DR. Rudy Weijermars
Professor; Program Leader, Geomechanics
PETE
ruud.weijermars@kfupm.edu.saVergence boundaries: an extension of the vergence concept
The structure and tectonic evolution of the Aguilón fold-nappe, Sierra Alhamilla, Betic Cordilleras, SE Spain
Reactivation of early reverse faults associated with oblique strike-slip faulting: a mechanism for crustal shortening (Macizo de Nevera, Sierra de Albaraccin, Spain).
Shear band foliation as an indicator of sense of shear: field observations in central Spain.
Comment on "Evidence for nappe development during the early Proterozoic Penokean orogeny, Minnesota"
Directional variations of fold axes in progressive deformation, an example from a Betic fold nappe in S Spain.
In search for a relationship between harmonic resolutions of the geoid, convective stress patterns and tectonics in the lithosphere: a possible explanation for the Betic-Rif orocline
Uplift and subsidence history of the Alboran Basin and a profile of the Alboran Diapir (W- Mediterranean).
Uplift history of a Betic fold nappe inferred from Neogene- Quaternary sedimentation and tectonics (in the Sierra Alhamilla and Almeria, Sorbas and Tabernas basins of the Betic Cordilleras, SE Spain.
Mapping of major fold closures from minor structures: A review of the relative merits of vergence, facing and S-Z concepts
DOI: 10.1007/BF01821216
Comment on “On the breakup of tectonic plates by polar wandering” by Han‐Shou Liu
Evolution on Earth may tell us what ETI look like
Finite strain of laminar flows can be visualized in SGM36-polymer
DOI: 10.1007/BF01168803
Growth rate observation from the moss-built Checa travertine terrace, central Spain
Polydimethylsiloxane flow defined for experiments in fluid dynamics
DOI: 10.1063/1.97008
Slow but not fast global expansion may explain the surface dichotomy of Earth
The polar spirals of Mars may be due to glacier surges deflected by Coriolis forces
Flow behaviour and physical chemistry of bouncing putties and related polymers in view of tectonic laboratory applications
S1-cleavage fans in the Moselmulde of the Rheinische Schiefergebirge (Federal Republic of Germany) may be due to a D3-tectonic event: open folding and reverse faulting
DOI: 10.1007/BF01820614
Scaling of Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluid dynamics without inertia for quantitative modelling of rock flow due to gravity (including the concept of rheological similarity)
The construction of shear strain profiles across brittle- ductile shears. Preliminary estimates of conventional shear strain rates for the Truchas and Palomares Shears ( Spain) and the Alpine Fault ( New Zealand).
The Palomares brittle-ductile Shear Zone of southern Spain
THE CONSTRUCTION OF SHEAR STRAIN PROFILES ACROSS BRITTLE-DUCTILE SHEARS - PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES OF CONVENTIONAL SHEAR STRAIN RATES FOR THE TRUCHAS AND PALOMARES SHEARS (SPAIN) AND THE ALPINE FAULT (NEW-ZEALAND)
A revision of the Eurasian-African plate boundary in the western Mediterranean
DOI: 10.1007/BF01821057
Where does Africa meet Europe? [8]
DOI: 10.1038/332118a0
New laboratory method for analyzing deformation and displacement in creeping fluid: Examples from Stokes Flow and a thermal plume
Neogene tectonics in the Western Mediterranean may have caused the Messinian salinity crisis and an associated glacial event
Progressive fluid deformation in low Reynolds number flow past a falling cylinder
DOI: 10.1119/1.15547
Convection experiments in high Prandtl number silicones, Part 1. Rheology, equipment, nomograms and dynamic scaling of stress- and temperature-dependent convection in a centrifuge
Convection experiments in high Prandtl number silicones, Part 2. Deformation, displacement and mixing in the Earth's mantle
Experimental pictures of deformation patterns in a possible model of the Earth's interior
Global tectonics since the breakup of Pangea 180 million years ago: evolution maps and lithospheric budget
New fit Gondwana
Geology and tectonics of the Betic Zone, SE Spain
The role of stress in ductile deformation
Progressive deformation in anisotropic rocks
Estimation of paleostress orientation within deformation zones between two mobile plates
Progressive deformation of single layers under constantly oriented boundary stresses
Rheological and tectonic modeling of salt provinces
Pulsating strains
Stream functions and complex potentials: implications for development of rock fabric and the continuum assumption
Left-lateral transpressive deformation and its tectonic implications, Sveconorwegian orogen, Baltic Shield, southwestern Sweden
Pulsating oblate and prolate three-dimensional strains
DOI: 10.1007/BF02769618
Plio-Quaternary movement of the East Arabian Block
Taylor-mill analogues for patterns of flow and deformation in rocks
Quaternary evolution of Dawhat Zulum (Half Moon Bay) region Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
Surface geology, lithostratigraphy and Tertiary growth of the Dammam Dome, Saudi Arabia: A new field guide
Mid-crustal dynamics and island-arc accretion in the Arabian Shield: Insight from the Earth's natural laboratory
Cultural challenges in oil and gas industry management
Executive Education for Oil and Gas Professionals
DOI: 10.2118/0201-06-tt
Accelerating the three dimensions of E&P clockspeed - A novel strategy for optimizing utility in the Oil & Gas industry
Competitive advantage from applying an E and P clockspeed accelerator
Guidelines for clockspeed acceleration in the US natural gas transmission industry
Tracking the impact of recession on oil industry supermajors and timing of sustained recovery
Value chain analysis of the natural gas industry. Lessons from the US regulatory success and opportunities for Europe
Can we close Earths sustainability gap?
