Yousef Rafiei
Assistant Professor
Department of Petroleum Engineering
Hydrocarbon Reservoirs
Department of Petroleum Engineering
Hydrocarbon Reservoirs
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Educational Records
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Degree/Major
University
City
Country
Graduation Date
1
Bachelor of Science
Petroleum University of Technology
Ahwaz
Iran
2004
2
Master of Science
Institut Français du Pétrole (IFP)/ Petroleum University of Technology
Paris/Tehran
France/Iran
2006
3
Ph.D.
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
2013
Scientific & Industrial Experience
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Responsibilities Titles
Name of Organization
Starting Date
Termination Date
1
Head of well modelling and surface network design of Shadegan oil field
Amirkabir University of Technology
2016
2017
2
Head of Production Engineering in Alvan field development plan
Amirkabir University of Technology
2020
Supervised MSc Theses
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Thesis title
By
Date
1
Forecasting of liquid loading in gas wells with machine learning
Mohammadreza Ghanbari Sorkhi & Yousef Rafiei
January 2024
2
Evaluation of interwell connectivity and determination of injectivity productivity index in reservoir water flooding process by using artificial intelligence methods
Mohammad Mahdi Jalili Bal & Yousef Rafiei
October 2023
3
investigation of the source and causes of increase in hydrogen sulfide inkangan gas field
Mehdi Mohseni & Yousef Rafiei
September 2023
4
Realtime determination of zonal flowrate in horizontal well based on permanent downhole gauge
Fatemeh Fasahat & Yousef Rafiei
March 2023
5
Feasibility study of production improvement in a multistage hydraulic fracture in one of the tight reservoirs of Iranian offshore oil company
Atrina Seifirad & Yousef Rafiei
December 2022
6
Monitoring the dynamic behavior of well and reservoir by using data from electrical submersible pumps in one of the Iranian offshore oil reservoirs.
Yasin Khalili & Yousef Rafiei
September 2022
7
Life Cycle Assessment and Water Consumption in Hydraulic Fracturing Operations for Environmental Optimization in the Development of Unconventional Reservoirs
Seyed Majid Tabatabaei & Yousef Rafiei
July 2022
8
Investigation the determination of the location and number of interval control valves based on different techniques of hydraulic flow unit classification
Mohammad Rida & Yousef Rafiei
May 2022
9
Gas allocation management based on production history and by using inter-well connectivity measurement in one of the Iranian fields
Hamid Reza Eslami & Yousef Rafiei
March 2022
10
Application of nano-particles to improve stability and mobility control of co2 foam
Mohamad Amin Emami & Yousef Rafiei
March 2022
11
Water coning control in horizontal wells by controlling production rate based on changes in water- oil contact level
Ramin Eyvazi & Yousef Rafiei
March 2022
12
Experimental study of hydraulic fracture conductivity of one of Iranian reservoirs in presence of proppant and acid.
Mohammad Hossein Haji Mohammadhassan Arab & Yousef Rafiei
February 2022
13
Optimization of water alternating gas injection process by employing intelligent well technology
Seyede Fateme Afaridoun & Yousef Rafiei
January 2021
14
Simulation of pilot two phase separator equipment using CFD
Kayvan Ghorbanpour & Yousef Rafiei
January 2021
15
Design of liquid gas separator pilot for obtaining the necessary parameters to design industrial separator dimensions
Ali Salmani Sayah & Yousef Rafiei
September 2020
16
Investigating the performance of different ICDs in injection process using CFD modeling
Mohammad Mehdipour & Yousef Rafiei
February 2020
17
technical assessment of different levels of intelligent completion design during waterflood process in an oil field
Farshad Mostakhdeminhosseini & Yousef Rafiei
October 2019
18
Improved EOR performance by employing permanent down hole control device in one of Iranian oil reservoir
Hamed Rezvani & Yousef Rafiei
October 2019
19
Proposing a new method for injection well placement optimization based on fast marching method
Reza Yousefzadeh Shourbolagh & Yousef Rafiei
September 2019
20
Investigation of Static and dynamic use of nano fluids for reducing asphaltene precipitation
Younes Gholamzadeh & Yousef Rafiei
September 2019
21
Feasibility study of improvement in gas production by increasing pipeline diameter in one of Iranian gas reservoir with considering operational restrictions
& Yousef Rafiei
July 2019
22
Well bore temperature analysis to match producing well bore phenomena assisted by improved heat transfer modeling
Atefeh Dargahi Zarandi & Yousef Rafiei
February 2019
23
Study the improvement in oil production from multi lateral wells by considering surface and completion constrain
Shahab Engali & Yousef Rafiei
October 2018
24
Gas lift design for one of national iranian south oil companys oil well by employing integrated production modeling
Aliakbar Koraie & Yousef Rafiei
August 2018
25
Gas lift design of all production wells for a given reservoir by employing integrated production modelling
Ahmad Shahryari & Yousef Rafiei
February 2018
26
Reviews and studies the impact of drilling fluid by adding nano particles to increase the lubricating fluid glycol
Hussin Assaf & Yousef Rafiei
December 2017
27
Improved Water Injection Allocation in a Given Reservoir by Employing Integrated Production Modeling
Ali Cheperli & Yousef Rafiei
October 2017
28
Simulation of applying ICDs in oil recovery enhancement in SAGD process by IPM.
