Department of Petroleum Engineering
| S. No. | Research Cluster | Sub-Cluster | Faculty Members |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reservoir Engineering | Well Test Analysis | Prof. Vikas Mahto; Prof. Ashutosh Kumar; Prof. Keka Ojha; Prof. Ajay Mandal; Prof. Rajeev Upadhyay; Prof. Tarun Kumar Naiya |
| EOR/IOR | |||
| Reservoir Modelling and Simulation | |||
| Field Development | |||
| 2 | Drilling Engineering | Drilling System Design | Prof. Vikas Mahto; Prof. Chandan Guria; Prof. Vinay Kumar Rajak; Prof. Raj Kiran; Prof. Mohammed Hamid Siddique; Prof. Chandan Sahu; Prof. Sidharth Gautam |
| Directional Drilling | |||
| Drilling Fluids and Cementing Technology | |||
| Wellbore Stability and Geomechanics | |||
| Deepwater and Ultra-Deepwater Drilling | |||
| 3 | Production Engineering | Well Completion and Workover | Prof. Vikas Mahto; Prof. Tarun Kumar Naiya; Prof. Pawan Gupta; Prof. Ajay Suri |
| Artificial Lift Systems | |||
| Flow Assurance | |||
| Oil and Gas Processing | |||
| 4 | Deepwater and Offshore Engineering | Offshore Technology | Prof. Vikas Mahto; Prof. Raj Kiran; Prof. Sidharth Gautam; Prof. Vinay Kumar Rajak |
| Subsea Engineering | |||
| Drilling and Production Challenges | |||
| Pipeline Engineering | |||
| 5 | Petrophysics | Formation Evaluation | Prof. Neetish Kumar Maurya; Prof. Sayantan Ghosh |
| Geomechanics | |||
| 6 | Unconventional Energy Resources | CBM, Shale Gas/Oil, Tight Reservoirs, | Prof. Vikas Mahto; Prof. Ajay Mandal; Prof. Keka Ojha; Prof. Pawan Gupta; Prof. Chandan Sahu; Prof. Ajay Suri; Prof. Archana; Prof. Sayantan Ghosh |
| Gas Hydrates | |||
| 7 | Energy Transition and Sustainable Energy Systems | Hydrogen Energy and Underground Storage, | Prof. Raj Kiran; Prof. Pawan Gupta; Prof. Chandan Sahu; Prof. Vikas Mahto |
| Carbon Management and Net-Zero Technologies, | |||
| Geothermal Energy | |||
| 8 | Digital Technologies in Petroleum Engineering | Machine Learning and AI Applications | Prof. Chandan Guria; Prof. Neetish Kumar Maurya; Prof. Archana; Prof. Mohammed Hamid Siddique; Prof. Raj Kiran |
| Big Data Analytics for Reservoir and Production Systems | |||
| Smart Fields and Automation | |||
| 9 | Health, Safety & Environment in Petroleum Engineering | — | Prof. Vinay Kumar Rajak; Prof. Kanhaiya Kumar Jha |
| 10 | Energy Economics & Asset Management | — | Prof. Rajeev Upadhyay; Prof. Keka Ojha; Prof. Kanhaiya Kumar Jha; Prof. Ashutosh Kumar |