Saber Mohammadi
About
I am currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Geoscience and Petroleum at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim. I have recently joined the LowEmission Research Center, a SINTEF-led initiative aimed at reducing emissions in the oil and gas industry. Prior to this, I led the Reservoir Productivity & Production Technologies Research Group at the Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI).
I hold a PhD in Petroleum-Reservoir Engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology, an MSc in Chemical Engineering-Hydrocarbon Reservoirs from Sharif University of Technology, and a BSc in Petroleum-Reservoir Engineering from the Petroleum University of Technology. My doctoral research focused on the experimental and numerical analysis of asphaltene aggregation and phase behavior in live oils under high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) conditions. I am highly skilled in designing HPHT laboratory and pilot research experiments.
Since 2012, I have worked as a researcher and consultant, specializing in flow assurance, phase behavior of reservoir fluids, reservoir rock characteristics, well stimulation techniques, and studies on asphaltene and wax precipitation under HPHT conditions. My expertise also extends to enhanced oil recovery (EOR), the development of nanotechnology applications in the petroleum industry, and transport phenomena in porous media. I have managed and contributed to various industrial projects as both Project Manager and Research Scientist, and currently serves as a consultant to several oil and gas companies.
I have authored over 70 technical papers, which have been presented at international conferences and published in leading journals. I am a reviewer for journals affiliated with ACS and Elsevier and is an active member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) and the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE).
Research
· Well Stimulation Techniques in Oil & Gas Fields
· PVT and Phase Behavior of Reservoir Fluids
· Asphaltene/Wax Precipitation Study at High Pressure-High Temperature Conditions
· Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques
· Applications of Nanotechnology in Petroleum Industry
· Modeling of Transport Phenomena in Porous Media
Publications
For Publications refer to: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Aw7dinkAAAAJ&hl=en
Teaching
- Phase Behaviour of Reservoir Fluids (Basic & Advanced)
- Reservoir Endineering
- Special Topics in Petroleum Engineering
- Flow Assurance
- Well Stimulation Techniques
Supervision
- PhD Disseration: Effects of Nanoparticles on Asphaltene Precipitation and Aggregation Phenomena at High Pressure-High Temperature Conditions: An Experimental Study (Finalized)
- Elites Research Project: Numerical Modeling of Factors Influencing the Propagation of Hydraulic Fractures in a Naturally Fractured Reservoir based on the Cohesive Zone model - A Case Study (Ongoing).
- Elites Research Project: Investigation of the effect of nanoparticles on the aggregation of asphaltene molecules under various temperature and pressure conditions from the perspective of molecular dynamics simulation (Finalized)
- M.Sc. Thesis: Mechanistical Study of Flow Behavior and Displacement Efficiency during Foam EOR Process in Heterogeneous Fractured Porous Media Using Micromodels (Ongoing)
- M.Sc. Thesis: Experimental investigation of the effects of main additives in acidizing operation on the efficiency of corrosion inhibitor and H2S scavenger (Ongoing)
- M.Sc. Thesis: Experimental investigation of the effect of metal oxide nanoparticles on asphaltene precipitation in porous media (Finalized)
- M.Sc. Thesis: Effect of Inhibitors on Asphaltene Precipitation in Unstable Crude Oils (Finalized)
- M.Sc. Thesis: Compatibility analysis of surfactants acid additives and their effect on the reaction rate (Finalized)
- M.Sc. Thesis: Effect of Nanoparticles on Flow Behavior and Wax Precipitation Control (Finalized)
- M.Sc. Thesis: Determination of Local Equilibrium (LE) model parameters for foam injection in porous media (Finalized)