selected publications academic article Schmid, K. S., Alyafei, N., Geiger, S., & Blunt, M. J. (2016). Analytical Solutions for Spontaneous Imbibition: Fractional-Flow Theory and Experimental Analysis. SPE JOURNAL. 21(06), 2308-2316. Alyafei, N., Al-Menhali, A., & Blunt, M. J. (2016). Experimental and Analytical Investigation of Spontaneous Imbibition in Water-Wet Carbonates. Transport in Porous Media. 115(1), 189-207. Alyafei, N., Mckay, T. J., & Solling, T. I. (2016). Characterization of petrophysical properties using pore-network and lattice-Boltzmann modelling: Choice of method and image sub-volume size. JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING. 145, 256-265. Alyafei, N., & Blunt, M. J. (2016). The effect of wettability on capillary trapping in carbonates. Advances in Water Resources. 90, 36-50. Alyafei, N., Raeini, A. Q., Paluszny, A., & Blunt, M. J. (2015). A Sensitivity Study of the Effect of Image Resolution on Predicted Petrophysical Properties. Transport in Porous Media. 110(1), 157-169. conference paper Seers, T. D., & Alyafei, N. (2018). Open Source Toolkit for Micro-Model Generation Using 3D Printing Khan, A. S., & Alyafei, N (2018). Investigation of an Analytical Solution for Spontaneous Imbibition to Effectively Estimate Special Core Analysis SCAL Properties Al-Ansi, N., Gharbi, O., Raeini, A. Q., Yang, J., Iglauer, S., & Blunt, M. J. (2013). Influence of micro-computed tomography image resolution on the predictions of petrophysical properties. 1291-1298. Anderson, R. A., Al-Ansi, N. A., & Blunt, M. (2013). Experiments and analysis of imbibition in carbonates Seers, T. D., Alyafei, N., & Khan, T. Investigation of the impact of voxel image subvolume size upon computed petrophysical properties of carbonate rocks imaged using X-ray computed microtomography
principal investigator on Multi-scale Analysis of Capillary Trapping for Improved Oil Recovery and CO2 storage Applications awarded by Qatar National Research Fund - (Doha, Qatar) 2020 - 2023 Analyzing multi-phase flow in 3D printed micro-models awarded by Qatar National Research Fund - (Doha, Qatar) 2020 - 2021 Fluid characterization and identification of optimal miscible CO2 injection conditions for EOR awarded by Qatar Foundation - (Doha, Qatar) 2019 - 2021 Experimental Studies of Multiphase Flow in Porous Media Using In-Situ Imaging awarded by Qatar Foundation - (Doha, Qatar) 2018 - 2021
teaching activities ITDE691 Research Instructor PETE300 Summer Practice Instructor PETE310 Reservoir Fluids Instructor PETE311 Reservoir Petrophysics Instructor PETE436 Petr Tech Present Ii Instructor PETE437 Senior Student Paper Contest Instructor PETE485 Directed Studies Instructor PETE489 Special Topics Instructor PETE489 Spt In: Improved Oil Recovery Instructor PETE489 Sptp: Adv. Concepts Oil Recov. Instructor PETE489 Sptp: Reservoir Rock Prop Instructor PETE491 Hnr-research Instructor PETE491 Hnr-research Instructor
chaired theses and dissertations Abd, Abdul Salam (2018-03). Analytical and Numerical Investigation of Spontaneous Imbibition: A Sensitivity Analysis on the Effect of Rock Properties and Boundary Conditions.
education and training Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering, Imperial College London - (London, Westminster, United Kingdom) 2015
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