Journal Publications in Press
Deng, T., Ambia, J., and Torres-Verdín, C., 2022, Interpretation of well logs and core data via Bayesian inversion: Geophysics, accepted for publication.
Amaro-Estrada, J.I., Wang, Y., and Torres-Verdín, C., 2022, Quantifying the effect of spatial confinement on the diffusion and NMR relaxation of water/hydrocarbon mixtures: A molecular dynamics simulation study: Langmuir, accepted for publication.
Albusairi, M. and Torres-Verdín, C., 2022, Fast-forward modeling of borehole NMR measurements acquired in deviated wells and spatially heterogeneous formations: Geophysics, accepted for publication.
Deng, T., Ambia, J., and Torres-Verdín, C., 2022, Efficient Bayesian inversion of borehole geophysical measurements with a gradient-based Markov chain Monte Carlo method: Geophysical Prospecting, accepted for publication.
2022
Pan, W., Jo., H., Santos, J.E., Torres-Verdín, C., and Pyrcz, M.J., 2022, Hierarchical machine learning workflow for conditional and multiscale deepwater reservoir modeling: AAPG Bulletin, v. 106, no. 11, pp. 2163-2186.
Schroeder, C. D. and Torres-Verdín, C., 2022, Mud-filtrate invasion in laminated and spatially heterogeneous rocks: high-resolution in-situ visualization and analysis using time-lapse X-ray microcomputed tomography (micro-CT): Petrophysics, v. 63, no. 5, pp. 614-641.
Sun, Z. and Torres-Verdín, C., 2022, The role of pore-shape and pore-space heterogeneity in non-Archie behavior of resistivity index curves: Journal of Geophysical Research – Solid Earth, v. 127, issue 9, pp. 1-15.
Noh, K., Torres-Verdín, C., and Pardo, D., 2022, Real-time 2.5D inversion of LWD resistivity measurements using deep learning for geosteering applications across faulted formations: Petrophysics, v. 63, no. 4, pp. 506-518.
Noh, K., Pardo, D., and Torres-Verdín, C., 2022, 2.5D deep learning inversion of LWD and deep-sensing EM measurements across formations with dipping faults: IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, v. 19, pp. 1-5.
Garcia, P., Heidari, Z., and Torres-Verdín, C., 2022, Multifrequency inversion of complex electrical conductivity measurements for simultaneous assessment of wettability, porosity, and water saturation: SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering, v. 25, no. 2, pp. 177-196.
Aérens, P., Medellin, D., and Torres-Verdín, C., 2022, Quality control of nuclear magnetic resonance measurements using pseudo-T2 distributions: SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering, v. 25, no. 2, pp. 163-176.
Jahani, N., Ambia, J., Alyaev, S., Fossum, K., Sutter, E., and Torres-Verdín, C., 2022, Ensemble-based well-log interpretation and uncertainty quantification for well geosteering: Geophysics, v. 87, no. 3, pp. IM57–IM66.
Escobar, J. D. and Torres-Verdín, C., 2022, Efficient estimation of aquifer intrinsic permeability anisotropy using perturbation theory: Computer and Geosciences, v. 159, February, pp. 1-12.
Bautista-Anguiano, J., and Torres-Verdín, C., 2022, Inversion-based interpretation of borehole spontaneous potential measurements for accurate estimation of water resistivity in the presence of shoulder-bed and mud-filtrate invasion effects: Geophysics, v. 87, no. 2, pp. D47-D65.
Schroeder, C. D. and Torres-Verdín, C., 2022, In-situ visualization and characterization of filter-cake deposition using time-lapse micro-CT imaging: Petrophysics, v. 63, no. 2, pp. 199-217.
2021
Sun, Z., Mehmani, A., and Torres-Verdín, C., 2021, Pore-scale investigation of the electrical resistivity of saturated porous media: flow patterns and porosity efficiency: Journal of Geophysical Research – Solid Earth, v. 126, issue 12, pp. 1-15.
Albusairi, M. and Torres-Verdín, C., 2021, Rapid modeling of borehole measurements
of nuclear magnetic resonance via spatial sensitivity functions: Geophysics, v. 86, no. 5, pp. D149-D176.
