Özgecmiş
Profesör Dr. Ibrahim Kocabas
Rektör Yardimcisi
Izmir Katip Celebi Universitesi
Balatcik Mah. Havaalani Sosesi, No:33/2
Cigli, Izmir
Tel: +90-232-329 3535x1011
GSM:
+90-542-542 9996
Faks:
+90-232-515 2979
Elmek:
ibrahim.kocabas@ikc.edu.tr .tr
Kişisel Bilgiler
Doğum Tarihi
Medeni Hali
16.07.1959
Evli, üç çocuk babası
Takım çalışması yapabilen ve temel mühendislik kararları vermeyi verebilmeyi
önemseyen; zor endüstri problemlerinin çözümünü hedefleyen projeler geliştirmeyi ve bu
projelerde aktif rol almayı ön amaç olarak benimsemiş, çok iyi matematik temeli
kazanmış ve bunu uygulamalı matematik alanında kullanabilen, öğrenme ve öğretme
metodları ve Üniversite akreditasyon çalışmaları ve gereklilikleri (özellikle ABET
akreditasyonu ile) ile tanışık, farklı alanlarda çalışan meslektaşları ile yakın profesyonel
diyalog kurabilen ve ortak akıl üretimini başat hedef gören yönetim anlayışını
benimsemiş bir akademisyen olarak çalışmalarını sürdürme gayreti icindedir.
Akademik Geçmiş:
Doktora
1990
Yüksek Lisans
1986
Lisans. (Şeref Öğrencisi) 1982
Petroleum Eng., Stanford University, USA
Petroleum Eng., Stanford University, USA
Petrol Müh, ODTÜ, Ankaray
Profesyonel Geçmiş:
2012
Izmir Katip Çelebi Universitesi, Izmir
Rektör Yardımcıs ve Profesör , Yeraltı Akışkan Kaynaklar Mühendisliği
2010-2012 Batman Universitesi, Batman, Profesör, Jeoloji Mühendisliği
2007- 2012 American University of Sharjah , AUS, Sharjah, UAE
Associate Professor of Petroleum Engineering
2006- 2007 KFUPM , Dhahran, SA, Associate Professor of Petroleum Engineering
1997-2006 UAE University, Al Ain, UAE, Associate Professor of Petroleum Engineering
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1992-1996 Suleyman Demirel Universitesi, Isparta, Doçent, Hidrojeoloji Mühendisliği
1992-1996 Suleyman Demirel Universitesi, Isparta, Yardımcı Doçent, Jeoloji Mühendisliği
1991-1992 Akdeniz Üniversitesi, Isparta, Yardımcı Doçent, Jeoliji Mühendisliği
1991-1991 Akdeniz University, Isparta, Oğretim Görevlisi
1990-1991 Stanford University, USA, Doktora Sonrası Araştırmacı
Verilen Akademik Dersler:
Petroleum Mühendisliği Dersleri
Fund. Pet. Operations (ABET)
Reservoir Engineering (ABET)
Natural Gas Engineering(ABET)
Petroleum Fluid Properties (as a hands on course) (ABET)
Well Testing (ABET)
Secondary Rec. Meth. (ABET)
Production Operations ( Hydraulic Fracturing,Acidizing) (ABET)
Seperation and Treatment of Petroleum Fluids (ABET)
Physical Geology for PE (ABET)
Applied Reservoir Geology (ABET)
Su Kaynakları ve Hıdrojeoloji Dersleri
Aquifer Characterization
Ground Water Simulation
Petroleum Geology
Karst Hydrogeology
Reinjection Hydrogeology
Groundwater Well Hydraulics
Geothermal Reservoir Eng.
Geostatistics
Projeler:
 1,200,000 DHs, Co-principal Investigator, ADNOC, Advancement of Reservoir
Simulation Techniques in View of UAE Needs. for 3 years. ( 2000-2003)
 Hydrogeologic Delineation and Numerical Assessment of Aquifer Vulnarability to
Saline water Intrusion in Al Wagan Area, Al Ain UAE ( Graduate MSc Thesis
Project completed in June 2003.)
 Aquifer Characterization and Numerical Assessment of Overpumping in the Surficial
Aquifer in Al Maqam-Al Saad Area, Al Ain UAE ( Graduate MSc Thesis Project
completed in June 2004.)
