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Ahmed Barifcani

Ahmed Barifcani

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
53
Citations
8244
World Ranking
3493
National Ranking
185

Overview

Ahmed Barifcani is affiliated with Curtin University in Australia and has contributed extensively to research in engineering and environmental science disciplines.

Their recent research publications include:

  • Impact of Caprock Type on Geochemical Reactivity and Mineral Trapping Efficiency of CO2, 2020, Offshore Technology Conference Asia
  • Reservoir Scale Porosity-Permeability Evolution in Sandstone Due to CO2 Geological Storage, 2021, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Carbon dioxide wettability of South West Hub sandstone, Western Australia: Implications for carbon geo-storage, 2020, International journal of greenhouse gas control
  • Interaction of low salinity surfactant nanofluids with carbonate surfaces and molecular level dynamics at fluid-fluid interface at ScCO2 loading, 2020, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • Experimental investigation into the development and evaluation of ionic liquid and its graphene oxide nanocomposite as novel pour point depressants for waxy crude oil, 2021, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Frequent co-authors in Ahmed Barifcani's research collaborations include:

  • Christopher Lagat
  • Stefan Iglauer
  • Chi M. Phan
  • Emad A. Al-Khdheeawi
  • Cut Aja Fauziah

The scientist often publishes in the following venues:

  • Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
  • Geoenergy Science and Engineering
  • Offshore Technology Conference Asia
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Energy & Fuels

Ahmed Barifcani's main fields of study are engineering and environmental science.

Their work spans several subfields including:

  • Environmental Engineering
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Mechanics of Materials

The prominent topics covered by their research include:

  • CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions
  • Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis

Best Publications

  • Wettability alteration of oil-wet carbonate by silica nanofluid.

    Sarmad Al-Anssari;Ahmed Barifcani;Shaobin Wang;Lebedev Maxim

  • Impact of pressure and temperature on CO2-brine-mica contact angles and CO2-brine interfacial tension: Implications for carbon geo-sequestration

    Muhammad Arif;Ahmed Z. Al-Yaseri;Ahmed Barifcani;Maxim Lebedev

  • Receding and advancing (CO2 + brine + quartz) contact angles as a function of pressure, temperature, surface roughness, salt type and salinity

    Ahmed Z. Al-Yaseri;Maxim Lebedev;Ahmed Barifcani;Stefan Iglauer

  • Impact of reservoir wettability and heterogeneity on CO2-plume migration and trapping capacity

    Emad A. Al-Khdheeawi;Emad A. Al-Khdheeawi;Stephanie Vialle;Ahmed Barifcani;Mohammad Sarmadivaleh

  • Residual trapping of supercritical CO2 in oil-wet sandstone.

    Taufiq Rahman;Maxim Lebedev;Ahmed Barifcani;Stefan Iglauer

  • Effect of temperature and SiO2 nanoparticle size on wettability alteration of oil-wet calcite

    Sarmad Al-Anssari;Sarmad Al-Anssari;Shaobin Wang;Ahmed Barifcani;Maxim Lebedev

  • CO2 storage in carbonates: Wettability of calcite

    Muhammad Arif;Muhammad Arif;Maxim Lebedev;Ahmed Barifcani;Stefan Iglauer

  • Wettability of nanofluid-modified oil-wet calcite at reservoir conditions

    Sarmad Al-Anssari;Sarmad Al-Anssari;Muhammad Arif;Shaobin Wang;Ahmed Barifcani

  • Multi-scale x-ray computed tomography analysis of coal microstructure and permeability changes as a function of effective stress

    Yihuai Zhang;Xiaomeng Xu;Maxim Lebedev;Mohammad Sarmadivaleh

  • Influence of shale‐total organic content on CO2 geo‐storage potential

    Muhammad Arif;Muhammad Arif;Maxim Lebedev;Ahmed Barifcani;Stefan Iglauer

  • Effect of wettability heterogeneity and reservoir temperature on CO2 storage efficiency in deep saline aquifers

    Emad A. Al-Khdheeawi;Emad A. Al-Khdheeawi;Stephanie Vialle;Ahmed Barifcani;Mohammad Sarmadivaleh

  • Carbon geosequestration in limestone: Pore-scale dissolution and geomechanical weakening

    Maxim Lebedev;Yihuai Zhang;Mohammad Sarmadivaleh;Ahmed Barifcani

  • Swelling-induced changes in coal microstructure due to supercritical CO2 injection†

    Yihuai Zhang;Maxim Lebedev;Mohammad Sarmadivaleh;Ahmed Barifcani

  • Solid/CO2 and solid/water interfacial tensions as a function of pressure, temperature, salinity and mineral type: Implications for CO2-wettability and CO2 geo-storage

    Muhammad Arif;Ahmed Barifcani;Stefan Iglauer

  • Wettability alteration of oil-wet limestone using surfactant-nanoparticle formulation

    Lezorgia N. Nwidee;Maxim Lebedev;Ahmed Barifcani;Mohammad Sarmadivaleh

  • CO2-wettability of sandstones exposed to traces of organic acids: Implications for CO2 geo-storage

    Muhammad Ali;Muhammad Ali;Muhammad Arif;Muhammad Arif;Muhammad Faraz Sahito;Sarmad Al-Anssari;Sarmad Al-Anssari

  • CO2-wettability of low to high rank coal seams: Implications for carbon sequestration and enhanced methane recovery

    Muhammad Arif;Muhammad Arif;Ahmed Barifcani;Maxim Lebedev;Stefan Iglauer

  • Stabilising nanofluids in saline environments

    Sarmad Al-Anssari;Sarmad Al-Anssari;Muhammad Arif;Shaobin Wang;Ahmed Barifcani

  • Influence of injection well configuration and rock wettability on CO2 plume behaviour and CO2 trapping capacity in heterogeneous reservoirs

    Emad A. Al-Khdheeawi;Stephanie Vialle;Ahmed Barifcani;Mohammad Sarmadivaleh

  • Structural trapping capacity of oil-wet caprock as a function of pressure, temperature and salinity

    Muhammad Arif;Muhammad Arif;Ahmed Barifcani;Maxim Lebedev;Stefan Iglauer

  • Swelling effect on coal micro structure and associated permeability reduction

    Yihuai Zhang;Maxim Lebedev;Mohammad Sarmadivaleh;Ahmed Barifcani

  • Organic acid concentration thresholds for ageing of carbonate minerals: Implications for CO2 trapping/storage.

    Muhammad Ali;Muhammad Ali;Sarmad Al-Anssari;Muhammad Arif;Ahmed Barifcani

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan Iglauer
Stefan Iglauer Edith Cowan University
Maxim Lebedev
Maxim Lebedev Curtin University
Mohammad Sarmadivaleh
Mohammad Sarmadivaleh Colorado School of Mines
Ahmed Al-Yaseri
Ahmed Al-Yaseri King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
Moses O. Tadé
Moses O. Tadé Curtin University
Shaobin Wang
Shaobin Wang University of Adelaide
Vishnu Pareek
Vishnu Pareek Curtin University
Jitendra S. Sangwai
Jitendra S. Sangwai Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Hari B. Vuthaluru
Hari B. Vuthaluru Curtin University
Shaomin Liu
Shaomin Liu Tianjin Polytechnic University

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