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Kam

Seung Ihl Kam
Assistant Professor
Donald W. and Gayle A. Keller Distinguished Professorship
Craft & Hawkins Department of Petroleum Engineering
Louisiana State University
Patrick F. Taylor Hall, Room 3521
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Phone: 225-578-5216 / Fax: 225-578-6039
E-Mail: kam@lsu.edu

 

Background

Employment History

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Petroleum Engineering, Louisiana State Univ., since June 2006
  • Adjunct Professor, Australian School of Petroleum, Univ. of Adelaide, June 2006 – June 2009
  • Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Australian School of Petroleum, Univ. of Adelaide, May 2002-June 2006
  • Full-time Visiting Senior Research Scientist, Santos, Australia, Nov. 2002-May 2003
  • Postdoc, Petroleum & Geosystems Engr., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Jan. 1999 - May 2002
  • Dept. graduate research assistant, Univ. of Texas at Austin, Sept. 1994 - Dec. 1998
  • Dept. graduate research assistant, Seoul National Univ., Korea, March 1992 - Feb. 1994

Education

  • Ph.D: Petroleum & Geosystems Engr., Univ. of Texas at Austin, 1998
  • MS: Petroleum Engr., Seoul National Univ. (Korea), 1994
  • BS:Energy and Resources Engr., Seoul National Univ. (Korea), 1992

Honors

  • Tenure granted by the U. of Adelaide, May 2005
  • First prize winner in honor of Dr. John Earnshaw, European Foam conference, Delft, 2000
  • Korean Overseas Scholarship, Korea Government, 1994-1997
  • Scholarship by Asian Foundation, Hyundai, Korea, 1990-1992
  • Departmental Alumni Scholarship, Seoul National Univ., Korea, 1989

Professional Activities

  • Review Chairman of SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering Journal, Sep. 2007 – Sep. 2009
  • Technical editor of SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering Journal, since Dec. 2002
  • Member of Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), since 1992
  • Member of Paper Selection Subcommittee (Fluid Mechanics and Recovery Processes) for SPE ATCE (since 2004)
  • Chairperson of 2008 SPE ATCE “Imbibition, Capillarity and Relative Permeability”, Denver, CO, Sep. 2008
  • Chairperson of 2007 SPE ATCE “Flow Through Porous Media”, Anaheim, CA, Nov. 2007
  • Chairperson of 2006 SPE ATCE “CO2 sequestration I” , San Antonio, TX, Sep. 2006
  • Three-day Provost’s Seminar on Teaching for New Faculty, Louisiana State U., August 2006
  • Member of International Centre of Excellence in Water Resource Management, Australia (2004, 2005)
  • Completion of a semester-long “Teaching at University” course, U. of Adelaide, 2004
  • Ad-hoc proposal and paper reviewer including
    • American Chemical Society, Petroleum Research Fund, proposal reviewer
    • American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), paper reviewer

Personal Information

  • Married with two children
  • Big fan of Horrible Science, Horrible Geography, Dead Famous, and Murderous Math series
  • Jogging/running lover (70 miles-per-month coverage) with an ambition for Boston Marathon

Research Projects (current and previous)

  • Pipeline leak detection: experimental and modeling/simulation studies on fluid flow in pipes
  • Foam-assisted under-balanced drilling: characterizing bulk foam rheology in pipes
  • Managed pressure drilling: multi-phase flow aspects during well control
  • Foam/surfactant-assisted EOR and Remediation processes in subsurface
  • Development of dynamic foam simulator using Population Balance technique (State of Louisiana)
  • Mechanisms of foam generation in homogeneous porous media (Santos)
  • CO2 Sequestration in connection with Enhanced Oil Recovery (CO2CRC, Australia)
  • Simulation study of optimizing field development plan (Santos)
  • Foams for shallow subsurface environmental remediation (DOE, State of Texas, Duke Engineering and Services)
  • High-temperature foam-acid diversion process (Schlumberger)
  • Modeling study of solids-laden foams (Pacific Northwest National Lab (PNNL))
  • Evolution of gas phase and its response to ambient pressure change in a pore network model (PNNL)
  • Gas-blocking foam for near-wellbore flow control (Mobil)
  • Foam-acid diversion process near the wellbore (DOE)
  • Stress and stability of solids-coated bubbles (PNNL)
  • Development of multiphase flow simulator for well control (Korea)

Current/Previous Group Members
            It is my great privilege to work/have worked with such dedicated students as shown below!!