Üniversite ve Topluml Hizmetler:
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Advisor for SPE student chapter at AUS, 2007 - 2012
Advisor for Petroleum Engineering Student Club at AUS, 2007-present
UAE University, MSc Water Resources Program Executive Committee 2001-2006
UAE University Secretary of Water resources program Executive Committee 2003-2006
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Research committee chair/member 2002-2007 (UAEU and KFUPM)
Curriculumn Committee member, 2006-2007 (KFUPM)
Chair in program assessment committee 2006-2007 (KFUPM)
Coordinator for the Minor in Petroleum Engineering Program
Board Member for SPE NE section 2007-2008
Board Member and Chair of Coordination and Membership for SPE NE 2009-1010
Chair of Oil and Gas Industries Track of International Conference on Simulation,
Modeling and applied Optimization ICSMO’09
Member of Technical committee of 11th Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition
and Conference in Abu Dhabi scheduled from 10 – 13 October, 2004. ( as UAEU
representative)
Panel Leader on Education/Competency/Knowledge Management Panel of 11th ADIPEC
Steering Committee Member of SPE ATW tracer technology for reservoir management to
be held in Tunisia, June 22-24, 2010
Organizing Committee Member of International Conference on water Energy and
Environment, 2011 Sharjah, UAE
Chair of of International Conference on water Energy and Environment, 2013 Kusadasi,
Turkey
 Dergi Hakemlikleri
- Served as technical reviwer for
 SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering
 The Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
 Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology
 Advances in Water Resources
 J. Franklin Institute
 TJER, The Journal of Engineering Reasearch
Endüstri Kusrları:
1. Reservoir Engineering Aspects of Water Flooding, March 22-27, 2002, inhouse training course for ZADCO Engineers, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2. Reservoir Engineering and Waterflooding, Continuing Education Program of
KFUPM For Saudi Aramco Engineers Nov. 24-29 2006
3. Advanced Reservoir Engineering,
Dhabi
December 18-22, 2010, ZACDO, Abu
4. Advanced Reservoir Engineering,
Dhabi
December 19-23, 2011, ZACDO, Abu
5. Advanced Reservoir Engineering, December 9-13, 2012, ZACDO, Abu Dhabi
Ödül ve Şeref Ünvanları:
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Honor student from 1978 to 1982 Petroleum Eng. Dept., METU Ankara
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Student assistant from 1980-1882, Petroleum Eng. Dept., METU, Ankara Turkey
Scholarship of Turkish Ministry of Education 1983-1990 for MS and Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Fellowship from Pet. Eng. Dept. of Stanford University, 1-7, 1990
Special research award in UAEU for the Project “Advancement of Reservoir
Simulation Techniques in View of UAE Needs, (awarded together with three other
co-prinpile investigators, during 6th Annual Research Conference of UAE
University, 2004)
Special Service Award, 2007, KFUPM
Outstanding Technical Editor Award of SPE Reservoir Evaluation and
Engineering SPEREE, 2010
Outstanding Technical Editor Award of SPE Reservoir Evaluation and
Engineering SPEREE, 2011
Outstanding Technical Editor Award of SPE Reservoir Evaluation and
Engineering SPEREE, 2011
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Bilimsel ve Profesyonel Kurulara Üyelik :
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Society of Petroleum Engineers
International Geothermal Association
Chamber of Petroleum Engineers of Turkish Engineers and Architects Association
Tezler
1. Yüksek Lisans Tezi
I. Kocabas, Analysis of injection backflow tracer Tests ( Enjeksiyon-geri akis
izleyici tetslerinin analizi), Stanford University, 1987
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Doktora Tezi
I. Kocabas, Analysis of tracer and thermal transient during reinjection (
Jeotermal reservuarlarda geri-basma sirasinda olusan izleyici ve isil
degisimlerin analizi), Stanford University, 1990
3. Kitaplar, Ders Notları, veya Endustri Kursları Notları
Waterflooding, by Ibrahim Kocabas for ZADCO industrial short course
notes Printed by Special programs and Continuing Education Center of
UAE University , 2004.
Introduction to Reservoir Engineering and Waterflooding, by Ibrahim
Kocabas for ARAMCO short course notes, 2007
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Advanced Reservoir Engineering, by Ibrahim Kocabas for ZADCO
industrial short course notes Printed by Outreach Program of AUS, 2010.
YAYINLAR
HAKEMLI DERGILERDE YAYINLAR (SCI DERGİLERİ)
1. Maier, F. and Kocabas, I. Comment on A Closed-form analytical solution for single
well injection withdrawal tests by Jung and Pruess, submitted to Water resources
Research, July 9, 2012 (Status: reviewers assigned and under review)
2. Kocabas, I. Application of iterated Laplace transformation to tracer transients in
heterogeneous porous media, J. Franklin Institute (2010),
doi:10.1016/ j.jfranklin.2010.04.002
3. Kocabas, I. “An Analytical Model of Temperature and Stress Fields During Cold
Water Injection”, SPE Production and Operations, May 2006, p.282-292
4. Kocabas, I. “Characterization of geothermal Reservoirs Via Thermal Injection
Backflow and Interwell Tracer Testing” Geothermics vol. 34, no. 1, Feb., 2005, p.
