Research Activities of Phillip Halleck

Research Interest Areas:

• Completions technology and specifically on formation damage and sand control problems
• Damage caused by shaped charge perforators
• General area of fluid flow in deformed porous media and reservoir rock
• Applies quantitative X-ray CT analysis to monitor deformation and fluid flow in porous media under stress

Selected Publications:

Vice, D.H. and P.M. Halleck, The Effects of Soil Environment on the Ability of Surface Geochemical Surveys to Detect Underlying Hydrocarbon Traps, Journal of Geochemical Exploration, Vol. 66, 1999, pp. 457-468.

Halleck, P.M., J. Robins, L. Pekot, and J. Schatz, Mechanical Damage Caused by Perforations May Affect Fracture Breakdown, Presented at Eastern Regional SPE Meeting, Fall 1998, submitted to SPE Production and Facilities.

Yusuf Serdar Dogulu and Phillip M. Halleck, Numerical Simulation of Perforation Cleanup with Transient Surge Flow, Submitted for publication to the Journal of Energy Resources Technology.

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