Department of Petroleum Engineering

2024

Experimental study of cryogenic treatment of Karaganda coal samples

Wang, L., Yessenbayev, N., Yan, X., Sarmalayev, I., Cha, M., Zhang, D. & Hazlett, R. D., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Petroleum Research.

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1 Citation (Scopus)

Global Genetic Algorithm for Automating and Optimizing Petroleum Well Deployment in Complex Reservoirs

Irawan, S., Wayo, D. D. K., Satyanaga, A. & Kim, J., May 2024, In: Energies. 17, 9, 2151.

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Impact of the Naturally Driven Surfactant in EOR Application: Experimental, Microscopic, and Numerical Analyses

Zhuniskenov, Y., Sabirova, A., Serikov, G., Abbas, A. H. & Pourafshary, P., Jan 9 2024, In: ACS Omega. 9, 1, p. 1327-1340 14 p.

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1 Citation (Scopus)

Investigating the CO₂ injection and the performance of nanoparticles in preventing formation damage at different pressures and concentrations

Talebi, A., Shafiei, M., Escrochi, M., Kazemzadeh, Y. & Riazi, M., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering.

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2023

A holistic review of harsh conditions resistant surfactants for enhanced oil recovery in dense carbonate reservoir

Sharifi, A., Miri, R. & Riazi, M., Dec 1 2023, In: Fuel. 353, 129109.

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14 Citations (Scopus)

Analysis of wellbore clogging by asphaltene deposition using interaction energies

Nikoo, A. H., Ghaedi, M., Malayeri, M. R. & Riazi, M., Nov 15 2023, In: Fuel. 352, 129111.

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1 Citation (Scopus)

Characterization of asphaltene removal mechanisms from well columns using surface energy

Mahmoodi, L., Nikoo, A. H., Malayeri, M. R. & Riazi, M., Jun 2023, In: Geoenergy Science and Engineering. 225, 211679.

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3 Citations (Scopus)

Chemical-assisted biological methods for in situ remediation of petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated soils

Sakhaei, Z., Daryaee, R., Moosavi, A. A., Carrasco-Marin, F., Betancur, S., Bailón-García, E., Pérez-Cadenas, A. F. & Riazi, M., Jan 1 2023, Biotechnology of Emerging Microbes: Prospects for Agriculture and Environment. Elsevier B.V., p. 217-261 45 p.

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2 Citations (Scopus)

Data-Driven Fracture Morphology Prognosis from High Pressured Modified Proppants Based on Stochastic-Adam-RMSprop Optimizers; tf.NNR Study

Wayo, D. D. K., Irawan, S., Satyanaga, A. & Kim, J., Jun 2023, In: Big Data and Cognitive Computing. 7, 2, 57.

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2 Citations (Scopus)

How does capillary pressure affect the relative permeability curves of heterogeneous carbonate rocks?

Samani, M. K., Escrochi, M., Kazemzadeh, Y. & Riazi, M., Feb 2023, In: Geoenergy Science and Engineering. 221, 211358.

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3 Citations (Scopus)

Impact of gas composition and reservoir heterogeneity on miscible sour gas flooding — A simulation study

Koyanbayev, M., Wang, L., Wang, Y., Hashmet, M. R. & Hazlett, R. D., Aug 15 2023, In: Fuel. 346, 13 p., 128267.

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2 Citations (Scopus)

Improved Oil Recovery in Carbonate Cores Using Alumina Nanoparticles

Khalilnezhad, A., Rezvani, H., Talebi, A., Ganji, P., Puntervold, T. & Riazi, M., Aug 17 2023, In: Energy and Fuels. 37, 16, p. 11765-11775 11 p.

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5 Citations (Scopus)

Investigation of Natural Mucilage for Enhanced Oil Recovery: the Potential of Corchorus Olitorius Hydrocolloid

Abbas, A. H., Serikov, G., Zhuniskenov, Y., Eghtesadi, N., Bou-Hamdan, K. F. & Pham, T. T., Aug 15 2023, In: ACS Omega. 8, 32, p. 29693-29703 11 p.

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3 Citations (Scopus)

Modeling of the movement of rich gas in a porous medium in immiscible, near miscible and miscible conditions

Mehrjoo, H., Safaei, A., Kazemzadeh, Y., Riazi, M. & Cortés, F. B., Dec 2023, In: Scientific Reports. 13, 1, 6573.

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Modelling and Simulating Eulerian Venturi Effect of SBM to Increase the Rate of Penetration with Roller Cone Drilling Bit

Wayo, D. D. K., Irawan, S., Satyanaga, A. & Abbas, G., May 2023, In: Energies. 16, 10, 4185.

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1 Citation (Scopus)

Promising application of probiotic microorganisms as Pickering emulsions stabilizers

Nejadmansouri, M., Eskandari, M. H., Yousefi, G. H., Riazi, M. & Hosseini, S. M. H., Dec 2023, In: Scientific Reports. 13, 1, 15915.