Xu, S., Tang, X., Chen, M., Su, Y., Qian, Y., Sun, D., and Torres-Verdín, C., 2021, Estimation of directional crack density and fluid properties from well logs in vertical wells: Geophysics, v. 86, no. 4, pp. D113-D124.
Xu, S., Tang, X., Torres-Verdín, C., Zheng, L., and Su, Y. D., 2021, Evaluation of 3D shear-wave anisotropy based on elastic-wave velocity variations around the borehole: Geophysics, v. 86, mo. 3, pp. D103-D112.
Pan, W., Torres-Verdín, C., and Pyrcz, M.J., 2021, Stochastic Pix2pix: A new machine learning method for geophysical and well conditioning of rule-based channel reservoir models: Natural Resources Research, v. 30, no. 2, pp. 1319-1345.
Shahriari, M., Pardo, D., Rivera, J.A., Torres-Verdín, C., Picon, A., Del Ser, J., Ossandón, S., and Calo, V., 2021, Error control and loss functions for the deep learning inversion of borehole resistivity measurements: International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, v. 122, Issue 6, pp. 1629-1657.
Sun, Z., Mehmani, A., and Torres-Verdín, C., 2021, SuBPore-scale trapping mechanisms following imbibition: A microfluidics investigation of surface roughness effects: Water Resources Research, v. 57, issue 2, pp. 1-16.
2020
Bautista-Anguiano, J., and Torres-Verdín, C., 2020, Estimation of in situ hydrocarbon saturation of porous rocks from borehole measurements of spontaneous potential: Geophysics, v. 85, no. 6, pp. D199–D217.
González-Flores, E., Campos-Enríquez, O., Valenzuela-Wong, R., Torres-Verdín, C., Rivera-Recillas, D.E., and Camacho-Ramírez, E., 2020, Shallow structure of the Chalco and Xochimilco sub-basins (Southern Mexico Basin) based on wave propagation modeling and seismic data: Journal of South American Earth Sciences, v. 103, November Issue, pp. 102722(1-14).
Lee, H., and Torres-Verdín, C., 2020, Compositions of liquid mixtures from near-infrared spectrum data via radial basis functions and artificial neural networks: Vibrational Spectroscopy, v. 110, September Issue, pp. 103108.
Kelly, S., Mehmani, A., and Torres-Verdín, C., 2020, Leveraging digital rock physics workflows in unconventional petrophysics: A review of opportunities, challenges, and benchmarking: Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, v. 190, Issue July, pp. 1-12.
Du, Y., Mehmani, A., Xu, K., Kelly, S., Balhoff, M., and Torres-Verdín, C., 2020, Microfluidic diagnostics of the impact of local microfracture connectivity on hydrocarbon recovery following water injection: Water Resources Research, v. 56, issue 7, pp. 1-21.
Bautista-Anguiano, J., Torres-Verdín, C., and Strobel, J., 2020, Mechanistic 3D finite-difference simulation of borehole spontaneous potential measurements: Geophysics, v. 85, no. 4, pp. D105-D119.
Shahriari, M., Pardo, D., Picón, A., Galdran, A., Del Ser, J., and Torres-Verdín, C., 2020, A deep learning approach to the inversion of borehole resistivity measurements: Computational Geosciences, v. 29, no. 3, pp. 971–994.
Xu, S., Tang, X., Su, Y. D., and Torres-Verdín, C., 2020, Crack-induced shear-wave orthorhombic anisotropy: Modeling and inversion of shear-wave borehole measurements: Journal of Geophysical Research, Solid Earth, v. 125, issue 3, pp. 1-19.
Maalouf, E., Torres-Verdín, C., and Liu, J., 2020, Application of Backus average to simulate acoustic logs in thinly bedded formations: Geophysics, v 85, no. 3, pp. D93-D104.
Luycx, M., Bennis, M., Torres-Verdín, C., and Preeg, W., 2020, Simulation of borehole nuclear measurements: A practical tutorial guide for implementation of Monte Carlo methods and approximations based on flux sensitivity functions: Petrophysics, v. 61, no. 1, pp. 4-36.