Credit ratings and cash-flow analysis of oil and gas companies: Competitive disadvantage in financing costs for smaller companies in tight capital markets
DOI: 10.2118/144489-pa
Dutch natural gas strategy: Historic perspective and challenges ahead
Moving the energy business from smart to genius by building corporate IQ
DOI: 10.2118/144490-PA
Time for Europe to face oil and gas supply realities
Unconventional-natural-gas business: TSR benchmark and recommendations for prudent management of shareholder value
DOI: 10.2118/154056-PA
Price scenarious may alter gas-to-oil strategy for US unconventionals
Can the Dutch Gas Bubble defy King Hubbert’s Peak?
Can technology R&D close the unconventional gas performance gap?
Unconventional gas research initiative for clean energy transition in Europe
Unconventional Resources and the Role of Technology
Transatlantic energy prices show need for realignment
Gas: Forecasting: Russian gas key to 2020 targets
Weighted Average Cost of Retail Gas (WACORG) highlights pricing effects in the US gas value chain: Do we need wellhead price-floor regulation to bail out the unconventional gas industry?
Analytical stress functions applied to hydraulic fracturing: Scaling the interaction of tectonic stress and unbalanced borehole pressures
Competitive challenge for oil majors: Sustaining the rate of technology innovation
Jumps in proved unconventional gas reserves present challenges to reserves auditing
DOI: 10.2118/160927-PA
Regulatory reform options to revitalize the US natural gas value chain
The art of managing risk in complex field operations and volatile energy markets
Unrecognized 'fracture caging' could make shale drilling safer and more profitable
Energy Strategy Reviews: Perspective and Ambition
Review of models and actors in energy mix optimization - can leader visions and decisions align with optimum model strategies for our future energy systems?
Strategy implications of world gas market dynamics
Introduction to Energy Strategy Reviews theme issue " European Energy System Models"
Assessing the economic margins of sweet spots in shale gas plays
Economic appraisal of shale gas plays in Continental Europe
Global shale gas development risk: Conditional on profits beating the time-value of money
Mapping stress trajectories and width of the stress-perturbation zone near a cylindrical wellbore
Energy strategy research - Charter and perspectives of an emerging discipline
Introduction to Energy Strategy Reviews theme issue " Future Energy Systems and Market Integration of Wind Power"
Geomechanics of fracture caging in wellbores
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggt060
Introduction to Energy Strategy Reviews theme issue " Nuclear energy today & strategies for tomorrow"
Introduction to Energy Strategy Reviews theme issue "Strategy options and models for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) energy transition"
Barnett at DFW provides lessons on shale gas projects at US airports
Closure of open wellbores in creeping salt sheets
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggt346
Competing and partnering for resources and profits: Strategic shifts ofoil Majors during the past quarter of a century
Predicting the depth of viscous stress peaks in moving salt sheets: Conceptual framework and implications for drilling
DOI: 10.1306/09121313044
Quantifying drag on wellbore casings in moving salt sheets
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggu174
Visualization of space competition and plume formation with complex potentials for multiple source flows: Some examples and novel application to Chao lava flow (Chile)
DOI: 10.1002/2013JB010608
Introduction to Energy Strategy Reviews themed issue "Sustainable Energy System Changes"
US shale gas production outlook based on well roll-out rate scenarios
Rankine models for time-dependent gravity spreading of terrestrial source flows over subplanar slopes
DOI: 10.1002/2014JB011315
Analytical models of suture formation in salt canopies for safer well planning
Downbuilding salt stocks and sheets quantified in 3-D analytical models
DOI: 10.1002/2014JB011704
Salt sheet coalescence in the walker ridge region (gulf of mexico): Insights from analytical models
Quantifying velocity, strain rate and stress distribution in coalescing salt sheets for safer drilling
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggu405
Shale gas: Nuance in output predictions
DOI: 10.1038/517553b
Shale gas technology innovation rate impact on economic Base Case - Scenario model benchmarks
Natural Resource Wealth Optimization: A Review of Fiscal Regimes and Equitable Agreements for Petroleum and Mineral Extraction Projects
Assessing the impact of two recessions on the oil and gas industry: severity of declines and future outlook
Shareholder Valuations of Petroleum Companies and Oilfield Services During the 2008 and 2014 Oil Price Shocks
Total Shareholder Returns from Petroleum Companies and Oilfield Services (2004-2014): Capital Gains and Speculation Dissected to Aid Corporate Strategy and Investor Decisions
