Petroleum Services
Associate Professor
Education:
Ph.D., Louisiana State University
M.S., University of Alabama
B.S., Emory University
Courses taught:
PSET 121 — Petroleum Computational Methods
PSET 171 — Well Drilling
PSET 331 — Artificial Lift
PSET 381 — Well Completion Service and Workover
PSET 384 — Well Control
PSET 401 — Cooperative Work Experience
PSET 402 — Cooperative Work Experience
PSET 452 — Senior Seminar
PSET 477 — Well Logging
Publications:
Griffin, J.M. and Smith, J.R.: “Field-Scale Evaluation of Leak Detection for Gas-Liquid Two-Phase Flow in Deepwater Production Systems” in proceedings for the 2005 ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting and Exhibition (9th International Symposium on Gas-Liquid Two-Phase Flow), paper number FEDSM2005-77372, June 2005, Houston, Texas, USA.
Bryant, T.A., K. C. Cox, J. M. Griffin, K.H. Chadwick, R.A. Fanguy, R.C. Viosca, G.W. Watt, R.M. Coats, R. Haut (2005) “Commercialization of Big Government Technology through SMEs: Design and Performance Metrics for the Shared Technology Transfer Program,” paper presented to the 19th Annual UIC Research symposium on Marketing and Entrepreneurship; San Francisco; August.
“Hydrocarbon/Solvent Treatment for Inhibiting Paraffin and Suspending Asphaltenes in Oil Wells,” paper SPE 81004 presented at the SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference held in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, West Indies, 27-30 April 2003.
“Chemical Treatment of Cuttings Drilled With Oil-Based Mud Employing a Laboratory Simulated Soil Washing Procedure” Melanie L. Perry & J. M. Griffin, SPE 66593 presented at the SPE/EPA Environmental Meeting, San Antonio, March 2000.
“Alkali Solubility of Micronized Cellulose Fiber and Evaluation Using Return Permeability Measurements” SPE 38272 to be presented at the Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting, Casper, 18-20 May 1997.
“Environmental Practices Training for Oilfield Operations Personnel: Course Content and Measurement,” SPE Paper No. 25972 presented at the 1993 SPE/EPA Symposium on Environmental Issues, San Antonio, April 22-23.
“Integrating Environmental Concerns into Petroleum Engineering Curriculum,” S.A. Marinello & J. M Griffin, presented at the ASME 16th Annual Energy-Sources Technology Conference, Houston, January 31-February 3, 1993.
“Proposal to Implement a Criterion for Measuring the Environmental Practices of Marathon’s Alaska Operations,” submitted to Dr. Bruce Cox, Manager-HS&E, Anchorage, January 18, 1993.
“Laboratory Investigation Using Electrocoagulation to Destabilize and Dewater Drilling Fluids,” presented at the 1992 AADE New Advancements in Drilling Fluids Technology Conference & Exhibition, Houston April 22-23.
“Measurement of Permeability and Bulk Modulus of Viscoelastic Networks in a Centrifugal Field,” Advances in Filtration and Separation Technology, iii, 347-350, 1991.
“Drilling Fluid Dewatering: Applications Survey and Case History,” presented at the Filtration and Separation in the Oil and Gas Industries at the 1989 National Meeting of the American Filtration Society, October 30-November 1, Houston. “Drilling Fluid Dewatering: Economic Evaluation with Case History,” SPE paper 20292, 1989.
“New Developments in Solid-liquid Separation as Applied to Oilfield Drilling Fluids including Case History Economics,” presented at the 1989 AIChE Annual Meeting, November 5-10, San Francisco.
“Design of Chemically Balanced Polymer Drilling Fluid Leads to a Reduction in Clay Destabilization,” SPE-Drilling Engineering, Feb. 1986; Trans. AIME, 1986.
“A New Solids Control Technique”, presented at the Drilling Technology Conference, IADC, Dallas, March 19-21, 1984, Ghalambor, A.; Hayatdavoudi, A.; & Griffin, J.M.
“Putting an Ear to the Earth” (Formation Evaluation Primer), Oil & Energy Report, October, 1983.
“Methane Drainage from Coal Seams: State of the Art of an Unconventional Gas Recovery”, Mining Symposium, Univ. of Kerman, IRAN, Sept. 1983, Ghalambor, A.; Hayatdavoudi, A.; & Griffin, J.M.
Contact Info:
332 Gouaux Hall
985.448.4741
john.griffin@nicholls.edu