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Rodolfo Gabriel Camacho-Velazquez

Associate Professor, Half-time

Edif. “S” Bernardo Quintana, Cub. S3-6
56-22-30-17 ext.105
camachovrodolfo@gmail.com
https://brunolopezj.wixsite.com/balj

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Educational Background

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Petroleum Engineering, University of Tulsa – 1987
  • Master of Science, Petroleum Engineering, University of Tulsa- 1984
  • Bachelor of Science, Geophysical Engineering, National Univ. of Mexico- 1979

Research Interests

  • Naturally Fractured Reservoirs
    • Dynamic Characterization
    • Anomalous Diffusion
    • Analytical and Numerical Modeling
    • Reservoir Simulation
  • Unconventional Reservoirs (Shales)
    • Well Test Data Analysis and Modeling
    • Anomalous Diffusion
    • Geomechanical Aspects
    • Numerical Simulation
  • Dynamic Behavior of Reservoirs
    • Well Testing and Production Data Analysis
    • Multiphase Flow in Porous Media
    • Material Balance for Complex Reservoirs
    • Production-Injection of Multi-Well Systems
  • Enhanced Oil Recovery
    • Nanoparticles for Wettability Improvement
    • Effects of Heterogeneities (Fractures and Dissolution Cavities) in EOR Efficiency

Certifications & Memberships

  • Member, Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
  • Member, Association of Petroleum Engineers of Mexico, AIPM
  • Member, Mexican Academy of Engineering

Honors & Awards

  • Distinguished Lecturer, Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2015-2016.
  • Outstanding Service Award, Technical Editor of the Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology, Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2014.
  • Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing, Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 2013.
  • Lester Uren Award, Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2008.
  • Mexico Section President, Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2004-2007.
  • Chairman of Education and Professionalism Committee, Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2001-2002.
  • Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo Award, Association of Petroleum Engineers of Mexico, AIPM 2000.
  • Outstanding Technical Editor, Society of Petroleum Engineers, 1997 and 2003.
  • Review Chairman for the SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering, 1997-1999.
  • Member of the Experts Committee, Association of Petroleum Engineers of Mexico, since 1993.
  • IMP Award, Mexican Petroleum Institute, Mexico City, 1990.
  • Juan Hefferan Award, Association of Petroleum Engineers of Mexico, 1990 and 1993.
  • I.M.P. Award, Mexican Petroleum Institute, 1990.
  • Academic Excellence Award, Atlantic Richfield Company, Tulsa, 1982.
  • Geophysical Engineering Gabino Barreda Medal, National University of Mexico, 1979

