Pavel Bedrikovetski
Professor
Geology
University of Adelaide
Australia
Biography
After defending PhD at Applied Mathematics Department of Moscow Gubkin Petroleum University in 1982, Pavel worked at the Oil-Gas Fluid Mechanics Department of this University until 1991, holding position of Research Professor (DSc) in Petroleum Engineering. During this period he was a project manager of reservoir studies in gas-condensate, volatile oil and oil-gas-condensate fields Vuktyl, Astrakhan (Russia), Karachaganak, Tengiz (Kazakhstan), Sovetabad, Gugurtly, Balkui (Turkmenia), Western Barch, Sekhalom-1 and Ulesh (Hungary). Practical reservoir management activity was accompanied by research in phase behaviour, fractured-porous reservoirs and inverse problems of reservoir characterisation and EOR.
Research Interest
Mathematical modelling, laboratory studies and field projects in coal seam gas reservoirs; shale gas fields; geothermal fields; waterflooding; Low-Sal and Smart waterflood; EOR; formation damage. Formation damage includes fines migration, sand production and control, horizontal and fractured wells, gravel pack, oilfield scaling, drilling fluid invasion and cake formation Fines migration in oil, gas and unconventional reservoirs. Fines-assisted methods for improved gas and oil production.
