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Prashant is a Lecturer in Petroleum Engineering at the School of Engineering. He is actively involved in the PE program development, industry liaison and faculty sponsor of the SPE student chapter, apart his regular teaching and research. He actively worked in variety of research/industry projects in his area of specialization.

Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy - Petroleum Engineering, University of Adelaide, Australia
• Master of Philosophy - Petroleum Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
• Master of Engineering - Petroleum Engineering (2^nd rank), University of Pune, India.
• Bachelor of Engineering – Petroleum Engineering University of Pune, India
• Post-Graduate Diploma in Piping Design and Engineering, MIT Pune, India

Professional Experience

More than 12 years of lectureship (teaching) and research experience at the international locations in UK, Australia and India, with research dissemination at the international conferences in Canada, China, Australia, Turkey and Oman; in various facets of petroleum engineering

• University of Portsmouth (UK): Lecturer - Petroleum engineering, PE program development, industry liaison, Faculty advisor/sponsor – SPE Student Chapter
• University of Adelaide (Australia): P/T lecturer – P. Eng., Reservoir Fluids, EOR, REng, BEng projects
• MIT, University of Pune, India: Lecturer – Petroleum Engineering
• MIT, University of Pune, India: Coordinator - Post-Graduate Diploma in Piping Design and Engineering – Industry liaison, program development, student recruitment and employability

Teaching (Undergraduate/Postgraduate)

• Reservoir engineering
• Petroleum reservoir simulation,
• Reservoir Fluid properties and PE thermodynamics,
• Drilling Engineering
• Piping Design and Engineering (Piping systems design, pipe stress analysis, plant layout)
• PhD/MSc/BEng project supervision, Tutoring and reservoir simulation training 

Areas of research expertise/specialization:

• Enhanced oil recovery (EOR)
• Gravity drainage, Immiscible and miscible processes
• Enhanced gas recovery (EGR) - natural gas hydrate and coal bed methane reservoirs
• CO₂ sequestration schemes combined with EOR/EGR processes for simultaneous energy recovery
• Unconventional heavy oils (Canadian/Venezuelan and North Sea)
• Reservoir Simulation - black oil, compositional and thermal (CMG suite, Eclipse, HWHYD)
• Reservoir fluid characterization – CMG’s WinProp, PVTi, OilVLE
• Flow assurance (multiphase flow)

Recent projects:

• “CO2-Assisted Gravity Drainage EOR: Numerical Simulation & Scaled Model Studies” – Sponsored by Santos Ltd, Australia
• Subsurface CO₂ sequestration and storage through clathrate hydrate formation while recovering the associated methane energy – EU INTAS project
• North Sea Heavy Oil Recovery: Simulation approach
• Flow assurance techniques for multiphase oil and gas transportation lines: Natural gas hydrate
• Enhanced Coal Bed Methane Recovery: Mechanistic benefits of CO2 and N2 injection

Professional

• Executive committee member: 2^nd Praxis Interactive Technology workshop, Sept 2011, 18 – 22.
• Invited talks:

1. Jadhawar, Prashant. 2011. “Fluid phase and flow characterization of Heavy Oils”, Master Class: 2^nd Praxis Interactive Technology workshop, Sept 2011, 18 – 22.

2. Jadhawar, Prashant. 2011. “Flow assurance techniques – hydrate, wax and asphaltene inhibition”: 2^nd Praxis Interactive Technology workshop, Sept 2011, 18 – 22.

• Reviewer - Elsevier publications.
• International scientific advisory committee - PETROLEUM 2012 conference, Kurdistan, Dec 2-4, 2012
• External advisor/validator – London South Bank University, UK
• Coordinator: International Seminar on Piping Engg and Construction (Jan/Feb 1998)
• Coordinator: National seminar-Emerging Scenarios in Piping Eng & Construction (March 2001)
• Coordinator: Training Program for Indian Oil Corporation Ltd employees (Dec 1997-Jan 1998)

Publication

1. Jadhawar P.S., Mohammadi, A., Yang J., and Tohidi B. 2006. Subsurface CO₂ storage through clathrate hydrate formation; In “Advances in the Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide”, NATO Science Series IV: - Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vol.65, Lombardi, S., Altunina, L.K., Beaubien, S.E. (Eds.), Copyright Springer Publications, XV, ISBN: 1-4020-4470-4.

