Browsing GPC Research by Author "Hussein I."
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A theoretical study of gas adsorption on calcite for CO2 enhanced natural gas recovery
Carchini G.; Hussein I.; Al-Marri M.J.; Shawabkeh R.; Mahmoud M.; Aparicio S.... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier B.V. , 2020 , Article)The adsorption of gas molecules (CO2, CH4, H2O, H2S and N2) on calcite (104) has been studied by means of Density Functional Theory for molecular characterization of Enhanced Gas Recovery (EGR) CO2 injection. Results show ... -
A theoretical study of gas adsorption on α-quartz (0 0 1) for CO2 enhanced natural gas recovery
Carchini G.; Hussein I.; Al-Marri M.J.; Shawabkeh R.; Mahmoud M.; Aparicio S.... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier B.V. , 2020 , Article)The adsorption of gas molecules (CO2, CH4, H2O, H2S and N2) on the “dense” (0 0 1) surface of α-quartz has been investigated by means of Density Functional Theory (DFT) for the molecular characterization of Enhanced Gas ... -
Application of DFT in iron sulfide scale removal from oil and gas wells
Onawole A.; Hussein I.; Saad M.; Ahmed M.; Aparicio S. ( European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, EAGE , 2019 , Conference Paper)Scale formation including those formed by iron sulfides have been a major hassle in the upstream sector of the oil and gas industry for many decades. Iron Sulfide scales including pyrite (FeS2) and troilite (FeS) often ... -
CFD analysis of turbulent flow of power-law fluid in a partially blocked eccentric annulus
Singh R.; Ahmed R.; Karami H.; Nasser M.; Hussein I. ( MDPI AG , 2021 , Article)This study focuses on analyzing the turbulent flow of drilling fluid in inclined wells using the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) technique. The analysis is performed considering an annulus with a fixed eccentricity of ... -
Clay minerals damage quantification in sandstone rocks using core flooding and NMR
Kamal M.S.; Mahmoud M.; Hanfi M.; Elkatatny S.; Hussein I. ( Springer Verlag , 2019 , Article)Sandstone oil reservoirs consist of different clay minerals such as kaolinite, illite, and chlorite. These clay minerals highly affect the formation damage during enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and well stimulation operations ... -
Development of a polyacrylamide-based mud formulation for loss circulation treatments
Magzoub M.I.; Salehi S.; Hussein I.; Nasser M. ( American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) , 2021 , Article)Loss circulation materials in the last two decades have witnessed a lot of developments and implementations. New technologies and materials are introduced to treat various types of loss zones. However, the success rate is ... -
Effect of rock mineralogy on Hot-CO2 injection for enhanced gas recovery
Mahmoud M.; Hussein I.; Carchini G.; Shawabkeh R.; Eliebid M.; Al-Marri M.J.... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier B.V. , 2019 , Article)Conventional gas reservoirs are one of the viable options for CO2 enhanced gas recovery and sequestration. Injection of hot CO2 into depleted reservoirs is expected to improve gas recovery. Static adsorption and core ... -
Effect of strain on gas adsorption in tight gas carbonates: A DFT study
Elbashier E.; Hussein I.; Carchini G.; Sakhaee Pour A.; Berdiyorov G.R. ( Elsevier B.V. , 2021 , Article)The geometrical properties of the reservoir rocks are usually affected by natural thermodynamics or environmental changes. These factors may modify the distribution and the amount of gas in place in the reservoir. To address ... -
Effect of temperature and fluid speed on the corrosion behavior of carbon steel pipeline in Qatari oilfield produced water
Benamor A.; Talkhan A.G.; Nasser M.; Hussein I.; Okonkwo P.C. ( Elsevier B.V. , 2018 , Article)Metals integrity, such as carbon steel used in pipeline network can be seriously damaged by produced water causing serious corrosion problems. This can result in significant threats to safe operation of the oilfield ... -
Evaluation of the Reaction Kinetics of Diethylenetriaminepentaacetic Acid Chelating Agent and a Converter with Barium Sulfate (Barite) Using a Rotating Disk Apparatus
Mahmoud, Mohamed; Ba Geri, Badr; Abdelgawad, Khaled; Kamal, Muhammad Shahzad; Hussein, Ibnelwaleed; Elkatatny, Salaheldin; Shawabkeh, Reyad... more authors ... less authors ( American Chemical Society , 2018 , Article)Barium sulfate (barite) is a major oil and gas field scale formed inside the production equipment as well as in the reservoir. During drilling of oil and gas wells, barite serves as a weighting material in different drilling ... -
