Sutopo

•  Mathematical modeling and upscaling of subsurface flow phenomena.
• Algorithm development and numerical method of partial differential equations.
• Reservoir Evaluation and Geothermal Reservoir Simulation.

Assistant Professor, Department of Petroleum Engineering
Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), Indonesia
1993 – Present

Faculty, Graduate Program of Geothermal Engineering
Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), Indonesia
2008 – Present

Research Associate
Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
2000 – 2003

2024

• Study on Impact of Potential Subsidence to Tangguh LNG Facilities. Client: BP Berau Ltd.

2022

• Surface Subsidence Study. Client: Genting Oil Kasuari Pte. Ltd. (GOKPL).

2021

• Advisory Team of Minas Full Field Dynamic Model. Client: Pertamina Hulu Rokan.

2020

• Well Intervention (Acid Stimulation) for Ulumbu Production Well. Client: PLN Gas & Geothermal.

2019

• Consultancy for Accompanying the Evaluation Process of Selected Provider List for Geothermal Work Area Development Partners. Client: PLN Gas & Geothermal.

2017

• Study on Well Spacing Determination for Rantau, Talang Jimar & Tanjung Structures. Client: PT Pertamina EP.

• Baseline Study for Petapahan Waterflood, Block 1 & 2. Client: PT Chevron Pacific Indonesia.

2016

• Geothermal Engineering Guidelines. Client: Pertamina.

2015

• Plan of Development (PODF) Study for Uniform-West Field. Client: Pertamina Hulu Energy ONWJ.

2014

• Plan of Development (PODF) Study for Uniform-West Field. Client: Pertamina Hulu Energy ONWJ.

• Evaluation of Drill Stem Test (DST) of Wells in South East Madura Block. Client: PT Energi Mineral Langgeng (EML).

2013

• Joint Study of Shale Gas Resources in Bengkalis Deep. Client: Petroselat.

• Reserves Certification for North Belut Field. Client: ConocoPhillips.

2012

• Joint Study of Shale Gas in West Tanjung Block. Client: PT MRI Energy.

• Artificial Lift Selection Study for KE-38 Field, West Madura Offshore. Client: PT Pertamina PHE WMO.

• Joint Study of CBM Resources in Kuala Kapuas Area. Client: PT Tranaco-CBM Asia.

2011

• Joint Study of CBM Resources in Banjarmasin Area. Client: Sugico.

• Joint Study of CBM in West Sanga-Sanga Area. Client: Sugico-BP Indonesia.

2010

• Joint Study of CBM in Bengara Field. Client: Medco-Salamander.

• Non-Economic Well Evaluation. Client: PT Chevron Pacific Indonesia.

• Subsidence Mitigation and Remediation Study for Lima Gas Field, Java Sea. Client: PHE ONWJ, Pertamina Hulu Energy.

2009

• Economic Comparison for ESP vs. Gas Lift Implementation in Poleng Field. Client: Kodeco Energy.

2008

• Reserves Certification for APN Gas Field, Java Sea. Client: BP ONWJ, BP Indonesia.

• Integrated Geology-Geophysics-Reservoir Study of Pendalian Field. Client: JOB PT. SPE.

2007

• Technical Evaluation of Subsidence in Lima Gas Field, Java Sea. Client: BP ONWJ, BP Indonesia.

• Plan of Development (POD) Study for Kampung Minyak Field. Client: PT Pertamina Sumatra Area.

• Plan of Development (POD) Study for Paluh Tabuan Timur Field. Client: PT Pertamina Sumatra Area.

2006

• Integrated Geology-Geophysics-Reservoir Study of Sukowati Field. Client: JOB Pertamina Petrochina.

2005

• Development of Petroleum Production Database. Client: JOB Pertamina Lekom Maras.

• Plan of Development (POD) Study for Kenali Asam Field, Jambi. Client: PT Pertamina.

• Plan of Development (POD) Study for Ketaling Timur Field, Jambi. Client: PT Pertamina.

• Plan of Development (POD) Study for Rantau Field, North Sumatra. Client: PT Pertamina.

• Analysis of Proposed Well Locations (Mudi-24 and Mudi-25), Mudi Field. Client: JOB Pertamina-PetroChina East Java Ltd.

• Waterflooding Simulation Study for Rantau Field. Client: Pertamina Hulu.

• Production Optimization Study for Wunut Gas Field. Client: Lapindo Brantas.

