Lab Members

Tesleem Lawal

Tesleem Lawal

Ph.D. Student

GLT 5.214


Research Area

  • Aqueous Nanobubble Dispersions
  • Chemical and Gas Enhanced Oil Recovery
  • PVT Fluid Sampling and Analysis
  • Core Analysis
  • Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage

Biography

Tesleem Lawal is a Ph.D. candidate in the Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. He earned his Master’s degree in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington. Since 2020, Tesleem has been working with Professor Ryosuke Okuno on a range of research topics, including ketone and CO2 enhanced oil recovery and PVT fluid sampling and modeling. His current research focuses on aqueous dispersions of nitrogen and CO2 nanobubbles at elevated pressures for Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) and Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) applications.

Education

  • Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering (2025), The University of Texas at Austin, USA
  • M.S. in Petroleum Engineering (2020), The University of Texas at Austin, USA
  • B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (2018), The University of Texas at Arlington, USA

Representative Publications

  • Lawal, T., Wang, H., and Okuno, R (2024). Aqueous Nitrogen-Nanobubble Dispersion and Supersaturation at Elevated Pressures up to 277 Bara. Journal of Molecular Liquids, 398, 124340. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2024.124340.
  • Lawal, T., Wang, H., Mirzaei Paiaman, A., and Okuno, R. Aqueous Nanobubble Dispersion of CO2 For Enhanced Oil Recovery – Coreflooding and Huff-n-Puff Experiments. SPE Improved Oil Recovery, 2024. https://doi.org/10.2118/218179-MS.
  • Lawal, T., Mirzaei Paiaman, A., and Okuno, R. Aqueous Ketone Solution for Wettability Alteration in High-Salinity High-Temperature Carbonate Reservoirs. SPE Improved Oil Recovery, 2024. https://doi.org/10.2118/218246-MS.
  • Lawal, T., Wang, M., Abeykoon, G. A., Argüelles Vivas, F. J., and Okuno, R. (2022). Effect of Chemical Partition Behavior on Oil Recovery by Wettability Alteration in Fractured Tight Reservoirs. Energy & Fuels, 36(2), 797-805. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.1c03344.