Tuan Tran

Mr Tuan Tran

Higher Degree by Research Candidate

PhD Candidate

Australian School of Petroleum & Energy Resources

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Tuan Tran is a PhD student at the University of Adelaide. His areas of expertise are production engineering, reservoir simulation and fracture stimulation.

His doctoral research focuses on investigating the rheological properties, stability and proppant transportation capacity of foam-based fracturing fluid at high pressure high temperature reservoirs. The effects of additives such as polymers, viscoelastic surfactants and nanomaterials on foams are thoroughly studied as well.

My research focuses on investigating the rheological properties, stability and proppant transportation capacity of foam-based fracturing fluid at high pressure high temperature reservoirs. The effects of additives such as polymers, viscoelastic surfactants and nanomaterials on foams are thoroughly studied as well.

  • Appointments
    Date Position Institution name
    2020 - ongoing Teaching Assistant The University of Adelaide
    2018 - 2019 Production Engineer Santos Ltd
    2017 - 2018 Laboratory Assistant Australian School of Petroleum and Energy Resources

  • Awards and Achievements
    Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
    2020 Scholarship SPE SA Scholarship 2020 Society of Petroleum Engineers - South Australia Australia
    2019 Scholarship SPE SA Scholarship 2019 Society of Petroleum Engineers - South Australia Australia
    2019 Scholarship Adelaide Graduate Research Scholarship 2019 The Universtiy of Adelaide Australia
    2018 Award Best Ingenuity Petroleum Engineering Project University of Adelaide Australia
    2018 Award Best Transferred Honours Student Australian School of Petroleum and Energy Resources Australia
    2018 Award International Student Award - Undergraduate Academic Excellence StudyAdelaide Australia
    2017 Award Best Transferred Third-year Student Australian School of Petroleum and Energy Resources Australia

  • Language Competencies
    Language Competency
    English Can read, write, speak and understand spoken
    Vietnamese Can read, write, speak and understand spoken

  • Education
    Date Institution name Country Title
    2019 University of Adelaide Australia Doctor of Philosophy (Petroleum Engineering)
    2017 - 2018 University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Petroleum)

  • Research Interests
    Petroleum and Reservoir Engineering

  • Journals
    Year Citation
    2022 Tran, T., Gonzalez Perdomo, M. E., Haghighi, M., & Amrouch, K. (2022). Study of the synergistic effects between different surfactant types and silica nanoparticles on the stability of liquid foams at elevated temperature. Fuel, 315, 11 pages.
    DOI Scopus2 WoS1
    2020 Tran, T. H., Gonzalez Perdomo, M., Wilk, K., Kasza, P., & Amrouch, K. (2020). Performance evaluation of synthetic and natural polymers in nitrogen foam-based fracturing fluids in the Cooper Basin, South Australia. Journal of the Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA), 60(1), 227.
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  • Other Supervision Activities
    Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name
    2020 - ongoing Co-Supervisor Feasibility Study on Foam Quality Evaluation to Optimise an Energised Fracturing Fluid System The University of Adelaide Honours Full Time Alex Arthurson, Nathan Furse & Paul Karuga
    2019 - 2019 Co-Supervisor Experimental Research on Rheological Properties to Optimise an Energised Fracturing Fluid System The University of Adelaide Honours Full Time Michael Dell’Antonio & Muhammad Saqib Ali

  • Committee Memberships
    Date Role Committee Institution Country
    2019 - ongoing Representative High-Degree-Research Representative at ECMS Faculty Faculty of ECMS, University of Adelaide Australia
    2019 - ongoing Board Member Postgraduate Student Representative Society of Petroleum Engineers - South Australian Student Chapter Australia
  • Position: PhD Candidate
  • Email: tuan.tran@adelaide.edu.au
  • Campus: North Terrace
  • Building: Santos Petroleum, floor 2
  • Org Unit: Australian School of Petroleum & Energy Resources
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