Editor-in-Chief
F.S. Ismayilov “OilGasScientificResearchProject” Institute, Baku, Azerbaijan

Honorary Editor
J. Speight CD&W Inc, Laramie, WY, USA

Members:
V.D. Abdullayev “OilGasScientificResearchProject” Institute, Baku, Azerbaijan

F.A Aliev Scientific Research Institute of Applied Mathematics, Baku, Azerbaijan

M.Amro TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Institut für Bohrtechnik und Fluidbergbau, Freiberg, Germany

R.N. Bakhtizin Ufa State Petroleum Technological University, Ufa, Russia

S.Bekri Institut Français du Pétrole, Energies nouvelles, Rueil-Malmeson, France

N.A.Bondarenko National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, V.Bakul Institute for Superhard Materials,STC “Mechanics of Rock Destruction and Development of Mining and Drilling Tools”, Kiev, Ukraine

R.A.Dashdiyev “OilGasScientificResearchProject” Institute, Baku, Azerbaijan

N.A.Demyanenko BelNIPIneft, Gomel, Belorussia

Gensheng Li China University of Petroleum, Faculty of Petroleum Engineering, Beijing, China

F.Q. Hasanov “OilGasScientificResearchProject” Institute, Baku, Azerbaijan

R.R.Ibatullin TatNIPIneft, Bugulma, Russia

D.A.Iskenderov PE “Azneft”, Baku, Azerbaijan U.S. Karabalin The Ministry of Oil and Gas of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Astana, Kazakhstan

M.I. Kurbanbayev “Kazakh Institute of Oil and Gas” JSC, Astana, Kazakhstan

G.A. Mansoori University of Illinois, Thermodynamics Research Laboratory, Chicago, IL, USA

U.S. Mehdiyev “OilGasScientificResearchProject” Institute,Baku, Azerbaijan

D.A. Mirzoev Gazprom JSC CKBN Engineering Subsidiary of Gazprom Joint Stock Company «Central Design Bureau of Oil and Gas Equipment», Moscow, Russia

I.T.Mischenko Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas, Faculty of Oil and Gas Field Development, Oilfield development department, Moscow, Russia

Phan Ngoc Trung Vietnam Petroleum Institute, Hanoi, Vietnam

N.S. Salidjanova “O’ZLITINEFTEGAZ” OJSC, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

A.M. Salmanov “OilGasScientificResearchProject” Institute, Baku, Azerbaijan

A.H. Shakhverdiev “Institute of System Researches of Processes of Oil and Gas Production”, Moscow, Russia

T.M. Shikhalizade “OilGasScientificResearchProject” Institute, Baku, Azerbaijan

B.A. Suleimanov “OilGasScientificResearchProject” Institute, Baku, Azerbaijan

E.M. Suleimanov “OilGasScientificResearchProject” Institute, Baku, Azerbaijan

C. Teodoriu Technische Universitat Clausthal, Institut fur Erdol – und Erdgastechnik, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany Texas A&M University, Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering, College Station, TX, USA D. Voigt TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Institut für Bohrtechnik und Fluidbergbau, Freiberg, Germany D. Waldren BP, Sunbury, UK

Editorial staff: Managing Editor O.A.Zeynalova

Editor Assistant G.G.Gezalov

Executive Editor R.A.Kerimov

Design/Graphic T.M.Gasanov; R.J.Urudjov .