REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

Oh, K. and Deo, M. D., 2002, Determination of Asphaltenes Critical Micelle Concentration in Organic Solvents, In Review, J. of Coll. Sci.

Oh, K. and Deo, M. D., 2002, Examination of Asphaltenes Precipitation and Self Aggregation, In Review, Energy & Fuels Communications.

Yang, Yi-kun and Deo, M. D., A Flux-Conservative Control Volume Finite Element Method for Multiphase Flow in Porous Media, In Review, SIAM J.

Oh, K. and Deo, M. D., 2002, Effect of Organic Additives on the Onset of Asphaltene Precipitation, Energy & Fuels,

16, 694-699.

Kim, J. and Deo, M. D., 1999, A Finite Element, Discrete-Fracture Model for Multiphase Flow in Porous Media, Accepted for publication; In Press, Volume 46, #6, June 2000 Issue.

Morgan M. and Deo, M. D. 1999, Bed-Isolation Treatments of a Mature Well in the Bluebell Field of the Uinta Basin, Utah, That Has Undergone Numerous High Volume Shotgun Completions, Proc. of the Oil and Gas Conference, NETL Publication, June 1999.

Deo, M. D. and Yoon, J., 1996, Surfactant Enhanced Gravity Drainage (SEGD): A Novel Method for the DNAPL Remediation, Proc. ASCE NAPL Conference, Washington DC, 393-405.

Hwang, J., Deo, M. D. and Hanson, F. V., 1996, Dynamic Behavior of Supercritical Fluid Extractions of a Crude oil and Its Vacuum Residue, Fuel, 75, #13, 1591.

Subramanian, M., Deo, M. D. and Hanson, F. V., 1996, Compositional Analysis of Bitumen and Bitumen-Derived Products, J. Chrom. Sci., 34, #1, 20.

Neer, L. A. and Deo, M. D., 1995, Simulated Distillation of Oils with a Wide Carbon Number Distribution, J. Chrom. Sci., 33, #3, pp 133-138.

Rose, P.E. and Deo, M. D., 1995, New Algorithms for the Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage Process Using a Combination of Vertical and Horizontal Wells, Fuel, 74, #8, 1180.

Hwang, J., Park, S.J., Deo, M. D. and Hanson, F.V., 1995, Phase Behavior of CO₂/Crude Oil Mixtures in Supercritical Fluid Extraction System: Experimental Data and Modeling, I&EC Research, 34, #4, 1280.

Deo, M. D. and Hanson, F.V., 1994, Asphaltene Rejection Via Supercritical Fluid Extraction, Fuel, 73, #9, 1493.

Longstaff, D.C., Deo, M. D. and Hanson, F. V., 1994, Hydrotreating the Bitumen from the Whiterocks Oil Sand Deposit, Fuel, 73, #9, 1523.

Kwak, S., Longstaff, D. C., Deo, M. D. and Hanson, F. V., 1994, Hydrotreating Process Kinetics for Bitumen and Bitumen Derived Liquids, Fuel, 73, #9, 1531.

Deo, M. D., Nutakki, R. and Orr, F. M. Jr.,1993, Schmidt-Wenzel and Peng-Robinson Equations of State for Carbon Dioxide-Hydrocarbon Systems: Binary Interaction Parameters and Volume Translation Factors, SPE Advanced Technology Series, 1, #2, 142-151.

Fletcher, J. V., Deo, M. D. and Hanson, F. V., 1993, Fluidization of Group B Sands at Reduced Pressure, Powder Technology, 76, #2, 141-147.

Deo, M. D., Hwang, J. and Hanson, F. V.,1993, The Effect of Cosolubilizing Lighter Components on the Asphaltene Content of Heavy Oils, Fuel. Proc. Tech., 34, 217-228.