Aria Rahimbakhsh & Yousef Rafiei
August 2017
29
Improvement of Gas Injection Allocation between Production and Injection Wells by using Integrated Production Modeling
Navid Mohammad Hasanzade & Yousef Rafiei
October 2016
30
study the improvement of production ftom an intelligent horizontal well
Amirghasem Mahmoudirad & Yousef Rafiei
September 2016
Books
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Title
Author(s)
Publisher country
publication date
version
Other Records
1
Fundamentals of fluid flow in oil and gas reservoirs
A Heidari---H Khoshdel---Y Rafiei
Alavi
2007
3
Journal Papers
Portal Records
1
Javad Soleymanpour, Mohammad Javad Ameri Shahrabi, Yousef Rafiei, "Prevention of Casing Heading in Gas Lift Under Uncertainty Using the Square Root Unscented Kalman Filter for State and Parameter Estimation", ARABIAN JOURNAL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, February 2024
Vol. 1,
Num. 1,
Page 1-17,
February 2024,
2
Nasser Nikmardan, Yousef Rafiei, Mohammad Javad Ameri Shahrabi, "Novel Integrated Approach for Waterflood Optimization in Mature Multilayer Reservoirs with Advanced Well Completions Using Capacitance Resistance Model", ARABIAN JOURNAL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, February 2024
Vol. 1,
Num. 1,
Page 1-23,
February 2024,
3
Mehdi Fadaei, Mohammad Javad Ameri Shahrabi, Yousef Rafiei, "Constraint optimization of production in an integrated model using pressure control to eliminate slug flow before the separator.", Petroleum Research, November 2023
Vol. 33,
Num. 131,
Page 137-153,
November 2023,
4
Mohammad Hossein Haji Mohammadhassan Arab, Mohammad Javad Ameri Shahrabi, Yousef Rafiei, Hossein Esgandrirad, "Laboratory study of the effect of proppant operating variables on fracture conductivity under minimum horizontal stress conditions in one of the Iranian reservoirs", Journal of Petroleum Geomechanics, August 2023
Vol. 6,
Num. 4,
Page 1-15,
August 2023,
5
Hamed Rezvani, Yousef Rafiei, "A novel analytical technique for determining inflow control devices flow area in CO2-EOR and CCUS projects", Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology, June 2023
Vol. 13,
Num. 9,
Page 1951-1962,
June 2023,
6
Farzaneh Rezaei, Mohammad Akbari, Yousef Rafiei, Abdolhossein Hemmati?Sarapardeh, "Compositional modeling of gas-condensate viscosity using ensemble approach", Scientific Reports, June 2023
Vol. 13,
Num. 1,
Page 1-21,
June 2023,
7
Mehdi Mahdaviara, Mohammad Sharifi, Yousef Rafiei, "PoreSeg: An unsupervised and interactive-based framework for automatic segmentation of X-ray tomography of porous materials", ADVANCES IN WATER RESOURCES, June 2023
Vol. 178,
Num. 104495,
Page 1-13,
June 2023,
8
Mehdi Fadaei, Mohammad Javad Ameri Shahrabi, Yousef Rafiei, Mohammadreza Hosseinzadeh Alherd, "A NOVEL HYBRID METHOD TO DESIGN HORIZONTAL GAS-LIQUID SEPARATORS", Brazilian Journal of Petroleum and Gas, May 2023
Vol. 17,
Num. 1,
Page 1-23,
May 2023,
9
Mehdi Fadaei, Mohammad Javad Ameri Shahrabi, Yousef Rafiei, Mohammadreza Hosseinzadeh Alherd, "Proposing a new approach to design horizontal gas-liquid separators", Petroleum Research, April 2023
Vol. 33,
Num. 128,
Page 3-19,
April 2023,
10
Younes Gholamzadeh, Mohammad Sharifi, Abdolhossein Hemmati-Sarapardeh, Yousef Rafiei, "Toward mechanistic understanding of interfacial tension behavior in nanofluid-model oil systems at different asphaltene stability conditions: The roles of nanoparticles, solvent, and salt concentration", Geoenergy Science and Engineering, February 2023
Vol. 222,
Num. 0,
Page 211449-0,
February 2023,
11
Yasin Khalili, Yousef Rafiei, Mohammad Sharifi, "Reservoir Characterization by Applying Pressure Transient Analysis on Data Obtained from Electrical Submersible Pumps", Petroleum Research, November 2022
