PhD Student
Farhana Akter is a Ph.D. Student at Memorial University. She has completed her Master’s from NTNU in Norway and Bachelor's from BUET. Being one of the top graduating students from BUET, she had taught at her alma mater, and in another prestigious university, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology before she started her doctoral study at Memorial University.
Educations
- M. Sc. Eng. (Petroleum Engineering), Norwegian University of Science & Technology (NTNU), Norway
- B. Sc. Eng. (Chemical Engineering), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Bangladesh
Honours/Awards
- Dean List Award
- Undergraduate Merit Position - Top 5%
Research Interests
- Petroleum engineering, enhanced petroleum products/bituminous materials recovery, simulation, optimization.
Publications
Journal Articles
- Akter F, Imtiaz S, Zendehboudi S, Hossain K. (2021). Modified Ensemble Kalman Filter for Reservoir Parameter and State Estimation in the Presence of Model Uncertainty. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2020.108323
- Deb, P.K; Akter, F; Imtiaz. S.A.; Hossain, M.E. “Nonlinearity and solution techniques in reservoir simulation: A review”. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jngse.2017.07.031
- Akter, F. “An Approach to Estimation of Gas Reserve with Dynamic Reservoir Simulation- A Case Study of Narshingdi Gas Field”, Journal of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Engineers, Bangladesh, 2015.
Conference papers
- Akter, F.; Huque, M.M; Rahman, L. “Bibiyana-Dhanua 137 km x 36” Gas Transmission Line: A Simulation Study and Economic Analysis.” International Conference on Petroleum Engineering (ICPE), Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET), Bangladesh, 2016.
- Happy, F.A; Rahman A.; Akter, F. Hossain M. E. “Pressure Data Analysis Using Derivative Type Curve for Multilayered Gas Reservoir” International Conference on Petroleum Engineering (ICPE), Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET), Bangladesh, 2016.
- Rahman, M. S.; Miah, M.I; Ahmed S.; Akter, F.; Hossain, M. E “Reservoir Fluid Properties with Memory – A Critical Review and Some Additions” International Conference on Petroleum Engineering (ICPE), Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET), Bangladesh, 2016.
- Aldousari, M.; Hashmi, G. M.; Tamim, N.; Akter, F.; A. R. Hasan” Modeling Liquid Loading of Gas Wells and its Remediation” International Conference on Petroleum Engineering (ICPE), Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET), Bangladesh, 2016.
- Ahmed, T.; Akter, F.; Huque, M.M. “A System Analysis Approach for Modeling the Deliverability of a Gas Condensate Well”, Proceedings of 4thInternational Conference of Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET), Bangladesh, 2014, pp 37-41.
- Ahmed, T.; Akter, F. “Reserve Estimation of the Producing Gas Sands of a Gas Condensate Reservoir in Bangladesh” Proceedings of 4thInternational Conference of Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET), Bangladesh, 2014, pp 42-47.
- Rahman, T.; Akter, F. “Production Optimization of Well HBJ#06 of Habiganj Gas Field” Proceedings of 4thInternational Conference of Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET), Bangladesh, 2014, pp 53-57
- Akter, F. “Modern Approach to Estimation of Gas Reserve with Dynamic Reservoir Simulation- A Case Study of Narshingdi Gas Field”, Proceedings of the conference on Engineering Research, Innovation & Education (CERIE)-2011, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh 2011, pp 139