Whitney, E. M., Deo, M. D. and Bodily, D. M., 1993, Multicomponent Effects in Coalbed Gas Drainage, Chapter 19, Proc. 6^th US Mine Ventilation Symp., Edited by R. Bhaskar, SME Publications, Littleton, Colorado, 117-122.

Tsai, C. H., Deo, M. D., Hanson, F. V. and Oblad, A. G., 1993, Characterization and Potential Utilization of Asphalt Ridge Tar Sand Bitumen I: Gas Chromatography - Mass Spectrometry and Pyrolysis Mass-Spectrometry Analyses, Fuel Sci. Tech. Int'l., 11, #(3 & 4), 475-506.

Deshpande, D. A., Deo, M. D. and Hanson, F. V., 1992, Correlations for Effective Bubble Rise Velocity in Three-Phase Ebullieted Beds, Fuel Proc. Tech., # 32, 3-23.

Deo, M. D., Hwang, J. and Hanson, F. V., 1992, Supercritical Fluid Extraction of a Crude Oil, Bitumen-Derived Liquid and Bitumen by Carbon Dioxide and Propane, Fuel, 71, #12, 1519-1526.

Tsai, C. H., Longstaff, D. L., Deo, M. D., Hanson, F. V. and Oblad, A. G., 1992, Characterization and Utilization of Hydrotreated Products from the Whiterocks (Utah) Tar Sand Bitumen-Derived Liquid, Fuel, 71, #12, 1473-1479.

Cha, S., Deo, M. D., Hanson. F. V. and Oblad, A. G., 1992, Pyrolysis of Oil Sands in a Rotary Kiln, Fuel, 71, #12, 1455-1464.

Longstaff, D. L., Deo, M. D., Hanson, F. V. and Oblad, A. G., 1992, Hydrotreating the Bituen-Derived Liquid Produced in a Fluidized-Bed Pyrolysis Reactor, Fuel, 71, #12, 1407-1420.

Tsai, C. H., Deo, M. D., Hanson, F. V. and Oblad, A. G., 1992, Characterization and Potential Utilization of Whiterocks (Utah) Tar Sand Bitumen II: Pyrolysis Mass Spectrometry and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Analyses, Fuel Sci. Tech. Int'l., 10, #9, 1437-1460.

Deshpande, D. A., Deo, M. D., Hanson, F. V. and Oblad, A. G., 1992, A Model for the Prediction of Bubble Size at a Single Orifice in Two-Phase Gas-Liquid Systems, Chem. Eng. Sci., 47, #7, 1669-1676.

Deo, M. D., Rose, P. E. and Hanson, F. V., 1992, Response to Comments on Determination of the Solubility of Carbon Dioxide in Tar Sand Bitumens: Experimental Determination and Modeling, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 31, #5, 1424.

Fletcher, J. V., Deo, M. D. and Hanson, F. V., 1992, Reexamination of Minimum Fluidization Velocity Correlations Applied to Group B Sands and Coked Sands, Powder Technology, 69, #2, 147-155.

Deo, M. D., Fletcher, J. V., Shun, D., Hanson, F. V. and Oblad, A. G., 1991, Modeling the Pyrolysis of Tar Sands in Fluidized-Beds, Fuel, 70, 1271-1276.

Tsai, C. H., Deo, M. D., Hanson, F. V. and Oblad, A. G., 1991, Characterization and Potential Utilization of Whiterocks (Utah) Tar Sand Bitumen, Fuel Sci. Tech. Int'l., 9, # 10, 1259-1286.

Lin, L., Deo, M. D., Hanson, F. V. and Oblad, A. O., 1991, Nonisothermal Analysis of the Kinetics of the Combustion of Coked Sand, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 30, #8, 1795-1801.

Deo, M. D., Wang, C. J. and Hanson, F. V.,1991, The Solubility of Carbon Dioxide in Tar Sand Bitumens: Experimental Determination and Modeling, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 30, #3, 532-536.

