Engineering Oil

Seyed Amir Farzaneh

A*.**, Jim Brown Building, Institute of Petroleum Engineering, Heriot Watt University,

EH14 4AS, Edinburgh, UK

Tel: +44 (0-131-***-**** Email: ****.********@***.**.**.**

Summary

Lead research engineer at the Centre for Enhanced Oil Recovery and CO2 Solutions investigating different aspect of CO2 foam flood for enhancing

heavy oil recovery. Proven experience in petroleum engineering and experimental works on non thermal heavy oil recovery method with successful on

delivery of results under strict deadline. Regular collaboration with government and industry stakeholders through regular sponsor meetings,

workshops and publication.

Specialties: Enhanced Heavy Oil Recovery with non thermal methods; chemical EOR Methods (Alkaline/surfactant injection); Pore scale fluid

displacement processes via Microfluidic devices; Heavy oil extraction mechanisms; In Situ Upgrading of Heavy Oils; Low salinity water injection;

Carbonated Water Injection; WAG

Education

PhD Petroleum Engineering

Centre for Enhanced Oil Recovery and CO2 Solutions, Institute of Petroleum Engineering (IPE), Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, UK, 2014, Thesis

title: Experimental Study of Different Water, CO2 and CO2 Foam Injection Scenarios Characterization to Heavy Oil Reservoirs

MSc Petroleum Engineering

Department of Natural Gas and Petroleum Engineering, Islamic Azad University Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran, 2007, GPA: 3.5/4, Thesis

title: Experimental and Simulation Study of Solvent Injection to Heavy Oil in Fractured and Non fractured Five Spot Glass Micromodel

BSc Petroleum Engineering

Islamic Azad University Omidieh Branch, Omidieh, Iran, 2005, GPA: 3.4/4, Dissertation title: Well Test Analysis in Fractured Reservoir Using

PanSystem

Research Interests

• Non thermal Enhance Heavy Oil Recovery

• CO2 based Enhanced Oil Recovery (Carbonated Water Injection)

• Chemical flooding characterization for heavy oil reservoirs

• Smart Water Flood Injection (Low Salinity Water Injection)

• Experimental work

• Pore scale visualization of the displacement mechanisms in porous media

• Reservoir simulation

Working Experience

• Institute of Petroleum Engineering, Heriot Watt University (Sep2010 Present)

A leading member of “Enhanced Heavy Oil Recovery”, “Low Salinity Waterflood”, and “Carbonated Waterflood” joint industry projects. This position requires design

of PVT and coreflood experiments, interpretation of the results, simulation using commercial software and providing research directions to PhD students. Following

studies were performed in this position:

• Non Thermal Heavy Oil Joint Industry Project:

• Investigated the effect of different surfactants and alkalis to improve the performance of CO 2 foam in presence of heavy oil via high pressure

visual cell.

• Design of new chemical to improve CO2 foam stability in presence of heavy oil

• Perform high pressure micromodel experiments for identifying new mechanisms which are involved in AS CO 2 foam injection to extra heavy

oil system

• Carry out high pressure core flood test with dead and/or live fluids to evaluate performance of different scenarios water, CO 2 and CO2 foam

flood in heavy oil and extra heavy oil system

• Main tasks: designing, performing and conducting experiments, interpretation results of experiments and preparing report of the results of

experiments

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• Enhanced Oil Recovery and CO2 Storage by Carbonated Water Injection Joint Industry Project:

• Carry out high pressure core flood tests with live oil system to evaluate the performance and to understand the affecting parameters during

carbonated water injection

• Main tasks: designing, performing and conducting experiments, interpretation results of experiments and preparing report of the results of

experiments

• Low Salinity Water Injection Studies Joint Industry Project:

• Conduct contact angle measurements for screening of proper low salinity water

• Carry out high pressure core flood tests to assess the oil recovery performance by low salinity water injection

• Main tasks: designing, performing and conducting experiments and interpretation results of experiments

• Petroc Technologies, Heriot Watt University (Oct 2012 Present)

A consultant research engineer who is working closely with the major oil and gas production companies, responsible for conducting research on different EOR

techniques including different water, CO2 and CO2 foam injection to heavy oil reservoir; miscible CO2 foam injection to medium oil and low salinity water injection in

deep water reservoir to check its usability for testing in the pilot and field. This position requires design of different supplementary tests as well as coreflood

experiments, interpretation of the results, simulation using commercial software.