• Plan of Development (POFD) Study for Kawengan Field, Cepu. Client: Pertamina Hulu.

2004

• Study of Evaluation and Optimization of Indonesia Oil and Gas Production. Client: Directorate General of Oil & Gas (Ditjen Migas).

2003

• Guidelines for Reservoir, Production, and Formation Evaluation Engineering. Client: Pertamina Hulu.

• Due Diligence for Wayang Windu Geothermal Field. Client: Pertamina Geothermal.

• Due Diligence for Sarulla Geothermal Field. Client: Pertamina Geothermal.

1996

• Modeling of Lahendong Geothermal Field – Investigation of Big-Hole Application for Production Increase. Client: Pertamina Geothermal Division.

• Modeling of Musi Gas Field – Study on Abandonment Pressure Effect on Gas Recovery. Client: OPS Pertamina Prabumulih.

1995

• Reservoir Study of Terang-Sirasun Gas Fields, Pagerungan Area. Client: ARCO Bali North Inc.

1994

• Modeling of Kamojang Geothermal Field – Investigation of Big-Hole Application for Production Increase. Client: Pertamina Geothermal Division.

• Modeling of Kamojang Geothermal Field – Reinjection Study. Client: Pertamina Geothermal Division.

1993

• Pilot Project for Water Flooding in Lirik Field. Client: JOB Pertamina-Lirik Petroleum.

1992

• Numerical Study of Pipeline Network for Pendopo Gas Field. Client: Pertamina UEP II.

• Simulation Study of Gas Pipeline Network for West Java. Client: Pertamina UEP III.

Nugraha, G.S., Abubakar, M., Alawiyah, S., Sutopo (2016). Geological Structure Causes of the Rise in Burni Telong Manifestations, Bener Meriah, Central Aceh, Indonesia. Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 21(1).

Waskito, L.B., Sutopo (2011). Analisis Injeksi CO2 ke dalam Reservoir Gas dan Aquifer untuk Meningkatkan Faktor Perolehan Gas. Jurnal Teknologi Mineral (JTM), XVIII(3), 135-144.

Sutopo (2005). Modeling silica deposition in the porous medium column. Proceedings World Geothermal Congress, Antalya, Turkey, 24-29 April.

Sutopo, Arihara, N., Sato, K., Abbaszadeh, M. (2002). Representative elementary volume of naturally fractured reservoirs evaluated by flow simulation. Journal of the Japan Petroleum Institute, 45(3), 156-168.

Sutopo, Arihara, N., Sato, K. (2002). Accurate simulation for strongly heterogeneous reservoirs. Journal of the Japanese Association for Petroleum Technology, 67(2), 215-228.

Sutopo, White, S.P., Arihara, N. (2000). Modelling the evolution of granite permeability at high temperature. Proceedings World Geothermal Congress, Kyushu-Tohoku, Japan, 28 May–10 June, 2931-2936.

Sutopo (1995). Electromagnetic stimulation (EMS) for oil productivity improvement. Journal of Oil and Gas Technology, (2). (dalam Bahasa Indonesia).

Sutopo, Sumbaga, A.M., Ashat, A. (2012). Karakterisasi Distribusi Permeabilitas Reservoir Panasbumi Lapangan X Berdasarkan Model Uji Interference Menggunakan Simulator TOUGH2. Proceeding PIT API XII, Bandung, 5–8 November.Azhar, R.M.P., Yusuf, M., Susanto, G., Sutopo (2011). CO2 Injection to Enhanced Gas Recovery in Depleted Gas Reservoir. IPA 35th Annual Convention Proceedings, Jakarta, 18–20 May.

Sutopo (2004). Simulation of naturally fractured reservoirs utilizing an effective time-splitting and upscaling methods. Proceedings SPE Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition (APOGCE), Perth, Australia, 18–20 October.

Sutopo (2004). Simulation of naturally fractured reservoirs using a time-splitting and upscaling methods. 9th European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery, Cannes, France, 30 August – 2 September.

Sutopo (2003). Application of 3D streamline reservoir simulation for automatic history matching. Proceedings Symposium IATMI, Bandung, 1–3 October. (dalam Bahasa Indonesia).

Sutopo (2003). An effective time-splitting and upscaling methods for simulation naturally fractured reservoir. Proceedings Symposium IATMI, Bandung, 1–3 October.

