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Dr. Vikas Mahto

Designation : Associate Professor

Affiliation : Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad Jharkhand, India,

Expertise: Water and Gas shut off jobs, Profile Modification Jobs, Gas hydrate Inhibitors, Drilling Fluid Design and Analysis, Enhanced Oil Recovery, Flow Assurance Problems, and Application of nanotechnology in oil and gas field operations

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Role: Section Editor

Journal: Emerging Trends in Chemical Engineering

About Me

Associate Professor in Department of Petroleum Engineering at
Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India
My expertise are Water and Gas shut off jobs, Profile Modification Jobs, Gas hydrate Inhibitors, Drilling Fluid Design and Analysis, Enhanced Oil Recovery, Flow Assurance Problems, and Application of nanotechnology in oil and gas field operations


Recent Publications

  1. Rohit Sharma, Vikas Mahto, Hari Vuthaluru, “Synthesis of PMMA/modified graphene oxide nanocomposite pour point depressant and its effect on the flow properties of Indian waxy crude oil”, Fuel, 235, pp. 1245-1259.Impact Factor: 4.9
  2. P.K. Jha, Vikas Mahto and V.K. Saxena, “Study the effect of polymers on the stability and rheological properties of oil-in-water (O/W) Pickering emulsion muds” Korea-Australia Rheology Journal, 30(2), 1-10 (May 2018)
  3. Barasha Deka, Rohit Sharma, Arnab Mandal and Vikas Mahto, “Synthesis and evaluation of oleic acid based polymeric additive as pour point depressant to improve flow properties of Indian waxy crude oil” Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 170 (2018) 105–111
  4. Rituraj Singh, Vikas Mahto and Hari Vuthaluru, “Development of a novel fly ashpolyacrylamide nanocomposite gel system for improved recovery of oil from heterogeneous reservoir” Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Published online in February 21, 2018, Impact Factor:1.873
  5. Tinku Saikia and Vikas Mahto, Evaluation of Soya Lecithin as Eco-friendly Biosurfactant Clathrate Hydrate Antiagglomerant Additive, Journal of Surfactant and Detergents, 2018 Impact Factor: 1.450