Controlling flood displacement fronts using a parallel analytical streamline simulator
Breakdown of doublet recirculation and direct line drives by far-field flow in reservoirs: Implications for geothermal and hydrocarbon well placement
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggw135
Competitiveness of shallow water hydrocarbon development projects in Mexico after 2015 actualization of fiscal reforms: Economic benchmark of new production sharing agreement versus typical U.S. federal lease terms
Stress cages and fracture cages in stress trajectory models of wellbores: Implications for pressure management during drilling and hydraulic fracturing
Mexico energy reform: Assessment of deepwater royalty mechanism
Eagle Ford Shale play economics: U.S. versus Mexico
Petroleum Business Strategies for Maintaining Positive Cash Flow and Corporate Liquidity Under Volatile Oil and Gas Prices as the Sustainable Energy Transition Unfolds
Rules for Flight Paths and Time of Flight for Flows in Porous Media with Heterogeneous Permeability and Porosity
DOI: 10.1155/2017/5609571
Re-appraisal of the Bakken Shale play: Accounting for historic and future oil prices and applying fiscal rates of North Dakota, Montana and Saskatchewan
Reservoir-model-based scenarios for assessing the viability of greenhouse gas mitigation strategies through CO2 enhanced oil recovery
Advancement of sweep zones in waterflooding: conceptual insight based on flow visualizations of oil-withdrawal contours and waterflood time-of-flight contours using complex potentials
Benchmark of deepwater field development projects in the Perdido foldbelt: Evaluating fiscal impacts (Mexico, and US) using a nodal analysis production model
Modeling Reservoir Circulation and Economic Performance of the Neal Hot Springs Geothermal Power Plant (Oregon, U.S.): An Integrated Case Study
Regression analysis of historic oil prices: A basis for future mean reversion price scenarios
Rules for Flight Paths and Time of Flight for Flows in Porous Media with Heterogeneous Permeability and Porosity
DOI: 10.1155/2018/5609571
Shale reservoir drainage visualized for awolfcamp well (Midland Basin, West Texas, USA)
DOI: 10.3390/en11071665
Benchmarking EUR estimates for hydraulically fractured wells with and without fracture hits using various DCA methods
Complex analytical solutions for flow in hydraulically fractured hydrocarbon reservoirs with and without natural fractures
Comprehensive atlas of stress trajectory patterns and stress magnitudes around cylindrical holes in rock bodies for geoscientific and geotechnical applications
High-resolution visualization of flow velocities near frac-tips and flow interference of multi-fracked Eagle Ford wells, Brazos County, Texas
Applying improved analytical methods for modelling flood displacement fronts in bounded reservoirs (Quitman field, east Texas)
Redeveloping depleted hydrocarbon wells in an enhanced geothermal system (EGS) for a university campus: Progress report of a real-asset-based feasibility study
Economic appraisal and scoping of geothermal energy extraction projects using depleted hydrocarbon wells
Flow interference between hydraulic fractures
DOI: 10.2118/194196-PA
Displacement field potentials for deformation in elastic Media: Theory and application to pressure-loaded boreholes
Pressure depletion and drained rock volume near hydraulically fractured parent and child wells
Elementary pore network models based on complex analysis methods (CAM): Fundamental insights for shale field development
DOI: 10.3390/en12071243
Analysis of pressure communication between the Austin chalk and eagle ford reservoirs during a zipper fracturing operation
DOI: 10.3390/en12081469
Wellbore stability analysis in transverse isotropic shales with anisotropic failure criteria
Longevity of enhanced geothermal systems with brine circulation in hydraulically fractured hydrocarbon wells
Visualization of drained rock volume (DRV) in hydraulically fractured reservoirs with and without natural fractures using complex analysis methods (CAMs)
High-resolution streamline models of flow in fractured porous media using discrete fractures: Implications for upscaling of permeability anisotropy
Modeling flow and pressure fields in porous media with high conductivity flow channels and smart placement of branch cuts for variant and invariant complex potentials
Drained rock volume around hydraulic fractures in porous media: planar fractures versus fractal networks
Impact on drained rock volume (DRV) of storativity and enhanced permeability in naturally fractured reservoirs: Upscaled field case from hydraulic fracturing test site (HFTS), Wolfcamp Formation, Midland Basin, West Texas
DOI: 10.3390/en12203852
New interface for assessing wellbore stability at critical mud pressures and various failure criteria: Including stress trajectories and deviatoric stress distributions
DOI: 10.3390/en12204019
