08912856058

geetanjali.pe@iipe.ac.in

Offshore and Deep Sea Technology

Natural Gas Engineering

Drilling and Fracturing Technology

Health Safety and Environment

Production Engineering Lab

Reservoir Simulation and Modelling Lab

PhD (2018) Petroleum Engineering,   IIT-Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, Jharkhand

M.Tech (2014) Petroleum Engineering, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad                                                                                      

B.Tech (2011) Applied Petroleum Engineering, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun    

IIPE, Visakhapatnam, Assistant Professor, Department of Petroleum Engineering and Earth Sciences (Jan 2022 to Present)

UPES, Dehradun,  Assistant Professor, Department of Petroleum Engineering and Earth Sciences (Oct 2020 to Dec 2021)

Presidency University, Bengaluru,  Assistant Professor, Department of Petroleum Engineering, (July 2018 to September 2020)

European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers

1.    Atrayee Baruah, Geetanjali Chauhan, Keka Ojha, and A. K. Pathak “ Phase behavior, thermodynamic and rheological properties of Single- (SDS) and Mixed-Surfactant (SDS+ CAPB) based fluids”. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 2014, 53 (51), pp 19765–19774

2.     Geetanjali Chauhan, Akashdeep Das, Subham Agarwal and Keka Ojha “Hydraulic Fracturing for Oil and Gas and its Environmental Impacts” Research Journal of Recent Sciences, Vol. 4(ISC-2014), 1-5 (2015)

 3.     Geetanjali Chauhan, Keka Ojha, Atrayee Baruah “ Effects of Nano-particles and Surfactant Charge groups on Properties of VES gel” Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2017, 34(1), pp 241-251.

 4.     Geetanjali Chauhan and Keka Ojha, “Synthesis of a Bio-polymer Nanocomposite Fracturing Fluid for HTHP Application”, SPE-183124-MS.

 5.     Amit Verma, Geetanjali Chauhan, Keka Ojha, “Synergistic effects of polymer and bentonite clay on rheology and thermal stability of foam fluid developed for hydraulic fracturing”, Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical engineering, 2017, 12 (6), pp 872-883.

 6.     Geetanjali Chauhan, Prathibha Pillai, Keka Ojha, “Rheological Studies of Gum Tragacanth as a Prospective Candidate for Hydraulic Fracturing”, Materials Today: Proceedings 4 (2017) 9413–9417

 7.     Geetanjali Chauhan, Amit Verma, Abhinita Hazarika, Keka Ojha, “Rheological, structural and morphological studies of Gum Tragacanth and its inorganic SiO2 nanocomposite for fracturing fluid application”, Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers 80 (2017) 978–988

 8.     Geetanjali Chauhan, Amit Verma, Akashdeep Das, Keka Ojha “Rheological Studies and Optimization of Herschel-Bulkley Flow Parameters of Viscous Karaya Polymer Suspensions Using GA and PSO Algorithms”. Rheologica Acta, 2017, 57, 267-291.

 9.     Amit Verma, Geetanjali Chauhan, Keka Ojha, “Characterization of α-olefin sulfonate foam in presence of cosurfactants:Stability, foamability and drainage kinetic study” Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2018, 264, 458–469.

 10. Akashdeep Das, Geetanjali Chauhan, Amit Verma, Keka Ojha Rheological and breaking studies of a novel single-phase surfactantpolymeric gel system for hydraulic fracturing application”, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2018, 167, 559-567.

 11. Amit Verma, Geetanjali Chauhan, Partha Pratim Baruah, and Keka Ojha, Morphology, Rheology, and Kinetics of Nanosilica Stabilized Gelled Foam Fluid for Hydraulic Fracturing Application, Industrial Engineering and Chemistry Research 57 (2018), 13449−13462

 12. Geetanjali Chauhan, Amit Verma, Amolina Doley, Keka Ojha, Rheological and breaking characteristics of Zr-crosslinked gum karaya gels for high-temperature hydraulic fracturing application, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 172 (2019) 327–339

 13. Amit Verma, Geetanjali Chauhan, Keka Ojha, and Eswaran Padmanabhan, Characterization of Nano-Fe2O3-Stabilized Polymer-Free Foam Fracturing Fluids for Unconventional Gas Reservoirs, Energy Fuels (2019), 33, 11, 10570-10582

 14. Geetanjali Chauhan, Keka Ojha, Ch. Vara Prasad A novel and cleaner bio-polymer Gum Karaya-based Silica nanocomposite fracturing fluid for high-temperature application, Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology, 11, 3785–3795 (2021).

15.  Saurabh Mishra, Geetanjali Chauhan, Samarpit Verma, Ujjwal Singh. The Emergence of nanotechnology in mitigating petroleum oil spills, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 178,113609 (2022)

16.  Gaurav kumar rath, Gaurav Pandey, Sakshi Singh, Aseesh Kumar, Sanket Joshi, Geetanjali Chauhan, Carbon Dioxide Separation Technologies: Applicable to Net Zero, Energies, 16(10), 4100 (2023)

17. Saurabh Mishra, Geetanjali Chauhan, Keka Ojha An Experimental Study on Optimizing Parameters for Sand Consolidation with Organic-Inorganic Silicate Solutions, Petroleum (In Press) (2024)

1.     Geetanjali Chauhan, Akashdeep Das, Shubham Agarwal and Keja Ojha “Hydraulic Fracturing for Oil and Gas and its Environmental Impacts” at 4th International Science Congress (ISC-2014), 8th - 9th December 2014, Udaipur Rajasthan, India.

