Underground Gas Storage Inventory Analysis by a Noniterative Method

Ning Liu is a PhD student at the University of Oklahoma. She holds a BS degree (2000) in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Petroleum, East China, and MS degree (2002) in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Tulsa. Her research interests include automatic history matching, reservoir characterization, and optimization.

Faruk Civan is an Alumni Chair Professor, Brian and Sandra O’Brien Presidential Professor, and the Liaison of the Natural Gas Engineering and Management program in the Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering at the University of Oklahoma. He holds an advanced engineering degree from the Technical University of Istanbul, Turkey, a MS degree from the University of Texas at Austin, and a PhD degree from the University of Oklahoma, all in chemical engineering. He has received 20 honors and awards, including five distinguished lectureship awards and the 2003 SPE Distinguished Achievement Award for Petroleum Engineering Faculty.