GPC Research: Recent submissions
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Effect of Fluid Rheology on the Performance of Fibrous Fluid in Horizontal Well Cleanout
( Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) , 2022 , Conference Paper)The deposition of solids in the wellbore is a widely known problem encountered during drilling, completion, and intervention operations. Innovative cleanout fluids alleviate problems associated with inefficient hole cleaning. ... -
Machine Learning for Capillary Pressure Estimation
( Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) , 2022 , Article)Capillary pressure plays an essential role in controlling multiphase flow in porous media and is often difficult to be estimated at subsurface conditions. The Leverett capillary pressure function J provides a convenient ... -
Effects of Pipe Rotation on the Performance of Fibrous Fluids in Horizontal Well Cleanout
( Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) , 2022 , Conference Paper)The deposition of rock cuttings is a problem commonly faced during drilling, completion, and intervention operations. Using polymer-based fluids is a common technique to improve horizontal downhole cleaning. However, these ... -
Rapid Curing Environmentally Degradable Polymeric Pill for Loss Circulation Treatment
( Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) , 2022 , Conference Paper)Loss circulation is frequent while drilling in naturally fractured or depleted reservoirs, which is usually associated with high non-productive time (NPT). Moreover, naturally pre-existing fractures may propagate when fluid ... -
Chitosan/Polyacrylamide Green Gels for Water Control in High-Temperature Reservoirs
( American Chemical Society , 2022 , Article)The rheology of a gel system composed of polyacrylamide (PAM) and chitosan is studied under typical reservoir conditions. The impacts of the degree of chitosan deacetylation, temperature, and salinity on the gelation ... -
Membrane-based treatment of petroleum wastewater
( Elsevier , 2022 , Book chapter)Oil and gas exploration activities through conventional and unconventional approaches are accompanied by massive volumes of wastewater generated. The wastewater is originated either from the naturally saturated rocks or ... -
Synthesis of Nanosilica for the Removal of Multicomponent Cd2+ and Cu2+ from Synthetic Water: An Experimental and Theoretical Study
( MDPI , 2022 , Article)Copper and cadmium ions are among the top 120 hazardous chemicals listed by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) that can bind to organic and inorganic chemicals. Silica is one of the most abundant ... -
Introduction to reservoir fluids and rock properties
( Elsevier , 2023 , Book chapter)Hydrocarbon reservoirs contain gas, oil, water, and brine within the pores. The interactions between these fluids and the reservoir rocks have a considerable role in distributing the phases in the porous media. Understanding ... -
Rheology of upstream complex fluids
( Elsevier , 2023 , Book chapter)Rheology is an important characterizing technique as it affects all types of fluids. While oil and gas recovery is an operation that depends mainly on the interaction between different fluids, it is therefore important to ... -
Phosphonated Lower-Molecular-Weight Polyethyleneimines as Oilfield Scale Inhibitors: An Experimental and Theoretical Study
( American Chemical Society , 2022 , Article)For many years, amino methylenephosphonate (-CH2-N-PO3H2)-based scale inhibitors (SIs) have been deployed for preventing various scales in the oil and gas industry, particularly for squeeze treatment applications. However, ... -
A sustainable approach to synthesize phosphonated chitosan using ball milling and its application for oilfield scale management
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2022 , Article)For many years, the oil and gas industry has strived to develop environmentally friendly organophosphorus-based scale inhibitors. The natural polymer chitosan has recently gained significant importance for various upstream ... -
An Accurate Reservoir's Bubble Point Pressure Correlation
( American Chemical Society , 2022 , Article)Bubble point pressure (Pb) is essential for determining petroleum production, simulation, and reservoir characterization calculations. The Pbcan be measured from the pressure-volume-temperature (PVT) experiments. Nonetheless, ... -
An Eco-Friendly Quaternary Ammonium Salt as a Corrosion Inhibitor for Carbon Steel in 5 M HCl Solution: Theoretical and Experimental Investigation
( MDPI , 2022 , Article)The corrosion of industrial material is a costly problem associated with global economic losses reaching trillions of US dollars in the repair of failures. Injecting corrosion inhibitors is the most practically promising ... -
Theoretical Studies of a Silica Functionalized Acrylamide for Calcium Scale Inhibition
( MDPI , 2022 , Article)The calcium carbonate (CaCO3 ) scale is one of the most common oilfield scales and oil and gas production bane. CaCO3 scale can lead to a sudden halt in production or, worst-case scenario, accidents; therefore, CaCO3 scale ... -
Iron Sulfide Scale Inhibition in Carbonate Reservoirs
( 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 ... -
Pilot-scale study on the suspension of drill cuttings: Effect of fiber and fluid characteristics
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)Drilling operation smoothness is essential to minimize drilling non-productive time (NPT). Inadequate cuttings transport can result in cuttings bed build-up in the wellbore low side, jeopardizing the whole drilling operation. ... -
A reservoir bubble point pressure prediction model using the Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) technique with trend analysis
( Public Library of Science , 2022 , Article)The bubble point pressure (Pb) could be obtained from pressure-volume-temperature (PVT) measurements; nonetheless, these measurements have drawbacks such as time, cost, and difficulties associated with conducting experiments ... -
Applications of Machine Learning Methods to Predict Hole Cleaning in Horizontal and Highly Deviated Wells
( Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) , 2023 , Conference Paper)Machine learning (ML) has become a robust method for modeling field operations based on measurements. For example, wellbore cleanout is a critical operation that needs to be optimized to enhance the removal of solids to ... -
A robust Gaussian process regression-based model for the determination of static Young's modulus for sandstone rocks
( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2023 , Article)Static Young's modulus (Es) is one of the leading mechanical rock properties. The Es can be measured from experimental lab methods. However, these methods are costly, time-consuming, and challenging to collect samples. ... -
Fluid-rock interactions in tight gas reservoirs: Wettability, pore structural alteration, and associated multiphysics transport
( Elsevier , 2023 , Book chapter)Tight and unconventional reservoirs such as shales are rich in clay minerals that give rise to several fluid-rock interactions. The effect of such fluid-rock interactions is manifested at multiscales. The fluid-rock ...