Education

Experience

Courses Taught

• Basic Reservoir Engineering
• Reservoir Engineering 2 and laboratory
• Petroleum Reservoir and Production Engineering
• Drilling Fluid, Casing and Cementation
• Well Completion, Testing and Stimulation Techniques
• Storage, Transport and Corrosion Engineering
• Petroleum Drilling Technology
• Phase Equilibria Thermodynamics
• Flow Through Porous Media
• Drilling and Fracturing Technology
• Basic Drilling Technology
• Advanced Drilling
• Advanced Drilling and Data Analytics
• Offshore Engineering
• Drilling Fluid Labs for the undergraduates
• Design and Implementation of EOR

Workshops/Conferences Organized

• Organized International Conference "International Conference on Transforming Upstream" as Convenor (September-October 2024)

Training Programs

• Invited lecture on Production Forecasting using AI/ML Techniques for executives and professionals
• Trained E-2 level ONGC officers on Managed pressure drilling and Fracture propagation techniques (March 2020)
• Trained Graduate Trainees on Basic Drilling Techniques during "General Petroleum Engineering" training program at ONGC Academy (March 2020)
• Organized 3-Day "ANSYS Software" Hands-on Training for faculties and Students of RGIPT (January 2020)

Industrial and Field Visits

• Industrial Visit to Mehsana Asset ONGC (July 2023) to assess areas for implementing Foam-based cement in different oil wells
• Industrial Visit to Mehsana Asset ONGC (June 2022) to assess areas for implementing AI/ML techniques in the oil field
• Industrial Visit of OIL Duliajan (December 2024), Assam for studying the formation damage problems
• Successfully conducted Industrial visit to ONGC Academy, IDT, KDMIPE and GEOPIC for B.Tech PE 2017-21 (May 2019)
• Successfully conducted Geological Field visits to Dehradun for B.Tech PE 2017-21 and 2018-22 (December 2019)

Professional Development

• Attended "3-Day Workshop Petroleum Resource Management System" by Directorate of General Hydrocarbons (January 2023)
• Attended 3-Day Workshop for Executives on Whole Value Chain Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (October 2022)
• Attended NeW IPR 2022 e-Workshop by Innovative Technology Enabling Centre (June 2022)
• Participated in training programme on "Basic Geophysical Techniques" sponsored by Department of Science and Technology (January 2015)
• Attended Five-day Short-Term Program on Exploration, Production and Refining of Petroleum (January 2013)
• Participated in workshop on "Conservation of Energy" by PCRA, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (2012)

Invited Talks

• Delivered a Keynote at Energy Summit and International Conference on Clean Energy Materials and Technologies (ICCEMT 2023), at UPES Dehradun (September 2023)
• Given an Online webinar on the Effect of heterogeneity and injection rates on the recovery of oil from conventional sand packs: A simulation approach at Persian Gulf University, Iran (June 2022)

Journal Publications

Enhanced Oil Recovery Using Carbonated Polymeric Nanofluids: A New Age Approach to CO2 Utilization and Corrosion Mitigation
Halari, Darshan et al. 
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 2025

Performance Assessment of Graphene Oxide Nanosheets for Enhancing Oilwell Cement Integrity Under High-Pressure High-Temperature Conditions
Shahzar, Mohd, Sharma, Shivanjali, Saxena, Amit, and Satyajit Chowdhury
SPE J. 30 (2025): 1867–1883. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/225412-PA

Advanced Solutions for Oil-Well Cementing in High-Pressure High-Temperature Oil Wells Using Nano-Gilsonite
Mohd Shahzar, Nayan Moni Kalita, Reza Azin, Shahriar Osfouri, Shivanjali Sharma, and Amit Saxena
Energy & Fuels 2024 38 (16), 15182-15193

Mechanistic Performance of Modified Carbon Nanotubes Stabilized in Water-Based Drilling Fluids for High-Temperature Applications
Anirudh Bardhan, Saurabh Kumar, Surita Basu, Anurag Pandey, Himanshu Kesarwani, Amit Saxena, Jayati Sarkar, Shivanjali Sharma, and Shailesh Kumar
Energy & Fuels 2024 38 (17), 16066-16078.  DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.4c02548

