Kanagaswarran Citalingam Mudliar

Kanagaswarran Citalingam Mudliar

Higher Degree by Research Candidate

School of Chemical Engineering

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Kana is currently a PhD student at the Australian School of Petroleum & Energy Resources. He holds a B.Eng. (Hons) in Petroleum Engineering from PETRONAS University of Technology and a M.Sc. in Energy from Heriot Watt University.
Prior joining the university, Kana spent 10 years working in the oil and gas industry as a drilling supervisor and senior well engineer. Kana spent most of his career working offshore in the South-East Asia region gaining experience on drilling application such as Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD), Extended reach drilling (ERD) and carbonate drilling. He has also been exposed to the wide spectrum of drilling from contracting, well engineering, technical limit, well construction, well completion, and well intervention.
Kana has a strong interest in energy transition mainly on the application of drilling and completion technology in carbon capture, and storage (CCS), and hydrogen storage.

My research focuses on the subject of well integrity in geological CO2 storage and underground hydrogen storage. This research aims to better understand the casing-cement interface and will include geochemical modeling which illustrates the chemical interaction of the interface upon exposure to CO2 and H2.

  • Appointments
    Date Position Institution name
    2021 - 2022 Drilling Supervisor Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd
    2019 - 2021 Senior Well Engineer Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd
    2015 - 2019 Night Drilling Supervisor Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd
    2015 - 2015 Technical Limit Engineer Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd
    2012 - 2015 Wellsite Drilling Engineer Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd

  • Language Competencies
    Language Competency
    English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
    Malay Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

  • Education
    Date Institution name Country Title
    2019 - 2021 Heriot-Watt University Malaysia M.Sc. Energy
    2008 - 2012 Universiti Teknologi Petronas Malaysia B.Eng. (Hons) Petroleum Engineering

  • Research Interests
    Carbon Sequestration Science Energy Petroleum and Reservoir Engineering

  • Journals
    Year Citation
    2022 Citalingam, K., & Go, Y. I. (2022). Hybrid energy storage design and dispatch strategy evaluation with sensitivity analysis: Techno-economic-environmental assessment. ENERGY STORAGE, 4(5), 21 pages.
    DOI WoS2

  • Conference Papers
    Year Citation
    2011 Mudliar, K. C., Shoushtari, M. A., & Bishari, A. S. (2011). Study of two-phase flow friction factor in EOR injection wellbores. In 2011 National Postgraduate Conference. IEEE.
    DOI
    2011 Ibrahim, A. S., Chitalingam, K., & Shoushtari, M. A. (2011). On overall heat transfer coefficient in EOR injection wellbore. In 2011 National Postgraduate Conference. IEEE.
    DOI
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