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• 2021

  Functional compounds of crude oil during low salinity water injection

  Fattahi Mehraban, M., Farzaneh, S. A. & Sohrabi, M., 1 Feb 2021, In: Fuel. 285, 119144.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Petroleum
  • Water injection
  • Crude oil
  • Water
  • Oils
• 2020

  An adnavce compositional analysis investigation on the role of crude oil-brine interface reactions on the performance of low salinity water injection

  Mehraban, M. F., Farzaneh, S. A. & Sohrabi, M., 2020, SPE Improved Oil Recovery Conference 2020. Society of Petroleum Engineers, SPE-200451-MS

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Water injection
  • Brines
  • water salinity
  • crude oil
  • brine

• New Insights into spontaneous imbibition processes in unfractured and fractured carbonate cores with stress-induced apertures

  Vilhena, O., Farzaneh, A., Pola, J., March, R., Sisson, A. & Sohrabi, M., 1 May 2020, In: SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering. 23, 2, p. 722-740 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • imbibition
  • Carbonates
  • carbonate
  • oil
  • Oils

• Novel Insights into the Pore-Scale Mechanism of Low Salinity Water Injection and the Improvements on Oil Recovery

  Fattahi Mehraban, M., Farzaneh, S. A., Sohrabi, M. & Sisson, A., 15 Oct 2020, In: Energy and Fuels. 34, 10, p. 12050-12064 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Water injection
  • Petroleum
  • Oils
  • Crude oil
  • Recovery
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Numerical Simulation Guideline of Oil Recovery by Cycle-Dependent Three-Phase Process Using Coreflood Experiments

  Zayer, H. A. & Sohrabi, M., 2020, SPE Europec Featured at 82nd EAGE Conference and Exhibition. Society of Petroleum Engineers, SPE-200598-MS

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • oil recovery
  • gas injection
  • Oils
  • Recovery
  • cycles

• Oil Reservoir on a Chip: Pore-Scale Study of Multiphase Flow During Near-Miscible CO₂ EOR and Storage

  Seyyedi, M. & Sohrabi, M., Sep 2020, In: Transport in Porous Media. 134, 2, p. 331-349 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Multiphase flow
  • Oils
  • Water
  • Recovery
  • Flow interactions
• 2019

  A Fundamental Micro Scale Study of the Roles of Associated Gas Content and Different Classes of Hydrocarbons on the Dominant Oil Recovery Mechanism by CWI

  Seyyedi, M., Mahzari, P. & Sohrabi, M., 12 Apr 2019, In: Scientific Reports. 9, 5996.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Carbonated Water
  • Hydrocarbons
  • Oils
  • Gases
  • Injections
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  29 Downloads (Pure)

• A new approach to simulate low salinity water flooding in carbonate reservoir

  Aljaberi, A. & Sohrabi, M., 2019, SPE Middle East Oil and Gas Show and Conference, 18-21 March, Manama, Bahrain. Society of Petroleum Engineers, SPE-195081-MS

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Carbonates
  • Oils
  • Water
  • Recovery
  • Computer simulation

• A thorough coreflood study of the effect of gas viscosity on the performance of gas and wag injections under near-miscible displacement conditions in a weakly water-wet sandstone rock

  Alkhazmi, B., Farzaneh, S. A. & Sohrabi, M., 3 Jun 2019, SPE Europec Featured at 81st EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2019. Society of Petroleum Engineers, SPE-195566-MS

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Viscosity of gases
  • Sandstone
  • Rocks
  • viscosity
  • sandstone
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Estimation of three-phase oil relative permeability in WAG experiments

  Aghabozorgi, S., Sohrabi, M. & Facanha, J., 28 Oct 2019, Offshore Technology Conference Brasil 2019. Offshore Technology Conference, OTC-29924-MS

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Oils
  • Gases
  • Water
  • Experiments
  • Enhanced recovery
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Experimental and numerical evaluation of spontaneous imbibition processes in unfractured and fractured carbonate cores with stress-induced apertures

  Vilhena, O., Farzaneh, A., Pola, J., March, R., Sisson, A. & Sohrabi, M., 3 Jun 2019, SPE Europec Featured at 81st EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2019. Society of Petroleum Engineers, SPE-195452-MS

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Carbonates
  • imbibition
  • carbonate
  • evaluation
  • Oils
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• The decisive role of microdispersion formation in improved oil recovery by low-salinity-water injection in sandstone formations