Sustainable Potassium-Doped Graphene Oxide from Oak Fruit Agricultural Waste for a Synergistically Improved Nanofluid-Surfactant Slug for Enhancing Oil Recovery

Pandey, Anurag et al. 2024
Fuel 372(June): 132251

Performance Assessment of Bismuth Ferrite Nanoparticles in Enhancing Oilwell Cement Properties: Implications for Sustainable Construction
Khan, Fahad, Bardhan, Anirudh, Kumar, Praveen, Yadawa, Yogendra, Sharma, Shivanjali, Saxena, Amit, and Amit Ranjan
SPE J. (2024)

Nanoparticle- and Surfactant-Stabilized Carbonated Water-Induced In Situ CO2 Foam: An Improved Oil Recovery Approach
Darshan Halari, Shivam Yadav, Himanshu Kesarwani, Amit Saxena, Shivanjali Sharma
2024, Energy and Fuel, ACS

Utilization of mesoporous nano-silica as high-temperature water-based drilling fluids additive: Insights into the fluid loss reduction and shale stabilization potential
Anirudh Bardhan, Sushipra Vats, Deepak Kumar Prajapati, Darshan Halari, Shivanjali Sharma, Amit Saxena
Geoenergy Science and Engineering, Volume 232, Part A, 2024

Statistical feature engineering using discrete wavelet transform: a tool for improving the prediction of compressional and shear sonic travel time logs
Waquar Kaleem, Kashan Ahmed Khan & Amit Saxena
Petroleum Science and Technology, 2023

Advanced multi-wall carbon nanotube-optimized surfactant-polymer, flooding for enhanced oil recovery
Anurag Pandey, Syed Feraz Qamar, Sumanta Das, Surita Basu, Himanshu Kesarwani, Amit Saxena, Shivanjali Sharma, Jayati Sarkar
FUEL, 2023, Elsevier

Waste Plastic Derived Reduced Graphene Oxide as A Potential Additive for the Surfactant Polymer Flooding: A Sustainable Solution
Pandey, Anurag; Kesarwani, Himanshu; Tewari, Chetna; Saxena, Amit; Sharma, Shivanjali; Sahoo, Nanda Gopal
Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 109661, 2023, Elsevier

Synthesis and Evaluation of Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticle and its Application in Chemical Enhanced oil Recovery
Vats, Sushipra; Khan, Fahad; Prajapati, Deepak; Pandey, Anurag; Sharma, Shivanjali; Saxena, Amit
ChemistrySelect, 8 (12), 2023, Wiley Online Library

Real-Time Prediction of Litho-Facies From Drilling Data Using an Artificial Neural Network: A Comparative Field Data Study With Optimizing Algorithms
Agrawal, Romy; Malik, Aashish; Samuel, Robello; Saxena, Amit
Journal of Energy Resources Technology, 144 (4), 2022, American Society of Mechanical Engineers Digital Collection

Automated determination of interfacial tension and contact angle using computer vision for oil field applications
Gupta, Ankur; Pandey, Anurag; Kesarwani, Himanshu; Sharma, Shivanjali; Saxena, Amit
Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology, 12 (5), 1453-1461, 2022, Springer International Publishing

Assessment of Machine Learning Techniques for Real-Time Prediction of Equivalent Circulating Density
Roy, Vishnu; Pandey, Anurag; Saxena, Amit; Sharma, Shivanjali
Offshore Technology Conference Asia, 2022, OnePetro

Effect of Silicon Carbide on the Surface Tension and Adsorption of SDS on the Sandstone Formation
Pandey, Anurag Pandey; Roy, Vishnu; Kesarwani, Himanshu; Mittal, Govind; Sharma, Shivanjali; Saxena, Amit
Offshore Technology Conference Asia, 2022, OnePetro

3-D Micromodel for Visualization & Experimental Analysis of Flow Behavior, Surface Tension and Polymer Concentration on Enhanced Oil Recovery
Tandon, Apoorv; Khan, Fahad; Shukla, Raman; Saxena, Amit; Sharma, Shivanjali; Biswas, Koushik Guha
Offshore Technology Conference Asia, 2022 OnePetro

Augmenting and eliminating the use of sonic logs using artificial intelligence: A comparative evaluation
Roy, Vishnu; Gupta, Ankur; Agrawal, Romy; Kumar, Nitesh; Saxena, Amit
Geophysical Prospecting, 2022, Wiley