Lin, L., Deo, M. D., Hanson, F. V. and Oblad, A. O., 1990, Kinetics of Tar Sand Pyrolysis Using a Distribution of Activation Energy Model, AIChE J., 36, 1585-1588.

Halleck, P. M. and Deo, M. D.,1989, The Effect of Underbalance on Perforation Flow: Results of High-Temperature High-Pressure Flow Experiments, Soc. Pet. Eng. J. Prod. Engr., 4, 113-116.

Deo, M. D., Tariq, S. M. and Halleck, P. M.,1989, Linear and Radial Targets for Characterizing Flow in Perforations: 3-D Finite Element Flow Models, Soc. Pet. Eng. J. Prod. Engr., 4, 295-300.

Full-length Conference Papers and Peer Reviewed Proceedings

Parra-Ramirez, M. and Deo, M.D., 2001, Comparison of first- and multiple-contact carbon dioxide induced precipitation, SPE 65019, Paper presented at the SPE International Symposium in Oil Field Chemistry, Feb. 13-16, 2001, Houston, Texas.

Deo, M. D., Forster, C. and Schamel, S., 1999, Strategies for Steam Flood Optimization in a High-Water Saturation Reservoir in the Midway Sunset Field, SPE 54075, Proc. of the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Bakersfield, CA.

Kim, J. and Deo, M. D., 1999, Comparison of the Performance of a Discrete Fracture Multiphase Model with Those Using Conventional Methods, SPE 51928, Proc. of the 15^th Reservoir Simulation Symposium, SPE, Dallas, TX

Kim, J. and Deo, M. D., 1999, Inexact Newton-Krylov Methods for the Solution of Implicit Reservoir Simulation Problems, SPE 51908, Proc. of the 15^th Reservoir Simulation Symposium, SPE, Dallas, TX

Schamel, S., M. Deo, G. Buksh and L. S. Bultmann, 1999, Strategies for optimal enhanced recovery of heavy oil by thermal methods, Midway-Sunset Field, southern San Joaquin Basin, California. Paper invited for AAPG-AMGP Research Conference on Mature Petroleum Provinces, October 10-14, Veracruz, Mexico.

Kim, J. and Deo, M. D., 1998, High Performance Computing in Oil Reservoir Simulation, Paper 244f, AIChE Annual Meeting.

Kim, J. and Deo, M. D., 1998, Multiphase Flow Through Discrete Fracture Networks, Parallel Implementation, Paper 250e, AIChE Annual Meeting.

Schamel, S., Deo, M.D. and Forster, C. B. 1997, Reactivation of an idle lease to increase heavy oil recovery through application of conventional steam drive technology in the Midway-Sunset Field, San Joaquin, California. Proceedings of the Fourth International Reservoir Characterization Technical Conference, Houston, TX, March 2-4, p. 67-82.

Deo, M. D., Pawar, R. J. and Dyer, J. E., 1996, Reservoir Characterization and Simulation of the Greater Monument Butte Field, Proc. West. AAPG Con., 177.

Pawar, R., Deo, M. D. and Dyer, J. E., 1996, Effect of Reservoir Connectivity on Primary and Secondary Production, SPE 35414, Proc. SPE/DOE Int. Con. Imp. Oil Rec., SPE, Dallas, 351.

Deo, M. D., Miharia, A. and Kumar, R., 1995, Solids Precipitation in Reservoirs Due to Nonisothermal Injections, SPE 28967, Proc. 1995 SPE Intl. Symp. on Oil Field Chemistry, Society of Petroleum Engineers, Dallas, 225.

Deo, M. D., Neer. L.A., Whitney, E.M., Nielson, D.L. and Lomax, J.D., 1994, Description and Performance of a Fractured Lacustrine Reservoir, SPE 28938, Proc. of the SPE Annual Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Deo, M. D., Sarkar, A., Neer, L.A., Nielson, D.L. and Lomax, J.D., 1994, Monument Butte Case Study, Demonstration of a Successful Waterflood in a Fluvial Deltaic Reservoir, SPE 27729, Proc. SPE/DOE Ninth Symp. on Improved Oil Recovery, SPE, Dallas, 143-150.

