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- Degree: Ph.D.
- Year: 1982
- Institution and Location
  The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
- Major Discipline
  Geology
- Degree: M.Sc. (Honors)
- Year: 1972
- Institution and Location
  Center of Advanced Study in Himalayan Geology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
- Major Discipline
  Geology
- Degree: B.Sc. (Honors)
- Year: 1971
- Institution and Location
  Center of Advanced Study in Himalayan Geology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
- Major Discipline
  Geology

Mukul Bhatia

Executive Professor and Director, Berg-Hughes Center for Petroleum and Sedimentary Systems, Dan A. Hughes ’51 Chair, Department of Geology & Geophysics

Department(s): Department of Geology & Geophysics
Campus: Texas A&M University

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Phone: 979-862-1724
E-mail: mbhatia@tamu.edu

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Berg-Hughes Center

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Petroleum exploration and production; Conventional/unconventional reservoirs; Natural/shale gas production; Natural/shale gas supply chain; Reservoir geo-mechanics and geo-engineering; Modeling, simulation and optimization of energy systems; Energy economics; Energy and sustainability; Energy and water supply chain; Energy security; Water use in hydraulic fracturing

Research Summary

Professor Bhatia’s research interests are related to Upstream Oil & Gas, Field Development Planning, Unconventional Resources, Deep Water Developments, Reservoir Characterization and Reserves, Integrated Reservoir Management, Seismicity and Water Disposal. Professor Bhatia has worked in Oil & Gas Industry for some 34 years and has been involved in exploration and development of fields in Australia, North Sea, Algeria, Deepwater Gulf of Mexico and Unconventional plays in Permian, Haynesville, Eagle Ford and Fayetteville in the Lower 48 United States.

Professional Background

2017-Present	Executive Professor and Director, Berg-Hughes Center for Petroleum and Sedimentary Systems, Dan A. Hughes ’51 Chair, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
1999-2016	Head of Production Geoscience Function/Subsurface Manager, BHP Billiton Petroleum, Houston Texas : GOM Deepwater Developments and Unconventional Resource Plays
1989-1999	Production Coordinator/Geoscience Manager BHP Petroleum Melbourne Australia : Northwest Shelf ; Timor Sea and Bass Strait Production; Domestic and LNG gas supply
1986 1989	Senior Geologist/Planner AGL Petroleum, Sydney and Brisbane, Australia: Financial assessment of oil and gas fields.
1982-1986	Development Geologist: Elf Aquitaine Petroleum, North Sydney Australia. Offshore gas development, LNG projects

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