• Tehran Petroleum Research Centre, Petroleum University of Technology (Aug2005 Sep2010)

• working in the joint industry projects of Enhanced oil/heavy oil recovery

• Research assistant at high pressure glass micromodel laboratory

• Research assistant at high pressure core flooding laboratory (1 years)

• Main tasks: designing, performing and conducting experiments, interpretation results of experiments and preparing report of the results of

experiments

• Rock Type Characterization of Naturally Fractured Reservoirs

• Provide general reservoir engineering and surveillance services in rock type classification of NFR

• Experimental Study of Miscible Solvent Injection Process in Azadegan, Yadavaran & Koh e Mond Heavy Oils and Investigation of

Effective Parameters on Oil Recovery Efficiency Using Glass Micromodel

• Conduct experiments in the joint industry projects of miscible injection for enhancing recovery of Iranian heavy oil reservoirs (2007 2009).

• Experimental and Simulation Studies to Select the Best Chemical EOR Method for Producing the Residual Oil of Naft Shahr Field

(First Field Scale EOR in Iran)

• Conduct experiments in the first joint industry projects for screening and selecting of appropriate EOR method for Iranian mature field.

• School of Petroleum Engineering, Islamic Azad University Shiraz Branch (2007 Sep2010)

• Lecturer for petroleum engineering courses

Additional Industry Experience

• Engineering Interim at NIOC (summer 2003)

• Monitored oil and gas production for a number of wells in Agha Jari Oil Field to identify underperforming production and injection wells

• Worked with onshore production plant equipment such as pumps, heat exchangers and separators

• Engineering Interim at Shiraz Refinery (summer 2002)

• Worked with refinery plant equipment such as pumps, heat exchangers and separators

Computer Skills

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Programming: Matlab Software: CMG (GEM, STARS, WINPROP), Eclipse (E100), PanSystem, MatBal, MS Office, Adobe PhotoShop

Awards and Honors

• SPE Bursary award, Aberdeen section, 2012

• Overseas Research Students Award Scheme (ORSAS), Heriot Watt University, 2010

• Ali Danesh Scholarship, fully funded PhD award, Institute of Petroleum Engineering, 2010

• Joint industry project (JIP) full scholarship for PhD studies, Center for Enhanced Oil Recovery and CO2 Solutions, Institute of Petroleum

Engineering, Heriot Watt University, 2010

• 4 times scholarship of Omidieh University of Technology for academic performance (Included in top 5% students of the class each year for

B.Sc.), 2001 2005

• Ranked 1st among all the students of M.Sc. level, 2007

Patents

Dehghan A. A., Farzaneh S. A., Kharrat R., Ghazanfari M. H., “New Method for Design and Manufacture of Glass Micromodel with Flow Pattern of

Iranian Oil Reservoirs”, Iran Scientific Patent #55908, December 2008

Professional Membership

Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE)

Publications

Please see the appendix

Languages

English: Fluent (TOEFL iBT=113/120)

Persian (Farsi): Fluent

Arabic: Intermediate

References

List and details of references available upon request

Appendix

Journal papers:

1. Farzaneh S. A., and Sohrabi M., " Experimental Investigation of CO2 Foam Stability Improvement by Alkaline in the Presence of Heavy

Crude Oil ", Chemical Engineering Research and Design

2. Farzaneh S. A., Kharrat R., Ghazanfari M. H., "A Comparative Study on WAS, SWAS and Solvent Soak Scenarios Applied to Heavy Oil

Reservoirs Using Five Spot Glass Micro Models", SPE 158376 PA, Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology

3. Farzaneh S. A., Kharrat R., Ghazanfari M. H., "Experimental Study of Solvent Flooding to Heavy Oil in Fractured 5 Spot Micromodels: The

Role of Fracture Geometrical Characteristics", DOI: 10.2118/134246 PA, Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology

4. Farzaneh S. A., Dehghan A. A., Kharrat R., Ghazanfari M. H., "Experimental Investigation of Fracture Physical Properties on Heavy Oil

