Mauricio Prado, Ph.D.

Mauricio Prado

Associate Professor Stephenson Hall #2310
(918) 631-5163
mauricio-prado@utulsa.edu

Office Hours - Summer 2013 

Please contact for appointment.

Introduction

Mauricio Prado is the former Director of The University of Tulsa Artificial Lift Projects (TUALP), an industrial academic cooperative research consortium formed in 1983 to conduct research on artificial lift. He has 16 years of industrial experience, gathered from 1983 to 1999, when working as a production engineer in the areas of artificial lift and multiphase flow for Petrobrás in Brazil. His main areas of academic interest include artificial lift, production optimization and multiphase flow modeling.

Education and Degrees Earned

  • Ph.D., The University of Tulsa (1995)
  • M.Sc., Universidade Estadual de Campinas – UNICAMP, Brazil (1989)
  • B.Sc., Metallurgical Engineering, Instituto Militar de Engenharia, Brazil (1982)

Areas of Academic Specialty

  • Artificial Lift
  • Production Engineering
  • Two Phase Flow in Pipes
  • Transient Flow
  • Well Performance

Areas of Research Focus

  • Artificial Lift
  • Multiphase Flow
  • Production Optimization

Previous Relevant Work Experience

  •  Petrobras, Production Engineer (1983-1999)

Professional Affiliations

  • Society of Petroleum Engineers
  • Petroleum Society Canadian Institute of Mining
  • Metallurgy and Petroleum
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Courses Taught at TU

  • Artificial Lift Methods (PE 4173)
  • Artificial Lift Systems (PE 7003)
  • Natural Gas Production Engineering (PE 3233)
  • Production Engineering I (PE 3073)
  • Production Engineering II (PE 4073)
  • Production Engineering Lab (PE 4071)

Publications

  • A Simple Model to Predict Natural Separation Efficiency in Pumped Wells
    Harun Amrin, Prado M. G., Serrano, J.C. and Doty D. R.: SPE 81826, SPE Production and Facilities Journal, February 2003.
  • An Improved Model for Predicting Separation Efficiency of a Rotary Gas Separator in an ESP Systems
    Harun Amrin, Prado, M. G., Shirazi, S. A., Doty, D.: SPE 77279, SPE Production and Facilities Journal, May 2002.
  • Application of a Bubble Tracking Technique for Estimating Downhole Natural Separation Efficiency
    Liu, B. and Prado, M. G.: Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology, May 2004, Vol. 43 No 5.
  • Modeling Gas-Liquid Head Performance of Electrical Submersible Pumps
    Sun, D. and Prado, M. G.: ASME Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, February 2005, V. 127, Issue 1.
  • Single-Phase Model for ESP’s Head Performance
    Sun, D. and Prado, M. G.: SPE 80925, SPE Journal, Volume 11, Number 1, March 2006.
  • Two Phase Flow Modelling of Inducers
    Harun, F. A., Prado, M. G., Shirazi, S. A., Doty, D. R: Journal of Energy Resources Technology, June 2004.
  • Two-Phase Flow Performance of Electrical Submersible Pump Stages
    Pessoa, R. and Prado, M. G.: SPE 81910, SPE Production and Facilities Journal, February 2003.
  • Use Of A Bubble Tracking Method For Prediction Of Downhole Natural Separation Efficiency
    Liu, B. and Prado, M. G.: ASME Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology – November 2005, V. 127.