Mehdi Ostadhassan
Mehdi Ostadhassan, PhD Distinguished Professor Department of Earth Sciences Key Laboratory of Continental Shale Hydrocarbon Accumulation and Efficient Development, Ministry of Education, Northeast Petroleum University, Daqing 163China Associate Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering College of Engineering and Mines University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND, USA 58202 Chief Operating Officer NoDak Diagnostics LLC, NDsquared (ND2) Innovation Center 4200 James Ray Dr. Grand Forks, ND 58201 | mehdi.osatadhassan@nepu.edu.cn ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9235-4399 h-index: 19 |
1. Educational Background:
Institute | Major | Degree | Year |
Petroleum University of Technology, Iran | Petroleum Engineering | B.S. | 2005 |
Petroleum University of Technology, Iran | Petroleum Engineering | M.S. | 2007 |
IFP-School (ENSPM), France | Petroleum Geophysics | M.S. | 2008 |
University of North Dakota, US | Petroleum Engineering | Ph.D. | 2013 |
2. Professional Experience:
Institute | Position | Duration |
Northeast Petroleum University, Daqing, China | Distinguished Prof. | 2020-current |
University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, USA | Associate Prof., | 2013-Current |
Energy & Environment Research Center, Grand Forks, USA | Research Scientist | 2012-2013 |
University of North Dakota | Graduate Research Assistant | 2009-2013 |
Schlumberger DCS, Denver, CO | Geophysics intern | Summer 2011 |
Atlantic Int. Operation Ltd, Dubai, UAE | Upstream division, Project Manager | 2008-2009 |
CGGVeritas, Massy, France | Geophysics Intern | Winter 2008 |
Khak Azma Geomechanics Lab, Tehran, Iran | Entry level engineer | 2005-2006 |
National Iranian South Oil Company, Ahwaz, Iran | Petroleum Engineering Intern | Summer 2003 |
National Iranian Oil Company Exploration Directorate, Tehran, Iran | Geophysics Intern | Summer 2004 |
3. Media appearance
Silver, A. "Five innovative ways to use 3D printing in the laboratory." Nature 565, no. 7737 (2019): 123.
4. Publications (* shows graduate students and post-docs):
I. Book & Book Chapter:
Ostadhassan M, Liu K*, Li C*, Khatibi S*. Fine Scale Characterization of Shale Reservoirs: Methods and Challenges. Springer; 2018.
Ostadhassan M. Geomechanics and Elastic Anisotropy of Shale Formations. New Frontiers in Oil and Gas Exploration: Springer, Cham; 2016. p. 165-207.
II. Journal Publications:
Liu K, Ostadhassan M, Shokouhimehr M. Comparison in fractal dimensions from nitrogen gas adsorption data in shale using different models. Journal of Earth Science (Under Review)
Liu G, Han C, Ostadhassan M, Wenya L, Zhu J, Hou F. Natural fractures in carbonate basement reservoirs of the Jizhong Sub-basin, Bohai Bay Basin, China: Key aspects favoring oil production. Energies (Under Review)
Taghavinejad A, Sharifi M, Liu K, Liu B, Heidaryan E, Ostadhassan M. Flow Modeling in Shale Gas Reservoirs: A Comprehensive Review. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering (In Press)
Taghavinejad A, Brown C*, Sharifi M, Liu K, Ostadhassan M. Investigating the Impact of Offset Fracture Hits Using Rate Transient Analysis in The Bakken And Three Forks Formations, Divide County, North Dakota. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering (Under Review)
Liu K, Mirzaei-Paiaman M, Liu B, Ostadhassan M. A new model to estimate permeability using mercury injection capillary pressure data. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering (Accepted)
Guo X, Semnani A, Ekekeh D, Ostadhassan M, Jia H, Gao Z. Experimental Study of Spontaneous Imbibition for Oil Recovery in Tight Sandstone Cores under High Pressure High Temperature with Low Field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering (Accepted)
Liu B, Gaoa Y, Liu K, Baia L, Ostadhassan M, Wua T, Li X. Pore structure and its effect on hysteresis of the Middle Jurassic Xishanyao shale Formation in the southern Junggar Basin, Northwest China. Energy Exploration & Exploitation. (Accepted)
Liu B, Liu K, Abarghani A, Khatibi S, Kong L, Li X, Ostadhassan M. A Comprehensive Geomechanical Study of the Permian Lucaogou Shales in the Santanghu Basin, Northwest China. Interpretation (Accepted)
Liu K, Ostadhassan M, Sun M, Cha J, Jang H, Liu B, Shokouhimer M. Organic porosity of shale oil by SAXS and WAXS methods. Energy & Fuels (Under Review)
Yan D, Xu Z, Lei Z, Tian M, Cheng L, Ma, Y, Ostadhassan M. Sedimentary characteristics of continental rift basin hyperpycnal flow deposits: Sangyuan outcrop in the Luanping Basin, northeast China. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 2020 Jul 18:104593.
Khatibi A*, Guedes A, Valentim B, Abarghani A*, Bubach B, Liu B, Ostadhassan M. Backtracking to Parent Maceral from Produced Bitumen with Raman Spectroscopy. Minerals. 2020 Aug;10(8):679.
