Petroleum Engineering - Andrew K. Wojtanowicz

CRAFT & HAWKINS DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM ENGINEERING

Wojtanowicz

Andrew K. Wojtanowicz
Texaco Chair in Environmental Engineering and Professor
Editor, Journal of Energy Resources Technology
Graduate Advisor
Craft & Hawkins Department of Petroleum Engineering
Louisiana State University
Patrick F. Taylor Hall, Room 3526B
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Phone: 225-578-6049 / Fax: 225-578-6039
E-Mail: awojtan@lsu.edu

Background

B.S., Technical University of Mining & Metallurgy - Krakow, Poland, Geology - Specialization in Geophysics, 1968.
B.S., Technical University of Mining & Metallurgy - Krakow, Poland, Mining - Specialization in Petroleum Engineering, 1965.
M. Sc., Technical University of Mining & Metallurgy - Krakow, Poland, Mining - Specialization in Petroleum Engineering, 1967.
Ph.D., Technical University of Mining & Metallurgy - Krakow, Poland, Petroleum Engineering, 1973.
Technical University of Mining and Metallurgy, Assistant Professor, Krakow, Poland, 1973-1978.
General Water Authorities, Drilling Engineering Supervisor, Tripoli, Libya, 1978-1980 NL Baroid Petroleum Services, Inc., Drilling Fluids Technologist, London, England, 1980-1982.
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Visiting Assistant Professor, Socorro, New Mexico 1983-1984.
Conoco, Environmental Fellow, Ponca City, Oklahoma, 1991-1992.
Louisiana State University, 1984-present.

Research Interest

Borehole Mechanics
- near-well zone effects and their diagnosis
- drilling bit models
- borehole friction
- temperature effects in drilling mechanics
- wellbore circulation cleaning
Well Design and Production Optimization
- drilling cost optimization
- casing programs
- coning control
Environmental Control Technologies for Petroleum Engineering
- drilling fluid solids control
- downhole control of produced waters
- dewatering of drilling fluids
- external integrity of wells
- subsurface injection of waste slurries

Research Projects

Leak-off testing of shallow marine sediments (US MMS)
Gas/water flow after cementing (US MMS)
Environmental Control Technology (self)
Downhole Water Sink Technology (Joint Industry Project) - Presentation

Recent Publications

"Improving Primary Cementing through Annual Cement Pulsation – A Qualitative Analysis,” V.S. Chimmalgi, and A.K. Wojtanowicz, Oil Asia Journal, 2003.
“Sustained Casing Pressure – Occurrence and Removal,” A.K. Wojtanowicz, Nafta i Gaz, Vol.20/1, 2003.
"Inflow Performance and Pressure Interference in Dual-Completed Wells with Water Coning Contro," Wojtanowicz, A.K., and Shirman, E.I., J. Energy Resources Technology-Transactions ASME, Vol. 124, December 2002.
"Analysis of Leak-Off Tests in Shallow Marine Sediments," D. Zhou, and A.K. Wojtanowicz, J. Energy Resources Technology-Transactions ASME, Vol. 124, December 2002.
"More Oil Using Downhole Water Sink Technology: A Feasibility Study,"
A.K.Wojtanowicz, and Ephim I. Shirman, SPE Production and Facilities, November, 2000.
Chapter, "Oilfield Pit Management, Closure, and Remediation," A.K. Wojtanowicz, in "Environmental Engineering for Exploration and Production Activities," SPE Monograph Series, 1999.
"Leak Detection in Liquid Subsea Flowlines with no Recorded Feed Rate," J.M. Dinis, A.K. Wojtanowicz, and S.L. Scott, Transactions of ASME - Journal Energy Resources Technology, Vol. 121, No. 3, September 1999.