Geetanjali Chauhan

Assistant Professor, Department of Petroleum Engineering & Earth Sciences

Research Interest:

Synthesis and study of Fracturing/EOR/Drilling fluids

Reservoir Simulation and Modelling

Digitization of Oil fields

Oil Spill Clean Up

 


Teaching Interests

Offshore and Deep Sea Technology

Natural Gas Engineering

Drilling and Fracturing Technology

Education

PhD (2018) Petroleum Engineering,   IIT-Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, Jharkhand

Dissertation: “Studies on Polymer Based Fracturing Fluid for HTHP wells”

M.Tech (2014) Petroleum Engineering, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad                                                                                      

B.Tech (2011) Applied Petroleum Engineering, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun    


Professional Experience

IIPE, Visakhapatnam, Assistant Professor, Department of Petroleum Engineering and Earth Sciences (Jan 2022 to Present)

UPES, Dehradun,  Assistant Professor, Department of Petroleum Engineering and Earth Sciences (Oct 2020 to Dec 2021)

Presidency University, Bengaluru,  Assistant Professor, Department of Petroleum Engineering, (July 2018 to September 2020)


 


Member of Professional Bodies

European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers



Journal Publications

1.    Atrayee Baruah, Geetanjali Chauhan, Keka Ojha, and A. K. Pathak “ Phase behavior, thermodynamic and rheological properties of Single- (SDS) and Mixed-Surfactant (SDS+ CAPB) based fluids”. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 2014, 53 (51), pp 19765–19774

2.     Geetanjali Chauhan, Akashdeep Das, Subham Agarwal and Keka Ojha “Hydraulic Fracturing for Oil and Gas and its Environmental Impacts” Research Journal of Recent Sciences, Vol. 4(ISC-2014), 1-5 (2015)

 3.     Geetanjali Chauhan, Keka Ojha, Atrayee Baruah “ Effects of Nano-particles and Surfactant Charge groups on Properties of VES gel” Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2017, 34(1), pp 241-251.

 4.     Geetanjali Chauhan and Keka Ojha, “Synthesis of a Bio-polymer Nanocomposite Fracturing Fluid for HTHP Application”, SPE-183124-MS.

 5.     Amit Verma, Geetanjali Chauhan, Keka Ojha, “Synergistic effects of polymer and bentonite clay on rheology and thermal stability of foam fluid developed for hydraulic fracturing”, Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical engineering, 2017, 12 (6), pp 872-883.

 6.     Geetanjali Chauhan, Prathibha Pillai, Keka Ojha, “Rheological Studies of Gum Tragacanth as a Prospective Candidate for Hydraulic Fracturing”, Materials Today: Proceedings 4 (2017) 9413–9417

 7.     Geetanjali Chauhan, Amit Verma, Abhinita Hazarika, Keka Ojha, “Rheological, structural and morphological studies of Gum Tragacanth and its inorganic SiO2 nanocomposite for fracturing fluid application”, Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers 80 (2017) 978–988

 8.     Geetanjali Chauhan, Amit Verma, Akashdeep Das, Keka Ojha “Rheological Studies and Optimization of Herschel-Bulkley Flow Parameters of Viscous Karaya Polymer Suspensions Using GA and PSO Algorithms”. Rheologica Acta, 2017, 57, 267-291.

 9.     Amit Verma, Geetanjali Chauhan, Keka Ojha, “Characterization of α-olefin sulfonate foam in presence of cosurfactants:Stability, foamability and drainage kinetic study” Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2018, 264, 458–469.

 10. Akashdeep Das, Geetanjali Chauhan, Amit Verma, Keka Ojha Rheological and breaking studies of a novel single-phase surfactantpolymeric gel system for hydraulic fracturing application”, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2018, 167, 559-567.

 11. Amit Verma, Geetanjali Chauhan, Partha Pratim Baruah, and Keka Ojha, Morphology, Rheology, and Kinetics of Nanosilica Stabilized Gelled Foam Fluid for Hydraulic Fracturing Application, Industrial Engineering and Chemistry Research 57 (2018), 13449−13462

 12. Geetanjali Chauhan, Amit Verma, Amolina Doley, Keka Ojha, Rheological and breaking characteristics of Zr-crosslinked gum karaya gels for high-temperature hydraulic fracturing application, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 172 (2019) 327–339

 13. Amit Verma, Geetanjali Chauhan, Keka Ojha, and Eswaran Padmanabhan, Characterization of Nano-Fe2O3-Stabilized Polymer-Free Foam Fracturing Fluids for Unconventional Gas Reservoirs, Energy Fuels (2019), 33, 11, 10570-10582

 14. Geetanjali Chauhan, Keka Ojha, Ch. Vara Prasad A novel and cleaner bio-polymer Gum Karaya-based Silica nanocomposite fracturing fluid for high-temperature application, Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology, 11, 3785–3795 (2021).