Gelation kinetics of PAM/PEI based drilling mud for lost circulation applications
Magzoub M.I.; Shamlooh M.; Salehi S.; Hussein I.; Nasser M.S. ( Elsevier B.V. , 2021 , Article)The problem of lost circulation is a direct consequence of the presence of fractures or high permeability. Lost circulation material (LCM) is used to treat the loss that occurs or proactively strengthen the wellbore of the ... -
Impact of Surfactant on the Retention of CO2 and Methane in Carbonate Reservoirs
Eliebid M.; Mahmoud M.; Hussein I.; Elkatatny S.; Shawabkeh R.; Sultan A.; Al-Marri M.J.... more authors ... less authors ( American Chemical Society , 2018 , Article)Enhanced gas recovery methods such as foamed CO2 are recommended for depleted gas reservoirs. Viscoelastic surfactant (VES) is a form of a surfactant used for forming CO2 foam. In this study, the impact of VES on CH4 and ... -
Influence of natural gas composition on adsorption in calcite Nanopores: A DFT study
Elbashier E.; Hussein I.; Carchini G.; Kasha A.; Berdiyorov G. ( Elsevier B.V. , 2021 , Article)Density functional theory is used to study the adsorption of natural gas components in calcite (10.4) cylindrical nanopores with 1–4 nm diameters. The change of adsorption energy with the diameter of the nanopores is studied ... -
Influence of polyelectrolytes and other polymer complexes on the flocculation and rheological behaviors of clay minerals: A comprehensive review
Shaikh S.M.R.; Nasser M.S.; Hussein I.; Benamor A.; Onaizi S.A.; Qiblawey H.... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier B.V. , 2017 , Article Review)Separation of clay minerals from industrial wastewaters is of great academic and practical importance. Current treatment techniques are either not economically viable, not environmentally friendly, or both. Thus, researchers ... -
Oilfield scale formation and chemical removal: A review
KamalM.S.; HusseinI.; MahmoudM.; SultanA.S.; SaadM.A.S. ( Elsevier B.V. , 2018 , Article Review)In oil and gas industry operations, scale deposition on the surface and subsurface production equipment can cause different problems such as formation damage, loss in production, pressure reductions, and premature failure ... -
Predicting carbonate formation permeability using machine learning
Tran H.; Kasha A.; Sakhaee-Pour A.; Hussein I. ( Elsevier B.V. , 2020 , Article)It is imperative to characterize the formation permeability to simulate the flow behavior at subsurface conditions. An accurate characterization at the core scale is possible when large samples are available, but often ... -
Prevention of barite sag in water-based drilling fluids by a urea-based additive for drilling deep formations
Mohamed A.; Al-Afnan S.; Elkatatny S.; Hussein I. ( MDPI , 2020 , Article)Barite sag is a challenging phenomenon encountered in deep drilling with barite-weighted fluids and associated with fluid stability. It can take place in vertical and directional wells, whether in dynamic or static conditions. ... -
Screening of surfactants and polymers for high temperature high salinity carbonate reservoirs
Kamal M.S.; Sultan A.; Hussein I.; Hussain S.M.S.; AlSofi A.M. ( Society of Petroleum Engineers , 2018 , Conference Paper)Carbonate reservoirs typically exhibit significant heterogeneity, high temperature and high salinit ies. Surfactant and polymer selection for such reservoirs is a challenging process where extensive laboratory investigations ... -
Stimulation of high temperature carbonate gas reservoirs using seawater and chelating agents: Reaction kinetics
Abdelgawad K.Z.; Mahmoud M.; Hussein I. ( Elsevier B.V. , 2018 , Article)The use of hydrochloric acid (HCl) in gas well stimulation of high temperature reservoirs is currently facing different challenges. These challenges include rapid corrosion of the well tubulars, face dissolution, very high ... -
Thermochemical Upgrading of Calcium Bentonite for Drilling Fluid Applications
Magzoub M.; Mahmoud M.; Nasser M.; Hussein I.; Elkatatny S.; Sultan A.... more authors ... less authors ( American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) , 2019 , Article)The rheological properties of bentonite suspensions depend on the chemical composition and the contained dominant element, such as calcium (Ca), potassium (K), and sodium (Na). Na-bentonite type is the one used in drilling ...