Displacement Efficiency during Solvent Flooding", Accepted for publication in Energy Sources, Part A, Recovery, Utilization, and

Environmental Effects

5. Farzaneh S. A., Kharrat R., Ghazanfari M. H., "Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Solvent Injection to Heavy Oil in Fractured Five

Spot Micromodels", DOI: 10.1080/10916460903160784, Journal of Petroleum Science and Technology

6. Farzaneh S. A., Kharrat R., Ghazanfari M. H., " Experimental Study of Solvent Injection to Heavy Oil in Homogeneous and Fractured

Quarter Five Spot Porous Media Using Glass Micromodel ", Iranian Journal of Chemical Engineering

7. Farzaneh S. A., Dehghan A. A., Lazki A., "Using Diagenetic Processes in Facies Modeling of a Carbonate Reservoir", Energy Sources, Part

A, Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects

8. Dehghan A. A., Farzaneh S. A., Kharrat R., Ghazanfari M. H., Rashtchian D., "Pore Level Investigation of Heavy Oil Recovery During Water

Alternating Solvent Injection Process", DOI: 10.1007/s11242 009 9463 5, Transport in Porous Media

9. Dehghan A. A., Farzaneh S. A., Kharrat R., Ghazanfari M. H., Masihi M., "Experimental and Simulation Studies of the Effect of Vertical

Permeability Barriers on Oil Recovery Efficiency during Solvent Injection Processes", Energy Sources, Part A, Recovery, Utilization, and

Environmental Effects

International conference papers:

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10. Farzaneh S. A., Sohrabi M., Emadi A. “Experimental Investigation of CO2, CO2SWAG and CO2 Foam Injection Scenarios for Enhanced

Heavy Oil Recovery”, Presented at 18th European Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery, 2015, Dresden, Germany.

11. Farzaneh S. A., Sohrabi M., Mills, J.R., Mahzari P., Ahmed K. “Oil Recovery Improvement from Low Salinity Waterflooding in a Clay free

Silica Core”, Presented at 18th European Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery, 2015, Dresden, Germany.

12. Sohrabi M., Mahzari P., Farzaneh S. A., Tsolis P., and Ireland S “Novel Insights into Mechanisms of Oil Recovery by Low Salinity Water

Injection”, Presented at the SPE Middle East Oil & Gas Show, Manama, Bahrain.

13. Farzaneh S. A., Sohrabi M. “Alkaline Assisted CO2 Foam for Improving Heavy Oil Recovery”, Presented at the International Petroleum

Technology Conference held in Doha, 2014, Qatar.

14. Farzaneh S. A., Sohrabi M. “A Review of the Status of Foam Applications in Enhanced Oil Recovery”, Presented at the 75 EAGE

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Conference & Exhibition incorporating SPE EUROPEC, 2013, London, UK.

15. Emadi A., Sohrabi M., Farzaneh S. A., Ireland S. “Experimental Investigation of Liquid CO and CO Emulsion Application for Enhanced

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Heavy Oil Recovery”, Presented at the 75th EAGE Conference & Exhibition incorporating SPE EUROPEC, 2013, London, UK.

16. Dehghan A. A., Jadaly A., Masihi M., Ayatollahi S., Farzaneh S. A., “Investigating the Emulsion Behavior of Heavy Crude Oil in Presence

of a New Designed Surfactant and a Group of Alkalis”, Presented at the 75th EAGE Conference & Exhibition incorporating SPE EUROPEC,

2013, London, UK

17. Emadi A., Sohrabi M., Farzaneh S. A., Mills J. “An overview of Non Thermal Enhanced Heavy Oil Recovery activities at the Centre for

Enhanced Oil Recovery and CO2 Solutions”, Presented at the World Heavy Oil congress, 2012, Aberdeen, UK.

18. Fatemi S. M., Sohrabi M., Farzaneh S. A., Jamiolahmady M. “Performance of SWAG Injection versus Alternating and Continuous Injection

of Water and Gas”, Presented at the SCA Symposium, 2012, Aberdeen, UK.