Sutopo, Arihara, N. (2003). An effective time-splitting technique for full-tensor flow model. Proceedings SPE Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition (APOGCE), Jakarta, 15–17 April.

Sutopo, Arihara, N. (2002). Accurate and effective simulation for reservoirs of complex geological features. Proceedings SPE Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition (APOGCE), Melbourne, Australia, 8–10 October.

Sutopo, Arihara, N., Sato, K. (2001). Simulation of naturally fractured reservoirs with effective permeability. Proceedings SPE Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition (APOGCE), Jakarta, 17–19 April.

Nakashima, T., Arihara, N., Sutopo, Sato, K. (2001). Effective permeability estimation for modeling naturally fractured reservoir. Proceedings SPE Middle East Oil Show, Bahrain, 17–20 March.

Sutopo, Arihara, N. (1999). Modeling silica deposition in injection wells of the Otake geothermal fields, Japan. Proceedings Twenty-fourth Workshop Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, 25–27 January.

Sutopo, Rubiandini, R.R.S. (1996). Aplikasi sumur horizontal untuk injeksi uap dengan metode Steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD). Proceedings Symposium IATMI, Jakarta, 6–7 August.

Sutopo, Rubiandini, R.R.S. (1994). Pengujian Kemampuan propant produk dalam negeri dan batasan performanya untuk hydraulic fracturing. Proceedings Symposium & Congress IATMI IV, Jakarta, Agustus.

Sutopo, Soekarno, P. (1992). Modification of flowing gradient equation in gas well with liquid present. Proceedings 21st Annual Convention Indonesia Petroleum Association, Jakarta, Oktober.

Sutopo, Arihara, N. (2002). A time-splitting technique for solution of immiscible displacement. Presented at the Technical Meeting of the Japanese Association for Petroleum Technology, Akita, Japan, 29–30 May.

Sutopo, Arihara, N., Yazawa, N. (2002). Mixed finite volume element method for multiphase flow simulation. Presented at the Technical Meeting of the Japanese Association for Petroleum Technology, Akita, Japan, 29–30 May.

Sutopo, Yasui, M., Arihara, N., Sato, K. (2001). Effect of REV on flow performance of naturally fractured reservoirs. Presented at the Technical Meeting of the Japanese Association for Petroleum Technology, Chiba, Japan, 30–31 May.

Sutopo, Arihara, N., Sato, K. (2001). Simulation of naturally fractured reservoirs with effective permeability. Presented at the Technical Meeting of the Japanese Association for Petroleum Technology, Chiba, Japan, 30–31 May.

Osako, I., Sutopo, Arihara, N. (2001). *Development of a fully-implicit 2-D 2-phase flow model implementing full tensor permeability*. Presented at the Technical Meeting of the Japanese Association for Petroleum Technology, Chiba, Japan, 30–31 May.

Sutopo, Arihara, N. (2000). Two-phase flow simulation with full permeability tensor by two-grid method for mixed finite volume solution. Presented at the Technical Meeting of the Japanese Association for Petroleum Technology, Niigata, Japan, 24–25 May.

Okano, H., Arihara, N., Sutopo (2000). A simulation model for groundwater pollution. Presented at the Technical Meeting of the Japanese Association for Petroleum Technology, Niigata, Japan, 24–25 May.

Teramoto, T., Arihara, N., Sutopo (2000). Development of fully implicit EOS compositional model. Presented at the Technical Meeting of

Sutopo (1995). Geothermal Technology: Teaching the Teachers. International Training Program, ITB – University of Auckland, Bandung, Indonesia.

Sutopo (1995). Development of Geothermal Field. Industry Training Program, IWPL – MIGAS, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Sutopo (1994). Geothermal Technology: Teaching the Teachers. International Training Program, ITB – University of Auckland, Bandung, Indonesia.

Sutopo (1994). Geothermal Reservoir Simulation. Industry Training Program, IWPL – MIGAS, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Sutopo (1993). Geothermal Reservoir Engineering. Professional Course, Geothermal Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.

Sutopo (1993). Reservoir Characterization. Industry Training, CALTEX Pacific Indonesia, Duri, Indonesia.

Sutopo (1992). The Use of Fractal for Reservoir Characterization and Enhanced Oil Recovery Processes. Short Course/Workshop, Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB), Bandung, Indonesia.

Sutopo (1992). Geostatistical Methods in Reservoir Characterization. Short Course/Workshop, Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB), Bandung, Indonesia.