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Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications

2025

  1. Adeyemi, T* and Olorode, O. M.**, 2025. “Molecular Studies and Advanced Visualization of the Trapping of Methane Nanobubbles During Hydrate Growth”. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Volume 129, Issue 15. [PDF]
  2. Adibifard, M.* and Olorode, O. M.**, 2025. “Coarse-Grained Molecular Studies Reveal Potential for Increased CO2 Storage in Hydrates”. Materials Today Sustainability Journal, Volume 30. [PDF]
  3. Olorode, O. M.**, Kolawole, O., Igweonu, C. S.*, Rashid, H. U.*, 2025. “Taking bio-induced precipitation to the field for sustainable geo-energy storage: Experimental and numerical studies of leakage mitigation”. Journal of Energy Storage, Volume 112. [PDF]

2024

  1. Onwumelu, C., Kolawole, O., Nordeng, S., and Olorode, O. M., 2024. “Assessing the Effect of Thermal Maturation on Shale Organic Matter via PeakForce Quantitative Nanomechanical Mapping”. Rock Mechanics Bulletin. [PDF]
  2. Zhou, B., Chen, Z., Song, Z., Tang, Z., Wang, B., and Olorode, O. M., 2024. “A New Numerical Well-Test Model for Naturally Fractured Reservoirs Using an Analytically Modified Embedded Discrete Fracture Model”. Journal of Hydrology. [PDF]
  3. Ngoma, M., Kolawole, O., and Olorode, O. M., 2024. “Geothermo-Mechanical Alterations Due to Heat Energy Extraction in Enhanced Geothermal Systems: Overview and Prospective Directions”. Deep Underground Science and Engineering Journal. [PDF]
  4. Rashid, H* and Olorode, O. M.**, 2024. “Use of controlled fractures in enhanced geothermal systems”. Advances in Geo-Energy Research Journal, Volume 12, Issue 1. [PDF]
  5. Rashid, H* and Olorode, O. M.**, 2024. “A Continuous Projection-based EDFM Model for Flow in Fractured Reservoirs”. SPE Journal, Volume 29, Issue 1. [PDF]

2023

  1. M. Adibifard* and O. M. Olorode**, 2023. “Large-Scale Nonequilibrium Molecular Studies of Thermal Hydrate Dissociation”. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Volume 127, Issue 29, 6543–6550. [PDF]
  2. U. Egbe, O. Awoleke, O. M. Olorode**, Scott Goddard, 2023. “On the Application of Probabilistic Decline Curve Analysis to Unconventional Reservoirs”. SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering 26 (02), 244-260. [PDF]

2022

  1. O. M. Olorode** and H. Rashid*, 2022. “Analytical Modification of EDFM for Transient Flow in Tight Rocks”. Scientific Reports 12 (1), 22018. [PDF]
  2. H. Rashid* and O. M. Olorode**, 2022. “An iteratively coupled model for flow, deformation, and fracture propagation in fractured unconventional reservoirs.” Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Volume 214, July 2022, 110468. [PDF]
  3. H. Amer* and O. M. Olorode**, 2022. “Numerical Evaluation of a Novel Slot-Drill EOR Technology for Tight Rocks”. SPE Journal, Volume 27, Issue 04 2294-2317. [PDF]
  4. T. Ihunde* and O. M. Olorode**, 2022. “Application of physics informed neural networks to compositional modeling.” Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Volume 211, April 2022, 110175. [PDF]

2021

  1. B. Yang+, H. Wang, Z. Shen, O. M. Olorode, B. Wang, Y. Zheng, W. Yan, and Z. Jia, 2021. “Full-Sample X-ray Microcomputed Tomography Analysis of Supercritical CO2 Fracturing in Tight Sandstone: Effect of Stress on Fracture Dynamics”. Energy Fuels Journal, 2021, Volume 35, Issue 02, 1308–1321. [PDF]

2020

  1. O. M. Olorode**, B. Wang, H. U. Rashid*, 2020. “Three-Dimensional Projection-Based Embedded Discrete Fracture Model for Compositional Simulation of Fractured Reservoirs”. SPE Journal, 2020, Volume 25, Issue 04, 2143–2161. [PDF]

2017

  1. O. M. Olorode**, I. Y. Akkutlu, Y. Efendiev, 2017. “Compositional reservoir-flow simulation for organic-rich gas shale”. SPE Journal, 2017, Volume 22, Issue 06, 1963-1983. [PDF]

2014

  1. T. O. Odunowo, G. J. Moridis, T. A. Blasingame, O. M. Olorode, C. M. Freeman, 2014. “Evaluation of Well Performance for the Slot-Drill Completion in Low- and Ultralow-Permeability Oil and Gas Reservoirs”. SPE Journal, 2014, Volume 19, Issue 05, 748–760. [PDF]

2013

  1. O. M. Olorode**, C. M. Freeman, G. J. Moridis, T. A. Blasingame, 2013. “High-resolution numerical modeling of complex and irregular fracture patterns in shale-gas reservoirs and tight gas reservoirs”. SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering Journal, 2013, Volume 16, Issue 04, 443-455. [PDF]