19. Emadi A., Sohrabi M., Farzaneh S. A., Jamiolahmady M. “CO2 EOR and Storage in Heavy Oil Reservoirs Underlying Permafrost”,

presented at the Third EAGE CO2 Geological Storage Workshop, 2012, Edinburgh, UK.

20. Farzaneh S. A., Kharrat R., Ghazanfari M. H., "Experimental Study of Solvent Flooding to Heavy Oil in Fractured 5 Spot Micromodels: The

Role of Fracture Geometrical Characteristics", Canadian International Petroleum Conference/SPE Gas Technology Symposium 2008 Joint

Conference, 17 19 June, 2008, 2008 108

21. Farzaneh S. A., Kharrat R., Ghazanfari M. H., "Experimental Investigation of Factors Affecting Miscible Two Phase Flow in Fractured And

Non Fractured Micromodels", Proceedings of the Sixth International ASME Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels,

June 23 25, 2008, ICNMM2008 62095

22. Farzaneh S. A., Kharrat R., Ghazanfari M. H., “Experimental Study of Solvent Flooding to Heavy Oil saturated porous media: Pore

Morphology and Throat Orientation Effects”, The 5th International Chemical Engineering Congress and Exhibition, 2 5 January, 2008, Kish

Island, 12178

23. Farzaneh S. A., Kharrat R., Ghazanfari M. H., Vossoughi S., "Experimental Investigation and Computer Modeling of Solvent Injection to

Crude Oil in Fractured Porous Medium: Dual Porosity and Dual Permeability Approaches", 18 th International Congress of Chemical and

Process Engineering, 24 28 August, 2008, 1118

24. Ghazanfari M. H., Rashtchian D., Kharrat R., Vossoughi S., Kharrat R., Vossoughi S., Farzaneh S. A., " Fractal Nature of Unstable Miscible

Two Phase Flow through Porous Media: An Experimental Approach ", 18th International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering, 24

28 August, 2008, 1367

25. Farzaneh S. A., Dehghan A. A., Kharrat R., Ghazanfari M. H.,” Influence of Discontinuous Shaly Structures on Heavy Oil Cold Production

Efficiency during Hydrocarbon Solvents Injection: Experimental and Simulation Studies”, 4th International Conference on Thermal

Engineering, 12 14 January, 2009, Abu Dhabi, UAE

26. Mosavati N., Farzaneh S. A., Kharrat R., Ghazanfari M. H., “Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Inorganic Scale Deposition in

Carbonated Micromodels”, Proceeding of the Seventh International ASME Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels,

June 22 24, 2009, ICNMM2009 82193

27. Farzaneh S. A., Dehghan A. A., Kharrat R., Ghazanfari M. H., “ A Comparative Study of WAS, SWAS and Solvent Soak Scenarios Applied

to Heavy Oil Reservoirs Using 5 Spot Glass Micromodels”, Canadian International Petroleum Conference, 16 18 June, 2009, 2009 038

28. Dehghan A. A., Farzaneh S. A., Kharrat R., Ghazanfari M. H., “The Role of Pore Geometry and Connate Water on Miscible Displacement of

Heavy Oil With Hydrocarbon Solvents in Strongly Water Wet and Oil Wet Media Using Five Spot Micromodels ”, Canadian International

Petroleum Conference, 16 18 June, 2009, 2009 091

29. Dehghan A. A., Farzaneh S. A., Kharrat R., Ghazanfari M. H., “Pore Level Investigation of Heavy Oil Recovery Using Water Alternating

Solvent (WAS) Injection Process”, 4th International Conference on Application of Porous Media, 10 12 August, 2009

30. Dehghan A. A., Kharrat R., Ghazanfari M. H., Farzaneh S. A., “Studying the Effects of Pore Geometry, Wettability and Co Solvent Types on

the Efficiency of Solvent Flooding to Heavy Oil in Five Spot Models ”, Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference & Exhibition, 4 6 August 2009,

SPE 123315

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31. Farzaneh S. A., Dehghan A. A., Kharrat R., Ghazanfari M. H., “Parametric Investigation of WAG Injection Process in Naturally Fractured

Reservoirs”, Presented at the 6th International Chemical Engineering Congress and Exhibition, 16 20 November, 2009, Kish Island, 12180.

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