海角社区

• Multiscale Fractured Rocks
• Molecular Dynamics
• Deep Learning
• Geomechanics
• Mixed Reality

• PETE 2061: Python, Statistics, and Data Visualization for Petroleum Engineers
• PETE 4056: Numerical Simulation of Improved Recovery Processes
• PETE 4241 Section II: Mechanical Earth Modeling
• PETE 7241 Section II: Multiscale Simulation of Unconventional Resources

• 2018 SPE Journal Outstanding Technical Editor Award

• Faculty Advisor for African Student Organization at 海角社区, 2022 to present (155 students).
• Member of Departmental Chair Search Committee, 2024.
• Reviewed over 80 journal manuscripts.
• Instructor of record for Graduate Seminar (PETE 7999) from Fall 2019- Fall 2020.

• Coarse-Grained Molecular Studies of CO2 Storage in Gas Hydrates (PI) 鈥� DOE
• ULTRA-H2: Reservoir Management of Natural Hydrogen from Ultramafic Rocks (海角社区 PI) 鈥� ARPA-E DOE
• Monkey Island Carbon Storage Project (Co-PI) 鈥� DOE
• Safe, sustainable and resilient development of offshore reservoirs and natural gas upgrading through innovative technology and science (Co-PI) 鈥� BIRD
• Effects of fluid pressurization rate and injection section length on hydraulic fracturing breakdown pressure: experimental study and theoretical analysis (Co-PI) 鈥� ACS ND
• Carbon dioxide removal through biomass slurry fracture injection (Co-PI) - 海角社区 LIFT²

A complete list of publications is available in the attached CV and on Google Scholar.

Book Chapter:
O. M. Olorode**, Wang, B., Rashid, H*. (2021). Numerical Modeling of Fractured Unconventional Oil and Gas Reservoirs. Chapter 10 of the Advanced Modeling with the MATLAB Reservoir Simulation Toolbox (MRST), 409-453, Cambridge University Press ().

Select Journal Articles:

• Adeyemi, T* and Olorode, O. M.**, 2025. 鈥淢olecular Studies and Advanced Visualization of the Trapping of Methane Nanobubbles During Hydrate Growth鈥�. Journal of Physical Chemistry B ().
• Adibifard, M.* and Olorode, O. M.**, 2025. 鈥淐oarse-Grained Molecular Studies Reveal Potential for Increased CO2 Storage in Hydrates鈥�. Materials Today Sustainability Journal ().
• Olorode, O. M.**, Kolawole, O., Igweonu, C. S.*, Rashid, H. U.*, 2025. 鈥淭aking bio-induced precipitation to the field for sustainable geo-energy storage: Experimental and numerical studies of leakage mitigation鈥�. Journal of Energy Storage, Volume 112 ().
• Rashid, H* and Olorode, O. M.**, 2024. 鈥淯se of controlled fractures in enhanced geothermal systems鈥�. Advances in Geo-Energy Research Journal, Volume 12, Issue 1 ().
• Rashid, H* and Olorode, O. M.**, 2024. 鈥淎 Continuous Projection-based EDFM Model for Flow in Fractured Reservoirs鈥�. SPE Journal, Volume 29, Issue 1 ().
• Adibifard, M.* and Olorode, O. M.**, 2023. 鈥淟arge-Scale Nonequilibrium Molecular Studies of Thermal Hydrate Dissociation鈥�. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Volume 127, Issue 29, 6543鈥�6550 ().
• Olorode, O. M.** and Rashid, H.*, 2022. 鈥淎nalytical Modification of EDFM for Transient Flow in Tight Rocks鈥�. Scientific Reports 12 (1), 22018 ().
• Rashid, H.* and Olorode, O. M.**, 2022. 鈥淎n iteratively coupled model for flow, deformation, and fracture propagation in fractured unconventional reservoirs.鈥� Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Volume 214, July 2022, 110468 ().
• Amer, H.* and Olorode, O. M.**, 2022. 鈥淣umerical Evaluation of a Novel Slot-Drill EOR Technology for Tight Rocks鈥�. SPE Journal, Volume 27, Issue 04 2294-2317 ().
• Ihunde, T.* and Olorode, O. M.**, 2022. 鈥淎pplication of physics-informed neural networks to compositional modeling.鈥� Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Volume 211, April 2022, 110175 ().
• Olorode, O. M.**, Wang, B., Rashid, H. U.*, 2020. 鈥淭hree-Dimensional Projection-Based Embedded Discrete Fracture Model for Compositional Simulation of Fractured Reservoirs鈥�. SPE Journal, 2020, Volume 25, Issue 04, 2143鈥�2161 ().
• Olorode, O. M.**, Akkutlu, Y. I., Efendiev, Y., 2017. 鈥淐ompositional Reservoir Flow Simulation for Organic-rich Gas Shale鈥�. SPE Journal, 2017, Volume 22, Issue 06, 1963鈥�1983 ().
• Olorode, O. M.**, Freeman, C. M., Moridis, G. J., Blasingame, T. A. 2013. 鈥淗igh-Resolution Numerical Modeling of Complex and Irregular Fracture Patterns in Shale Gas and Tight Gas Reservoirs鈥�. SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, 2013, Volume 16, Issue 04, 443鈥�455 ().