About
Evren M. Ozbayoglu is currently a Jonathan Detwiler Chair Professor in The University of Tulsa Petroleum Engineering Department, and is the director of The University of Tulsa Drilling Research Projects (TUDRP). He earned his B.Sc. in 1996 and M.Sc. in 1998 from METU. He earned his Ph.D. from The University of Tulsa in 2002. He started working at METU as a full time faculty member, and continued working at METU until August 2009. Since then, he has worked for UTulsa.
Ozbayoglu has numerous publications, including more than 200 peer-reviewed journal papers and conference papers, chapter in SPE Textbook Series “Fundamentals of Drilling Engineering” (ISBN: 978-1555632076) and one of the authors of “Drilling Engineering: Advanced Applications and Technology” (ISBN: 978-1259643743). He has participated in several industrial projects on major drilling engineering topics, and his research interests include all major topics related to drilling and well completions.
Awards & Honors
- Outstanding Researcher Award, The University of Tulsa, 2026
- Zelimir Schmidt Research Award for Outstanding Career Research, College of Engineering & Computer Science, The University of Tulsa, 2025
- A Peer Apart Honoree, SPE, 2024
- Associate Editor Award, SPE Drilling & Completion, 2022
- Outstanding Technical Editor Award, SPE Drilling & Completion, 2023, 2021, 2018, 2015, 2013
- Chevron Fellowship, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2016, 2014, 2013
- Distinguished Membership Award, SPE, 2020
- Regional Drilling Engineer Award, SPE, 2019
- Regional Distinguished Faculty Award, SPE, 2013
- Outstanding Technical Editor Award, SPE Journal, 2012
- Outstanding Technical Editor Award, SPE Reservoir Application & Engineering, 2012
- 2005-2006 Excellence in Education Award, Prof. Dr. Mustafa Parlar Foundation, December 2006
- 2004-2005 Educator of the Year Award, Prof. Dr. Mustafa Parlar Foundation, December 2005
- 2002-2003 Educator of the Year Award, Prof. Dr. Mustafa Parlar Foundation, December 2003
- Allen Chapman Distinguished Ph.D. Student Award, The University of Tulsa, 2001
Education
- Ph.D., Philosophy in Petroleum Engineering, The University of Tulsa, 2002
- M.Sc., Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, Middle East Technical University – Ankara Turkiye, 1998
- B.Sc., Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, Middle East Technical University – Ankara Turkiye, 1996
Research Interests & Areas of Expertise
- Non-Newtonian fluids
- Multiphase flow
- Foams
- Underbalanced drilling
- Managed pressure drilling
- Hole cleaning
- Cuttings transport
- Drilling mechanics
- Horizontal and directional drilling
- Bit mechanics
- Wellbore stability
- Drilling dysfunction
- Data analytics
- Machine learning
- Optimization
- Automation
- Computational fluid dynamics