2019
Mehmani, A., Kelly, S., Torres-Verdín, C., and Balhoff, M., 2019, Capillary trapping following imbibition in porous media: Microfluidic quantification of the impact of pore-scale surface roughness: Water Resources Research, v. 55, issue 11, pp. 9905-9925.
Schroeder, C. and Torres-Verdín, C., 2019, Experimental method for time-lapse micro-CT imaging of mud-filtrate invasion and mudcake deposition: Petrophysics, v. 60, no. 5, pp. 620-630.A. Mehmani, Kelly, S., Torres-Verdín, C., and Balhoff, M., Residual oil saturation following gas injection in sandstones: microfluidic quantification of the impact of pore-scale surface roughness: Fuel, v. 251, September Issue, pp. 147-161, 2019.
J. D. Escobar and Torres-Verdin, C., Permeability sensitivity functions and rapid simulation of multi-point pressure measurements using perturbation theory: Advances in Water Resources, v. 129, July Issue, pp. 198-209, 2019.
M. Luycx and Torres-Verdín, C., “Fast modeling of gamma-gamma density measurements via gamma-ray point kernel approximations”, Geophysics, v. 84, no. 2, pp. D57-D72, 2019.
Luycx, M. and Torres-Verdín, C., “Physics, applications, and limitations of borehole neutron-gamma density measurements: Geophysics”, v. 84, no. 1, pp. D39-D56, 2019.
Medellin, D., Ravik, V., and Torres-Verdín, C., “Nonlinear mixing law for magnetic resonance transverse-relaxation measurements of dispersed mixtures: Geophysics”, v. 84, no. 1, pp. MR1-MR11, 2019.
Medellin, D., Ravik, V., and Torres-Verdín, C., “Pore-size-dependent fluid substitution method for magnetic resonance measurements”, Geophysics, v. 84, no. 1, pp. D25-D38, 2019.
Ramos, M. J., Espinoza, D. N., Torres-Verdín, C., and Laubach, S., “Quantifying static and dynamic stiffness anisotropy and nonlinearity in finely laminated shales: Experimental measurement and modeling Geophysics”, v. 84, no. 1, pp. MR25-MR36 2019.
Ghanbarian, B., Torres-Verdín, C., Lake, L. W., and Marder, M., “Gas permeability in unconventional tight sandstones: scaling up from pore to core”, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, v. 173, Issue February 2019, pp. 1163-1172, 2019.
Ramos, M. J., Espinoza, D. N., Goldfarb, E. J., Tisato, N., Laubach, S., and Torres-Verdín, C., “Microstructural controls on elastic anisotropy of finely laminated Mancos Shale”, Geophysical Journal International, v. 216, Issue 2, pp. 991-1004, 2019.
2018
M. Luycx and Torres-Verdín, C., “Rapid forward modeling of logging-while-drilling neutron-gamma density measurements”, Geophysics, v. 83, no. 6, pp. D231-D246, 2018.
E. Maalouf and Torres-Verdín, C., “Interpretation of borehole flexural measurements in high-angle wells using 3D spatial sensitivity functions”, Geophysics, v. 83, no. 6, pp. D217-D229, 2018.
E. Maalouf and Torres-Verdín, C., “Interpretation of borehole sonic measurements acquired in VTI formations penetrated by vertical wells”, Geophysics, v. 83, no. 6, pp. D187-D202, 2018.
A. Rodriguez-Rozas, Pardo, D., and Torres-Verdín, C., “Fast 2.5D finite element simulations of borehole resistivity measurements”, Computational Geosciences, v. 22, no. 5, pp. 1271-1281, 2018.
S. Xu, Tang, X., Torres-Verdín, C., and Su, Y., “Seismic shear wave anisotropy in cracked rocks and an application to hydraulic fracturing”, Geophysical Research Letters, v. 45, no. 11, pp 5390-5397, 2018.
V. Puzyrev, Calo, V., and Torres-Verdín, C., “Interpretation of deep directional resistivity measurements acquired in high-angle and horizontal wells using 3D inversion”, Geophysical Journal International, v. 213, no. 2, pp. 1135-1145, 2018.
