rai, C. H. Sondergeld and T. Richards, 2019, Laboratory study of ultrasonic velocity variations during CO2 flooding in Tuscaloosa sandstone, SPE Res. Eval. & Eng., 520-530.