Alyafei, Nayef
individual record
Assistant Professor
Positions:
- Assistant Professor, Petroleum Engineering (Qatar), Texas A&M University at Qatar
overview
Dr. Alyafei has interests in multi-phase flow in porous media research mainly on spontaneous imbibition and wettability studies. In particular, research on capillary trapping phenomena on both the macro and micro scales.
education and training
- Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering, Imperial College London - (London, Westminster, United Kingdom) 2015
selected publications
Academic Articles1
- 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.
Conference Papers5
- Seers, T. D., & Alyafei, N (2018). Open Source Toolkit for Micro-Model Generation Using 3D Printing. Day 4 Thu, June 14, 2018, SPE Europec featured at 80th EAGE Conference and Exhibition.
- Khan, A. S., & Alyafei, N (2018). Investigation of an Analytical Solution for Spontaneous Imbibition to Effectively Estimate Special Core Analysis SCAL Properties. Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Annual Caspian Technical Conference and Exhibition 2017.
- Seers, T. D., Alyafei, N., & Khan, T (2017). Investigation of the impact of voxel image subvolume size upon computed petrophysical properties of carbonate rocks imaged using X-ray computed microtomography. 2nd EAGE Workshop on Well Injectivity and Productivity in Carbonates. 2017-December,
- 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. Society of Petroleum Engineers - International Petroleum Technology Conference 2013, IPTC 2013: Challenging Technology and Economic Limits to Meet the Global Energy Demand. 2, 1291-1298.
- Anderson, R. A., Al-Ansi, N. A., & Blunt, M (2013). Experiments and analysis of imbibition in carbonates. Saint Petersburg Russia - From Fundamental Science to Deployment: 17th European Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery, IOR.
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recent teaching activities
- ITDE691 Research Instructor
- PETE300 Summer Practice Instructor
- PETE310 Reservoir Fluids Instructor
- PETE311 Reservoir Petrophysics Instructor
- PETE485 Directed Studies Instructor
chaired theses and dissertations
- Abd, Abdul Salam (2018-05). Analytical and Numerical Investigation of Spontaneous Imbibition: A Sensitivity Analysis on the Effect of Rock Properties and Boundary Conditions. (Master's Thesis)
Email
nayef.alyafei@qatar.tamu.edu
First Name
Nayef
Last Name
Alyafei
mailing address
Texas A&M University; Qatar Campus; 4251 TAMUQ
College Station, TX 77843-4251
USA