Comparison of pressure front with tracer front advance and principal flow regimes in hydraulically fractured wells in unconventional reservoirs
Comparison of Flow Solutions for Naturally Fractured Reservoirs Using Complex Analysis Methods (CAM) and Embedded Discrete Fracture Models (EDFM): Fundamental Design Differences and Improved Scaling Method
DOI: 10.1155/2020/8838540
Fast models of hydrocarbon migration paths and pressure depletion based on complex analysis methods (CAM): Mini-review and verification
Stress concentrations and failure modes in horizontal wells accounting for elastic anisotropy of shale formations
Pre-drilling production forecasting of parent and child wells using a 2-segment decline curve analysis (DCA) method based on an analytical flow-cell model scaled by a single type well
DOI: 10.3390/en13061525
Improved EUR prediction for multi-fractured hydrocarbon wells based on 3-segment DCA: Implications for production forecasting of parent and child wells
Flow in fractured porous media modeled in closed-form: Augmentation of prior solution and side-stepping inconvenient branch cut locations
Production rates and EUR forecasts for interfering parent-parent wells and parent-child wells: Fast analytical solutions and validation with numerical reservoir simulators
Variation in b-sigmoids with flow regime transitions in support of a new 3-segment DCA method: Improved production forecasting for tight oil and gas wells
Linear superposition method (LSM) for solving stress tensor fields and displacement vector fields: Application to multiple pressure-loaded circular holes in an elastic plate with far-field stress
Improving well productivity – Ways to reduce the lag between the diffusive and convective time of flight in shale wells
Assessment of Production Interference Level Due to Fracture Hits Using Diagnostic Charts
DOI: 10.2118/200485-PA
Salt diapir downbuilding: Fast analytical models based on rates of salt supply and sedimentation
Solving stress tensor fields around multiple pressure-loaded fractures using a linear superposition method (LSM)
Hydraulic fracture propagation in a poro-elastic medium with time-dependent injection schedule using the time-stepped linear superposition method (Tlsm)
DOI: 10.3390/en13246474
Optimization of fracture spacing and well spacing in utica shale play using fast analytical flow-cell model (Fcm) calibrated with numerical reservoir simulator
DOI: 10.3390/EN13246736
Predicting the performance of undeveloped multi-fractured marcellus gas wells using an analytical flow-cell model (Fcm)
DOI: 10.3390/en14061734
Stress reversals near hydraulically fractured wells explained with linear superposition method (LSM)
DOI: 10.3390/en14113256
Diffusive mass transfer and gaussian pressure transient solutions for porous media
Workflow for probabilistic resource estimation: Jafurah basin case study (saudi arabia)
DOI: 10.3390/en14238036
Production rate of multi-fractured wells modeled with Gaussian pressure transients
Regulation of oil and gas reserves reporting in Saudi Arabia: Review and recommendations
Searching for the root cause of shale well rate variance: Highly variable fracture treatment response
Geothermal energy extraction — economic feasibility of repurposing hydraulically fractured oil and gas wells
Borehole Failure Mechanisms in Naturally Fractured Formations
Shale well factory model reviewed: Eagle Ford case study
Economic appraisal of an unconventional condensate play based on public pilot data prior to field development: Jafurah Basin case study (Saudi Arabia)
Gaussian Decline Curve Analysis of Hydraulically Fractured Wells in Shale Plays: Examples from HFTS-1 (Hydraulic Fracture Test Site-1, Midland Basin, West Texas)
DOI: 10.3390/en15176433
Hydraulic diffusivity estimations for US shale gas reservoirs with Gaussian method: Implications for pore-scale diffusion processes in underground repositories
Production Forecasting of Unruly Geoenergy Extraction Wells Using Gaussian Decline Curve Analysis
DOI: 10.1155/2023/5534305
Formation uplift analysis during geological CO2-Storage using the Gaussian pressure transient method: Krechba (Algeria) validation and South Korean case studies
Quantifying micro-proppants crushing rate and evaluating propped micro-fractures
Production-induced pressure-depletion and stress anisotropy changes near hydraulically fractured wells: Implications for intra-well fracture interference and fracturing treatment efficacy
Multiscale and multiphysics production forecasts of shale gas reservoirs: New simulation scheme based on Gaussian pressure transients
Potential production gains of multi-stage fractured wells in shale plays: sensitivity of well performance to changes in design parameters assessed with fast and accurate Gaussian solutions
Stream and Potential Functions for Transient Flow Simulations in Porous Media with Pressure-Controlled Well Systems
Will ChatGPT and related AI-tools alter the future of the geosciences and petroleum engineering?
