Yousef Rafiei
Associate Professor
Department of Petroleum and Geoenergy Engineering
Hydrocarbon Reservoirs
Department of Petroleum and Geoenergy 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 PhD Theses
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Thesis title
By
Date
1
Pore-Scale Visualization of Formation Damage Mechanisms Using Micromodels During Low-Salinity Water Injection
FARSHAD MOSTAKHDEMINHOSSEINI
Other Supervisor: MOHAMMAD SHARIFI
Other Supervisor: MOHAMMAD SHARIFI
2025 Oct
2
Synthesis of high entropy Nanocatalyst for upgrading heavy oil and investigating its effect on oil recovery in micromodel
FARZANEH REZAEI
2025 Nov
3
Integrated Production Modeling Aims to Control and Optimize the Parameters that Influence Production Processes
MEHDI FADAEI & MOHAMMAD JAVAD AMERI SHAHRABI
Other Supervisor:
Other Supervisor:
2025 Mar
Supervised MSc Theses
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Thesis title
By
Date
1
Time series based forecasting (TSF) of an actual oil well production via machine learning methods and finding the most accurate method
MOHAMMAD AMIN MEIMEH
Other Supervisor: MOHAMMAD SHARIFI
Other Supervisor: MOHAMMAD SHARIFI
2024 Aug
2
Feasibility study of improving the production of a heavy oil layer by mixing its oil with light oil of the upper layer
SAEED ZANDIPOUR
2024 Jun
3
Forecasting of liquid loading in gas wells with machine learning
MOHAMMADREZA GHANBARI SORKHI
2024 Jan
4
Evaluation of interwell connectivity and determination of injectivity productivity index in reservoir water flooding process by using artificial intelligence methods
MOHAMMAD MAHDI JALILI BAL
Other Supervisor: MOHAMMADREZA KHORSAND
Other Supervisor: MOHAMMADREZA KHORSAND
2023 Oct
5
investigation of the source and causes of increase in hydrogen sulfide inkangan gas field
MEHDI MOHSENI & AHMADREZA RABBANI
Other Supervisor:
Other Supervisor:
2023 Sep
6
Realtime determination of zonal flowrate in horizontal well based on permanent downhole gauge
FATEMEH FASAHAT
2023 Mar
7
Feasibility study of production improvement in a multistage hydraulic fracture in one of the tight reservoirs of Iranian offshore oil company
ATRINA SEIFIRAD
Other Supervisor: MEHDI SHABANI
Other Supervisor: MEHDI SHABANI
2022 Dec
8
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
Other Supervisor: MOHAMMAD SHARIFI
Other Supervisor: MOHAMMAD SHARIFI
2022 Sep
9
Life Cycle Assessment and Water Consumption in Hydraulic Fracturing Operations for Environmental Optimization in the Development of Unconventional Reservoirs
SEYED MAJID TABATABAEI
Other Supervisor: MOHAMMAD JAVAD AMERI SHAHRABI
Other Supervisor: MOHAMMAD JAVAD AMERI SHAHRABI
2022 Jul
10
Investigation the determination of the location and number of interval control valves based on different techniques of hydraulic flow unit classification
MOHAMMAD RIDA
2022 May
11
Water coning control in horizontal wells by controlling production rate based on changes in water- oil contact level
RAMIN EYVAZI
2022 Mar
12
Gas allocation management based on production history and by using inter-well connectivity measurement in one of the Iranian fields
HAMID REZA ESLAMI
2022 Mar
13
Application of nano-particles to improve stability and mobility control of co2 foam
MOHAMAD AMIN EMAMI & JALAL FAHIMPOUR
Other Supervisor:
Other Supervisor:
2022 Mar
14
Experimental study of hydraulic fracture conductivity of one of Iranian reservoirs in presence of proppant and acid.