J. D. Escobar and Torres-Verdin, C., “Permeability sensitivity functions and rapid simulation of hydraulic-testing measurements using perturbation theory”, Water Resources Research, v. 54, pp. 1977-1998, 2018.
J. Shiriyev, Brick, Y., Zhang, P., Yilmaz, A. E., Torres-Verdín, C., Sharma, M., Hosbach, T., Oerkfitz, M. A., and Gabelmann, J., “Experiments and simulations of a prototype tri-axial electromagnetic induction logging tool for open-hole hydraulic fracture diagnostics”, Geophysics, v. 83, no. 3, pp. D7-D81, 2018.
E. Maalouf and Torres-Verdín, C., “Inversion-based method to mitigate noise in borehole sonic logs”, Geophysics, v. 83, no. 2, pp. D61-D71, 2018.
2017
S. Misra, Torres-Verdín, C., Homan, D., and Rasmus, J., “Dispersive and directional effective electrical conductivity and dielectric permittivity of conductive-mineral-bearing samples derived from multi-frequency tensor electromagnetic induction measurements,” Geophysics, vol. 82, no. 4, pp. D211-D223, 2017.
J. Shiriyev, Brick, Y., Zhang, P., Yilmaz, A. E., Torres-Verdín, C., Sharma, M., Hosbach, T., Oerkfitz, M. A., and Gabelmann, J., “Experiments and simulations of a prototype tri-axial electromagnetic induction logging tool for open-hole hydraulic fracture diagnostics,” Geophysics, vol. 83, no. 3, pp. D7-D81, 2017.
S. A. Bakr, Pardo, D., and Torres-Verdín, C., “Fast inversion of logging-while-drilling resistivity measurements acquired in multiple wells,” Geophysics, vol. 82, no. 3, pp. E111-E120, 2017.
A. Frooqnia, Torres-Verdín, C., and Sepehrnoori, K., “Inference of near-borehole permeability and water saturation from time-lapse oil-water production logs,” Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, vol. 152, no. April 2017, pp. 116-135, 2017.
S. Kelly, Torres-Verdín, C., and Balhoff, M., “Influence of polarity and hydration cycles on imbibition hysteresis in silica nanochannels,” Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 20, pp. 456-466, 2017.
E. Maalouf and Torres-Verdín, C., “Inversion-based method to mitigate noise in borehole sonic logs,” Geophysics, vol. 83, no. 2, pp. D61-D71, 2017.
R. Victor, Prodanović, M., and Torres-Verdín, C., “Monte Carlo approach for estimating density and atomic number from dual-energy computed tomography images of carbonate rocks,” Journal of Geophysical Research – Solid Earth, vol. 122, pp. 9804-9824, 2017.
R. Wang, Herrera, W., and Torres-Verdín, C., “Simulation and interpretation of sonic waveforms in high-angle and horizontal wells,” Geophysics, vol. 82, no. 4, pp. D251-D263, 2017.
A. Frooqnia, Torres-Verdín, C., Sepehrnoori, K., and Abdhollah-Pour, R., “Transient coupled borehole/formation fluid-flow model for interpretation of oil/water production logs,” SPE Journal, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 389-406, 2017.
M.J. Ramos, Espinoza, D. N., and Torres-Verdín, C., “Use of shear-wave anisotropy to quantify the onset of stress-induced microfracturing,” Geophysics, vol. 82, no. 6, pp. MR201-MR212, 2017.
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P. Matuszyk and Torres-Verdín, C., “Back-propagating modes in elastic logging-while-drilling collars and their effect on PML stability,” Computers and Mathematics with Applications, vol. 66, pp. 2335-2343, 2013.
A. Revil, Woodruff, W. F., Torres-Verdín, C., and Prasad, M., “Complex conductivity tensor of anisotropic hydrocarbon-bearing shales and mudrocks,” Geophysics, vol. 78, pp. D403-D418, 2013.
C. Xu and Torres-Verdín, C., “Interpretation of hydraulic rock types with resistivity logs in Tertiary deepwater turbidite reservoirs,” Pore-scale modeling verified with field observations in the Gulf of Mexico, USA: Interpretation, vol. 1, pp. T177–T185, 2013.