Advances in stress-strain constitutive models for rock failure: Review and new dynamic constitutive failure (DCF) model using core data from the Tarim Basin (China)
Surface subsidence and uplift resulting from well interventions modeled with coupled analytical solutions: Application to Groningen gas extraction (Netherlands) and CO2-EOR in the Kelly-Snyder oil field (West Texas)
Correction to: Probabilistic estimation of hydraulic fracture half-lengths: validating the Gaussian pressure-transient method with the traditional rate transient analysis-method (Wolfcamp case study) (Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology, (2023), 13, 12, (2475-2489), 10.1007/s13202-023-01680-9)
Probabilistic estimation of hydraulic fracture half-lengths: validating the Gaussian pressure-transient method with the traditional rate transient analysis-method (Wolfcamp case study)
Deferring flood damage in coastal lowlands: assessing surface uplift by geo-engineered CO2sequestration with easy-to-use land-uplift model
Estimation of fracture half-length with fast Gaussian pressure transient and RTA methods: Wolfcamp shale formation case study
Probabilistic production forecasting and reserves estimation: Benchmarking Gaussian decline curve analysis against the traditional Arps method (Wolfcamp shale case study)
Gaussian Pressure Transients: A Toolkit for Production Forecasting and Optimization of Multi-fractured Well Systems in Shale Formations
Fast production and water-breakthrough analysis methods demonstrated using Volve Field data
Pressure Transient Solutions for Unbounded and Bounded Reservoirs Produced and/or Injected via Vertical Well Systems with Constant Bottomhole Pressure
Rapid well-test analysis based on Gaussian pressure-transients
CO2 storage capacity classification and compliance
Concurrent challenges in practical operations and modeling of geological carbon-dioxide sequestration: Review of the Gorgon project and FluidFlower benchmark study
Comprehensive permeability-transform solutions for shale and sandstones using data sets from around the globe
Computation of pressure depletion and well productivity of multi-fractured wells with variable fracture spacing using fast and accurate solution method
Stiffening of Bulk Modulus in Poroelastic Medium with Rising Pore Pressure: A Comprehensive Sensitivity Study using a Closed-Form Solution Method
Comprehensive Assessment of Deep-Water Vessel Implosion Mechanisms: OceanGate's Titan Submersible Failure Sequence Explained
Rapid estimation of fracture half-length and fracture propagation-rate for individual hydraulic fracturing stages using post-frac-job reports: benchmark results from Eagle Ford case study well
Utility of the Geological Carbon Sequestration (GCS) business: Potential perils and scenarios till 2150 and beyond
Beyond Biot – Nonlinear stiffening of the bulk modulus in fluid-saturated porous media
Evaluating poro-elastic production drive mechanisms: Quantifying the potential contribution to well-rates and risk of core handling damage inflating pore-volume compressibility measurements
Estimation of storage capacity coefficients: Porthos GCS project case study
Multi-physics interactions in induced seismicity associated with hydraulic stimulation of unconventional geoenergy reservoirs
Production optimization in shale formations: Focus on proppant delivery schedules and mitigation of fracture conductivity damage
Elastic stiffening of reservoir rocks with rising pore pressure under constant biaxial far-field stress: application to the Porthos geological carbon-dioxide sequestration project
Cyclical deep-sea pressure loading of cylindrical submersibles: Analytical solution with damage-scaling factors and application to the Titan submersible failure
Probabilistic CO2 storage capacity appraisal of the Greensand Project in the depleted Nini oil field, offshore Denmark