MOHAMMAD HOSSEIN HAJI MOHAMMADHASSAN ARAB
Other Supervisor: MOHAMMAD JAVAD AMERI SHAHRABI
Other Supervisor: MOHAMMAD JAVAD AMERI SHAHRABI
2022 Feb
15
Optimization of water alternating gas injection process by employing intelligent well technology
SEYEDE FATEME AFARIDOUN
Other Supervisor: JALAL FAHIMPOUR
Other Supervisor: JALAL FAHIMPOUR
2021 Jan
16
Simulation of pilot two phase separator equipment using CFD
KAYVAN GHORBANPOUR
Other Supervisor: MOHAMMAD JAVAD AMERI SHAHRABI
Other Supervisor: MOHAMMAD JAVAD AMERI SHAHRABI
2021 Jan
17
Design of liquid gas separator pilot for obtaining the necessary parameters to design industrial separator dimensions
ALI SALMANI SAYAH & MOHAMMAD JAVAD AMERI SHAHRABI
Other Supervisor:
Other Supervisor:
2020 Sep
18
Investigating the performance of different ICDs in injection process using CFD modeling
MOHAMMAD MEHDIPOUR
Other Supervisor: MOSTAFA KESHAVARZ MORAVEJI
Other Supervisor: MOSTAFA KESHAVARZ MORAVEJI
2020 Feb
19
technical assessment of different levels of intelligent completion design during waterflood process in an oil field
FARSHAD MOSTAKHDEMINHOSSEINI
2019 Oct
20
Improved EOR performance by employing permanent down hole control device in one of Iranian oil reservoir
HAMED REZVANI
2019 Oct
21
Proposing a new method for injection well placement optimization based on fast marching method
REZA YOUSEFZADEH SHOURBOLAGH & MOHAMMAD SHARIFI
Other Supervisor:
Other Supervisor:
2019 Sep
22
Investigation of Static and dynamic use of nano fluids for reducing asphaltene precipitation
YOUNES GHOLAMZADEH
Other Supervisor: MOHAMMAD SHARIFI
Other Supervisor: MOHAMMAD SHARIFI
2019 Sep
23
Feasibility study of improvement in gas production by increasing pipeline diameter in one of Iranian gas reservoir with considering operational restrictions
2019 Jul
24
Well bore temperature analysis to match producing well bore phenomena assisted by improved heat transfer modeling
ATEFEH DARGAHI ZARANDI & MOHAMAD AHMADY
Other Supervisor:
Other Supervisor:
2019 Feb
25
Study the improvement in oil production from multi lateral wells by considering surface and completion constrain
SHAHAB ENGALI
2018 Oct
26
Gas lift design for one of national iranian south oil companys oil well by employing integrated production modeling
ALIAKBAR KORAIE
2018 Aug
27
Gas lift design of all production wells for a given reservoir by employing integrated production modelling
AHMAD SHAHRYARI
2018 Feb
28
Reviews and studies the impact of drilling fluid by adding nano particles to increase the lubricating fluid glycol
HUSSIN ASSAF
2017 Dec
29
Improved Water Injection Allocation in a Given Reservoir by Employing Integrated Production Modeling
ALI CHEPERLI
2017 Oct
30
Simulation of applying ICDs in oil recovery enhancement in SAGD process by IPM.
ARIA RAHIMBAKHSH
2017 Aug
31
Improvement of Gas Injection Allocation between Production and Injection Wells by using Integrated Production Modeling
NAVID MOHAMMAD HASANZADE
2016 Oct
32
study the improvement of production ftom an intelligent horizontal well
AMIRGHASEM MAHMOUDIRAD
2016 Sep
33
An integrated study of numerical and analytical methods to control water
production in multilayer reservoirs with a smart well approach
AMIRREZA FARAMARZINASAB
2026 Jun
34
comprehensive technical and economical assessment study of matrix acidizing and acid fracturing in improving production from one of Iran's low permeability oil reservoirs
AMIN EHSANISOHI
2025 Mar
35
Power business management with an agent-oriented approach and the use of smart contracts
ALI BAKHSHI & MOHSEN AKBARPOUR SHIRAZI
Other Supervisor:
Other Supervisor:
2025 Mar
36
Improved Well Cleanup and Production Efficiency in one of Iranian Fields by employing Intelligent Well Completion and Control Devices
MOHAMMAD TAMORADI MONGENANI
2025 Jun
37
Feasibility study of production improvement by radial jet drilling in one of Iraian tight oil reservoir
MOHAMMADHOSSEIN NOROUZI
2025 Jul
38
Screening of matrix acidizing design for one of Iranian multilayer oil reservoir
ABOLFAZL IZADPANAH
2025 Apr
39
Technical and economical investigation of different techniques for mitigating excessive pressure drop in gas transportation pipeline of south pars gas field by using LCC method
SANA ZOKAE &
Other Supervisor:
Other Supervisor:
2025 Apr
Books
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Title
Author(s)
Publisher country
publication date
version
1
Fundamentals of fluid flow in oil and gas reservoirs
A Heidari---H Khoshdel---Y Rafiei
Alavi
2007
3
Journal Papers
1
F. Mostakhdeminhosseini, Y. Rafiei, M. Sharifi, "Visual investigation of swelling and migration behavior of bentonite and kaolinite clays at elevated temperature using micromodels", Scientific Reports, 2025 May
vol. ,
no. ,
pp.-,
2025.
