Professor
Kenji Furui
Research Areas:
- Rock Mechanics
- Drilling and Completions
- Well Stimulation
- Unconventional Resources
- Computational Geomechanics
Educational Qualifications:
- Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, 2004
- M.S., Petroleum Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, 2001
- B.S., Resources and Environmental Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, 1999
Courses Taught:
- Rock Mechanics
- Numerical Rock Mechanics
- Advanced Petroleum Production Engineering
- Advanced Numerical Rock Mechanics
Research:
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Dr. Furui's current research interests include time-dependent borehole stability, sand control and volumetric sand rate prediction, injection-induced earthquakes, high-rate matrix acidizing in carbonate reservoirs, hydraulic fracturing and fluids diversion technology, well completion performance evalution, and coupled reservoir and geomechanics simulation. He has published more than 40 journal articles and conference proceedings.
Awards & Honors:
- SPE Cedric K. Ferguson Medal, 2013
- SPE Young Engineer of the Year Award (Gulf Coast Section), 2012
- Technology Achievement Award (ConocoPhillips), 2011
- Outstanding Young Scientist Award (ConocoPhillips), 2009
- SPE Young Professional Paper Certificate Recipient, 2nd Annual YP Paper Contest, best paper written primarily by a YP in the Well Completions category, 2009
- Yoshizawa Graduate Scholarship (Waseda University), 1999
Contact Information:
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Email: furui@waseda.jp
Phone: 03-5273-5078
Office Location: 51-12-08
Assistant Professor
Vo Thanh Hung
Research Areas
CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage)
Visiting Research Fellow
Gang Chen
Research Areas
Rock Mechanics / Wellbore Stability
Unconventional Resources
Contract Researcher
Koyo Shimura
Research Areas
Hydraulic Fracturing
FFD (Far-Field Diverter)
Research Intern
Klemens Niedbala
Research Areas
Hydraulic Fracturing
Research Student
James Thuso Khoete
Research Areas
Undecided
Doctor
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Research Areas
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M2
Etsunari Ishida
Research Areas
Enhanced Geothermal System
Satoshi Ito
Research Areas
CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage)
Induced Seismicity
Tatsuki Komatsubara
Research Areas
Wellbore Stability Analysis
Koki Nakano
Research Areas
Acid Stimulation
Wormhole
Ryo Noguchi
Research Areas
CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage)
M1
Tomoki Amano
Research Areas
Enhanced Geothermal System
Tokio Doshita
Research Areas
Acid Stimulation
Wormhole
Aisha Al Hashimi
Research Areas
Undecided
Hunaida Al Hinai
Research Areas
Hydrogen Storage
Rion Nakamoto
Research Areas
Geothermal Sytem
Haruki Ogawa
Research Areas
Hydraulic Fracturing
FFD (Far-Field Diverter)
Daichi Oshikata
Research Areas
Hydraulic Fracturing
Crack Growth/Branching
Keito Ozawa
Research Areas
CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage)
Induced Seismicity
Corporate Finance
Taichi Sakaguchi
Research Areas
CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage)
Yusuke Tsuge
Research Areas
CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage)
Wellbore Stability Analysis
B4
Satomi Kamada
Research Areas
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Aya Katsuta
Research Areas
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Aoi Morikawa
Research Areas
CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage)
Shunta Sekiguchi
Research Areas
Wellbore Stability Analysis
Kazuhiro Yamamura
Research Areas
Analysis of Wormhole
Alumni
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masataka Aoki | Youichiro Iijima | Shu Seisyo | Tatsuro Abe | Hirofumi Ayakawa | Yujin Arita | Mizuho Ido |
| Shun Kanazawa | Yuki Ihara | Masato Aoki | Ken Sato | Chin hsiang Chan | Shu Kataoka | Koki Katayama |
| Kento Kaneko | Yasutaka Ono | Takahiro Gondo | Yu Shigeta | Keito Ikebata | Yu Majima | Naoya Nagata |
| Shohei Sakaida | Kentaro Kimura | Youta Takahashi | Jinyu Setsu | Mana Kobayashi | Kazuki Mori | Tetsu Sata |
| Kazuyuki Terada | Tohoko Tajima | Masahiro Nagao | Kensuke Maeda | Ryoma Kusakabe | Vaya Candia Putra | Hirokazu Seta |
| Asuka Miyao | Hideaki Matsuoka | Yasuyuki Hamanaka | Genta Miki | Ruoxuan Liu | Keiju Takahashi | |
| Kenta Yamada | Ryotaro Matsunaga | Ai Matsuo | Aya Murai | Yudai Maeda | Kensuke Warashina | |
| Shiho Matsuno | Seishiro Watase | Goshi Sakaida | Koki Nakamura | |||
| Kenji Shinohara | Tomoki Onishi | |||||
| Stina Marie Soraas Haga | Takahiro Watanabe | |||||
| Xue Runhua |
Place of Employment (alphabetical)
| Industry | Place |
|---|---|
| Energy | CNPC(China National Petroleum Corporation) |
| Cosmo Energy Exploration & Production Co., Ltd. | |
| Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. | |
| INPEX | |
| ITOCHU Oil Exploration CO., Ltd. | |
| JAPEX | |
| J-power | |
| JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration | |
| K&O Energy | |
| Schlumberger Norge | |
| Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. | |
| Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. | |
| Other | ABeam Consulting Ltd. |
| East Japan Railway Company | |
| ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation | |
| JFE | |
| Kao Corporation | |
| KEYENCE CORPORATION | |
| Mitsui Ocean Development and Engineering Co. | |
| Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company, Limited | |
| NEC Corporation | |
| NHK(Japan Broadcasting Corporation) | |
| Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisya | |
| Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. | |
| NTT Communications Corporation | |
| ORBIC Co., Ltd. | |
| Open House Group Co., Ltd | |
| Primemetals Technologies | |
| Rakuten Group, Inc. | |
| Shiseido Company, Limited | |
| Tanaka Sokuryo Sekkei | |
| TELNITE CO., LTD. | |
| THE BANK OF FUKUOKA., LTD. | |
| Go on to | Texas A&M University |
| The University Of Tokyo | |
| Waseda University |