Journal Papers

2. Jadhawar, P.S. and Sarma, H.K., 2012. Effect of Well Patterns and injection well type on the CO₂-Assisted Gravity Drainage Enhanced Oil Recovery, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering (Final review submitted)

3. Jadhawar, P.S. and Sarma, H.K., 2010. Numerical Simulation and Sensitivity Analysis of Gas-Oil Gravity Drainage Process of Enhanced Oil Recovery, Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology, Calgary, Canada; 49 (2), 64-70; February

4. Jadhawar P.S., Anderson R., Yang J., and Tohidi B. 2003. Natural Gas Hydrates – A potential energy resource, Offshore World, Cover Story, 01(01): 31-49

5. Jadhawar, P.S. 2003. Natural Gas Hydrates–A potential energy resource. Drilling and Exploration World, 12(08): 40-44

6. Jadhawar, P.S. 2003. Gas Hydrate problems in pipelines and its inhibition Chemical Engineering World, Mumbai India.

Conference Presentation

7. Jadhawar, P.S. and Sarma, H.K., 2010. Improved Production Strategy for Enhancing the Immiscible and Miscible CO₂-Assisted Gravity Drainage Oil Recovery, presented at the SPE 2010 International Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition China (IOGCEC), Beijing, China, June 8-10

8. Jadhawar, P.S. and Sarma, H.K., 2008a. CO₂-Assisted Gravity Drainage Enhanced Oil Recovery (GAGD-EOR) in Australian Reservoirs: Reservoir Simulation and Scaled Model Studies, 2008 AIE Postgraduate Student Energy Awards Sydney, Australia; Nov 18

9. Jadhawar P.S., Sarma H.K. 2008. Scaling and Sensitivity Analysis of Gas-Oil Gravity-Drainage EOR. Presented at the 2008 SPE Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition Perth, Australia, 20–22 October

10. Jadhawar P.S., Sarma H.K. 2008. Numerical Simulation and Sensitivity Analysis of Gas-Oil Gravity Drainage Process of Enhanced Oil Recovery, Canadian International Petroleum Conference, Calgary, Canada, June 17-19

11. Yang J., Chapoy A., Tohidi B., Jadhawar P. S., Lee J., Huh D.G. 2008. Thermodynamic Conditions and Kinetics of Integrated Methane Recovery and Carbon Dioxide Sequestration, 2008 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, May 5-8

12. Yang J., Jadhawar P., Chapoy A., and Tohidi B. 2006.  Feasibility and optimum conditions of Methane Recovery through Carbon Dioxide Sequestration: An Experimental Study, Conference on Sediment-hosted Gas Hydrates: New Insights on Natural and Synthetic Systems, Society of Underwater Technology and Petroleum Group of Geological Society, London, Jan 25-26

13. Jadhawar P., Yang J., Jadhawar J., and Tohidi B. 2005. Preliminary Experimental Investigation on Replacing Methane in Hydrate Structure with Carbon Dioxide in Porous Media, Fifth International conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 5), Trondheim, Norway, June 13-16

14. Jadhawar P.S., Mohammadi A., Yang J., and Tohidi B. 2004. Subsurface CO2 storage through clathrate hydrate formation presented at NATO-Advanced Research Workshop, Tomsk, Russia, Nov, 15-19

15. Jadhawar, P.S. Flow Assurance with Gas Hydrates in Pipelines. 2003. International conference, Indian Oil and Gas Review Symposium, OIL ASIA, Mumbai, India. Sept. 8-9.

Oilfield/industry visits

• Wytch farm oilfield, Dorset, Wareham, UK.
• Oilwell Drilling rigs in Kadi, Kalol, Mehsana oilfields in Gujarat, India
• Schlumberger Technology Centre, UK
• Weatherford laboratories, UK

Industrial trainings

• Basic Training in Drilling, Reservoir, oil and gas collection Centre, Geology and well logging; introduction to Oil Industry Operations & functions Oil and Natural Gas Commission, Ahmedabad, India (One Month), BEng course

• Training on Reservoir studies, Principle of Reservoir Flow, Coring analysis for porosity, Permeability, Basic Testing Pressure build up and drawdown analysis. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, Ahmedabad, India, MEng Course

• LPG, Lean Gas, OffShore, feed gas analysis using chromatographic and software tools. Layout,   design and safety aspects of LPG, LNG storage facilities. Oil and Natural Gas Commission, Ankaleshwar Project, India; MEng Course

• Design and Testing of Artificial Lift, Hydraulic Fracturing, Reservoir Engineering aspects of EOR Layout operation and design aspects of GGS, CTF, CPF, Crude oil / water / gas separation units,   desalters, decanters. Institute of Oil & Natural Gas Production Technology, Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd., India

Professional Memberships / Affiliations

• Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
• American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
• Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)