• Mohamed Ibrahim Mohamed published 2 papers at SPE ATCE Oct. 2019 in
Calgary Canada: “Formation Lithology Classification: Insights into Machine
Learning Methods” and “Determination of ISIP of Non-Ideal Behavior During
Diagnostic Fracture Injection Tests”.
• Daniel Croce has two papers accepted for SPE ATCE 2020: “Intermittent gas lift
for liquid loaded horizontal wells in tight gas shale reservoirs” and “Effect of
surface tension on sweeping performance of injected gas during intermittent
gas lift in liquid loaded horizontal wells”.
• Chi Zhang , Ye Tian , Yizi Shen , Bowen Yao and Yu-Shu Wu are going to publish a
paper titled “Simulation study of water cut surge after CO2 injection in tight oil
reservoirs” in the Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering.
• Luai Alhamad , Ahmed Alrashed , Eiman Al Munif (PhD students) – published
an SPE paper at the SPE International Conference and Exhibition on Formation
Damage Control, 19-21 February, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA.
Mohamed Mohamed, PhD candidate, presenting at the SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition.
• Beokhaimook, C., Kazemi, H. , 2019. “Quantifying Near-Wellbore Permeability Including Fractures Using Real-Time Pressure from Distributed
Downhole Measurements”. SPE-193828-MS
• Karimi, S. , Kazemi, H. , Simpson, G., 2019. “Capillary Pressure and Wettability Indications of Middle Bakken Core Plugs for Improved Oil
Recovery”. SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering Journal, 22 (01).
• Khaleel, O. , Teklu, T. W ., Waleed, A. , Abass, H. , Kazemi, H ., 2019. “Wettability Alteration of Carbonate Reservoir Cores—Laboratory
Evaluation Using Complementary Techniques”. SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering Journal, 22 (03),
• Tian, Ye, Ozan Uzun , Yizi Shen , Zhengdong Lei, Jiangru Yuian, Jiaheng Chen , Hossein Kazemi , and Yu-Shu Wu , 2020. “Feasibility Study of
Gas Injection in Low Permeability Reservoirs of Changqing Oilfield”. Fuel, 274,
• Al-Ghnemi, M. , Ozkan, E. , Kazemi, H. , Al-Murayri, M., Pitts, M. , Dean, E. , 2019. “A Comprehensive Overview of Early Implementation of
Chemical Eor Sector Model for North Kuwait Sabriyah Lower Burgan Reservoir”. SPE-198645-MS, prepared for presentation at the SPE Gas
& Oil Technology Showcase and Conference, Dubai, UAE, 21-23 October.
• Tian, Ye , Xiangyu Yu , Jun Li, Keith B. Neeves, Xiaolong Yin , and Yu-Shu Wu , “Scaling law for slip flow of gases in nanoporous media from
nanofluidics, rocks, and pore-scale simulations,” Fuel, Vol. 236, 1 pp. 1065-1077, 2019
• Tian, Ye , Yi Xiong, Lei Wang, Zhengdong Lei, Yuan Zhang, Xiaolong Yin , and Yu-Shu Wu , “A Compositional Model for Gas Injection IOR/EOR
in Tight Oil Reservoirs under Coupled Nanopore Confinement and Geomechanics Effects,” Journal of Natural Gas Science & Engineering,
Vol. 71, November 2019
• Torcuk, M.A. , Uzun, O. , Padin, A., Kazemi, H. , 2019. “Impact of Chemical Osmosis on Brine Imbibition and Hydrocarbon Recovery in Liquid-
Rich Shale Reservoirs”. SPE-195909-MS, prepared for presentation at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Calgary, Alberta,
Canada, 30 September – 02 October.
• Uzun, I. , Kazemi, H. , Khaleel, O. , 2020. “Mini Fracs Can Provide Reliable Formation Permeability in Unconventional Shale Reservoirs”.
prepared for presentation at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Denver, Colorado, USA, 5-7 October.
• Uzun, O. , Kazemi, H. , 2019. “Assessment of Improved Oil Recovery by Osmotic Pressure in Unconventional Reservoirs: Application to
Niobrara Chalk and Codell Sandstone”. URTEC-2019-302-MS, prepared for presentation at the Unconventional Resources Technology
Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, 22-24 July.
• Uzun, O. , Torcuk, M.A. , Kazemi, H. , 2020. “Enhanced Oil Recovery for Liquid-rich
Unconventional Shale Reservoirs Using Low-salinity Surfactant and Wettability Altering
Dilute Surfactants”. SPE- 200346-MS, prepared for presentation at the SPE Improved Oil
Recovery Conference, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, 29 August – 02 September.
• Wang, Shihao, Alexander A. Lukyanov, and Yu-Shu Wu , “Second-order gas slippage model
for the Klinkenberg effect of multicomponent gas at finite Knudsen numbers up to 1,” Fuel,
Vol. 235, 1 pp. 1275-1286, 2019
• Wang, Shihao, Nicolas Sobecki, Didier Ding, Lingchen Zhu, and Yu-Shu Wu , “Accelerating
and stabilizing the vapor-liquid equilibrium (VLE) calculation in compositional simulation of
unconventional reservoirs using deep learning based flash calculation,” Fuel, Vol. 253, pp.
209-219, 2019
• Wang, Shihao, Yuan Di, Philip H. Winterfeld , Jun Li, Xianmin Zhou, Bowen Yao , and Yu-
Shu Wu , “A General Framework Model for Fully Coupled Thermal-Hydraulic-Mechanical
Simulation of CO2 EOR Operation,” SPE Journal, 2020
• Zhu, Guangpu, Jisheng Kou, Bowen Yao , Yu-Shu Wu , Jun Yao, and Shuyu Sun,
“Thermodynamically consistent modeling of two-phase flows with moving contact line and
soluble surfactants, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 879, pp. 327-359, 2019
Jennifer DiCarlo, PhD candidate, presenting at
ATCE in Calgary.
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