  Mahzari, P., Sohrabi, M. & Façanha, J. M. F., 1 Dec 2019, In: SPE Journal. 24, 6, p. 2859-2873 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Water injection
  • Sandstone
  • water salinity
  • Brines
  • sandstone
  5 Citations (Scopus)
• 2018

  A comparative study of oil compositional variations during CO₂ and carbonated water injection scenarios for EOR

  Seyyedi, M., Mahzari, P. & Sohrabi, M., May 2018, In: Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. 164, p. 685-695

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  20 Citations (Scopus)

• A comparative study of predictive models for imbibition relative permeability and trapped non-wetting phase saturation

  Aghabozorgi, S. & Sohrabi, M., 8 Feb 2018, In: Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Drainage
  • Surface tension
  • Hysteresis
  • Viscosity
  • Simulators
  111 Downloads (Pure)

• A comprehensive and comparative experimental study of the effect of wettability on the performance of near miscible wag injection in sandstone rock

  Alkhazmi, B., Farzaneh, S. A., Sohrabi, M. & Buckman, J., 24 Sep 2018, SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition 2018. Society of Petroleum Engineers, SPE-191477-MS

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Sandstone
  • Wetting
  • Rocks
  • Water
  • Oils
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• A new technique to predict relative permeability for two-phase gas/oil system at different interfacial tension

  Al-Nuaimi, L., Shahrokhi, O., Sohrabi, M. & Jahanbakhsh, A., 9 May 2018, In: SEG Global Meeting Abstracts. p. 121-124 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Gas oils
  • Surface tension
  • permeability
  • oil
  • gas
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  78 Downloads (Pure)

• An Experimental Investigation of WAG Injection Performance under Near-Miscible Conditions in Carbonate Rock and Comparison with Sandstone

  Alkhazmi, B., Amir Farzaneh, S., Sohrabi, M. & Sisson, A., 2018, SPE Western Regional Meeting 2018. Society of Petroleum Engineers, SPE-190053-MS

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Sandstone
  • Carbonates
  • Rocks
  • Water injection
  • Oils
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• An improved methodology for estimation of two-phase relative permeability functions for heavy oil displacement involving compositional effects and instability

  Mahzari, P., Taura, U. & Sohrabi, M., Aug 2018, In: Computational Geosciences. 22, 4, p. 975–991 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Mass Transfer
  • Permeability
  • heavy oil
  • Mass transfer
  • Crude oil
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Assessing the feasibility of improving the performance of CO₂ and CO₂-WAG Injection Scenarios by CWI

  Seyyedi, M. & Sohrabi, M., 29 Aug 2018, In: Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. 57, 34, p. 11617-11624 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Oils
  • Water
  • Recovery
  • Swelling
  • Petroleum
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Carbonated water injection under reservoir conditions; in-situ WAG-type EOR

  Mahzari, P., Tsolis, P., Sohrabi, M., Enezi, S., Yousef, A. A. & Eidan, A. A., 1 Apr 2018, In: Fuel. 217, p. 285-296

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File
  23 Citations (Scopus)

  36 Downloads (Pure)

• Co-history Matching: A Way Forward for Estimating Representative Saturation Functions

  Mahzari, P., AlMesmari, A. & Sohrabi, M., Dec 2018, In: Transport in Porous Media. 125, 3, p. 483–501 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Capillarity
  • Experiments
  • Carbonates
  • Inverse problems
  • Oils
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Direct pore-scale visualization of interactions between different crude oils and low salinity brine

  Mahzari, P., Sohrabi, M., Cooke, A. J. & Carnegie, A., Jul 2018, In: Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. 166, p. 73-84 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • water salinity
  • crude oil
  • brine
  • visualization
  • salinity
  27 Citations (Scopus)

  35 Downloads (Pure)

• Fundamental investigation of underlying mechanisms behind improved oil recovery by low salinity water injection in carbonate rocks

  Alhammadi, M., Mahzari, P. & Sohrabi, M., 15 May 2018, In: Fuel. 220, p. 345-357 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  28 Citations (Scopus)

• Gas/oil IFT, three-phase relative permeability and performance of Water-Alternating-Gas (WAG) injections at laboratory scale

  Jahanbakhsh, A., Shahverdi, H., Fatemi, S. M. & Sohrabi, M. S., 29 Jan 2018, In: Journal of Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Sciences. 1, 1, 00005.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • permeability
  • oil
  • laboratory
  • gas
  • water
  186 Downloads (Pure)

• Mechanistic Study of Enhanced Oil Recovery by Gas, WAG and SWAG Injections in Mixed-Wet Rocks: Effect of Gas/Oil IFT

  Fatemi, M. & Sohrabi, M., 22 Jun 2018, In: Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  3 Citations (Scopus)