Enhanced Performance of Low Salinity Water Flooding Process Using Potassium Based Monovalent Salt
Khan, Fahad; Tandon, Apoorv; Kesarwani, Himanshu; Mittal, Govind; Sharma, Shivanjali; Saxena, Amit
OCEANS 2022-Chennai, 01-Jun, 2022, IEEE

Experimental Investigations of novel fatty oil based lubricant-enhanced water based drilling mud via lubricity coefficient, filtration loss and rheological characterization
Mittal, Govind; Kesarwani, Himanshu; Sharma, Shivanjali; Saxena, Amit
OCEANS 2022-Chennai, 01-Aug, 2022, IEEE.

Effect of heterogeneity and injection rates on the recovery of oil from conventional sand packs: A simulation approach
Pandey, Anurag; Kesarwani, Himanshu; Saxena, Amit; Azin, Reza; Sharma, Shivanjali
Petroleum Research, 2022, Elsevier

Cement Slurry Design for High-Pressure, High-Temperature Wellbores Using Polymer Nanocomposite: A Laboratory Scale Study Based on the Compressive Strength and Fluid Loss
Khan, Fahad; Tandon, Apoorv; Dhar, Vishal; Beg, Mukarram; Saxena, Amit; Sharma, Shivanjali
Energy & Fuels, 2022, ACS Publications

Evaluation of Silicon Carbide Nanoparticles as an Additive to Minimize Surfactant Loss during Chemical Flooding
Pandey, Anurag; Roy, Vishnu; Kesarwani, Himanshu; Sharma, Shivanjali; Saxena, Amit
ChemistrySelect, 7 (22), e202104294, 2022, Wiley Online Library

Comparative study of homogeneous ensemble methods with conventional ML classifiers in litho-facies detection using real-time drilling data
Agrawal, Romy; Malik, Aashish; Samuel, Robello; Saxena, Amit
Arabian Journal of Geosciences 15 (23), 1732, (2022), Springer International Publishing Cham

Anionic/Nonionic Surfactant Mixture for Enhanced Oil Recovery through the Investigation of Adsorption, Interfacial, Rheological, and Rock Wetting Characteristics
Kesarwani, Himanshu; Saxena, Amit; Mandal, Ajay; Sharma, Shivanjali
Energy & Fuels 35 (4), 3065-3078, 2021, American Chemical Society

Oil mobilization potential of a novel anionic karanj oil surfactant: interfacial, wetting characteristic, adsorption, and oil recovery studies
Kesarwani, Himanshu; Saxena, Amit; Saxena, Neha; Sharma, Shivanjali
Energy & Fuels, 35 (13), 10597-10610, 2021, American Chemical Society

Impact of Anisotropic Permeability on Oil Recovery Using SP Flooding: A Simulation Approach
Jindal, Rohan; Singh, Arunima; Saxena, Amit
Journal of Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Technology, 8 (1), 44-54, 2021, Persian Gulf University

Impact of low-molecular-weight poly (4-styrenesulfonic acid-co-maleic acid) sodium salt on filtration and rheological parameters of nanoparticles-enhanced drilling fluid
Beg, Mukarram; Kesarwani, Himanshu; Sharma, Shivanjali; Saxena, Amit
Journal of Vinyl and Additive Technology, 2021, John Wiley & Sons, Inc

Capillary Suction Timer and machine learning techniques as tools for evaluating the performance of different shale inhibitors used in drilling mud
Dhar, Vishal; Beg, Mukarram; Saxena, Amit; Sharma, Shivanjali
Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering (96), 104301, 2021, Elsevier

Simulation and Determination of Optimal Variables for Increased Oil Recovery Potential of Surfactant Polymer Flooding
Singh, Arunima; Jindal, Rohan; Saxena, Amit
Offshore Technology Conference Asia, 2020, Offshore Technology Conference

Novel Jatropha Oil Based Emulsion Drilling Mud Out performs Conventional Drilling Mud: A comparative study
Kesarwani, Himanshu; Saxena, Amit; Sharma, Shivanjali
Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects, Jan-14, 2020, Taylor & Francis

Synthesis, characterization and enhanced oil recovery potential analysis through simulation of a natural anionic surfactant
Saxena, Neha; Saxena, Amit; Mandal, Ajay
Journal of Molecular Liquids, 282 (545-556), 2019, Elsevier

