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- Degree: Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Year: 1987-1991
- Institution and Location
  Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
- Major Discipline
  Chemical Engineering
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Year: 1987
- Institution and Location
  Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
- Major Discipline
  Chemical Engineering
- Degree: M.S.
- Year: 1983
- Institution and Location
  Universidad Nacional del Sur, Planta Piloto de lngeniería Química, Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Major Discipline
  Chemical Engineering
- Degree: B.S.
- Year: 1979
- Institution and Location
  Universidad Nacional de Salta, Salta, Argentina
- Major Discipline
  Chemical Engineering

Maria A. Barrufet

Professor; Baker Hughes Endowed Chair; Director, Distance Learning

Department(s): Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering; Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering
Campus: Texas A&M University

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Phone: 979-845-0314
E-mail: barrufet@tamu.edu

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Research Topic(s)

Petroleum exploration and production; Natural/shale gas production; Separation technologies for energy applications (e.g., CO2 capture, utilization, storage); Energy and sustainability

Research Summary

Dr. Barrufet’s research areas are in reservoir and production engineering. Her expertise includes thermodynamics and transport phenomena applied to miscible, thermal and chemicals enhanced oil recovery processes. Dr. Barrufet’s group has published over 100 articles in characterization and constructing reservoir fluid models from heavy oils to gas condensates and gas injection processes, prediction of gas hydrate formation with and without thermodynamic inhibitors, and leak detection methods in subsea flowlines. Her work includes modeling and experimental determination of phase equilibria of hydrocarbon systems with water, in situ oil combustion, radiation thermal cracking, and rheological measurements.

Professional Background

2012-2013	Dean Fellow for Innovation in Distance Learning, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
2007-Present	Adjunct Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University
2006-Present	Director, Distance Learning Program, Department of Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University
2006-2012	Assistant Department Head, Department of Petroleum Engineering , Texas A&M University
2004-Present	Professor, Department of Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University
1997-2004	Associate Professor, Department of Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University
1991-1997	Assistant Professor, Department of Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University

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