  33 Downloads (Pure)

• Quantification of Oil Recovery Efficiency, CO2 Storage Potential, and Fluid-Rock Interactions by CWI in Heterogeneous Sandstone Oil Reservoirs

  Seyyedi, M., Sohrabi, M. S., Sisson, A. & Ireland, S., Jan 2018, In: Journal of Molecular Liquids. 249, p. 779-788 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • sandstone
  • oil
  • fluid
  • rock
  • water
  21 Citations (Scopus)

  27 Downloads (Pure)

• Relative permeabilities hysteresis for oil/water, gas/water and gas/oil systems in mixed-wet rocks

  Fatemi, S. M. & Sohrabi, M., Feb 2018, In: Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. 161, p. 559-581 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  11 Citations (Scopus)

  229 Downloads (Pure)

• The impact of gas/oil IFT and gas type on the performance of gas, WAG and SWAG injection schemes in carbonates rocks

  Shahrokhi, O., Sohrabi, M. & Masalmeh, S., 26 Mar 2018, SPE EOR Conference at Oil and Gas West Asia 2018. Society of Petroleum Engineers, SPE-190338-MS

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Carbonates
  • Gas oils
  • carbonate rock
  • Oils
  • Rocks

• Visual Investigation of Improvement in Extra-Heavy Oil Recovery by Borate-Assisted CO2-Foam Injection

  Farzaneh, S. A. & Sohrabi, M., 13 Feb 2018, In: Transport in Porous Media. p. 1-27 27 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Borates
  • Foams
  • Crude oil
  • Oils
  • Recovery
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  55 Downloads (Pure)

• Water-alternating-gas injection simulation - best practices

  Alzayer, H. & Sohrabi, M., 26 Mar 2018, SPE EOR Conference at Oil and Gas West Asia 2018. Society of Petroleum Engineers, SPE-190346-MS

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • hysteresis
  • Hysteresis
  • Water
  • gas
  • trapping
  3 Citations (Scopus)
• 2017

  A case study of oil recovery improvement by low salinity water injection

  Farzaneh, S. A., Carnegie, A., Sohrabi, M., Mills, J. R., Facanha, J. M. F. & Sellers, B., 13 Nov 2017, Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference, 13-16 November , Abu Dhabi, UAE. Society of Petroleum Engineers, SPE-188512-MS

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Water injection
  • water salinity
  • Oils
  • Recovery
  • oil
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• A mechanistic model for prediction of three-phase flow in petroleum reservoirs

  Shahverdi, H. & Sohrabi, M. S., Aug 2017, In: Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. 157, p. 507-518 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • three phase flow
  • petroleum
  • permeability
  • fluid
  • prediction
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  51 Downloads (Pure)

• An experimental investigation of the effect of gas and water slug size and injection order on the performance of immiscible WAG injection in a mixed-wet system

  Alkhazmi, B., Sohrabi, M. & Farzaneh, S. A., 15 Oct 2017, SPE Kuwait Oil & Gas Show and Conference, 15-18 October , Kuwait City, Kuwait. Society of Petroleum Engineers, SPE-187537-MS

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • slug
  • Gases
  • Water
  • gas
  • Oils
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• An improved approach for estimation of flow and hysteresis parameters applicable to WAG experiments

  Mahzari, P. & Sohrabi, M., 1 Jun 2017, In: Fuel. 197, p. 359-372

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
  11 Citations (Scopus)

• An improved approach to estimate three-phase relative permeability functions for heavy-oil displacement involving instability and compositional effects

  Mahzari, P., Taura, U., Cooke, A. J. & Sohrabi, M., 1 Dec 2017, In: Energies. 10, 12, 2008.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Crude oil
  • Water
  • Capillarity
  • Oils
  • Gases
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  38 Downloads (Pure)

• An integrated study of the dominant mechanism leading to improved oil recovery by carbonated water injection

  Seyyedi Nasooh Abad, S. M., Mahzari, P. & Sohrabi, M. S., 25 Jan 2017, In: Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. 45, p. 22-32 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Water injection
  • Oils
  • Recovery
  • Petroleum
  • Phase behavior
  42 Citations (Scopus)

• A robust methodology to simulate water-alternating-gas experiments at different scenarios under near-miscible conditions

  Mahzari, P. & Sohrabi, M., 1 Oct 2017, In: SPE Journal. 22, 5, p. 1506-1518 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • methodology
  • Gases
  • Water
  • gas
  • experiment
  8 Citations (Scopus)