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5 Citations (Scopus)

Review of the effects of oil pollutants on physicochemical and biological soil properties

Daryaee, R., Moosavi, A. A., Ghasemi, R. & Riazi, M., Jan 1 2023, Biotechnology of Emerging Microbes: Prospects for Agriculture and Environment. Elsevier B.V., p. 263-297 35 p.

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2 Citations (Scopus)

Stability of the emulsion during the injection of anionic and cationic surfactants in the presence of various salts

Garmsiri, H., Jahani, S., Kazemzadeh, Y., Sharifi, M., Riazi, M. & Azin, R., Dec 2023, In: Scientific Reports. 13, 1, 11337.

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13 Citations (Scopus)

Understanding gas-enhanced methane recovery in graphene nanoslits via molecular simulations

Bekeshov, D., Ashimov, S., Wang, Y. & Wang, L., Jan 2023, In: Capillarity. 6, 1, p. 1-12 12 p.

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10 Citations (Scopus)

2022

A CFD Validation Effect of YP/PV from Laboratory-Formulated SBMDIF for Productive Transport Load to the Surface

Wayo, D. D. K., Irawan, S., Bin Mohamad Noor, M. Z., Badrouchi, F., Khan, J. A. & Duru, U. I., Nov 2022, In: Symmetry. 14, 11, 2300.

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4 Citations (Scopus)

Advances in Cryogenic Fracturing of Coalbed Methane Reservoirs with LN₂

Longinos, S. N., Wang, L. & Hazlett, R., Dec 2022, In: Energies. 15, 24, 9464.

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18 Citations (Scopus)

Advances in sour gas injection for enhanced oil recovery-an economical and environmental way for handling excessively produced H₂S

Koyanbayev, M., Wang, L., Wang, Y. & Hashmet, M. R., Nov 2022, In: Energy Reports. 8, p. 15296-15310 15 p.

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2 Citations (Scopus)

A new formulation for non-equilibrium capillarity effect using multi-gene genetic programming (MGGP): accounting for fluid and porous media properties

Sakhaei, Z., Nikooee, E. & Riazi, M., Apr 2022, In: Engineering with Computers. 38, 2, p. 1697-1709 13 p.

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5 Citations (Scopus)

Application of DLVO Modeling to Predict Critical pH for Fines Migration Pre-and Post-SiO₂ and MgO Nanofluid Treatments in Sandstones

Muneer, R., Pourafshary, P. & Hashmet, M. R., 2022, In: Journal of Fluid Flow, Heat and Mass Transfer. 9, p. 106-112 7 p.

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5 Citations (Scopus)

Asphaltenes adsorption prediction onto clay minerals: A comparison between machine learning and experimental adsorption isotherms

Ghasemi, M., Tatar, A., Shafiei, A. & Ivakhnenko, O. P., Sept 26 2022, In: Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering.

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Carbonated water injection

Sakhaei, Z., Salehpour, M. & Riazi, M., Jan 1 2022, Gas Injection Methods: A volume in Enhanced Oil Recovery Series. Elsevier B.V., p. 259-294 36 p.

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5 Citations (Scopus)

Carbon dioxide miscible flooding

Safaei, A., Bagheri, M., Kazemzadeh, Y. & Riazi, M., Jan 1 2022, Gas Injection Methods: A volume in Enhanced Oil Recovery Series. Elsevier B.V., p. 133-170 38 p.

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CFD Validation for Assessing the Repercussions of Filter Cake Breakers; EDTA and SiO₂ on Filter Cake Return Permeability

Wayo, D. D. K., Irawan, S., Khan, J. A. & Fitrianti, 2022, In: Applied Artificial Intelligence. 36, 1, 2112551.

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5 Citations (Scopus)

Cyclic LN₂Treatment of Coal Samples from Coal Basin in Kazakhstan

Longinos, S., Wang, L., Loskutova, A., Zhang, D. & Hazlett, R., 2022, Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE EuropEC - Europe Energy Conference featured at the 83rd EAGE Annual Conference and Exhibition, EURO 2022. Society of Petroleum Engineers, (Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE EuropEC - Europe Energy Conference featured at the 83rd EAGE Annual Conference and Exhibition, EURO 2022).

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4 Citations (Scopus)

Experimental characterization of colloidal silica gel for water conformance control in oil reservoirs

Ghaffari, Z., Rezvani, H., Khalilnezhad, A., Cortes, F. B. & Riazi, M., Dec 2022, In: Scientific Reports. 12, 1, 9628.

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10 Citations (Scopus)

Experimental study on pore-scale mechanisms of ultrasonic-assisted heavy oil recovery with solvent effects

Razavifar, M., Qajar, J. & Riazi, M., Jul 2022, In: Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. 214, 110553.