 2.     Geetanjali Chauhan and Keja Ojha “Rheological Studies of Gum Tragacanth as a Prospective Candidate for Hydraulic Fracturing” at International Conference on Engineering and Material Sciences-ICEMS-2016 during March 17-19, 2016, Jaipur, Rajasthan

 3.     Geetanjali Chauhan and Keja Ojha “Synthesis of a Bio-polymer Nanocomposite Fracturing Fluid for HTHP Application” at The Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference, 7-10, November, 2016 at Abu Dhabi, UAE.

 4.     Geetanjali Chauhan and Keka Ojha “A Novel Alternative to Linear Guar Based Fracturing Fluid in Unconventional Reservoirs” at The 12th International Oil and Gas Exhibition and Conference, Petrotech-2016, 5-7, December, 2016 at New Delhi, India.

 5.     Akashdeep Das, Geetanjali Chauhan and Keka Ojha “Formulation of a Novel Surfactant-Polymer Gel System with improved and Synergistic Properties for Unconventional Reservoir Fracturing” at The 12th International Oil and Gas Exhibition and Conference, Petrotech-2016, 5-7, December, 2016 at New Delhi, India.

 6.     Akashdeep Das, Geetanjali Chauhan and Keka Ojha “Improving Unconventional Reservoir Fracturing Using a Hybrid Surfactant-Polymer Gel System”  presented at 79th EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2017, At Paris, France, doi: 10.3997/2214-4609.201701550

 7.     Amit Verma, Geetanjali Chauhan and Keka Ojha “Characterization of Foam Based Fracturing Fluids for Foam Based Reservoirs: Coal Bed Methane and Shale Gas”, World Petrocoal Congress, International Conference and Exhibition, 15-17th February, 2018, New Delhi

 8.     Geetanjali Chauhan, Amit Verma and Keka Ojha “Synthesis and Studies on Novel-Cleaner Polymer Crosslinked Gel Fluid System for Unconventional Reservoir Fracturing, at 80th EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2018, At Copenhagen, Denmark. doi: 10.3997/2214-4609.201801728

 9.     Amit Verma, Geetanjali Chauhan and Keka Ojha “Development and Characterization of Novel Foam Based Fracturing Fluid for Unconventional Reservoirs” presented at 80th EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2018, At Copenhagen, Denmark. doi: 10.3997/2214-4609.201801732

10. Geetanjali Chauhan, Amit Verma and Keka Ojha “Biopolmer Nanocomposite Smart Fracturing Fluids – A New Development for HTHP Stimulations” presented at 82nd EAGE Annual Conference and Exhibition, October 2021, at Amsterdam

11. Amit Verma, Geetanjali Chauhan and Keka Ojha “Characterization of Polymer Free Foam Fluid for Hydraulic Fracturing Application” presented at 82nd EAGE Annual Conference and Exhibition, October 2021, at Amsterdam 

12. Saurabh Mishra, geetanjali Chauhan, Fabrication of Composite Sponge Structure for Mitigating Oil Spill over Marine Water, Presented at International Conference on Petroleum, Hydrogen and Decarbonization (ICPHD’23), IIT Guwahati, 3-5 November, 2023

13. N.H. Durga Maheswari,  Geetanjali Chauhan, Studies on an Environment Friendly Deepwater HTHP Drilling Fluid, Presented at Earth’s Material For Energy: Mantle To Market (EE&MM-2024), 1-2 February, Visakhapatnam

14. Saurabh Mishra, Geetanjali Chauhan, Preserving Ocean Ecosystem: Innovative 3-D Porous Sponge for Offshore Oil Spill Clean Up. Presented at India Energy Week, Goa 6-9 February, 2024

16.     Durga Maheswari and Geetanjali Chauhan, Development of an Environmentally Drilling Mud for Enhanced Efficiency in Deepwater Formations with Improved Penetration Rates. Selected for oral presentation at 85th EAGE Annual Conference & Exhibition, 10-13 June 2024, at Oslo, Norway.

1.     Geetanjali Chauhan, Saurabh Mishra, Sugat Srivastava “Digital Oil Fields and its Emerging Technologies” in the CRC Book titled “Emerging Technologies for Sustainable and Smart Energy” 2022

2.     Swagata Sarma, Gaurav Pandey, Uttamasha B. Borah, Nadezhda Molokitina and Geetanjali Chauhan, “Emerging Technologies for sustainable Energy Applications”, In Clean and Renewable Energy Production, 2024.

3.     Swagata Sarma, Gaurav Pandey, Uttamasha B. Borah, Nadezhda Molokitina and Geetanjali Chauhan, “Affordable and Clean Energy: Natural Gas Hydrates and Hydrogen Storage” In Clean and Renewable Energy Production, 2024.

Institute Research Grant for the project "Research on Development of Novel Ester-Based Synthetic Drilling Mud for Deepwater Drilling Application" for May 2023-2026.

Professor Incharge- Career Development Cell

Professor Incharge - LITCOM Club

Professor Incharge- Music Arts and Dramatics Club

Nemala Hema Durga Maheshwari (22RS9008)

1. Invited talk on " Nanotechnology in Mitigating Petroleum Oil Spills"  during “5 days short term course on Nanotechnology in the Oil Industry” organized by Centre for Advanced Studies, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow.

2. Invited talk on "Emerging Technologies in Digital Oil Field"  at International Conference on Digilitization in Energy Sector, Bangalore Organzised by ENERGY INSTITUTE BENGALURU (A Center of Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, an Institution of National Importance under MoPNG)

• Energy and Fuels, Elsevier
• RCS Advances, Royal Society of Chemistry
• Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology, Taylor and Francis
• ACS Omega
• The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering
• Colloids & Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects
• Journal of Molecular Liquids, Elsevier
• MRS Energy and Sustainability
• Chemosphere, Elsevier