Rose, P. E. and Deo, M. D., 1994, New Algorithms for the Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage Using a Combination of Vertical and Horizontal Wells, Proc., 1993 Eastern Oil Shale Symp., Lexington, KY, 232-240.

Sakashita, B. and Deo, M. D., 1993, Commercialization of Previously Wasted Coal Mine Gob Gas and Coalbed Methane, Proc. Fuels Tech. Contractors Review Meeting, DOE/METC-94/1002, 299, U.S. DOE, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Lomax, J.D., Deo, M. D. and Nielson, D.L., 1993, The Greenriver Formation Waterflood Demonstration Project Showing the Development of New Reserves in the Uinta Basin, Paper presented at the U.S. DOE, BPO Contractor Review Meeting, Bartlesville, OK, 10 pp.

Deo, M. D., Whitney, E. M., and Bodily, D. M., 1993, A Multicomponent Model for Coalbed Gas Drainage, Paper 9311, Proc. Int. Coalbed Methane Symp., 223-232.

Deo, M. D., and Hanson, F. V., 1993, Asphaltene Precipitation: Experimental Observations and Modeling, SPE 25193, Proc. 1993 SPE Intl. Symp. Oil Field Chemistry, SPE, Dallas, 429-434.

Stadler, M., Deo, M. D., and Orr, F. M. Jr., 1993, Crude Oil Characterization Using Gas Chromatography and Supercritical Fluid Chromatography, SPE 25191, Proc. 1993 SPE Intl. Symp. Oil Field Chemistry, SPE, Dallas, 413-420.

Sarkar A. and Deo, M. D., 1993, Comparison of Thermal EOR Processes Using a Combination of Vertical and Horizontal Wells, SPE 25793, SPE International Thermal Operations Symp., SPE, Dallas, 175-182.

Deo, M. D., Hwang J. and Hanson, F.V., 1992, The Effect of Cosolubilizing Lighter Components on the Asphaltene Content of Heavy Oils, Preprints – 203^rd ACS National Meeting – Division of Fuel Chemistry, 37, #2, 821-832.

Tsai, C. H., Longstaff, D.L., Deo, M.D., Hanson, F.V. and Oblad, A.G., 1992, Jet Fuels from the Hydrotreated Bitumen-Derived Liquidfrom the Utah Oil Sands, Preprints – 203^rd ACS National Meeting – Div. Of Petroleum Chemistry, 37, #2, 521-528.

Hanson, F.V., Deo, M.D., Longstaff, D.L. and Tsai, C.H., 1992, Molecular Transformations in the Sequence Pyrolysis-Hydrotreating of Utah Oil Sand Bitumen, Preprints – 203^rd ACS National Meeting – Div. Of Petroleum Chemistry ,37, #2, 810-820.

Deo, M. D. and Deans, H. A.,1990, Experimental and Theoretical Determination of Residual Phases after a Water-Driven Carbon Dioxide Flood, SPE 20266, Proc. 7^th Soc. Pet. Eng. - Dept. of Energy Enhanced Oil Recovery Symp., SPE Dallas, 901-914.

Selected Invited Presentations and

Presentations at National and International Meetings

Comparison of the Discrete-Fracture Model with the Homogenized Full-tensor Simulator, Paper to be Presented at the International Reservoir Simulation Symposium of the SPE is Houston, Texas, February, 2001.

Carbon Dioxide Induced Precipitation: Comparison of Single-Contact and Multiple Contact Results, Paper to be Presented at the International Oil Field Chemistry Symposium of the SPE in Houston, Texas, February, 2001.

A Novel Transformation Method to Simplify Full-Tensor Simulations, Paper to be Presented at the Annual AIChE Meeting in Los Angeles, November 2000.