  • Mr. Rahul Narayanrao Gajbhiye, PhD student, Foam rheology in pipes
  • Mr. Alireza Edrisi, PhD student, Subsea pipeline leak/plugging detection
  • Mr. Alireza Roostapour, PhD student, Foam mechanisms in porous media
  • A couple of more coming soon!
  • Mr. Ali Afsharpoor, MS (2009), Mechanistic foam simulation
  • Mr. Miodrag Bogdanovic, MS (2008), Two flow regimes of foam flow in pipes
  • Mr. Zulfiqar Dholkawala, MS (2006), Mechanistic foam fractional flow
  • Mr. Minh-Triet Doo Hu, MS (2006), Analytical fracturing modeling (co-supervision with Dr. Rahman)
  • Ms. Aeishah Rosman, Honor’s thesis (2006), Modeling of foam diversion process in porous media
  • Ms. Adelaide Lam, Honor’s thesis (2005), Modeling of foam catastrophe theory
  • Mr. Daniel Mayberry, Honor’s thesis (2005), Three-phase foam fractional flow analysis

Teaching Interest

  • Enhanced oil recovery and reservoir physics (fractional flow analysis, capillary phenomena, gas and chemical injection, sweep efficiency)
  • Petrophysics (rock properties, rock and fluid interactions, interfacial phenomena)
  • Reservoir fluid properties (phase behavior, multi-component system, equation of state, phase thermodynamics)
  • Surface production operations (gas-, oil-, and water- processing facilities and design)
  • Near-wellbore production problems (damage control, production enhancement, well deliverability)
  • Production engineering (multiphase flow in pipe and annulus, inflow performance, vertical flow performance, nodal system analysis, production optimization)
  • Drilling engineering (mud hydraulics, well control, colloidal chemistry)
  • Numerical simulation and advanced mathematics (linear algebra, partial differential equation, numerical analysis, reservoir simulation); fundamental engineering courses (fluid mechanics, transport phenomena)

