Olufemi Olorode

Olufemi Olorode

Assistant Professor

Roy S. Sullins Development Professor #1
Craft & Hawkins Department of Petroleum Engineering
Louisiana State University
3209Q Patrick F. Taylor Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803

Phone: 225-578-6045/ Fax: 225-578-6039

folorode@lsu.edu

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  • PhD Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University
  • MS Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University
  • BS Petroleum Engineering, University of Ibadan
  • Multiscale Fractured Rocks
  • Molecular Dynamics
  • Deep Learning
  • Geomechanics
  • Mixed Reality
  • PETE 2061: Python, Statistics, and Data Visualization for Petroleum Engineers
  • PETE 4056: Numerical Simulation of Improved Recovery Processes
  • PETE 4241 Section II: Mechanical Earth Modeling
  • PETE 7241 Section II: Multiscale Simulation of Unconventional Resources
  • 2018 SPE Journal Outstanding Technical Editor Award
  • Faculty Advisor for African Student Organization at LSU, 2022 to present (155 students).
  • Member of Departmental Chair Search Committee, 2024.
  • Reviewed over 80 journal manuscripts.
  • Instructor of record for Graduate Seminar (PETE 7999) from Fall 2019- Fall 2020.
  • Coarse-Grained Molecular Studies of CO2 Storage in Gas Hydrates (PI) – DOE
  • ULTRA-H2: Reservoir Management of Natural Hydrogen from Ultramafic Rocks (LSU PI) – ARPA-E DOE
  • Monkey Island Carbon Storage Project (Co-PI) – DOE
  • Safe, sustainable and resilient development of offshore reservoirs and natural gas upgrading through innovative technology and science (Co-PI) – BIRD
  • Effects of fluid pressurization rate and injection section length on hydraulic fracturing breakdown pressure: experimental study and theoretical analysis (Co-PI) – ACS ND
  • Carbon dioxide removal through biomass slurry fracture injection (Co-PI) - LSU LIFT2

A complete list of publications is available in the attached CV and on Google Scholar.

Book Chapter:
O. M. Olorode**, Wang, B., Rashid, H*. (2021). Numerical Modeling of Fractured Unconventional Oil and Gas Reservoirs. Chapter 10 of the Advanced Modeling with the MATLAB Reservoir Simulation Toolbox (MRST), 409-453, Cambridge University Press (https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009019781).

Select Journal Articles:

  • Adeyemi, T* and Olorode, O. M.**, 2025. “Molecular Studies and Advanced Visualization of the Trapping of Methane Nanobubbles During Hydrate Growth”. Journal of Physical Chemistry B (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.4c07851).
  • Adibifard, M.* and Olorode, O. M.**, 2025. “Coarse-Grained Molecular Studies Reveal Potential for Increased CO2 Storage in Hydrates”. Materials Today Sustainability Journal (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtsust.2025.101106).
  • Olorode, O. M.**, Kolawole, O., Igweonu, C. S.*, Rashid, H. U.*, 2025. “Taking bio-induced precipitation to the field for sustainable geo-energy storage: Experimental and numerical studies of leakage mitigation”. Journal of Energy Storage, Volume 112 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2025.115474).
  • Rashid, H* and Olorode, O. M.**, 2024. “Use of controlled fractures in enhanced geothermal systems”. Advances in Geo-Energy Research Journal, Volume 12, Issue 1 (https://doi.org/10.46690/ager.2024.04.04).
  • Rashid, H* and Olorode, O. M.**, 2024. “A Continuous Projection-based EDFM Model for Flow in Fractured Reservoirs”. SPE Journal, Volume 29, Issue 1 (https://doi.org/10.2118/217469-PA).
  • Adibifard, M.* and Olorode, O. M.**, 2023. “Large-Scale Nonequilibrium Molecular Studies of Thermal Hydrate Dissociation”. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Volume 127, Issue 29, 6543–6550 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c03391).
  • Olorode, O. M.** and Rashid, H.*, 2022. “Analytical Modification of EDFM for Transient Flow in Tight Rocks”. Scientific Reports 12 (1), 22018 (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-26536-w).
  • Rashid, H.* and Olorode, O. M.**, 2022. “An iteratively coupled model for flow, deformation, and fracture propagation in fractured unconventional reservoirs.” Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Volume 214, July 2022, 110468 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2022.110468).
  • Amer, H.* and Olorode, O. M.**, 2022. “Numerical Evaluation of a Novel Slot-Drill EOR Technology for Tight Rocks”. SPE Journal, Volume 27, Issue 04 2294-2317 (https://doi.org/10.2118/209597-PA).
  • Ihunde, T.* and Olorode, O. M.**, 2022. “Application of physics-informed neural networks to compositional modeling.” Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Volume 211, April 2022, 110175 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2022.110175).
  • Olorode, O. M.**, Wang, B., Rashid, H. U.*, 2020. “Three-Dimensional Projection-Based Embedded Discrete Fracture Model for Compositional Simulation of Fractured Reservoirs”. SPE Journal, 2020, Volume 25, Issue 04, 2143–2161 (https://doi.org/10.2118/201243-PA).
  • Olorode, O. M.**, Akkutlu, Y. I., Efendiev, Y., 2017. “Compositional Reservoir Flow Simulation for Organic-rich Gas Shale”. SPE Journal, 2017, Volume 22, Issue 06, 1963–1983 (https://doi.org/10.2118/182667-PA).
  • Olorode, O. M.**, Freeman, C. M., Moridis, G. J., Blasingame, T. A. 2013. “High-Resolution Numerical Modeling of Complex and Irregular Fracture Patterns in Shale Gas and Tight Gas Reservoirs”. SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, 2013, Volume 16, Issue 04, 443–455 (https://doi.org/10.2118/152482-PA).