R.A. Wattenbarger

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
118 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

R.A. Wattenbarger is a scholar working on Ocean Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, R.A. Wattenbarger has authored 118 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 110 papers in Ocean Engineering, 99 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 17 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in R.A. Wattenbarger's work include Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (99 papers), Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods (94 papers) and Oil and Gas Production Techniques (35 papers). R.A. Wattenbarger is often cited by papers focused on Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (99 papers), Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods (94 papers) and Oil and Gas Production Techniques (35 papers). R.A. Wattenbarger collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and Iran. R.A. Wattenbarger's co-authors include Ahmed H. El-Banbi, Michael Fraim, Mauricio Villegas, H.J. Ramey, Ahmad Alkouh, Christine Ehlig‐Economides, R. A. Startzman, David S. Schechter, Hassan M. Al-Ahmadi and Lourdes F. Vega and has published in prestigious journals such as Computers & Operations Research, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering and Journal of Petroleum Technology.

In The Last Decade

R.A. Wattenbarger

113 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

Production Analysis of Linear Flow Into Fractured Tight G... 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Production Analysis of Linear Flow Into Fractured Tight Gas Wells
    1998 383 citations R.A. Wattenbarger, Ahmed H. El-Banbi et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
R.A. Wattenbarger United States 32 3.1k 3.1k 1.1k 322 319 118 3.5k
Xinwei Liao China 29 1.6k 0.5× 1.5k 0.5× 892 0.8× 799 2.5× 187 0.6× 149 2.2k
Tong Zhou China 23 1.4k 0.4× 1.6k 0.5× 1.1k 1.0× 186 0.6× 506 1.6× 63 2.0k
E. P. Lolon United States 21 2.8k 0.9× 3.1k 1.0× 978 0.9× 282 0.9× 913 2.9× 35 3.2k
S. Ameri United States 20 1.3k 0.4× 1.2k 0.4× 804 0.7× 97 0.3× 169 0.5× 116 1.7k
Ebrahim Fathi United States 20 1.5k 0.5× 1.3k 0.4× 1.8k 1.7× 385 1.2× 163 0.5× 50 2.3k
Rouzbeh Ghanbarnezhad Moghanloo United States 22 1.2k 0.4× 1.1k 0.3× 741 0.7× 310 1.0× 98 0.3× 97 1.5k
Jianchun Xu China 23 1.2k 0.4× 1.1k 0.3× 889 0.8× 463 1.4× 109 0.3× 84 1.7k
Philip H. Winterfeld United States 17 828 0.3× 870 0.3× 632 0.6× 410 1.3× 159 0.5× 42 1.3k
B. Bourbiaux France 25 1.6k 0.5× 1.6k 0.5× 678 0.6× 715 2.2× 321 1.0× 82 2.1k
Youwei He China 24 1.2k 0.4× 1.2k 0.4× 514 0.5× 344 1.1× 153 0.5× 81 1.6k

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All Works

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Li, Zhidong, et al.. (2023). Fluid Property Model for Carbon Capture and Storage by Volume-Translated Peng-Robinson Equation of State and Lohrenz-Bray-Clark Viscosity Correlation. SPE Reservoir Characterisation and Simulation Conference and Exhibition. 2 indexed citations
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Schechter, David S., et al.. (2015). Production Forecast, Analysis and Simulation of Eagle Ford Shale Oil Wells.. 17 indexed citations
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Wattenbarger, R.A., et al.. (2011). A Semi-Analytic Method for History Matching Fractured Shale Gas Reservoirs. 12 indexed citations
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Wattenbarger, R.A., et al.. (2009). Analysis and Verification of Dual Porosity and CBM Shape Factors. Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology. 48(2). 17–21. 92 indexed citations
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Wattenbarger, R.A., et al.. (2006). Rate Dependence of Transient Linear Flow in Tight Gas Wells. Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology. 45(10). 37 indexed citations
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Wattenbarger, R.A., et al.. (2000). Production Analysis of Commingled Gas Reservoirs - Case Histories. 5 indexed citations
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Wattenbarger, R.A., et al.. (1998). Simplified Productivity Equations for Horizontal Wells Producing at Constant Rate and Constant Pressure. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. 22 indexed citations
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Mamora, D. D., et al.. (1998). Discussion of Modeling the U.S. Oil Industry: How Much Oil is Left?. Journal of Petroleum Technology. 50(11). 82–83. 3 indexed citations
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Wattenbarger, R.A., et al.. (1996). Comprehensive Evaluation of Horizontal Wells with Transverse Hydraulic Fractures in a Layered Multi-phase Reservoir. Permian Basin Oil and Gas Recovery Conference. 1 indexed citations
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Wattenbarger, R.A.. (1994). Oil production trends in the CIS. World Oil; (United States). 4 indexed citations
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Wattenbarger, R.A., et al.. (1989). The Use of a Semianalytical Method for Matching Aquifer Influence Functions. 2 indexed citations
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Wattenbarger, R.A., et al.. (1988). A New Method of Matching Aquifer Performance and Determining Original Gas in Place. SPE Reservoir Engineering. 3(3). 985–994. 16 indexed citations
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Wattenbarger, R.A., et al.. (1988). Oil Production Response To In Situ Electrical Resistance Heating (Erh). Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology. 27(6). 6 indexed citations
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Wattenbarger, R.A., et al.. (1988). Estimating gas-in-place in aquifer-driven reservoirs. Computers & Operations Research. 15(3). 199–205. 2 indexed citations
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Wattenbarger, R.A., et al.. (1976). Application of SSOR to Three-Dimensional Reservoir Problems. 6 indexed citations
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Wattenbarger, R.A.. (1970). Maximizing Seasonal Withdrawals from Gas Storage Reservoirs. Journal of Petroleum Technology. 22(8). 994–998. 26 indexed citations
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Wattenbarger, R.A.. (1970). Practical Aspects of Compositional Simulation. 13 indexed citations
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Wattenbarger, R.A., et al.. (1969). Simulation of a partial pressure maintenance gas cycling project with a compositional model, Carson Creek Field, Alberta. Soc. Pet. Eng. AIME, Pap.; (United States). 1 indexed citations
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Wattenbarger, R.A.. (1968). Convergence of the Implicit Pressure-Explicit Saturation Method. Journal of Petroleum Technology. 20(11). 1220–1221. 3 indexed citations

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