Texas Tech University

Sheldon Gorell, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Practice
PE

Email: sheldon.gorell@ttu.edu

Phone: 806-834-8439

Fax: 806-742-3502

Office: 224

Mailing Address: 
Texas Tech University
Bob L. Herd Department of Petroleum Engineering
Box 43111
Lubbock, TX 79409−3111

Sheldon Gorell

Research Interests

Dr. Gorell's research Interests are related to high performance reservoir simulation and modeling, focusing on challenging problems relevant to the current oil & gas environment:

  • Calibration of effective reservoir properties using fine-scale heterogeneous models for conventional and unconventional reservoirs.
  • Modeling of flow and pressure in fractures shale and tight reservoirs.
  • Simulation and process automation applied to history matching and optimization,
  • Sampling and updating methodologies for multi-parameter optimization.

Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • Ph.D., in Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, 1983
  • M.S., in Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, 1979
  • B.S., in Chemical Engineering, University of Rochester, 1978

Bob L. Herd Department of Petroleum Engineering

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