27-46.
5. Al-awadhy, F. Kocabas, I., Abou Kassem, J.H., and Islam. M.R. "Experimental and
Numerical Modeling of Sulfur Plugging in a Carbonate Oil Reservoir" Energy
Sources, Vol. 27, Issues 1-2, 2005
6. Kocabas, I. “Thermal Transients During Nonisothermal Fluid Injection into Oil
Reservoirs”, J. Petroleum Science and Engineering, Vol. 42, pp. 121-133, 2004.
7. Kocabas, I, and Islam M.R. “Concentration and Temperature Transients in
Heterogeneous Porous Media, Part I: Linear Transport,” J. Petroleum Science and
Engineering, Vol. 26, pp. 211-22, 2000.
8.
Kocabas, I, and Islam M.R. “Concentration and Temperature Transients in
Heterogeneous Porous Media, Part I: Radial Transport”, J. Petroleum Science and
Engineering, Vol. 26, pp. 221-23, 2000.
9. Kocabas, I., Islam, M.R. and Modarress, H. “A wellbore model for field scale
modelling of asphaltene plugging”, J. Petroleum Science and Engineering, Vol. 26,
pp. 19-30, 2000.
Uluslararası Konferans Makaleleri
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1. Kocabas, I and Maier, F. Analytical and Numerical Modeling of Tracer Flow in Oil
Reservoirs Containing High Permeability Streaks, Submitted to MEOS (18th Middle
East Oil&Gas Show and Conference) to be held in March 10-13, 2013, Bahrain
2. Maier, F. and Kocabas, I A Novel Analytical Solution for Single Well Thermal
Transient Testing in an Idealized Single Fracture Geothermal System, to be presented
in Workshop on Geothermal Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford CA,
(February 11-13, 2013)
3. Maier, F. and Kocabas, I. Maier, F., Oberdorfer, P., Kocabas, I., Ghergut, I and
Sauter, M. Using Temperature Signals to Estimate Geometry Parameters in Fractured
Geothermal reservoirs, Proceedings 2012 COMSOL Conference, Milan Italy
4. Kocabas, I. A Novel Two Dimensional Analytical Model of Contaminant Transport
in Groundwater Aquifers, The 2011 International Conference on water, energy and the
environment held in Nov. 14-17, 201 AUS, Sharjah, UAE
5. Kucuk, I. and Kocabas, I. Analytical and Numerical Modeling of 2-D Solute
Transport in an Fracture/Matrix Aquifer System, The 2011 International Conference
on water, energy and the environment held in Nov. 14-17, 201 AUS, Sharjah, UAE
6. Kocabas, I. A Novel Analytical Model of Heat Extraction from Geothermal
Reservoirs, the 2011 International Conference on water, energy and the environment
held in Nov. 14-17, 201 AUS, Sharjah, UAE
7. Kocabas, I and Kucuk, I. Thermo-geological Modeling of Sensible Energy Storage in
Aquifers, The 2011 International Conference on water, energy and the environment to
in Nov. 14-17, 201 AUS, Sharjah, UAE
8. Kocabas, I. Modeling Thermal Degradation in Geothermal Reservoirs due to
Reinjection, The 2011 International Conference on water, energy and the environment
to be held in Nov. 14-17, 201 AUS, Sharjah, UAE
9. Kocabas, I. Designing Thermal and Tracer Injection backflow Tests, Proceedings of
World Geothermal Congress, Bali, Indonesia, April 25-30, 2010.
10. Kocabas, I. Application of iterated Laplace transformation to tracer transients in
heterogeneous porous media, Proceedings of 3rd ICSMAO held in AUS, Sharjah,
Jan., 20-22, 2009.
11. Kocabas, I. “A new analytical model of geomechanics during nonisothermal
injection, SPE paper #105119 proceedings of the 15th Middle East Oil&Gas Show
and Conference held in Manama Bahrain, March 11-14, 2007.
