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Alyafei, Nayef

Assistant Professor

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Assistant Professor, Petroleum Engineering (Qatar), Texas A&M University at Qatar

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nayef.alyafei@qatar.tamu.edu

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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.