Selected Publications

  • M. Bogdanovic, R.N. Gajbhiye and S.I. Kam, “Experimental Study of Foam Flow in Pipes: Two Distinct Flow Regimes,” Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, accepted and in press, 2009.
  • A. Rosman and S.I. Kam, “Modeling Foam-Diversion Process using Three-Phase Fractional Flow Analysis in a Layered System”, Energy Sources Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects, Vol. 31, Issue 11, p. 936 – 955, 2009.
  • J.S. Tang and S.I. Kam, “Modeling of Pollutant Transport from a Stationary Phase into a Flowing Stream with Reversible Adsorption,” Energy Sources Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects, Vol. 31, Issue 4, p. 338-347, 2009.
  • R.N. Gajbhiye and S.I. Kam, "Leak Detection in Subsea Pipeline: A Mechanistic Modeling Approach With Fixed Pressure Boundaries,” SPE Projects, Facilities & Construction, p. 1-10, December 2008.
  • D.J. Mayberry, A. Afsharpoor and S.I. Kam, “The Use of Fractional Flow Theory for Foam Displacement in Presence of Oil”, SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering, p. 707-718, August 2008. – Considered for the 2009 Cedric K. Ferguson Medal Award
  • S.I. Kam, “Improved Mechanistic Foam Simulation with Foam Catastrophe Theory,” Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, Vol. 318, p. 62–77, April 2008.
  • S.I. Kam, “Complication of Boundary Conditions in Mechanistic Modeling of Subsea Pipeline Leak Detection,” Editorial Invitation, Exploration & Production: The Oil and Gas Review, Vol. 6, Issue 1, April, 2008.
  • Z.F. Dholkawala, H.K. Sarma and S.I. Kam, "Application of Fractional Flow Theory to Foams in Porous Media,” Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Vol. 57, p. 152-165, May 2007.
  • S.I. Kam, W.W. Frenier, S.N. Davies and W.R. Rossen, "Experimental Study of High-Temperature Foam for Acid Diversion," Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Vol. 58, p. 138–160, August 2007.
  • S.I. Kam, Q.P. Nguyen, Q. Li and W.R. Rossen, "Dynamic Simulation with an Improved Model for Foam Generation,” SPE Journal, p. 35–48, March 2007. – Considered for the 2008 Cedric K. Ferguson Medal Award
  • S.I. Kam and W.R. Rossen, "A Model for Foam Generation in Homogeneous Media," SPE Journal, p. 417-425, Dec. 2003.
  • C.K. Mamun, J.G. Rong, S.I. Kam, H.M. Liljestrand and W.R. Rossen, "Simulating Use of Foam in Aquifer Remediation," Developments in Water Science, Vol. 47, No. 1, p. 867-874, June, 2002.
  • L. Cheng, S.I. Kam, M. Delshad and W.R. Rossen, "Simulation of Dynamic Foam-Acid Diversion Processes," SPE Journal, p. 316-324, Sept. 2002.
  • P.A. Gauglitz, F. Friedmann, S.I. Kam and W.R. Rossen, "Foam Generation in Homogeneous Porous Media," Chemical Engineering and Science, Vol. 57, p. 4037-4052, Oct. 2002.
  • S.I. Kam, P.A. Gauglitz and W.R. Rossen, "The Yield Stress of Foamy Sands," Colloids and Surfaces, A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, Vol. 202, Issue 1, p. 53-62, March 2002.
  • S.I. Kam and W.R. Rossen, "The Compressibility of Foamy Sands," Colloids and Surfaces, A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, Vol. 202, Issue 1, p. 63-70, March 2002.
  • S.I. Kam, P.A. Gauglitz and W.R. Rossen, "Effective Compressibility of a Bubbly Slurry I. Mechanisms of Bubble Growth," Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Vol. 241, No. 1, p. 248-259, 2001.
  • S.I. Kam, P.A. Gauglitz and W.R. Rossen, "Effective Compressibility of a Bubbly Slurry II. Fit to Field Measurement and Implications," Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Vol. 241, No. 1, p. 260-268, 2001.
  • S.I. Kam and W.R. Rossen, "Anomalous Capillary Pressure, Stress, and Stability of Solids-Coated Bubbles," Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Vol. 213, No.2, p. 329-339, 1999.
  • S.I. Kam and J.M. Kang, "An Efficient Approach for Simulation of Kill," Journal of Japanese Association for Petroleum Technology, Vol. 60, No.3, 199-209, May, 1995.
  • S.I. Kam and J.M. Kang, "A Simulation of Kill Processes Combining Transient and Pseudosteady state," Journal of Korean Institute of Mineral & Energy Resources Engineers, Vol. 31, No. 5, 478-482, October, 1994.

