Biography
Tesleem is a PhD candidate in the Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering at UT Austin. He obtained his Master’s degree in Petroleum Engineering at UT Austin and bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering at UT Arlington. He has been working with Dr. Ryosuke Okuno since 2020 on a wide range of research topics including ketone and CO2 enhanced oil recovery and PVT fluid sampling and modeling. His current research focuses on aqueous nitrogen nanobubble dispersions at elevated pressures for EOR and CCS applications.
Research Area
Chemical and gas enhanced oil recovery
PVT fluid sampling and analysis
Aqueous nanobubble dispersions
CCUS
Core analysis
Selected Publications
Lawal, T., Wang, M., Abeykoon, G. A., Argüelles-Vivas, F. J., & Okuno, R. 2022. Effect of Chemical Partition Behavior on Oil Recovery by Wettability Alteration in Fractured Tight Reservoirs. Energy & Fuels, 36 (2): 797–805. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.1c03344.
Lawal, T., Wang, M., Abeykoon, G. A., Argüelles-Vivas, F. J., & Okuno, R. 2021. The Effect of Chemical Partition Behavior on Oil Recovery by Wettability Alteration in Fractured Tight Reservoirs. Paper presented at the SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, 26–28 July. URTeC-5354. https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2021-5354.
Education
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin, Petroleum Engineering (2024)
M.S., The University of Texas at Austin, Petroleum Engineering (2020)
B.S., The University of Texas at Arlington, Mechanical Engineering (2018)