Jose Severino

Email: jose-severino@utulsa.edu Phone: (918)-760-9072

M.Sc candidate in Petroleum Engineering. University of Tulsa. M.Sc Research Topic: Mechanistic Modeling of Solid-Liquid Hydrocyclones (SLHC). Modeling work and experimental validation using oilfield data.

B.S. in Petroleum Engineering. (Aug., 2001). University of Tulsa. Undergraduate Research: 1) NSF/CRCD Multiphase Transport Phenomena Project, 2000-2001, University of Tulsa-Michigan State University – University of Akron Consortia, Chevron Case: CFD Modeling of a Large Tank Separator: Fluid Flow Phenomena in the inlet Spreader Manifold. 2) Void-Fraction Calculations and Two-Phase Flow Performance of Coriolis Mass Flowmeters, 1999.

Work Experience:

• PDVSA - Construction and Major Facilities Division, Project Management of Major Oilfield Facilities Turnaround Projects, Lagunillas, Venezuela, 1989-1997.
• TUSTP Undergraduate Research, Tulsa, OK, 1999-2001.
• PDVSA – Lagomedio Exploitation Unit, Reservoir Development Engineer, Maracaibo, Venezuela, 2001-2003.
• TUSTP Graduate Research / Teaching Assistant, Tulsa, OK, 2003-2005
• Chevron Internship, Development and Population of a Database System for Solid-Liquid Hydrocyclones Oilfield Experimental Data (CycloneMaster), Houston, Texas, 2004.
• Vintage Petroleum, Domestic Division, Reservoir Engineer, Tulsa, OK, 2005.

Currently: finishing M.Sc thesis work, University of Tulsa / TUSTP. Working as Reservoir Engineer for Cimarex Energy Co. / Production Operations Division / Exploitation Field Studies, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Areas of Interest: Compact Separation Systems for Downhole Water Injection, Reservoir Studies, Waterflooding.