12. Kocabas, I. “An Analytical Model of Temperature and Stress Fields During Cold
Water Injection”, ( SPE Paper #88762 Proceedings of 11th ADIPEC, Abu Dhabi,
UAE, Oct., held in Oct. 10-13, 2004)
13. Kocabas, I. “Characterization of Asphaltene Precipitation Effect on reducing
Carbonate Rock Permeability”, (SPE Paper 81572, Proceedings Of MEOS, June 9-12
2003,, 2003, Bahrain.)
14. Kocabas, I., “Modeling Tracer Flow in Oil Reservoirs Containing High Permeability
Streaks,” (SPE Paper 81429, Proceedings Of MEOS, June 9-12 2003, Bahrain.)
15. Kocabas, I, “Parametric sensitivity analysis of tracer and groundwater contaminant
transport models,” Proceedings of the First International Conference on Geotechnical,
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Geoenvironmental Engineering and Management in Arid Lands, UAE University, AlAin, UAE, pp. 411-20, 2000.
16. Kocabas, I: “Multiwell Multitracer Recirculating Tracer Tests to Determine
Hydrogeologic and Hydrochemical Parameters in Aquifer Remediation Studies,”
Proceedings, The Second International Conference on Sustainability in Desert
Regions, UAE University, Al-Ain, UAE, pp.187-200, 1999.
17. Kocabas, I, Aboudheir, A. and Islam M.R. “Improvement of Numerical Methods in
Petroleum Engineering Problems”, Proceedings IASTED International Conference,
Applied Modeling and Simulation (AMS’99), Cairns Australia, pp. 1999.
18. Kocabas, I. and Islam, M.R.: “A Wellbore Model for Predicting Asphaltene
Plugging,” SPE# 49199, Proceedings, SPE Annual Tech. Conference and Exhibition,
New Orleans, USA, pp.765-773, 1998
19. Al Adhab, A. H., Kocabas, I and Islam, M. R.: “Field-Scale Modeling of Asphaltene
Transport in Porous Media,” SPE# 49561, Proceedings, 8th ADIPEC, Abu Dhabi,
UAE, pp. 789-797, 1998
20. Al Awady, F., Kocabas, I., Abou Kassem, J. H., and Islam, M. R.: “Experimental and
Numerical Modeling of Sulfur Plugging in a carbonate Oil Reservoir,” SPE
Paper#49498, Proceedings, 8th ADIPEC, Abu Dhabi, UAE, pp. 799-808, 1998
21. Kocabas, I. and Onur, M: “New Analytical Solutions to Convection-Dispersion
equation in Radial Coordinates,” Proceedings, 12th Petroleum Congress of Turkey,
Ankara, Turkey, pp. 204-212, 1998.
22. Kocabas, I. And Onur, M: “Application of Double Laplace Transformation to
Equations of Fluid Flow and Transport in Porous Media”, Proceedings, 12th
Petroleum Congress of Turkey, Ankara, Turkey (Oct 12-15, 1998).
23. Kocabas, I.: “Interpretation of Tracer Transients in Heterogeneous Porous Media”,
Proceedings of 7thInternational Conference of Petroleum Technology, Krakow,
Poland, Jan. 1996.
24. Kocabas, I. Axelsson, G. and Bjornsson, G.: “Interpretation of the return profile of a
Tracer Test In the Thelamork Geothermal Field, Iceland,” Proceedings, Twenty-first
Workshop on Geothermal Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford CA, (Jan.
1996).
25. Kocabas, I.: “ Using Well test data to Determine the Interaction Between Geological
Structure and Reinjection Processes in Geothermal Reservoirs,” Proceedings Vol. II,
IESCA Colloium, Izmir-Gulluk, Turkey (9-14, October, 1995) p. 739-751.
26. Kocabas, I., Horne, R. N.and Brigham, W. E.: “On the Interpretation of Tracer
Experiments,” Proceedings, Nineteenth Workshop on Geothermal Engineering,
Stanford University, Stanford CA, (Jan. 1994).
27. Kocabas, I and Bilgin, A.: “ Reinjection Problems in Geothermal Reservoirs,”
Proceedings, Ninth Petroleum Congress of Turkey, pp.416-420, Ankara, Turkey (Feb,
17-21, 1992).
28. Bilgin, A., Karaguzel, R. and Kocabas, I. “ Karst resources and their expoitaion in
Western Taurus”, Bulletin of Geomorphology, n. 19, (1991), pp. 145-150,
29. Kocabas, I. And Horne, R.N.: “A New Method of Forecasting the Thermal
Breakthrough Time During Reinjection in Geothermal reservoirs,” Sixteenth
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Workshop on Geothermal Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford CA, (Jan.
1990).