Vol. 32,
Num. 126,
Page 110-125,
November 2022,
12
Mohammad Loran Esfahani, Yousef Rafiei, "Investigation of different empirical two-phase fluid flow equations on well performance", Oil and Gas Exploration and Production, January 2022
Vol. 1400,
Num. 195,
Page 26-36,
January 2022,
13
Ali Salmani Sayah, Yousef Rafiei, Mohammad Javad Ameri Shahrabi, Mehdi Fadaei, Kayvan Ghorbanpour, Sadegh Adnan, "Presenting the improved design method of two-phase separator and industrial separator design using laboratory results and dimensional analysis", Petroleum Research, December 2021
Vol. 31,
Num. 5,
Page 17-30,
December 2021,
14
Reza Yousefzadeh Shourbolagh, Mohammad Sharifi, Yousef Rafiei, "An efficient method for injection well location optimization using Fast Marching Method", JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, August 2021
Vol. 204,
Num. 108620,
Page 1-14,
August 2021,
15
Mehdi Fadaei, Mohammad Javad Ameri Shahrabi, Yousef Rafiei, Mohammadreza Hosseinzadeh Alherd, Ali Salmani Sayah, Kayvan Ghorbanpour, "Providing a Novel Semi-empirical Relationship for the Design of Two-phase Separators", Petroleum Research, July 2021
Vol. 31,
Num. 118,
Page 71-89,
July 2021,
16
Mehdi Fadaei, Mohammad Javad Ameri Shahrabi, Yousef Rafiei, Kayvan Ghorbanpour, "A modified semi-empirical correlation for designing two-phase separators", JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, April 2021
Vol. 205,
Num. 205,
Page 1-14,
April 2021,
17
Reza Yousefzadeh Shourbolagh, Mohammad Sharifi, Yousef Rafiei, Mohamad Ahmady, "Scenario Reduction of Realizations Using Fast Marching Method in Robust Well Placement Optimization of Injectors", Natural Resources Research, February 2021
Vol. 30,
Num. 3,
Page 2753-2775,
February 2021,
18
Yousef Rafiei, Mohadeseh Motie, "Improved reservoir characterization by employing hydraulic flow unit classification in one of Iranian carbonate reservoirs", Advances in Geo-Energy Research -OPEN, August 2019
Vol. 3,
Num. 3,
Page 277-286,
August 2019,
19
Ali Cheperli, Yousef Rafiei, "New Analytical Method for Improving Water Allocation Management in Water Flood Projects", Petroleum Research, May 2018
Vol. 28,
Num. 99,
Page 4-13,
May 2018,
Conference Papers
Portal Records
1
Mohammad Sharifi, Yasin Khalili, Yousef Rafiei, "Recommended operational tips for maintenance and troubleshooting of electrical submersible pumps (ESPs) ", 3rd International Conference on the New Technologies in the Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Industries, February 2022
2
Ehsan Vahabzadeh Asbaghi, Yousef Rafiei, "Effect of hydraulic flow unit classification on well performance and productivity index ", National Conference of Chemical Engineering and Nanotechnology, January 2021
3
Shabnam Mohammad Pour Marzbali, Yousef Rafiei, Jalal Fahimpour, "Improved waterflood performance by employing permanent down-hole control devices: Iran case study ", 6th Youth Forum of the World Petroleum Council- Future Leaders Forum, June 2019
4
Reza Yousefzadeh Shourbolagh, Mohammad Sharifi, Yousef Rafiei, Seyed M. Shariatipour, "A New Approach for Determining Optimum Location of Injection Wells Using an Efficient Dynamic Based Method ", 81st EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2019, June 2019
5
Yousef Rafiei, Shahab Engali, Mahvash Pezhman, Atefeh Dargahi Zarandi, "Real-time production management in a multi-lateral well using down-hole control valves ", Iranian National Congress of Chemical Engineering, January 2019
6
Yousef Rafiei, Farzaneh Nazari, David Davies, Ehsan Vahabzadeh, "A New Analytical Approach for Water Allocation Management by Determining Inter-well Connectivity: North Sea Case Study ", 80th EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2018, June 2018
