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Professional in Residence

Craft & Hawkins Department of Petroleum Engineering

Louisiana State University

3212G Patrick F. Taylor Hall

Baton Rouge, LA 70803

Phone: 225-578-5215 / Fax: 225-578-6039

ottolasantos@lsu.edu

Educational Background

  • BS in Civil Engineering, Universidade Federal da Bahia
  • MS in Petroleum Engineering, Colorodo School of Mines
  • PhD in Petroleum Engineering, Louisiana State University

Research Interests

  • Well control modeling
  • Well integrity
  • Directional drilling
  • Managed pressure drilling (MPD)
  • Well design

Teaching

  • Advanced well control
  • Advanced drilling engineering
  • Well control and MDP laboratories
  • Directional drilling