Andrew K. Wojtanowicz
Professor Emeritus
Previous holder of the Texaco Chair in Environmental Engineering
Craft & Hawkins Department of Petroleum Engineering
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3212A Patrick F. Taylor Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Phone: 225-578-6049 / Fax: 225-578-8433
- B.S., Technical University of Mining & Metallurgy - Krakow, Poland, Geology - Specialization in Geophysics, 1968.
- B.S., Technical University of Mining & Metallurgy - Krakow, Poland, Mining - Specialization in Petroleum Engineering, 1965.
- M. Sc., Technical University of Mining & Metallurgy - Krakow, Poland, Mining - Specialization in Petroleum Engineering, 1967.
- Ph.D., Technical University of Mining & Metallurgy - Krakow, Poland, Petroleum Engineering, 1973.
- Technical University of Mining and Metallurgy, Assistant Professor, Krakow, Poland, 1973-1978.
- General Water Authorities, Drilling Engineering Supervisor, Tripoli, Libya, 1978-1980 NL Baroid Petroleum Services, Inc., Drilling Fluids
- Technologist, London, England, 1980-1982.
- New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Visiting Assistant Professor, Socorro, New Mexico 1983-1984.
- Conoco, Environmental Fellow, Ponca City, Oklahoma, 1991-1992.
- Ä¢¹½tv, 1984-present.
Borehole Mechanics | Well Design and Production Optimization | Environmental Control Technologies for Petroleum Engineering
- Leak-off testing of shallow marine sediments (US MMS)
- Gas/water flow after cementing (US MMS)
- Environmental Control Technology (self)
- Downhole Water Sink Technology (Joint Industry Project)
Referreed Journals
- “Prediction of Pressure Increase during Waste Water Injection to Prevent Seismic Events,� L. Jin, A.K. Wojtanowicz, and J. Ge, MDPI Energies, Special Issue "Circular Economy and Environmental Protection in the Upstream Petroleum Industry," Energies 2022, 15(6), 2101.
- “Water Leak Control for the Oil-producing Wells Using Downhole Water Sink Technology,� Qin, P. Luo, L. Guo, and A.K. Wojtanowicz, Journal of Environmental Management, Elsevier, 2022, 301 (2022) 113834. 8 pp.
- “Improved Method for Testing Integrity Loss of Wells with Sustained Casing Pressure,� M. Kazemi, and A.K. Wojtanowicz, MDPI Energies, Special Issue "Circular Economy and Environmental Protection in the Upstream Petroleum Industry," Energies2022, 15(10), 3632.
- “Well Placement Optimization through the Triple-Completion Gas and Downhole Water Sink-Assisted Gravity Drainage (TC-GDWS-AGD) EOR Process,� J. Al-Mudhafar, D.A. Wood, D.A. Al-Obaidi, and A.K. Wojtanowicz, Energies2023, 16(4), 1790.
- “Design and Field-scale Demonstration of the Buoyant-kill Process for Restoring Integrity of Wells with Sustained Casing Pressure,� E. Demirci, and A.K. Wojtanowicz, Frontiers Energy Research, Advanced Clean Fuel Technologies, Advances in Geomechanics and Wellbore Integrity of Unconventional Reservoirs, Volume 11, November 2023.
- “Leveraging Designed Simulations and Machine Learning to Develop a Surrogate Model for Optimizing the Gas-Water-Gravity-Drainage Process to Improve Clean Oil Production,� W. J. Al-Mudhafar, D.N. Rao, A.K. Wojtanowicz, MDPI Processes 2024, Volume 12, Issue 6, 1174.
- “Global Regulations and Practices for Well Integrity Management: a Review,� M. Schulz1, M.Talukdar, I. Pfander, G. Lackey, L. Röckel, A.K. Wojtanowicz, F. Schilling, P. Blum, J. Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology April 2025, 15:90
Conference Proceedings
- “Real Gas Effect on Gas Slippage Phenomenon in Shale,� Y. Chen, Y. Leung, C. Jiang, and A. K. Wojtanowicz, OMAE2021-6268, The 40th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore & Arctic Engineering OMAE 2021, Virtual, Online, June 21-30, 2021, 8 pp
- “Well Testing of Fracture Corridors in Naturally – fractured Reservoirs (NFR),� Y. Guo, and A.K. Wojtanowicz, OMAE2021-6268, The 40th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore & Arctic Engineering OMAE 2021, Virtual, Online, June 21-30, 2021, 12 pp
- “A Multi-Completion Gas and Downhole Water Sink-Assisted Gravity Drainage (MC-DWS-AGD) to Improve Oil Recovery and Reduce Water Cut in Reservoirs with Strong Water Aquifers,� D.A..Al-Obaidi, D.A.Wood, W.J. Al-Mudhafar, A.K Wojtanowicz, and A. Merzoug, SPE-213071-MS, Proc. Oklahoma City O&G Symposium, Oklahoma City, OK, April 17 – 19, 2023
- “Hydrodynamic Mechanism of Bottom Water Invasion into Oil Storage within Strategic Petroleum Reserve – Weeks Island SPR Case,� A.K. Wojtanowicz, and A.T. Bourgoyne Jr., OMAE2023-104531, Proc. ASME 42nd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore & Arctic Engineering OMAE 2023, June 11-16, 2023, Melbourne, Australia
- “Experimental Assessment of Drilling Fluid with Wall Slippage for Wellbore Displacement,� J. Johnson, and A.K. Wojtanowicz, OMAE2024-129807, Proc. ASME 43nd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore & Arctic Engineering OMAE 2024, June 9 -14, 2024, Singapore EXPO, Singapore