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 Articles5
- 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(6), 2308-2316.
- 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., 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., & 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 Papers5
- 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.
- 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. 2017-December,
- Anderson, R. A., Al-Ansi, N. A., & Blunt, M. (2013). Experiments and analysis of imbibition in carbonates.
- 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. 2, 1291-1298.
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