• Dissolution of Rock During Smart Water Injection in Heavy Oil Carbonate Reservoirs by Natural Generation of Acidic Water

  Gachuz-Muro, H., Sohrabi, M. S. & Benavente, D., 16 Nov 2017, In: Energy and Fuels. 31, 11, p. 11852–11865 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • heavy oil
  • crude oil
  • dissolution
  • carbonate
  • rock
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  22 Downloads (Pure)

• Efficiency and recovery mechanisms of carbonated water injection in heterogeneous rocks

  Seyyedi, M. S. & Sohrabi, M., 12 Jun 2017.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

  • oil
  • rock
  • water
  • dissolved gas
  • experiment

• Experimental Investigation of the Coupling Impacts of New Gaseous Phase Formation and Wettability Alteration on Improved Oil Recovery by CWI

  Seyyedi Nasooh Abad, S. M., Sohrabi, M. & Sisson, A., Feb 2017, In: Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. 150, p. 99-107 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • wettability
  • oil
  • water
  • fluid
  • nucleation
  14 Citations (Scopus)

  22 Downloads (Pure)

• Intermittent CO₂ and viscosity-reducing gas (VRG) injection for enhanced heavy oil recovery

  Seyyedsar, S. M. & Sohrabi, M., Sep 2017, In: Fuel Processing Technology. 164, p. 1-12 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Oils
  • Crude oil
  • Viscosity
  • Recovery
  • Hydrocarbons
  14 Citations (Scopus)

• Introducing a novel method for prediction of imbibition relative permeability in mixed wet systems

  Aghabozorgi, S. & Sohrabi, M., 12 Jun 2017.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

  • imbibition
  • Oils
  • oils
  • permeability
  • predictions

• Investigation of Low-Density CO₂ Injection for Enhanced Oil Recovery

  Seyyedsar, S. M., Farzaneh, S. A. & Sohrabi, M., 10 May 2017, In: Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. 56, 18, p. 5443-5454 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Enhanced recovery
  • Oils
  • Recovery
  • Dissolution
  • Gases
  12 Citations (Scopus)

• New Methodology for Numerical Simulation of Water-Alternating-Gas (WAG) Injection

  Alzayer, H., Jahanbakhsh, A. & Sohrabi, M. S., 25 Apr 2017.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Novel insights into mechanisms of oil recovery by use of low-salinity-water injection

  Sohrabi, M., Mahzari, P., Farzaneh, S. A., Mills, J. R., Tsolis, P. & Ireland, S., 14 Apr 2017, In: SPE Journal. 22, 2, p. 407-416 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Water injection
  • water salinity
  • Recovery
  • Oils
  • oil
  60 Citations (Scopus)

• Pore-Scale Investigation of Crude Oil/CO₂ Compositional Effects on Oil Recovery by Carbonated Water Injection

  Seyyedi, M. & Sohrabi, M., 15 Feb 2017, In: Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. 56, 6, p. 1671-1681 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Petroleum
  • Water injection
  • Oils
  • Crude oil
  • Recovery
  18 Citations (Scopus)

• The Role of Capillary-Pressure in Improving the Numerical Simulation of Multi-Phase Flow in Porous Media

  Alzayer, H., Jahanbakhsh, A. & Sohrabi, M. S., 8 May 2017. 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

  • multiphase flow
  • capillary pressure
  • porous medium
  • permeability
  • simulation
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Visualization observation of formation of a new oil phase during immiscible dense CO₂ injection in porous media

  Seyyedsar, S. M. & Sohrabi, M., Sep 2017, In: Journal of Molecular Liquids. 241, p. 199-210 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Oils
  • Porous materials
  • oils
  • Visualization
  • injection
  11 Citations (Scopus)
• 2016

  A comparative study of the effect of gas/oil IFT variation on two- and three-phase relative permeability and the performance of WAG injection at laboratory scale

  Jahanbakhsh, A., Sohrabi, M. S., Fatemi, S. M. & Shahverdi, H. R., 2016, SPE Improved Oil Recovery Conference, 11-13 April, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. Society of Petroleum Engineers, SPE-179571-MS

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Gas oils
  • Surface tension
  • comparative study
  • permeability
  • oil
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• A new methodology for improved estimation of two-phase relative permeability functions for heavy oil displacement involving compositional effects and instability

  Taura, U., Mahzari, P., Sohrabi, M. & Farzaneh, S. A., 6 Dec 2016, SPE Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition 2016. Society of Petroleum Engineers, SPE-184143-MS

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • heavy oil
  • Mass transfer
  • Crude oil
  • mass transfer
  • permeability
  4 Citations (Scopus)