• Application of various water soluble polymers in gas hydrate inhibition 

      Kamal, Muhammad Shahzad; Hussein, Ibnelwaleed A.; Sultan, Abdullah S.; Solmsd, Nicolasvon ( Elsevier Ltd , 2016 , Article Review)
      Formation of hydrates in gas transmission lines due to high pressures and low temperatures is a serious problem in the oil and gas industry with potential hazards and/or economic losses. Kinetic hydrate inhibitors are water ...
    • Iron Sulfide Scale Inhibition in Carbonate Reservoirs 

      Gasimli, Nijat; Mahmoud, Mohamed; Kamal, Muhammad Shahzad; Patil, Shirish; Alsaiari, Hamad A.; ... more authors ( American Chemical Society , 2022 , Article)
      Hydrocarbon production operations include water injection, varying stimulation approaches, and enhanced oil recovery techniques. These treatments often affect reservoir formation, production, and injection facilities. Such ...
    • Novel fluorinated surfactants for enhanced oil recovery in carbonate reservoirs 

      Al-Amodi, Adel O.; Al-Mubaiyedh, Usamah A.; Sultan, Abdullah S.; Kamal, Muhammad Shahzad; Hussein, Ibnelwaleed A. ( Wiley-Liss Inc. , 2016 , Article)
      Novel surfactant‐polymer (SP) formulations containing fluorinated amphoteric surfactant (surfactant‐A) and fluorinated anionic surfactant (surfactant‐B) with partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamide (HPAM) were evaluated for ...
    • Review on Surfactant Flooding: Phase Behavior, Retention, IFT, and Field Applications 

      Kamal, Muhammad Shahzad; Hussein, Ibnelwaleed A.; Sultan, Abdullah S. ( American Chemical Society , 2017 , Article Review)
      Surfactant flooding is an important technique used in enhanced oil recovery to reduce the amount of oil in pore space of matrix rock. Surfactants are injected to mobilize residual oil by lowering the interfacial tension ...
    • Rheological and thermal properties of novel surfactant-polymer systems for EOR applications 

      Mali, Izhar A.; Al-Mubaiyedh, Usamah A.; Sultan, Abdullah S.; Kamal, Muhammad Shahzad; Hussein, Ibnelwaleed A. ( Wiley-Liss Inc. , 2016 , Article)
      In this work, two surfactant-polymer (SP) systems were evaluated for enhanced oil recovery applications. The first SP system contained partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamide and alkyl polyethylene glycol ether-based non-ionic ...
    • Synthesis, Characterization and Surface Properties of Amidosulfobetaine Surfactants Bearing Odd-Number Hydrophobic Tail 

      shakil Hussain, S. M.; Animashaun, Mustapha Alao; Kamal, Muhammad Shahzad; Ullah, Nisar; Hussein, Ibnelwaleed A.; ... more authors ( Springer Verlag , 2016 , Article)
      Three amidosulfobetaine surfactants were synthesized namely: 3‐(N‐pentadecanamidopropyl‐N,N‐dimethyl ammonium) propanesulfonate (2a); 3‐(N‐heptadecanamidopropyl‐N,N‐dimethyl ammonium) propanesulfonate (2b), and ...
    • Upgrading Calcium Bentonite to Sodium Bentonite Using Seawater and Soda Ash 

      Mahmoud, Mohamed; Mohamed, Abdelmjeed; Kamal, Muhammad Shahzad; Sultan, Abdullah; Hussein, Ibnelwaleed ( American Chemical Society , 2019 , Article)
      In this paper, a new method is introduced to produce sodium bentonite by treating calcium bentonite using seawater to eliminate the use of freshwater and reduces the amount of soda ash required for the treatment, which ...