2
M. Fadaei, M.J. Ameri Shahrabi, Y. Rafiei, M. Hosnani, M. Ghasemi, "A novel approach to designing wire mesh demisters for surface separators: experimental, CFD, and artificial intelligence perspectives", International Journal of Oil Gas and Coal Technology, 2024 Dec
vol. 37,
no. 1,
pp.52-80,
2024.
3
M. Fadaei, M.J. Ameri Shahrabi, Y. Rafiei, "Constraint Optimization of an Integrated Production Model Utilizing History Matching and Production Forecast Uncertainty through the Ensemble Kalman Filter", Scientific Reports, 2024 Jun
vol. 14,
no. 13589,
pp.1-23,
2024.
4
M. Fadaei, M.J. Ameri Shahrabi, Y. Rafiei, M. Asgari, M. Ghasemi, "Experimental design and manufacturing of a smart control system for horizontal separator based on PID controller and integrated production model", Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology, 2024 May
vol. 24,
no. 120,
pp.12-46,
2024.
5
F. Mostakhdeminhosseini, Y. Rafiei, "An integration of the numerical and soft computing approaches for determining inflow control device flow area in water injection wells", Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology, 2024 Apr
vol. 14,
no. 2024,
pp.1979-1994,
2024.
6
F. Ghallath, Y. Rafiei, Hamed Rezvani, "A Novel Workflow for Optimally Equipping the Production Well with Inflow Control Valves in Multi-Layer Oil Reservoirs", , 2024 Mar
vol. 34,
no. 134,
pp.38-48,
2024.
7
J. Soleymanpour, M.J. Ameri Shahrabi, Y. 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, 2024 Feb
vol. 1,
no. 1,
pp.1-17,
2024.
8
N. Nikmardan, Y. Rafiei, M.J. 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, 2024 Feb
vol. 1,
no. 1,
pp.1-23,
2024.
9
M. Fadaei, M.J. Ameri Shahrabi, Y. Rafiei, "Constraint optimization of production in an integrated model using pressure control to eliminate slug flow before the separator.", Petroleum Research, 2023 Nov
vol. 33,
no. 131,
pp.137-153,
2023.
10
M.A. Emami, J. Fahimpour, Y. Rafiei, Alimorad Rashidi, "Investigating the Effect of Functionalized Carbon Nanoparticles on the Stability of Carbon Dioxide Foam Stabilized with Viscoelastic Surfactant", , 2023 Nov
vol. 33,
no. 132,
pp.20-36,
2023.
11
M.H. Haji Mohammadhassan Arab, M.J. Ameri Shahrabi, Y. Rafiei, H. 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, 2023 Aug
vol. 6,
no. 4,
pp.1-15,
2023.
12
H. Rezvani, Y. 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, 2023 Jun
vol. 13,
no. 9,
pp.1951-1962,
2023.
13
F. Rezaei, M. Akbari, Y. Rafiei, Abdolhossein Hemmati?sarapardeh, "Compositional modeling of gas-condensate viscosity using ensemble approach", Scientific Reports, 2023 Jun
vol. 13,
no. 1,
pp.1-21,
2023.
14
M. Mahdaviara, M. Sharifi, Y. Rafiei, "PoreSeg: An unsupervised and interactive-based framework for automatic segmentation of X-ray tomography of porous materials", Advances In Water Resources, 2023 Jun
vol. 178,
no. 104495,
pp.1-13,
2023.
15
M. Fadaei, M.J. Ameri Shahrabi, Y. Rafiei, M. Hosseinzadeh Alherd, "A NOVEL HYBRID METHOD TO DESIGN HORIZONTAL GAS-LIQUID SEPARATORS", Brazilian Journal of Petroleum and Gas, 2023 May
vol. 17,
no. 1,
pp.1-23,
2023.
