Qualifications
Teaching Interests
Research Interests
Publications

Dr Md Hossain

Qualifications

PhD in Petroleum Engineering,
BSc. and MSc Eng. in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering

Teaching Interests

Drilling and Completion Enginering
Petroleum Production Engineering
Reservoir Rock and Fluid Properties
Reservoir Stimulation

Research Interests

Drilling Engineering Design and Analysis Tubular Design and Analysis against Static and Fatigue Loads Torque and Drag in Drilling Deviated Well Casing while Drilling (CWD
Petroleum Production Optimization
Enhanced Oil and Gas Production by Reservoir Stimulation: Hydraulic Fracturing Treatment Design and Optimisation Hydraulic Fracturing in High Permeability Reservoir , Horizontal Well Technology Sand Control and Management
Rock Mechanics; and In-situ Stress Characterisation Wellbore Stability and Drilling Mud Design

Publications

M. M. Hossain, and M. M. Amro (2006), "Casing While Drilling - an Alternative Approach in Drilling Operations for Arabian Formations", Oil and Gas European Magazine, Vol. 32, 136-141, September 3, 2006
M. M. Hossain (2005),"Critical Mud Weight - 1: An Analytical Method Predicts Critical Mud Weight in Horizontal Wells", Oil and Gas Journal, Vol 103.37, pp 36-40, October 3, 2005
M. M. Hossain (2005),"Critical Mud Weight - Conclusion: Analysis Identifies Safe Mud Weights in Horizontal Wells", Oil and Gas Journal, Vol 103.39, pp 47-49, October 17, 2005
M. M. Hossain, M.K. Rahman, and S. S. Rahman (2002), "A Shear Dilation Stimulation Model for Production Enhancement from Naturally Fractured Reservoirs", Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal (SPEJ), June, 2002
M. M. Hossain, M. K. Rahman and S. S. Rahman (2000), "Hydraulic Fracture Initiation and Propagation: Roles of Wellbore Trajectory, Perforation and Stress Regimes", Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Vol 27, 129-149,2000
M. M. Hossain and M. Rahman (2007), "Numerical simulation of complex fracture growth during tight reservoir stimulation by hydraulic fracturing", Accepted for publication in Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2007.05.007)
M. M. Rahman, M. M. Hossain, D. G. Crosby, M. K. Rahman, and S. S. Rahman (2002), "Analytical, Numerical and Experimental Investigations of Transverse Fracture Propagation from Horizontal Wells", Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Vol. 35, No. 3-4, pp.127-150, 2002
M. K. Rahman, M. M. Hossain, and S. S. Rahman, (2002), "A Shear-Dilation-Based Model for Evaluation of Hydraulically Stimulated Naturally Fractured Reservoirs", International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, Vol. 26, No. 5, pp.469-497, 2002
M. K. Rahman, M. M. Hossain and S. S. Rahman (2000), "An Analytical Method for Mixed-mode Propagation of Pressurized Fractures in Remotely Compressed Rocks", International Journal of Fracture, Vol 103, 243-258, 2000
M. K. Rahman, M. M. Hossain and S. S. Rahman (1999) "Survival Assessment of Die-marked Drillpipes: Integrated Static and Fatigue Analysis", Journal of Engineering Failure Analysis, Vol 6, N0.5, pp. 277-299,1999
M. K. Rahman, M. M. Hossain and S. S. Rahman (1999),"Stress Concentration Incorporated Fatigue Analysis of Die-marked Drillpipes", International Journal of Fatigue, Vol 21, No.8, pp.799-811, 1999
M. M. Hossain, M. M. Amro (2004), "Prospects of Casing While Drilling and the Factors to be Considered During Drilling Operations in Arabian Region", SPE/IADC 87987, Proc. of the IADC/SPE Asia Pacific Drilling Technology Conference and Exhibition held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 13-15 September 2004
M. M. Hossain, M. K. Rahman, and S. S. Rahman (2000), " Volumetric Growth and Hydraulic Conductivity of Naturally Fractured Reservoir During Hydraulic Fracturing: A Case Study Using Australian Conditions", SPE 63173, Proc. of 2000 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, Oct. 1-4, 545-560, 2000
M. M. Hossain, M. K. Rahman and S. S. Rahman (1999), "A Comprehensive Monograph for Hydraulic Fracture Initiation and Propagation from Deviated Wellbores under Arbitrary Stress Regimes", SPE 54360, Proc. of the Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition, Jakarta, Indonesia, Apr. 20-22,1999

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