7
Aria Rahimbakhsh, Yousef Rafiei, "Investigating the Effect of Employing Inflow Control Devices on the Injection Well on the SAGD Process Efficiency Using an Integrated Production Modeling ", SPE EOR Conference at Oil and Gas West Asia, March 2018
8
Ali Cheperli, Yousef Rafiei, Farzaneh Nazari, "Improved Oil Recovery by Real-time Water Allocation Management ", The First Interpore International Conference on Improved/Enhanced Oil and Gas Recovery, April 2017
9
Farshid Najafzadeh Asl, Yousef Rafiei, "Application of Intelligent Well Technology in Controlling Water Production ", The First Interpore International Conference on Improved/Enhanced Oil and Gas Recovery, April 2017
10
Aliakbar Koraie, Rasool Khosravanian, Yousef Rafiei, "Simulation Study of Gas Lift Performance in Low Pressure Well ", Conference on Technology Implementation in Oil and Gas Industry, November 2015
Conference Reviewer
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Conference Title
Date of Cooperation & Explanations
1
16th Iranian National Chemical Engineering Congress
2019
2
17th Iranian National Chemical Engineering Congress
2020
Executive Activities
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Executive Activities Titles
Name of Organization / comment
Starting Date
Termination Date
1
Head of Reservoir and Production Engineering Department
Petroleum Engineering Faculty
2019
2
Dean of Kish International Campus
Amirkabir University of Technology
2020
2023
Journal Referee
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Magazine Title
Date of Cooperation & Explanations
1
Journal of Petroleum Science and Technology
2018
2
JOURNAL OF GEO-ENERGY SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
2022
3
Arabian Journal of Geosciences
2022
Taught Courses
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Course title
Description
Headlines
Date
1
Oil & Gas Production Engineering
What are the different techniques for well completion, production challenges and how to improve well productivity and performance.,
Spring 2024
2
Special Topics (Smart Well Design)
Controlling of all models applied in petroleum engineering comprising Drilling, Production, Equipment, Reservoir and Exploration
Spring 2024
3
Formation Damage
Formation damage mechanisms and well problem analysis and review of rock and fluid properties on potential for formation damage
Spring 2024
4
Advanced Production Engineering
Reviewing reservoir-monitoring techniques. Introducing advanced well and completion. Real-time well and reservoir surveillance. Optimizing oil and gas production by enhanced down-hole control tools.
Fall 2023
5
Well Stimulation
what are the challenges of oil and gas production, introduction formation damage mechanisms, review well stimulation techniques
Fall 2023
6
Advanced Hydraulic Fracturing
Design and execution of hydraulic fracturing
Fall 2023
7
Formation Damage
Formation damage mechanisms and well problem analysis and review of rock and fluid properties on potential for formation damage
Spring 2023
8
Oil & Gas Production Engineering
What are the different techniques for well completion, production challenges and how to improve well productivity and performance.,
Spring 2023
9
Well Stimulation
what are the challenges of oil and gas production, introduction formation damage mechanisms, review well stimulation techniques
Fall 2022
10
Advanced Production Engineering
Reviewing reservoir-monitoring techniques. Introducing advanced well and completion. Real-time well and reservoir surveillance. Optimizing oil and gas production by enhanced down-hole control tools.
Fall 2022