Waterflood Sensitivity Study for the Valhall Field, Invited Presentation at a BP-Enterprise Forum in Stavanger, Norway, September 2000.

Multiphase Flow Through Fractured Porous Media, Invited Seminar, Presented to the Graduate Students and the Faculty at the Brigham Young University, March 1999.

Strategies for Steam Flood Optimization in a High-Water Saturation Reservoir in the Midway Sunset Field, Presented at the Society of Petroleum Engineers International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, in Bakersfield, CA, March 1999.

Comparison of the Performance of a Discrete Fracture Multiphase Model with Those Using Conventional Methods, Presented at the International Reservoir Simulation Symposium of the in Houston, Texas, February, 1999.

Inexact Newton-Krylov Method for the Solution of Nonlinear Equations in Reservoir Simulation, Presented at the International Reservoir Simulation Symposium of the in Houston, Texas, February, 1999

High Performance Computing in Oil Reservoir Simulation, Presented at the AIChE Annual Meeting in Miami Beach Florida, November 1998.

Multiphase Flow Through Discrete Fracture Networks, Parallel Implementation, Presented at the AIChE Annual Meeting in Miami Beach Florida, November 1998.

Reservoir Modeling in Fractured and Nonfractured Porous Media, Invited Presentation in a National Workshop on Fractured Reservoirs Conducted by PTTC and Utah Geological Survey, Salt lake City, UT, April 1997.

Surfactant Enhanced DNAPL Recovery, Paper Presented at the AIChE Annual Meeting in Miami Beach, Florida, November, 1996.

Reservoir Characterization and Simulation of the Greater Monument Butte Field, Invited Paper, Presented at the Western AAPG Meeting in Butte, Montana, September 1996.

Effect of Reservoir Connectivity on Primary and Secondary Production, Presented at the SPE/DOE International Conference on Improved Oil Recovery, Tulsa, Oklahoma, April 1996.

Demonstration of a Successful Waterflood in the Greenriver Formation in Uinta Basin, Utah, Invited Presentation to a Joint Panel Convened by the National Academy of Sciences/Engineering to Study Revitalization of Domestic Oilfields, Washington DC, November 1995.

Monument Butte Case Study, Demonstration of a Successful Waterflood in a Fluvial Deltaic Reservoir, Paper Presented at the SPE/DOE Ninth International Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery, Tulsa, Oklahoma, April 1994.

Commercialization of Previously Wasted Coal Mine Gob Gas and Coalbed Methane, Paper Presented at the Fuels Technology Contractors Review Meeting, Morgantown, West Virginia, September 1993.

A Multicomponent Model for Coalbed Gas Drainage, Paper Presented at the International Coalbed Methane Symposium, Birmingham, Alabama, May, 1993.

Asphaltene Precipitation: Need for a Broader View, Paper Presented at the SPE International Symposium on Oil Field Chemistry, New Orleans, LA, March 1993.

Comparison of Thermal EOR Processes Using a Combination of Vertical and Horizontal Wells, Presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations Symposium, Bakersfield, CA, February, 1993.

Asphaltene Rejection from Bitumens via Supercritical Fluid Extraction, Presented at the 1992 Eastern Oil Shale Symposium, November 17-20, 1992.

Oil Sand Pyrolysis in Fluidized Bed Reactor: Process Models, Presented at the 1992 Eastern Oil Shale Symposium, November 17-20, 1992.

Coalbed Gas Production Modeling – Multicomponent Effects: Presented at the Spring Meeting of the Utah Academy of Sciences, Salt lake City, UT, May 1992.

The Effect of Cosolubilizing Lighter Components on the Asphaltene Content of Heavy Oils, Presented at the ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 1992.

Experimental and Theoretical Determination of Residual Phases after a Water-Driven Carbon Dioxide Flood, Presented at the, Soc. Pet. Eng. - Dept. of Energy Enhanced Oil Recovery Symp., Tulsa, Oklahoma, March 1990.