Lee H*, Shakib F, Liu K, Liu B, Bubach B, Varma R, Shokouhimher M, Ostadhassan M. Adsorption in Organic Matter via Molecular Dynamic Simulation Combined with Experimental Study. RSC Advances. 2020;10(39):23312-20
Liu G, Zou C, Zhu R, Lei G, Ostadhassan M, Mao Z, The effectiveness of natural fractures and their contribution to reservoirs in deep tight sandstones in the Kuqa Depression, Tarim Foreland Basin, China. Marine and Petroleum Geology (Accepted)
Liu G, Zeng L, Li H, Ostadhassan M, Rabiei M. Natural fractures in metamorphic basement reservoirs in the Liaohe Basin, China. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 2020 May 20:104479
Liu G, Zeng L, Wang X, Ostadhassan M, Wang, Z, Mao Z and Tie Q. Natural fractures in deep tight gas sandstone reservoirs in the thrust belt of the southern Junggar Basin, northwestern China. Interpretation. 2020 Jun 13;8(4):1-51.
Mirzaei-Paiaman A, Asadolahpour S, Saboorian-Jooybari H, Chen Z, Ostadhassan M, A New Practical Framework to Enhance Selection of Representative Samples for Special Core Analysis (SCAL). Petroleum Research. 2020 Jul 8.
Liu K*, Rassouli F, Liu B, Ostadhassan M, Creep behavior of shale: nanoindentation vs. triaxial creep tests. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (Accepted)
Rafieepour S, Zamiran S, Ostadhassan M. A cost-effective chemo-thermo-poroelastic wellbore stability model for mud weight design during drilling through shale formations. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. 2020 Apr 11.
Kong L*, Ostadhassan M, Liu B, Eshraghi M, Li C, Navarro M, Zhang Y, Wei H. A Comparison of 3D Printed Porous Rocks with Nano X-ray Computed Tomography: Silica Sand, Gypsum Powder and Resin. AAPG Bulletin. (In Press)
Hang K, Cha JH, Yeon, YS, Ostadhassan M, Jang HW, Varma R, Shokouhimehr M, Pd Nanocatalysts on Prussian Blue Frameworks: Multiple Electron Transfer Pathways for Improving Catalytic Activity Toward Hydrogenation of Nitroaromatics in Aqueous Media. Molecular Catalysis. 2020 Aug 1;492:110967.
Liu B, Zhao X, Fu X, Yuan B, Bai L, Zhang Y, Ostadhassan M. Petrophysical characteristics and log identification of lacustrine shale lithofacies: A case study of the first member of qingshankou formation in the songliao Basin, northeast china. Interpretation. 2020 Mar 18;8(3):1-38.
Abarghani A, Gentzis T, Shokouhimehr M, Liu B, Ostadhassan M. Chemical heterogeneity of organic matter at nanoscale by AFM-based IR spectroscopy. Fuel. 2020 Feb 1;261:116454.
Lee H*, Oncel N, Liu B, Kukay A, Altincicek F, Varma RS, Shokouhimehr M, Ostadhassan M. Structural Evolution of Organic Matter in Deep Shales by Spectroscopy (1H & 13C− NMR, XPS, and FTIR) Analysis. Energy & Fuels. 2020 Feb 7.
Abarghani A*, Gentzis T, Liu B, Hohlbauch S, Griffin G, Bubach B, Shokouhimehr M, Ostadhassan M, Bacterial vs. thermal degradation of algal matter: analysis from a physicochemical perspective. International Journal of Coal Geology. 2020 Mar 23:103465.
Hyeonseok L*, Abarghani A*, Liu B, Shokouhimehr M, Ostadhassan M, Mass Spectrometry of Kerogen with MALDI-TOF. Fuel. 2020 Jun 1;269:117452.
Zhao P, Fu J, Shi Y, Li G, Ostadhassan M, Luo M, Mao Z. Hydrocarbon saturation in shale oil reservoirs by inversion of dielectric dispersion logs. Fuel. 2020 Apr 15;266:116934.
Abarghani A*, Ostadhassan M, Gentzis T, Khatibi S*, Bubach B. The Effect of Thermal Maturity on Redox-Sensitive Trace Metals Concentration in the Bakken Source Rock, North Dakota, USA. ACS Omega. 2020 Mar 24.
Patent
U. S. Pending Patent (provisional): " Configuration and Method for Condensate Stabilization Process in Gas Processing Facilities? as of January 2019.
Mentorship
I. undergraduate:
- I have advised around 50 undergraduate students since my appointment and have been in charge of Senior Design Course (the capstone course) for the past 3 years, supervised a large number of projects every semester (fall, spring and summer). The outcome has been:
o Le T, Ostadhassan M., A Multidisciplinary Study of Stimulation Designs in the Three Forks Formation, ND. Unconventional Resources Technology Conference; 2015: Unconventional Resources Technology Conference.
o 2017 Doosan Bobcat Outstanding Senior Process Design Award "Comprehensive Study of the Charlson Oil Field" by Jordan Anderson, Cody Mehrer, Joseph Rice and Abdulkadir Said which was published as: Anderson J, Rice J, Said A, Mehrer C, Ostadhassan M, Alexeyev A*. Comprehensive Study of the Charlson Oil Field, Williston Basin, ND. In SPE Annual Caspian Technical Conference and Exhibition 2017 Nov 1. Society of Petroleum Engineers.
