Education

B.S., Chemistry, Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), Indonesia, 2005

M.Sc., Petroleum Engineering, Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), Indonesia, 2010

Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering, Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), Indonesia, 2015

Research Interests

• Surfactants and Interfacial Tension
• Surfactant Injection & Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Applications
• Prediction & Modeling using Machine Learning / Quantitative Structure-Property Relationships (QSPR)
• Laboratory and Microscale Experiments (Micromodel / Core Holder / Nano-Particle Scale)
• Innovation in Surfactants from Local or Plant-Based Materials

Courses Taught

• TM4014 — Chemical Injection for Enhanced Oil Recovery
• TM4102 — Enhanced Oil Recovery

Selected Publications

• Tutuka, K., Rani, M., Leksono, N., Wisnu, H.F., Nissaraly, F., Freddy. Surfactant Laboratory, New Product Field Test and Reservoir Simulation Studies for Improving Oil Recovery. GSL 2012 Proceedings.
• K. Rani, A. Tutuka. Reservoir Production Performance Forecasting Method for Microbial Huff and Puff Stimulation Prior to MEOR Using Conventional Commercial Reservoir Simulator. Presented at SIMNASKONG IATMI XII 2012.
• K. Rani, T. Marhaendrajana, W. Deana, S. Boni. A Laboratory Study: Formulated Fatty Diester Polyethylene-Glycol Surfactant for Chemical Flooding in Light Oil at Tempino Field, Indonesia. Presented at SIMGRENAS IATMI XIII 2014.
• T. Marhaendrajana, R. Kurnia, D. Wahyuningrum, I. Fauzi. A Novel Sulfonated Alkyl Ester Surfactant to Reduce Interfacial Tensions in a Wide Range of Salinity with Monovalent and Divalent Ions. Modern Applied Science, Vol. 10, No. 1 (2016).
• Sudarmoyo, B. Swadesi, A. N. Andini, S. Siregar, R. Kurnia, A. Buhari, I.G.S. Budiaman. Laboratory Study: The Development of a Sodium Lignosulfonate (SLS) Surfactant Formulation for Light Oil Reservoir to Improve Oil Recovery. AIP Conference Proceedings 1977, 030033 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5042953