Selected Publications

  • Camacho-V., R.G., Vásquez-C., M., Castrejón-A., R., and Arana-O., V.: “Pressure-Transient and Decline-Curve Behavior in Naturally Fractured Vuggy Carbonate Reservoirs,” SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, Volume 8, Number 2, April 2005.
  • Camacho-V., R.G., Fuentes-C., G., and Vásquez-C., M.: “Decline Curve Analysis of Fractured Reservoirs with Fractal Geometry,” SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, pp 606-619, June 2008.
  • Camacho-V., R.G. and R. Raghavan: "Boundary-Dominated Flow in Solution Gas-Drive Reservoirs", SPE Reservoir Engineering, November 1989.
  • Camacho-V., R.G., Raghavan, and A.C. Reynolds: "Response of Wells Producing Layered Reservoirs: Unequal Fracture Length", SPE Formation Evaluation, March 1987.
  • Camacho-V., R.G., and R. Raghavan: "Inflow Performance Relationships for Solution Gas-Drive Reservoirs", Journal of Petroleum Technology, May 1989.
  • Camacho-V., R.G., Vásquez-C., M., Roldán-C.,J., Samaniego-V.,F., and Macias-C.,L.: "New Results on Transient Well Test Analysis Considering Non-Laminar Flow in the Reservoir," SPE Formation Evaluation, Volume 11, Number 4, 237-244, December, 1996.
  • Camacho-V., R.G., and M.A. Vásquez-C.: "Comment on Analytical Solution Incorporating Nonlinear Radial Flow in Confined Aquifers (by Sen)", Water Resources Research, Vol. 28, No. 12, December 1992.
  • Flamenco-L., F., and Camacho-V., R.G.: “Determination of Fractal Parameters of Fractured Networks Using Pressure-Transient Data,” SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, Volume 6, Number 1, February, 2003.
  • Camacho-V., R.G., Rodríguez, F., Galindo-N., A., and Prats, M.: "Optimum Position for Wells Producing at Constant Wellbore Pressure," SPE Journal, June 1996, Volume 1, Number 2, 155-168.
  • Poblano, E., Camacho-V., R.G., and Fairuzov, Y.V.: “Stability Analysis of Continuous-Flow Gas-Lift Wells,” SPE Production Facilities, Volume 20, Number 1, 2005, p. 70-79.
  • Camacho-V., R.G., and R. Raghavan: "Some Theoretical Results useful in analyzing the Well Performance under Solution Gas Drive", SPE Formation Evaluation, June 1991.
  • Camacho-V., R.G.: "Constant Pressure Production in Solution Gas-Drive Reservoirs; Transient Flow", SPE Formation Evaluation, June 1991.
  • González-T., F., Camacho-V., R.G., and Escalante-R., B.: "Truncation Denoising in Transient Pressure Tests," SPE 56422, 1999 SPE ATCE, Houston, Texas, October 3-6.
  • Vásquez-C., M. and Camacho-V., R.G.: "Analysis of Short Pressure Transient Tests Affected by Changing Wellbore Storage," SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, 261-267, June 1998.
  • Camacho-V., R.G., M. Vásquez-C., and R. Padilla-S.: "New Results on Decline Curves Considering Non Darcy Flow Effects", SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, 457-466, October 1998.
  • Rodríguez-Román, J. and Camacho-V., R.G.: “Decline-Curve Analysis Considering Nonlaminar Flow in Dual-porosity Systems,” SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, pp 478-490, December 2005.
  • Fuentes-C., G., Camacho-V., R.G. and Vásquez-C., M.: “Pressure Transient and Decline Curve Behaviors for Partially Penetrating Wells Completed in Naturally Fractured-Vuggy Reservoirs,” SPE 92116, 2004 SPE International Petroleum Conference in Mexico, November 8-9, 2004.
  • Ilk, D., Camacho-V., R.G. and Blasingame, T.A., Inflow Performance Relationship (IPR) for Solution Gas-Drive Reservoirs- Analytical Considerations; SPE 110821, 2007 SPE ATCE, California, U.S.A., 11-14 November 2007.
  • Camacho-V., R.G., and R. Raghavan: "Well Test Analysis in Solution Gas-Drive Systems for Naturally Fractured Reservoirs," SPE Formation Evaluation, March, 1994.
  • Fuentes C., G., Camacho-V., R.G. y Vásquez C., M. A. “A Unified Approach for Falloff and Buildup Tests Analysis Following a Short Injection/Production Time,” SPE 133539, Western Regional Meeting, California, USA, May 27–29, 2010.
  • Camacho-V., R.G., Galindo-N., A., and Prats, M.: "Buildup Solution in a System with Multiple Wells Producing at Constant Wellbore Pressures," SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, August 2002.
  • Camacho-V., R.G., Vásquez-C.,M., Roldán-C.,J., Padilla-S.,R., and Macias-C., L., "Transient Analysis of Variable Rate Tests for Solution Gas-Drive Reservoirs," SPE Advanced Technology Series, Volume 4, Number 1, 5-13, May 1996.
  • Padilla-S., R., Camacho-V., R.G., Castrejón-A., R., and Samaniego-V., F.: “Inflow Performance Relationships under Gravity Segregation for Solution Gas-Drive Reservoirs,” Journal of Energy Resources Technology, ASME, pp 033102-1-033102-11, September 2009, Vol. 131.
  • Camacho-V., R.G., Gómora-F., P., Cortés- C., M., Pérez-R., V., and Velázquez-F., M.: “Flow Assurance Applied Research Proposal for Heavy Oil Crudes from Green Offshore Naturally Fractured Reservoirs to Delivery Points”, SPE171079, SPE Heavy and Extra Heavy Oil Conference - Latin America, Colombia, 2014.
  • Camacho-V., R.G., Gómez, S., Vásquez-C., M., Fuenleal-M., N., Castillo-R., T., Ramos, G., Minutti, C., Mesejo, A., Fuentes, G.: “Well Testing Characterization of Heavy-Oil Naturally Fractured Vuggy Reservoirs”, SPE 171078, SPE Heavy and Extra Heavy Oil Conference - Latin America, Colombia, 2014.
  • Posadas, R., and Camacho-V., R.G.: “Influence and determination of Mechanical Skin in a Reservoir with a Fractal Behavior,” SPE Heavy and Extra Heavy Oil Conference - Latin America, Lima, Perú, 2016.
  • G. Ramos, J. Carrera, S. Gomez, C. Minutti, and Camacho-V., R.G.: “A stable computation of log-derivatives from noisy drawdown data”, Water Resources Research, American Geophysical Union Publications, 10.1002/2017WR020811, August 2017.
  • Herrera-H., E.C., Aguilar-M., C., Luis-J., D., and Camacho-V., R.G.: “Semi-numerical solution to a fractal telegraphic dual-porosity fluid flow model,” Comp. Appl. Math. January 2018. s40314-018-0577-7
  • Gómora-F., A.P., Camacho-V., R.G., Guadarrama-C., J., and Guerrero-S., I.: “Oil emulsions in naturally fractured Porous Media”, KeAi Petroleum, 2018. j.petlm.2018.12.004
  • Posadas, R., and Camacho-V., R.G.: “Partially Penetrated Well Solution of Fractal Single-Porosity Naturally Fractured Reservoirs”, Fractal Fract. 2019, 3, 23, doi:10.3390/fractalfract3020023