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8 Citations (Scopus)

Factor of Safety Variations of Residual Soil Slopes under Rainfall Loading

Satyanaga, A., Moon, S-W., Wijaya, M., Irawann, S. & Kim, J., 2022, 5th International Conference on Numerical Modelling in Engineering (NME 2022).

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Impacts of oil components on the stability of aqueous bulk CO2 foams: An experimental study

Beheshti, E., Riahi, S. & Riazi, M., Sept 5 2022, In: Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 648, 129328.

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7 Citations (Scopus)

Influence of brine compositions on wetting preference of montmorillonite in rock/brine/oil system: An in silico study

Ghasemi, M. & Shafiei, A., Dec 30 2022, In: Applied Surface Science. 606, 154882.

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8 Citations (Scopus)

In-situ petroleum hydrocarbons contaminated soils remediation by polymer enhanced surfactant flushing: Mechanistic investigation

Sakhaei, Z. & Riazi, M., May 2022, In: Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 161, p. 758-770 13 p.

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10 Citations (Scopus)

Maximizing well productivity by using filter cake breaker for synthetic-based mud drill-in fluid (SBMDIF) system

Irawan, S., Khaleeda, S., Shakeel, M. & Taufiq Fathaddin, M., Sept 2022, In: Upstream Oil and Gas Technology. 9, 100075.

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5 Citations (Scopus)

Predicting the critical salt concentrations of monovalent and divalent brines to initiate fines migration using DLVO modeling

Muneer, R., Hashmet, M. R. & Pourafshary, P., Apr 15 2022, In: Journal of Molecular Liquids. 352, 118690.

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20 Citations (Scopus)

Simulation Evaluation of CO2-ECBM Potential in Karaganda Coal Basin in Kazakhstan

Serikov, G., Wang, L., Asif, M. & Hazlett, R., 2022, Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE EuropEC - Europe Energy Conference featured at the 83rd EAGE Annual Conference and Exhibition, EURO 2022. Society of Petroleum Engineers, (Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE EuropEC - Europe Energy Conference featured at the 83rd EAGE Annual Conference and Exhibition, EURO 2022).

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5 Citations (Scopus)

To optimize well pattern during miscible gas injection process via heuristic techniques

Zoeir, A., Riazi, M., Kazemzadeh, Y. & Khodapanah, E., Jan 2022, In: Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. 208, 109786.

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2 Citations (Scopus)

Лабораторные исследования криогенного разрушения угольных пород: экспериментальное исследование в Казахстане

Translated title of the contribution: Laboratory Investigation on Cryogenic Fracturing of Coal Rocks: An Experimental Study in KazakhstanLonginos, S., Tuleugaliyev, M., Serik, A., Wang, L. & Hazlett, R., 2022, Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Annual Caspian Technical Conference 2022, CTC 2022. Society of Petroleum Engineers, (Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Annual Caspian Technical Conference 2022, CTC 2022).

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2021

Application of anionic surfactant\engineered water hybrid EOR in carbonate formations: An experimental analysis

Sekerbayeva, A., Pourafshary, P. & Hashmet, M. R., 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Petroleum.

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13 Citations (Scopus)

Asphaltene instability in the presence of emulsified aqueous phase

Shahsavani, B., Riazi, M. & Malayeri, M. R., Dec 1 2021, In: Fuel. 305, 121528.

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8 Citations (Scopus)

A study of the performance of the LSWA CO 2 EOR technique on improvement of oil recovery in sandstones

Al-Abri, H., Pourafshary, P., Mosavat, N. & Al Hadhrami, H., Jun 7 2021, In: Petroleum. 5, 1, p. 58-66 9 p.

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16 Citations (Scopus)

Capillary desaturation curve: does low salinity surfactant flooding significantly reduce the residual oil saturation?

Zivar, D., Pourafshary, P. & Moradpour, N., 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology.

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15 Citations (Scopus)

Contribution of water-in-oil emulsion formation and pressure fluctuations to low salinity waterflooding of asphaltic oils: A pore-scale perspective

Salehpour, M., Sakhaei, Z., Salehinezhad, R., Mahani, H. & Riazi, M., Aug 2021, In: Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. 203, 108597.

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16 Citations (Scopus)

DRAMATIC INQUIRIES IN STEAM: AS A TOOL OF ENHANCING EDUCATING SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT

Myrzakulova, G., Helmer, J., Malone, K., Namyssova, G., Zhontayeva, Z. & Shafiei, A., 2021, In: Pedagogical Dialogue. 36, 2, p. 86-98

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Effects of cation salinity on the dynamic interfacial tension and viscoelasticity of a water-oil system

Mahmoudvand, M., Javadi, A., Pourafshary, P., Vatanparast, H. & Bahramian, A., 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. 206, 108970.

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