Books
- N. Alyafei, "Fundamentals of Reservoir Rock Properties", HBKU Press (2019) [Sample]
Peer Reviewed Articles
- K. Olesen, L. Fogang, G. Palm-Henriksen, N. Alyafei, T. Sølling, “How a range of metal ions influence the interfacial tension of n-decane/surfactant/water systems: the impact of concentration, molecular- and electronic structure”, Journal of Petroleum Science and Technology (2019) [DOI][PDF]
- W. Alnoush, A. Sayed, N. Alyafei, “Optimization of Contact Angle and Interfacial Tension Measurements for Fluid/Rock Systems at Ambient Conditions”, MethodsX, (2019) [DOI][PDF]
- A. Abd, E. Elhafyan, A. Siddiqui, W. Alnoush, M. Blunt, N. Alyafei, “A Review of the Phenomenon of Counter-Current Spontaneous Imbibition: Analysis and Data Interpretation”, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering (2019) [DOI][PDF]
- A. Abd, N. Alyafei, "Numerical investigation on the effect of boundary conditions on the scaling of spontaneous imbibition", Oil & Gas Science and Technology, 73:71(2018) [DOI][PDF]
- A. M. Sayed, K. B. Olesen, A. Alkahala, T. I. Solling, N. Alyafei, "The effect of organic acids and salinity on the interfacial tension of ndecane/water systems", Journal of Petroleum Science and Technology, 173:1047-1052 (2018) [DOI][PDF]
- A.S. Khan, A.R. Siddiqui, A.S. Abd, A.S. N. Alyafei, "Guidelines for Numerically Modeling Co-and Counter-current Spontaneous Imbibition", Transport in Porous Media, 124(3):743-766 (2018) [DOI][PDF]
- N. Alyafei, M. J. Blunt, "Estimation of Relative Permeability and Capillary Pressure from Mass Imbibition Experiments", 115:88-94 (2018) [DOI][PDF]
- K. Schmid, N. Alyafei, S. Geiger, M. J. Blunt, "Analytical solutions for spontaneous imbibition: Fractional flow theory and experimental analysis", SPEJ, (2016) [DOI][PDF]
- N. Alyafei, A. Al-Menhali, M. J. Blunt, "Experimental and analytical investigation of spontaneous imbibition in water-wet carbonates", Transport in Porous Media, 1-19 (2016) [DOI][PDF]
- N. Alyafei, T. J. Mckay, T. I. Solling, "Characterization of petrophysical properties using pore-network and lattice-Boltzmann modelling: Choice of method and image sub-volume size", Journal of Petroleum Science and Technology, 145:256-265 (2016) [DOI][PDF]
- N. Alyafei, M. J. Blunt, "The effect of wettability on capillary trapping in carbonates", Advances in Water Resources, 90:36-50 (2016) [DOI][PDF]
- N. Alyafei, A. Q. Raeini, A. Paluszny, M.J. Blunt, "A sensitivity study of the effect of image resolution on predicted petrophysical properties", Transport in Porous Media, 110:157–169 (2015) [DOI][PDF]
Conference Proceeding Papers
- Abd, A.S, N. Alyafei, “A Parametric Investigation on the Effect of Rock and Fluid Properties in Upscaling of Spontaneous Imbibition”, EAGE (2019)
- MA. Ghani, N. Alyafei, E. Elhafyan, O. Nawfal, H. Rabbani, “Capillary Impacts on Recovery: a Core-Scale Study to Predict Residual Oil Saturation for Altered Wettability Systems”, EAGE (2019)
- Retnanto, M. Fadlelmula, N. Alyafei, A. Sheharyar “Active Student Engagement in Learning-Using Virtual Reality Technology to Develop Professional Skills for Petroleum Engineering Education” SPE-195922-MS (2019)
- Q. Sun, N. Zhang, N. Alyafei, Y. Wang, M. Fadlelmula “Numerical Relative Permeability Upscaling Based on Digital Rock Analysis” SPE-196687-MS (2019)
- T. Abdulhussein, E. Elhafyan, W. Alnoush, N. Alyafei, "Numerical Investigation on the Effect of Wettability and Heterogeneity on Viscous Fingering and Oil Recovery"EAGE (2019)
- T. D. Seers, N. Alyafei, "Open source toolkit for micro-model generation using 3D priniting" SPE-190852-MS (2018)
- A. Sayed, M. Abdul Ghani, N. Alyafei, " Analyzing The Effect Of Wettability On Oil Recovery From A Pore-Level Perspective Using Numerical Simulation" CF2-EAGE-2017 (2017)
- T.D. Seers, N. Alyafei, T. Khan, "Investigation Of The Impact Of Voxel Image Subvolume Size Upon Computed Petrophysical Properties Of Carbonate Rocks Imaged Using X-Ray Computed Microtomography" CF1 -EAGE-2017 (2017)
- A.S. Khan, N. Alyafei, "Investigation of an analytical solution for spontaneous imbibition to effectively estimate special core analysis SCAL properties" SPE-189017-MS (2017)
- N. Alyafei, T. Solling, M. J. Blunt, "Investigation of co-current and counter-current spontaneous imbibition using micro-computerized tomography" SCA2014-098
- R. Anderson, N. Alyafei, M. J. Blunt, "Experiments and analysis of imbibition in carbonates" IOR-2013 (2013)
- N. Alyafei, M. J. Blunt, "Measurement of remaining oil saturation in mixed-wet carbonates" SCA2013-50 (2013)
- N. Alyafei, O. Gharbi, A. Q. Raeini, J. Yang, S. Iglauer, M. J. Blunt, "Influence of micro-computed tomography image resolution on the predictions of petrophysical properties" IPTC16600 (2013) [DOI][PDF]