30. Kocabas, I. And Horne R.N.: “Analysis of Injection-Backflow Tracer Tests in
Fractured Geothermal reservoirs,”, Thirteenth Workshop on Geothermal Engineering,
Stanford University, Stanford CA, (Jan. 1987).
Ulusal Konferans Makaleleri
1. Kocabas, I.: “Thermal transients during nonisothermal fluid injection into an oil
reservoir,” Proceedings 3rd Research conference in UAEU, April 28-30, 2002, Al
Ain UAE
2. Kocabas, I.: “ Nonlinear regression and parametric sensitivity analysis of radial
transport models and development of improved numerical schemes for transport
equations in oil reservoirs” proceedings of the 1st Research conference in UAEU,
April 28-30, 2000, Al Ain, UAE
3. Onur, M.., Kocabas, I., Zeybek Murat and Satman A. The importance of Aquifer
Testing and New Approaches in the Interpretation of Aquifer Tests, Proceedings of
ISKI Symposium of Water Resources, Istanbul Turkey 1997
4. Onur, M.., Kocabas, I., Zeybek Murat and Satman A. “New Approaches in the
Interpretation of Aquifer Tests, Proceedings of Istanbul Water Congress, Istanbul
Turkey 1995
5. Kocabas, I. and Bilgin, A.: “Yeraltisularinda kirlenme ve tracer testleri”, Proceedings
of Goller Bolgesi tatli su kaynaklarinin korunmasi ve cevre sorunlari sempozyumu
makaleleri, Haziran 1991, Isparta, Turkey
Teknik Raporlar
Kocabas, I. And Islam, R. Improvement of Numerical methods in Petroleum Engineering
Problems, Part II of Report 1 submitted to Exploration and production Division ADNOC
Abu Dhabi, 1998
Islam M.R, Kocabas I, Abou Kassem J.H., and Ali M. Modeling Solid Deposits Near
Wellbore Part III of Report 1 submitted to Exploration and production Division ADNOC
Abu Dhabi, 1998
Kocabas I. Derivation of New Analytical Solutions to Heterogeneous Medium Transport
Models, Part II of Report II submitted to Exploration and production Division ADNOC
Abu Dhabi, 1999
Kocabas, I. And Margoub A. “Improved Numerical Schemes for Transport equations in
Oil Reservoirs,” Part II of Report III submitted to Exploration and production Division
ADNOC Abu Dhabi, 2000
Kocabas, I, “Nonlinear Regression and Parametric Sensitivity Analysis of Radial transport
Models,” Part III of Report III submitted to Exploration and production Division ADNOC
Abu Dhabi, 2000
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Kocabas I., “Modeling of Heat/Tracer Transport in Oil Reservoirs”, Part I of Report IV
submitted to Exploration and production Division ADNOC Abu Dhabi, 2001
Kocabas, I., “Characterization of Asphaletene Deposition Effect on Permeability Reduction
in Carbonate Cores,” Part VI of Report V submitted to Exploration and production
Division ADNOC Abu Dhabi, 2002
Araştırma İlgi Alanları
 Ikili (double) ve tekrarlanir ( Iterated) Laplace transform tekniklerinin
gozenekli ortamda akış ve taşınma problemlerine uyuglanması
 Petrol, jeotermal ve yeraltısuları haznelerinde izleyici testlerinin analizi
 Petrol ve jeotermal rezervuarlarina soguk su basımı sırasında gelişen ısıl ve
basinc değişimlerin modellenmesi ve yorumlanması
 Soğuk su basımı sırasında gelişen jeomekanik ve stress değişimlerin
modellenmesi ve yorumlanması (su itimli ikincil petrol üretimi sırasında ısıl
değisimler, jeomekanik araştimalar, petrol sondaj kuyularında kuyu dayanıklılığı
üzerinde poroelastik ve ısıl-elastik etkiler)
 Petrolün su ile öteleme ve diğer ileri üretim teknikleriyle üretilmesi
 Konveksiyon-dispersiyon denkleminin sayısal ve analitik çözümleri ve gözenekli
ortamda taşınmada uygulamaları (ozellikle izleyici testleri, çözelti taşınmasi, gaz basımı
sırasında dispersiyon, yeraltısuları kirlenmesi ve iyilestirmesi üzerine uygulamalar)
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Doğal gaz rezervuarlarinda ve yeraltı depolama haznelerinde, doğal gazın akışının
modellenmesi
 Doğal gaz taşıma ve depolaması, boruhattı teknolojisi ve yeraltı depolama teknikleri
 Hissedilir enerji depolama teknolojisi
 Enjeksiyon hidrojeolojisi
 Şise suyu teknolojisi
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