II. graduate:
- The following is the list of committees that I have served on as primary and sole adviser:
o Kouqi Liu, PhD (Graduated Summer 2018)
o Rehan Ali Mohammed, MS (Graduated Summer 2018)
o Cody Brown, MS (Graduated Spring 2018)
o Alan Alexeyev, MS (Graduated Fall 2017)
o Ben Oster, MS (Graduated Spring 2016)
o Lingyun Kong, PhD (Graduated Summer 2019)
o Seyedalireza Khatibi, PhD (Graduated Summer 2019)
o Yulia Kovaleva, MS (Fall 2019)
o Chunxiao Li, former PhD (switched to the geology program)
o Arash Abarghani, PhD (Fall 2019)
o Hyeonseok Lee, PhD (Spring 2021)
o Mousa Abusurra, PhD (Summer 2021)
o Minh Le, MENG, (Graduated Fall 2018)
o Cristina Goodrich MENG (Spring 2020)
o Kyle Pierskalla, MENG (Summer 2019)
III. Post-docs and Researchers
o Dr. Kouqi Liu- Since 2018
o Dr. Shilpi Jain- Since 2019
o Dr. Linag Wang, 2017-2018 (Associate Professor, Southwest Petroleum University, China)
o Dr. Peiqiang Zhao, 2017-2018 (Assistant Professor, China University of Geosciences, China)
o Guoping Liu, PhD student- Since 2018 (China University of Petroleum, China)
o Jin Dong, PhD student- Since 2018 (China University of Petroleum, China)
o Menglu Wang, undergraduate student, Since 2019 (China University of Petroleum, China)
Other Experience and Professional Memberships
2001 Member, Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
2008 Member of Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG)
2010 Member of American Association of Petroleum Geologists
2015 Faculty adviser to UND SPE student chapter
2008 Faculty adviser to UND SEG student chapter
2016 Associate Editor, Journal of Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Sciences
2018 Guest Editor, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
2019 Lead Guest Editor, Journal of Chemistry
Honors and Awards
2001-2005 Iran Petroleum Ministry Full Scholarship Award
2005-2009 Iran Petroleum Ministry Full Scholarship Award
2011 ExxonMobil Scholarship Award
2012 Chevron/SEG Scholarship Award
2014 SPE New faculty career enhancement award
2015 SPE New faculty career enhancement award
2017 Open Educational Resource development award by UND office of the provost
2015 UND Faculty Instructional Development Grant award
2016 UND Faculty Instructional Development
2018 NIH I-Corps program graduate
Funded Competitive Research Supports (Completed/Ongoing)
Research
PI- $100K- 2021/1/1 (Under Review)
China NSF
In-situ physicochemical analysis of organic matter of unconventional shale plays through thermal maturation at molecular level- A new insight in to HC expulsion
PI- $1M- 2019/11/1
Resource Energy Partners LLC
Economic viability of horizontal open hole completions, Madison Group, ND
PI- $140K- 2019/03/1-2021/03/1
ND office of Vice President for Research Grant
Using bacterial RNA to solve the Bakken H2S problems and increase oil production
CoPI- $1.2M - 2018/05/16-2022/05/15
ND Industrial Commission/ND Geological Survey
An integrative study of the Bakken Formation: OOIP estimation, redesign of Hydraulic Fracturing through laboratory and ML methods and chemical treatments for increased productivity.
PI - $356K - 2018/05/12-2019/11/12
ND Department of Commerce
A Path to a Quantitative Clinical Method for Early Diagnosis of Cancer Based on Cell Mechanics
CoPI- $35K- 2017/12-2018/08
National Institute of Health (NIH)-NCI
Big data from Small RNA
PI - $20K- 2018/02/15-2019/02/15
UND Early Career Award Program
Nanomechanical Evolution of Organic Matter during Hydrocarbon Generation
PI- $50K/Yearly (Recurring)- 2018/03/15
US Geological Survey
Advanced Characterization of Source Rocks via nanoIR, microRaman and Force Spectroscopy
PI - $35K/Yearly (Recurring)- 2018/01/01
ND School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Understanding Mechanobiology of Cells During Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
CoPI- $60K- 2016/03/01-2018/03/01
UND Post-Doctoral Funding Program
Re-fracturing extending the life of Unconventional Oil Shale Reservoirs under Low Oil Prices.
PI- $56K - 2015/03/15-2016/03/15
UND Collaborative Seed Grant
Fine scale characterization of the Bakken with focus on Imaging and gas adsorption methods
Scholarly
2014 SPE faculty career enhancement award ($2000)
2015 SPE faculty career enhancement award ($2000)
2016 UND Office of Instructional Development ($2000)
2016 UND Faculty Instructional Development ($6000)
2017 UND office of the provost for Open Educational Resource development ($6000)