Qualifications

• BS, MS (Petroleum Engineering) – Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
• PhD (Petroleum Engineering) – Clausthal Technical University, Germany
• Postdoc (Petroleum Engineering) – Stanford University, USA

• Member of Society of Petroleum Engineers
• Member of Society of Core Analysts
• Member of Turkish Chamber of Petroleum Engineers

• Core Analysis for Multiphase Flow Properties of Porous Materials
• Disposal of Carbon Dioxide in Subsurface Geological Structures
• Performance of Enhanced Oil and Gas Recovery
• Analysis of Well Test Data

• Cinar Y, Berenblyum R, Jessen K, Juanes R, Orr FM, Jr: An Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Crossflow Effects in Two-Phase Displacements. SPE Journal (to appear) 2006. SPE90568, presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, TX, Sept., 2004.
• Cinar Y, Pusch G, Reitenbach V: Petrophysical and capillary properties of compacted salt. Transport in Porous Media (to appear), 2006.
• Sayers J, Marsh C, Scott A, Cinar Y, Bradshaw J, Hennig A, Barclay S, Daniel R: Assessment of a Potential Storage Site for Carbon Dioxide – A Case Study, Southeast Queensland Australia. DEG EG05-012, AAPG Environmental Geosciences, (Special Issue on CO2 Sequestration, to appear), 2006.
• Gibson-Poole CM, Svendsen L, Underschultz J, Watson MN, Ennis-King J, van Ruth P, Nelson EJ, Daniel RF, Cinar Y: Gippsland Basin Geosequestration: A Potential Solution for the Latrobe Valley Brown Coal CO2 Emissions. APPEA Journal, 2006.
• Alkan KH, Cinar Y, Pusch G: Rock Salt Dilatancy Boundary Based on Acoustic-Detection-Improved Triaxial Compression Tests. Under consideration for publication in International J. of Rock Mech. and Min. Sci., 2006.
• Laforce T, Cinar Y, Johns R, Orr FM, Jr: Experimental Confirmation for Analytical Composition Routes in Three-Phase Partially Miscible Flow. SPE 99505, to be presented at the SPE/DOE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, Tulsa, OK, April, 2006.
• Olafuyi AO, Sheppard AP, Arns CH, Sok RM, Cinar Y, Knackstedt MA, Pinczewski WV: Experimental Investigation of Drainage Capillary Pressure Computed from Digitized Tomographic Images. SPE 99897, to be presented at the SPE/DOE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, Tulsa, OK, April, 2006.
• Cinar Y, Marquez S, Orr FM, Jr: Effect of IFT Variation and Wettability on Three-Phase Relative Permeability. SPE 90572, presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, TX, Sept., 2004. Submitted for publication in SPE Reservoir Engineering & Evaluation, 2005.
• Cinar Y, Orr FM, Jr: Measurement of Three-Phase Relative Permeability with IFT Variation. SPE Reservoir Engineering & Evaluation, February 2005, 33-43. SPE89419, presented at the SPE/DOE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, Tulsa, OK, April, 2004.
• Yildiz T, Cinar Y: Inflow Performance and Transient Pressure Behavior of Selectively Completed Vertical Wells. SPE Reservoir Engineering & Evaluation, October 1998, 467-475. SPE 38973, presented at the SPE Latin American & Caribbean Petroleum Eng Conf, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug. 30–Sept. 3, 1997.
• Alkan KH, Cinar Y, Pusch G: Visualization and Acoustic Detection of Microcrack Development in Rock Salt. In Proc. of the Solution Mining Research Institute Spring Meeting, Houston, TX, April 27-30, 2003.
• Cinar Y, Pusch G, Reitenbach V, Mueller W: Hydraulic Characterization of Compacted Salt as Backfill Material. In Proc. of the 6th Int. Workshop on Design and Construction of Final Repositories, “Backfilling in Radioactive Waste Disposals:, Brussels, March 11-13, 2002.
• Cinar Y, Pusch G, Reitenbach V: Analysis of the Pore Structure of Compacted Salt Material Based on the Measurement of Hydraulic Properties. In Proc. of the Solution Mining Research Institute Spring Meeting, Orlando, FL, April 23-24, 2001.
• Cinar Y, Müller W, Pusch G, Reitenbach V.: Gas Migration in Salt. Part II: Experimental Work. In Proc. of the European Commission Pegasus Project Meeting, Naantali, Finland, May 25-26, 1998.
• Cinar Y, Yildiz T: Pressure Transient Behavior of Selectively-Completed Vertical Wells. In Proc. of the 11th International Petroleum Congress, Ankara, Turkey, April 15-17, 1996.
• Cinar Y, Haci M: Calculation of Safe Trip Speeds. In Proc. of the 9th International Petroleum Congress, Ankara, Feb. 17-21, 1992.