Unconventional Resources in India: The Way Ahead
Sharma, Shivanjali; Saxena, Amit; Saxena, Neha
2019, Springer

Experimental and modeling hydraulic studies of foam drilling fluid flowing through vertical smooth pipes
Saxena, Amit; Pathak, AK; Ojha, Keka; Sharma, Shivanjali
Egyptian journal of petroleum, 26 (2), 279-290, 2017, Elsevier

An empirical correlation for estimating the viscosity of non-Newtonian waxy crude oils
Sharma, Shivanjali; Mahto, Vikas; Sharma, Virender Parkash; Saxena, Amit
Petroleum Science and Technology, 34 (6), 523-530, 2016, Taylor & Francis

Development of an Empirical Model for Settling of Solids in Gelled Foams
Saxena, Amit; Ojha, Keka; Pathak, A. K.
Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 2015, Springer

Optimization Of Characteristic Properties Of Foam-Based Drilling Fluids
Saxena, A.; a Pathak, A. K.; a Ojha, K
Brazilian Journal Of Petroleum And Gas, 2(15), 2014

Underbalanced Drilling and Its Advancements: An Overview Journal of Petroleum Engineering & Technology
Saxena A., Ojha K., Pathak A. K.
4 (2), 37-51, 2014, STM Journals

Synergistic Effects of Ionic Characteristics of Surfactants on Aqueous Foam Stability, Gel Strength, and Rheology in the Presence of Neutral Polymer
Amit Saxena , A. K. Pathak, and Keka Ojha
Ind. Eng. Chem. Res, 53 (49), 19184–19191, 2014, ACS

Books / Book Chapters

Unconventional Resources in India: The Way Ahead
Springer Briefs in Petroleum Geoscience & Engineering

Chapter 10: "Synthetic natural gas from coal"
Rahimpour - Adv. in Nat. Gas Vol. 1 - Natural Gas Formation and Extraction, Elsevier, 2024

Physicochemical Characterization of Polymer-Surfactant Based Aqueous System for Foam-Based Drilling Fluid
Amit Saxena, A. K. Pathak, Keka Ojha
International Conference on Drilling Technology 16, 2012, IIT CHENNAI ISBN: 978-93-80689-13-5.

• Training and placement Co-Incharge at RGIPT (February 2024-Present)
• Chairman, Institute Lecture Series (September 2023-Present)
• Training and Placement Coordinator for the Department of Petroleum Engineering and Geoengineering
• Co-Mentor to the Design and Innovation Centre at RGIPT (until March 2021)
• Co-convenor to RGIPT Cultural Club
• Member of the departmental equipment purchase committee (2021)
• Faculty Coordinator to National Petroleum Student Convention- NPSC, RGIPT
• Development and upgradation of the undergraduate Drilling fluid lab
• Designed the Guidelines for Research, Consultancy & Training Program's of RGIPT
• Prepared the institute's annual report for RGIPT 2019-20 submitted to the Ministry
• In charge of Training and Placement activities at Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy, Visakhapatnam (2019)
• Academic Coordinator for B.Tech Final Year Petroleum Engineering at Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy, Visakhapatnam (2019)

Social Outreach

• Organized Nukkad Nataks on Health and Sanitization
• Efforts to improve the quality of Portable water in nearby villages
• Helping villagers to avail financial benefits from government schemes in collaboration with the Bank of Baroda RGIPT Campus Branch

• Selected by FIPI to showcase the innovation for Microwave based heater treater for crude oil mobilization during India Energy Week 2025, New Delhi
• Appreciation for exemplary performance in technical papers for "Performance Evaluation of Graphene Oxide Nanosheets to Improve HPHT Wellbore Integrity by Using as an Additive in Oil Well Cement Slurry" in "UrjaVarta 2024" (July 2024)
• Received the prestigious Indian National Science Academy fellowship (2018-19)
• Awarded Best Research Paper in the student category at ICDT-2012, IIT Chennai
• Awarded First prize for paper presentation on Polymer Flooding at Tech Event at Chandigarh University (March 2016)
• Awarded TEQIP II fellowship during PhD funded by MHRD Government of India

Professional Membership

• SPE Member
• Lifetime Member of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers