Mashhad Fahes

Mashhad Fahes, Ph.D.

MEWBOURNE PROFESSORSHIP, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF PETROLEUM AND GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

Email: mashhad.fahes@ou.edu
Office: SEC 1338

Education

Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering, Imperial College London
B.Sc., Physics, Lebanese University

Mashhad Fahes is an associate professor in the School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering at the University of Oklahoma. She grew up in Lebanon where she earned her B.Sc. degree in Physics in 2002, then transitioned to studying the application of physics in solving problems related to flow in porous media. She earned a Ph.D. degree in petroleum engineering in 2006 working on the impact of wettability on the production of gas and condensate. Her expertise is in the experimental investigation of the fundamental driving forces that control fluid flow and heat transfer at the micro and macro levels, and the study of the impact of policies, structures, and practices on students, faculty, and staff in academic environments. Her current research spans problems relating to enhanced oil recovery, interfacial science, geothermal energy extraction, academic culture, STEM education, and energy solutions.

Research Interests

Physics of multi-phase flow in porous media
Reservoir and production engineering
Education, social science, and community engagement

Selected Publications

Fahes, M., Al Shalabi, E.W., and Hoffman, T, 2024. Trends in Academic Research and Graduate Education in Petroleum Engineering Programs. Accepted for presentation at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, Sep 2024.
Fahes, M., Hosein, R., Zeynalov, G., Karasalihovic Sedlar, D., Srivastava, M., Swindell, G.S., Kokkinos, N.C., Willhite, G.P. and Snyder, L.A., 2023. Maintaining Petroleum Engineering Education To Support the Energy Mix of the Future. Journal of Petroleum Technology, 75(12), pp.24-31.
Mehana, M., Chen, F., Fahes, M., Kang, Q. and Viswanathan, H., 2022. Geochemical Modelling of the Fracturing Fluid Transport in Shale Reservoirs. Energies, 15(22), p.8557.
Elsafih, M. and Fahes, M., 2021. Quantifying the effect of multiphase flow on matrix acidizing in oil-Bearing carbonate formations. SPE Production & Operations, 36(04), pp.795-806.
Salahshoor, S. and Fahes, M., 2020. Experimental determination of the dew point pressure for bulk and confined gas mixtures using an isochoric apparatus. Fluid Phase Equilibria, 508, p.112439.
Mehana, M., Abraham, J. and Fahes, M., 2019. The impact of asphaltene deposition on fluid flow in sandstone. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 174, pp.676-681.
Salahshoor, S., Fahes, M. and Teodoriu, C., 2018. A review on the effect of confinement on phase behavior in tight formations. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 51, pp.89-103.
Mehana, M., Fahes, M. and Huang, L., 2018. The density of oil/gas mixtures: insights from molecular simulations. SPE Journal, 23(05), pp.1798-1808.
Mehana, M., Al Salman, M. and Fahes, M., 2018. Impact of salinity and mineralogy on slick water spontaneous imbibition and formation strength in shale. Energy & fuels, 32(5), pp.5725-5735.
Fahes, M. and Firoozabadi, A., 2007. Wettability alteration to intermediate gas-wetting in gas-condensate reservoirs at high temperatures. SPE Journal, 12(04), pp.397-407.