Academic interests
- Integrated Reservoir Characterization
- Rock Physics and Geomechanics
- Quantitative Seismic Interpretation (seismic inversion, AVO modeling/analysis, seismic attribute analysis)
- Reservoir Feasibility and Caprock Integrity for CO2 Storage
- Physics-informed Deep Learning Applications
- Unconventional Reservoirs
- Time-lapse (4D) Seismic Analysis
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Courses taught
Background
Relevant Experience
2025-present – PhD Research Fellow: Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Norway
2020-2025 – Reservoir & QI Geophysicist: Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO), Ankara, Turkey
Education
- PhD Geosciences (current), University of Oslo, Norway
- MSc Geophysics, with minor in Petroleum Eng (2019), Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA
- BSc Geophysical Engineering (2014), Istanbul University, Turkey
- BSc Geosciences, exchange student (2013), Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Tags:
Geophysics,
Rock physics,
CO2 storage,
Petroleum geology
Publications
PEER-REVIEWED PAPERS
• Durmus, U., Ceyhan, U., 2025, How to differentiate between CO2 and CH4 in the subsurface using rock physics? A case study from the Thrace Basin, Turkiye. The Leading Edge, 44 (12), 944–951 https://doi.org/10.1190/tle44120944.1
• Durmus, U., 2025, Rock-physics-guided convolutional neural network for elastic impedance inversion in onshore clastic reservoirs. Interpretation, 13 (3), T497–T508 https://doi.org/10.1190/int-2024-0026.1
• Durmus, U., Binder, G. & Simmons, J.L., 2023, A rock physics model in vertical transverse isotropy (VTI) media and its application to Eagle Ford shale. Geophysical Prospecting, 71 (8), 1633–1654 https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2478.13397
EXPANDED ABSTRACTS
• Durmus, U., Mondol, N.H., 2026, Rock-Physics–Based Caprock Evaluation of Rogaland Group Shales for CO2 Storage in the Central North Sea. World CCUS Conference 2026, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.202622084
• Parvin, A., Durmus, U., Minakov, A., Mondol, N.H., 2026, Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Impacts of CO2 storage: A Synthetic Study on Sleipner CO2 Injection Site, Norwegian North Sea. World CCUS Conference 2026, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.202622073
• Durmus, U., Mondol, N.H., 2026, Effect of Compaction on Anisotropy of Inorganic Shales. 6th IMAGE Conference & Exhibition, 1–5.
• Durmus, U., Mondol, N.H., 2026, Rock Physics-Informed Machine Learning for Vs Prediction of CO2 Storage in a Saline Aquifer, Offshore Norway. 87th EAGE Annual Conference & Exhibition, 1–5. https://www.earthdoc.org/content/papers/10.3997/2214-4609.2026101242
• Durmus, U., Mondol, N.H., 2025, Rock Physics Modelling and Geomechanical Analysis of Northern Lights CO2 Storage, Offshore Norway. Sixth EAGE Global Energy Transition Conference & Exhibition (GET 2025), 1–5. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.202521287
• Durmus, U., 2025, Understanding Elastic Properties of Sandstone Reservoirs and Anisotropic Drake Shale Using Rock Physics for CO2 Storage . 86th EAGE Annual Conference & Exhibition, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.2025101183
• Durmus, U., 2023, Quantitative Interpretation Using Rock Physics Driven Convolutional Neural Network. 21st International Petroleum and Natural Gas Conference & Exhibition of Turkey, IPETGAS.
• Durmus, U., 2023, Integrated Reservoir Characterization of Fractured Carbonates: Garzan Limestone Case. 21st International Petroleum and Natural Gas Conference & Exhibition of Turkey, IPETGAS.
• Durmus, U., Binder, G., Simmons, J., 2021, Rock Physics Model for Unconventional Reservoirs with Vertical Transverse Isotropy. 82nd EAGE Annual Conference & Exhibition, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.202011707
• Durmus, U., Binder, G., Simmons, J., 2019, Anisotropic Analysis of P- and S- waves in Eagle Ford Shale Using Rock Physics Model: Presented at the 89th SEG International Annual Meeting.
• Durmus, U., Binder, G., Simmons, J., 2019, Understanding the Eagle Ford Shale Using Rock Physics Model: Poster Presentation at CSM GRADS Symposium, Golden.
• Ozcep F., Karabulut S., Caglak F., Tezel O., Yılmaz H., Durmus U., Ozel A.O., 2013, Geophysical Properties of Soils in Buyukada/ Princes Islands (Istanbul), Conference Proceedings, 20th International Geophysical Congress and Exhibition of Turkey, November 25-27, pp.424-427
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