PUBLICATIONS: 

1.      Dauben, D. L.: "Non-Newtonian Flow Through Porous Media", PhD Dissertation, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, 1966.

2.      Dauben, D. L. and Menzie, D. E.:  "Flow of Polymers Through Porous Media", AIME Transactions, Vol. 240, 1967.

3.      Dauben, D. L. and Froning, H R.:  "Development and Evaluation of Micellar Solutions to Improve Water Injectivity, Journal of Petroleum Technology, May 1971.

4.      Dauben, D. L. and Froning, H R.:  "The Use of Micellar Solutions for Well Stimulation", Oil and Gas Journal, September 18, 1972.

5.      Trushenski, Scott P.; Dauben, Dwight L.; and Parrish, David R.: "Micellar Flooding - Fluid Propagation, Interaction, and Mobility", Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal, December 1974. 

6.      Dauben, D. L.:  "Sweep Efficiency of Surfactant Flooding Processes", Journal of Petroleum Technology, November 1977.

7.      Felber, Betty J. and Dauben, Dwight L.:  "Laboratory Development of Lignosulfonate Gels for Sweep Improvement", Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal, December 1977.

8.      Tracy, G. W. and Dauben, D. L.:  "An Evaluation of the North Burbank Unit Tertiary Recovery Pilot Test", U. S. Department of Energy Report DOE/BC/10033-2, Bartlesville Energy Technology Center, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, August 1982.

9.      Dauben, Dwight L.:"Improved Waterflooding", presented at an EOR seminar, Doha, Qatar, November 11, 1983, sponsored by the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries.

10.    Duane, N. C. and Dauben, D. L.:  "Evaluation of the Coalinga Polymer Demonstration Project", U. S. Department of Energy DOE/BC/10033-7, Bartlesville Energy Technology Center, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, April 1983.

11.    Committee Member, Enhanced Oil Recovery, National Petroleum Council, June 1984.

12.    Norton, Douglass K.; Dauben, Dwight L.: "Evaluation of the Storms Pool Improved Waterflood Project", DOE/BC/10830-1, 1986.

13.    Dauben, Dwight L; Easterly, Robert A.; Western, Margaret M.:  "An Evaluation of the Alkaline Waterflooding Demonstration Project, Ranger Zone, Wilmington Field, California", U. S. Department of Energy, DOE/BC/10830-5, May 1987.

14.    Fanchi, John R.; Kennedy, Jane E.; Dauben, Dwight L.: "Boast II: A Three-Dimensional, Three-Phase Black Oil Applied Simulation Tool", U. S. Department of Energy, DOE/BC-88/2/SP, December 1987.

15.    Tham, Min K. et al; Dauben, Dwight L:  "Research Needs to Maximize Economic Producibility of the Domestic Oil Resource", NIPER-527, Oct. 1991.

16.    Howrie, Ian; Dauben, Dwight: "Simulation Studies to Evaluate the Effect of Fracture Closure on the Performance of Fractured Reservoirs", Contract No. DE-AC22-90BC14654, DOE/BC/14654-15, March 1994.

17.    Dauben, Dwight L.: "Current Trends in the Application of Methods to Improve Oil Recovery", presented at the International Symposium on Oil/Gas Reservoir Geology & Development Engineering, Nanchong, Sichuan, Peoples Republic of China, August 10-15, 1995.

18.    Westermark, R. V.; Dauben, D.; Robinowitz, S.; Weyland, H. V.: “Enhanced Oil Recovery with Horizontal Waterflooding, Osage County, Oklahoma”, SPE 89373, presented at the 2004 SPE/DOE Fourteenth Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery, Tulsa, Oklahoma, April 17-21, 2004.

19.    Westermark, R. V.; Schmeling, J.; Dauben, D.; Robinowitz, S.; Weyland H. V.: “Increased Production Results From Pilot Horizontal Waterflood in Osage County, Oklahoma”, SPE 94094. presented at the 2005 SPE Production and Operations Symposium, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, April 17-19, 2005.

20.    Westermark, R. V.; Schmeling, J.; Dauben, D. L.; Robinowitz: “Application of Horizontal Waterflooding to Improve Oil Reocvery from Old Oil Fields”, SPE 99688, presented at the 2006 SPE/DOE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery, Tulsa, Oklahoma, April 22-26, 2006.

U. S. PATENTS

 1.      Dauben, Dwight L. and Raza, Syed:  U. S. Patent 3,530,940, Polymer-Stabilized Foams for Improved Oil Recovery, September 29, 1970.

2.      Dauben, D. L.; Reed, J. C.; Shelton, J. L.; and Yarborough, L.:  U. S., Patent 3,570,601, Recovery of Oil with Viscous Propane, March 16, 1971.

3.      Dauben, Dwight L.:  U. S. Patent 3605893, A Mobility Controlled Alcohol Slug Process for Improved Oil Recovery, September 20, 1971.

4.      Gilliam, James D.; Dauben, Dwight L.:  U. S. Patent 3,770,632, Micellar Fluids for Injection Well Stimulation and Oil Recovery, November 6, 1973.

5.      Dauben, Dwight L.; Froning, H R.:  U. S. Patent 3,783,945, Micellar Fluids for Removing Water in Producing Wells, January 8, 1974.

6.      Dauben, Dwight L.:  U. S. Patent 3,866,680, Use of Emulsions to Improve Miscible Flood Performance, February 18, 1975.

7.      Felber, Betty J.; Dauben, Dwight L.; Marrs, Richard E.:  U. S. Patent 4,074,757, Method Using Lignosulfonates for High Temperature Plugging, February 21, 1978.

8.      Murphy, R. P.; Dauben, D. L.; Smith, R. L.:  U. S. Patent, Methods for Injection of Interwell Radioactive Tracers and Logging of Cased-Offset Wells to Monitor the Movement of Water and CO₂ in EOR Projects.