15.  Saurabh Mishra, Geetanjali Chauhan, Samarpit Verma, Ujjwal Singh. The Emergence of nanotechnology in mitigating petroleum oil spills, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 178,113609 (2022)

 


Conference Publications

1.     Geetanjali Chauhan, Akashdeep Das, Shubham Agarwal and Keja Ojha “Hydraulic Fracturing for Oil and Gas and its Environmental Impacts” at 4th International Science Congress (ISC-2014), 8th - 9th December 2014, Udaipur Rajasthan, India.

 2.     Geetanjali Chauhan and Keja Ojha “Rheological Studies of Gum Tragacanth as a Prospective Candidate for Hydraulic Fracturing” at International Conference on Engineering and Material Sciences-ICEMS-2016 during March 17-19, 2016, Jaipur, Rajasthan

 3.     Geetanjali Chauhan and Keja Ojha “Synthesis of a Bio-polymer Nanocomposite Fracturing Fluid for HTHP Application” at The Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference, 7-10, November, 2016 at Abu Dhabi, UAE.

 4.     Geetanjali Chauhan and Keka Ojha “A Novel Alternative to Linear Guar Based Fracturing Fluid in Unconventional Reservoirs” at The 12th International Oil and Gas Exhibition and Conference, Petrotech-2016, 5-7, December, 2016 at New Delhi, India.

 5.     Akashdeep Das, Geetanjali Chauhan and Keka Ojha “Formulation of a Novel Surfactant-Polymer Gel System with improved and Synergistic Properties for Unconventional Reservoir Fracturing” at The 12th International Oil and Gas Exhibition and Conference, Petrotech-2016, 5-7, December, 2016 at New Delhi, India.

 6.     Akashdeep Das, Geetanjali Chauhan and Keka Ojha “Improving Unconventional Reservoir Fracturing Using a Hybrid Surfactant-Polymer Gel System”  presented at 79th EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2017, At Paris, France, doi: 10.3997/2214-4609.201701550

 7.     Amit Verma, Geetanjali Chauhan and Keka Ojha “Characterization of Foam Based Fracturing Fluids for Foam Based Reservoirs: Coal Bed Methane and Shale Gas”, World Petrocoal Congress, International Conference and Exhibition, 15-17th February, 2018, New Delhi

 8.     Geetanjali Chauhan, Amit Verma and Keka Ojha “Synthesis and Studies on Novel-Cleaner Polymer Crosslinked Gel Fluid System for Unconventional Reservoir Fracturing, at 80th EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2018, At Copenhagen, Denmark. doi: 10.3997/2214-4609.201801728

 9.     Amit Verma, Geetanjali Chauhan and Keka Ojha “Development and Characterization of Novel Foam Based Fracturing Fluid for Unconventional Reservoirs” presented at 80th EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2018, At Copenhagen, Denmark. doi: 10.3997/2214-4609.201801732

10. Geetanjali Chauhan, Amit Verma and Keka Ojha “Biopolmer Nanocomposite Smart Fracturing Fluids – A New Development for HTHP Stimulations” presented at 82nd EAGE Annual Conference and Exhibition, October 2021, at Amsterdam

11. Amit Verma, Geetanjali Chauhan and Keka Ojha “Characterization of Polymer Free Foam Fluid for Hydraulic Fracturing Application” presented at 82nd EAGE Annual Conference and Exhibition, October 2021, at Amsterdam


Book Chapters

1.     Geetanjali Chauhan, Saurabh Mishra, Sugat Srivastava “Digital Oil Fields and its Emerging Technologies” in the CRC Book titled “Emerging Technologies for Sustainable and Smart Energy” 2022


Administrative Responsibilities:

Professor Incharge- Career Development Cell

Professor Incharge - LITCOM Club

Professor Incharge- Music Arts and Dramatics Club

Phd Students:

Nemala Hema Durga Maheshwari (22RS9008)

Reviewer

  • Energy and Fuels, Elsevier
  • RCS Advances, Royal Society of Chemistry
  • Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology, Taylor and Francis
  • ACS Omega
  • The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering
  • Colloids & Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects
  • Journal of Molecular Liquids, Elsevier
  • MRS Energy and Sustainability
  • Chemosphere, Elsevier