Formulas and Calculations for Petroleum Engineering

Cenk Temizel is an energy professional with 20 years of experience. He worked at Saudi Aramco, Aera Energy LLC (a Shell-ExxonMobil Affiliate), Halliburton and Schlumberger in the Middle East, the US and the UK. Before joining the industry, he was a teaching/research assistant at the University of Southern California and Stanford University. He serves as a technical reviewer for petroleum engineering journals and a member of conference committees. He has published around 150 publications in reservoir management, production optimization, enhanced recovery processes, machine learning, intelligent fields, and holds several US patents. He is the recipient of the SPE Regional Reservoir Description and Dynamics Award. He holds a BS degree (Honors) from Middle East Technical University - Ankara (2003) and an MS degree (2005) from the University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, CA both in petroleum engineering.Tayfun Tuna is a data scientist and software developer who holds a MS and a PhD Degree in Computer Science from the University of Houston. His graduate research focus was on text mining; applying machine learning techniques to lecture videos in order to segment video content for a better learning experience. He is a co-founder of Videopoints LLC, previously known as ICS Video Project, an interactive educational video platform which have been used more than 50K users across multiple university campuses. While he was the chief operating officer and principal investigator his project is rewarded by National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research (NSF SBIR) Phase I Grant.In his professional career, Tayfun has worked with Halliburton to develop a patented machine learning based web based interface that predicts chance of getting of stuck while drilling for oil. Tayfun Tuna has two patents and 20 research paper publications on educational technology, social networks and oil&gas field.M. Melih Oskay earned his PhD from UT Austin, and he has been in academia and industry as advisors and managerial positions for more than 30 years at Kuwait Oil Company, Shell and Kuwait Gulf Oil Company. He has represented KOC and KGOC at Joint Operations Committee and Joint Operations Tender Committees. Getty, Texaco, and Chevron have been the Operator for Saudi Arabia at Wafra Joint Operations at various periods. Dr. Oskay has also worked closely with Total experts during Total - KGOC Technical Support Agreement period.He has taught at University of Texas - Austin, TX, Louisiana Tech University-Ruston, Louisiana, Middle East Technical University - Ankara, Turkiye and King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.Dr. Oskay has hold Organizing Committee, Session Chairmanship positions at many SPE Oil Show and Technical Conferences.