Selected Presentations

  • M. Namdar-Zanganeh, S.I. Kam, T. La Force and W. R. Rossen, “Three-Phase Fractional-Flow Theory Applied to Foam Displacements with Oil", SPE 121580 presented at the 2009 SPE EUROPEC/EAGE Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 8-11 June, 2009.
  • M. Namdar-Zanganeh, T. La Force, S.I. Kam, T. L. M. van der Heijden and W. R. Rossen, “Fractional-flow Theory of Foam Displacements with Oil" presented at the 11th European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery (ECMOR), Bergen, Norway, 8-11 September, 2008.
  • A. Afsharpoor and S.I. Kam, “Mechanistic Simulation of Surfactant-Alternating-Gas Process Using Foam-Catastrophe Theory”, presented at the European Conference on Foams, Emulsions and Applications, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 8-10 July, 2008.
  • M. Bogdanovic and S.I. Kam, “Experimental Study of Foam Flow in Pipes: Two Distinct Flow Regimes,” presented at the European Conference on Foams, Emulsions and Applications, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 8-10 July, 2008.
  • R.N. Gajbhiye and S.I. Kam, "Leak Detection in Subsea Pipeline: A Mechanistic Modeling Approach With Fixed Pressure Boundaries,” OTC 19347 presented at the 2008 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, TX, 4-8 May, 2008.
  • D.J. Mayberry and S.I. Kam, “The Use of Fractional Flow Theory for Foam Displacement in Presence of Oil”, SPE 100964 presented at the SPE Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 11-13 September, 2006.
  • Z.F. Dholkawala and S.I. Kam, “Modelling of Foam Rheology in Porous Media" presented at the 5th IWA Symposium on Water Reclamation and Reuse Sustainability, Jeju, Korea, 8-11 Nov., 2005.
  • Z.F. Dholkawala, H.K. Sarma and S.I. Kam, "Application of Fractional Flow Theory to Foams in Porous Media,” presented at the Special Workshop of “From the Reservoir to the Market: An Integrated and Global Optimisation Approach to Finding Petroleum Engineering and Geoscience Solutions,” Adelaide, Australia, 16-17 Sep, 2005.
  • S.I. Kam and J. Choe, "Implication of Foam Generation Surface on Shallow Groundwater Remediation,” presented at the 5th International Symposium on Advanced Environmental Monitoring, Seoul, Korea, 28-30 April, 2004.
  • S.I. Kam, Q.P. Nguyen, Q. Li and W.R. Rossen, "Dynamic Simulation with an Improved Model for Foam Generation,” SPE 90938 presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, TX, USA, 26-29 Sept., 2004.
  • S.I. Kam, Q.P. Nguyen, Q. Li and W.R. Rossen, "Dynamic Simulation of Foam Generation in Porous media,” presented at the European Conference on Foams, Emulsions and Applications, Paris, France, 5-8 July, 2004.
  • S.I. Kam, W.W. Frenier, S.N. Davies and W.R. Rossen, "Experimental Study of High-Temperature Foam for Acid Diversion," SPE 82266 presented at the SPE European Formation Damage Conference, The Hague, The Netherlands, 13-14 May 2003.
  • S.I. Kam and W.R. Rossen, "A Model for Foam Generation in Homogeneous Media," SPE 77698 presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, TX, USA, 29 Sept.-2 Oct., 2002.
  • C.K. Mamun, J.G. Rong, S.I. Kam, H.M. Liljestrand and W.R. Rossen, "Extending Foam Technology from Improved Oil Recovery to Environmental Remediation," SPE 77557 presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, TX, USA, 29 Sept.-2 Oct. 2002.
  • C.K. Mamun, J.G. Rong, S.I. Kam, H.M. Liljestrand and W.R. Rossen, "Simulating Use of Foam in Aquifer Remediation," presented at the 14th International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources, Delft, The Netherlands, 23-28 June 2002.
  • P.A. Gauglitz, F. Friedmann, S.I. Kam and W.R. Rossen, “Foam Generation in Porous Media,” SPE 75177 presented at the SPE/DOE 13th Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery, Tulsa, OK, USA, 13-17 April 2002.
  • L. Cheng, S.I. Kam, M. Delshad and W.R. Rossen, "Simulation of Dynamic Foam-Acid Diversion Processes," SPE 68916 presented at the SPE European Formation Damage Conference, The Hague, The Netherlands, 21-22 May 2001.
  • S.I. Kam, P.A. Gauglitz and W.R. Rossen, "The Yield Stress of Foamy Sands," presented at the 75th Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, 10-13 June 2001, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA (together with compressibility issue).
  • S.I. Kam and W.R. Rossen, "Diffusive Growth and Compressibility of Bubbles in Porous Media," presented at the 3rd European Conference on Foams, Emulsions and Applications, Delft, The Netherlands, Proceeding p. 359-366, 2000.
  • S.I. Kam, P.A. Gauglitz and W.R. Rossen, "Effective Compressibility of a Bubbly Slurry I. Mechanisms of Bubble Growth," presented at the Gordon Research Conference (Modeling of Flow in Permeable Media), Andover, New Hampshire, USA, 2-7 Aug. 1998.
  • S.I. Kam and W.R. Rossen, "Anomalous Capillary Pressure, Stress, and Stability of Solids-Coated Bubbles," presented at the 71st Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, University of Delaware, Delaware, USA, 29 June - 2 July 1997.

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