16
M. Fadaei, M.J. Ameri Shahrabi, Y. Rafiei, M. Hosseinzadeh Alherd, "Proposing a new approach to design horizontal gas-liquid separators", Petroleum Research, 2023 Apr
vol. 33,
no. 128,
pp.3-19,
2023.
17
Y. Gholamzadeh, M. Sharifi, Abdolhossein Hemmati-sarapardeh, Y. 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, 2023 Feb
vol. 222,
no. 0,
pp.211449-0,
2023.
18
Y. Khalili, Y. Rafiei, M. Sharifi, "Reservoir Characterization by Applying Pressure Transient Analysis on Data Obtained from Electrical Submersible Pumps", Petroleum Research, 2022 Nov
vol. 32,
no. 126,
pp.110-125,
2022.
19
M. Loran Esfahani, Y. Rafiei, "Investigation of different empirical two-phase fluid flow equations on well performance", Oil and Gas Exploration and Production, 2022 Jan
vol. 1400,
no. 195,
pp.26-36,
2022.
20
A. Salmani Sayah, Y. Rafiei, M.J. Ameri Shahrabi, M. Fadaei, K. Ghorbanpour, Sadegh Adnan, "Presenting the improved design method of two-phase separator and industrial separator design using laboratory results and dimensional analysis", Petroleum Research, 2021 Dec
vol. 31,
no. 5,
pp.17-30,
2021.
21
R. Yousefzadeh Shourbolagh, M. Sharifi, Y. Rafiei, "An efficient method for injection well location optimization using Fast Marching Method", Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2021 Aug
vol. 204,
no. 108620,
pp.1-14,
2021.
22
M. Fadaei, M.J. Ameri Shahrabi, Y. Rafiei, M. Hosseinzadeh Alherd, A. Salmani Sayah, K. Ghorbanpour, "Providing a Novel Semi-empirical Relationship for the Design of Two-phase Separators", Petroleum Research, 2021 Jul
vol. 31,
no. 118,
pp.71-89,
2021.
23
M. Fadaei, M.J. Ameri Shahrabi, Y. Rafiei, K. Ghorbanpour, "A modified semi-empirical correlation for designing two-phase separators", Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2021 Apr
vol. 205,
no. 205,
pp.1-14,
2021.
24
R. Yousefzadeh Shourbolagh, M. Sharifi, Y. Rafiei, M. Ahmady, "Scenario Reduction of Realizations Using Fast Marching Method in Robust Well Placement Optimization of Injectors", Natural Resources Research, 2021 Feb
vol. 30,
no. 3,
pp.2753-2775,
2021.
25
Y. Rafiei, M. Motie, "Improved reservoir characterization by employing hydraulic flow unit classification in one of Iranian carbonate reservoirs", Advances In Geo-Energy Research, 2019 Aug
vol. 3,
no. 3,
pp.277-286,
2019.
26
A. Cheperli, Y. Rafiei, "New Analytical Method for Improving Water Allocation Management in Water Flood Projects", Petroleum Research, 2018 May
vol. 28,
no. 99,
pp.4-13,
2018.
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
Advanced Production Engineering
Understanding of advanced well completion technologies and modern techniques for production and injection surveillance, monitoring, and control.**
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2
Well Stimulation
4051
3
Digital and Intelligent Fields
To introduce modern digital approaches for monitoring, forecasting, and optimizing the performance of reservoirs, wells, and surface facilities, with an emphasis on the application of artificial intelligence, data analytics, dynamic models, and digit
4051
4
Formation Damage
آشنایی با مکانیزمهای ایجاد آسیب سازند، تفکیک سایر مشکلات تولید از چالشهای ایجاد شده توسط آسیب دیدگی سازند و همچنین بررسی پتانسیل ایجاد آ
4042
5
Oil & Gas Production Engineering
آشنایی با روشهای مختلف تکمیل چاه، چالشهای تولید از مخازن نفت و گاز و چگونگی افزایش بهره وری و بهبود ظرفیت تولید و یا تزریق از چاههای تولید
4042
6
Special Topics (Smart Well Design)
4042
7
Advanced Production Engineering
4041
8
Special Topics (Digital Oilfield)
4041
9
Well Stimulation
4041
10
Formation Damage
4032
11
Special Topics (Smart Well Design)
4032
12
Oil & Gas Production Engineering
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