Ta Quoc Dung

PhD student - Eng

Education

• 7/2003- present: PhD in petroleum, Australian School of Petroleum - University of Adelaide, Australia.
• Master in Science - Liege University, Belgium 2003.
• B.S in Petroleum - Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Viet Nam 1998.

Awards

• Vietnamese Government Scholarship 2003-2007.
• Abroad scholarship 2005 - The University of Adelaide
• 3 months scholarship of Liege University 2002.
• Graduated silver medal - Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology 1998.

Experience

• 7/2003 - present: PhD candidate
• 2002-2003: Teaching in Geology and Petroleum faculty, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology.
• 2001-2002: Drilling and production practicing in field (including oil drilling and geotechnic drilling)
• 1998-2002: Assistant teaching in Drilling and Production Department, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology.
• Gas technology with Prof. Le Phuoc Hao
• Drilling technology with Dr. Vu Van Ai.

Publications

Ta, Q. D., M. Al-Harthy, S. Hunt and J. Sayers (2007). "The Impact of Uncertainty on Subsidence and Compaction Prediction". First Sri Lankan Geotechnical Society (SLGS) International Conference on Soil and Rock Engineering,

Ta, Q.D. and Hunt, S.P. (2006). "Stress variability around large structural features and its impact on permeability for coupled modeling simulations". Asian Rock Mechanics Symposium (ARMS) Singapore, 2006

Ta, Q. D., and Hunt, S. P., Sansour, C. (2005). "Applying fully coupled geomechanics and fluid flow model theory to petroleum wells." The 40th U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics, Alaska.

Ta, Q.D. and Hunt, S.P. (2005). "Investigating the relationship between permeability and reservoir stress using a coupled geomechanics and fluid flow model". 9th conference on science and technology - geology and petroleum sessions, held in Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Viet Nam.

Ta, Q.D. and Hunt, S.P. (2005). "Investigating the relationship between permeability and porosity using in the coupled geomechanics and fluid flow model". The 3rd International Workshop on Hanoi Geo-engineering 2005-Integrated GeoEngineering for a Sustainable Infrastructure Development, held in Ha Noi, Viet Nam

Le, P.H. Ta Q.D. (2003) Applying the Contact Element for Simulation of Interaction Between Drillstring and Holewall. Vietnam Journal of Mechanics, Volume 25 Number 2, 2003

Professional society/membership

• SPE
• AAPG

PhD research project

Coupled reservoir simulation: Rock deformation and fluid flow interaction of computational techniques

Supervisors: Dr. Suzanne Hunt,. Peter Behrenbruch and Prof. Carlo Sansour (UK)

Scholarship supports:

• Vietnamese Government Scholarship (4/2003-4/2007)
• ASP scholarship (5/2007-1/2008)

Project Description

In the last two decades, there has been a strong emphasis on the formulations related to the interaction between rock deformation and multiphase fluid flow behaviour in hydrocarbon reservoirs, particularly in the case of reservoir simulation. The coupled interaction between geomechanics and fluid production can significantly influence both the stress state and fluid flow in the reservoir. The coupled theory can provide us a unique advantage in simulation interaction between porous media and multi-phases fluid flow. In addition, coupled method can be used to model compaction and subsidence problems. Therefore, the coupling effect cannot be ignored when analysing stress sensitive reservoir problems. There have been many studies focused on reservoir simulation, but they have been based on overly simplified models. The study here will focus on the mathematical structure of coupled multiphase fluid flow and porous media modelling, and the development of accurate and stable numerical techniques.