Dr Mohammad Sedaghat
Industry Fellow
Gas and Energy Transition Research Centre
Journal Articles
Kazemi, Fatemeh, Khlyupin, Aleksey, Azin, Reza, Osfouri, Shahriar, Khosravi, Arash, Sedaghat, Mohammad, Kazemzadeh, Yousef, Gerke, Kirill M. and Karsanina, Marina V. (2023). Wettability alteration in gas condensate reservoirs: a critical review of the opportunities and challenges. Energy and Fuels, 38 (3), 1539-1565. doi: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.3c03515
Ramanandraibe, Honja Miharisoa, Sedaghat, Mohammad, Johnson, Raymond and Santiago, Vanessa (2022). Co-application of micro-proppant with horizontal well, multi-stage hydraulic fracturing treatments to improve productivity in the Permian coal measures, Bowen Basin, Australia. The APPEA Journal, 62 (1), 77-91. doi: 10.1071/aj21048
Azizmohammadi, Siroos and Sedaghat, Mohammad (2020). The impact of stress orientation and fracture roughness on the scale dependency of permeability in naturally fractured rocks. Advances in Water Resources, 141 103579, 103579. doi: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2020.103579
Sedaghat, Mohammad H., Azizmohammadi, Siroos and Matthäi, Stephan K. (2019). Tensor analysis of the relative permeability in naturally fractured reservoirs. SPE Journal, 25 (01), 162-184. doi: 10.2118/197064-pa
Sedaghat, Mohammad, Azizmohammadi, Siroos and Matthäi, Stephan K. (2019). Does the symmetry of absolute permeability influence relative permeability tensors in naturally fractured rocks?. Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology, 10 (2), 455-466. doi: 10.1007/s13202-019-00756-9
Sedaghat, Mohammad H. and Azizmohammadi, Siroos (2019). Dynamic wettability alteration in naturally fractured rocks. Computational Geosciences, 24 (2), 581-591. doi: 10.1007/s10596-019-09843-6
Mohammadzadeh, Omid, Sedaghat, Mohammad H., Kord, Shahin, Zendehboudi, Sohrab and Giesy, John P. (2019). Pore-level visual analysis of heavy oil recovery using chemical-assisted waterflooding process – use of a new chemical agent. Fuel, 239, 202-218. doi: 10.1016/j.fuel.2018.10.104
Sedaghat, Mohammad H. and Azizmohammadi, Siroos (2018). Representative-elementary-volume analysis of two-phase flow in layered rocks. SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, 22 (03), 1075-1083. doi: 10.2118/194014-pa
Sedaghat, Milad and Rouhibakhsh, Karim (2018). On prediction of asphaltene precipitation in different operational conditions utilization of LSSVM algorithm. Petroleum Science and Technology, 36 (16), 1292-1297. doi: 10.1080/10916466.2018.1471491
Agheshlui, Hossein, Sedaghat, Mohammad H. and Matthai, Stephan (2018). Stress influence on fracture aperture and permeability of fragmented rocks. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 123 (5), 3578-3592. doi: 10.1029/2017jb015365
Agheshlui, Hossein, Sedaghat, Mohammad H. and Azizmohammadi, Siroos (2018). A comparative study of stress influence on fracture apertures in fragmented rocks. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 11 (1), 38-45. doi: 10.1016/j.jrmge.2018.05.003
Sedaghat, Mohammad H., Azizmohammadi, Siroos and Matthai, Stephan K. (2017). Numerical investigation of fracture-rock matrix ensemble saturation functions and their dependence on wettability. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 159, 869-888. doi: 10.1016/j.petrol.2017.10.013
Sedaghat, Mohammad, Mohammadzadeh, Omid, Kord, Shahin and Chatzis, Ioannis (2016). Heavy oil recovery using ASP flooding: a pore-level experimental study in fractured five-spot micromodels. Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 94 (4), 779-791. doi: 10.1002/cjce.22445
Sedaghat, M. H., Mohammadi, H. and Razmi, R. (2016). Application of SiO2 and TiO2 nano particles to enhance the efficiency of polymer-surfactant floods. Energy Sources Part A: Recovery Utilization and Environmental Effects, 38 (1), 22-28. doi: 10.1080/15567036.2012.740552
Hosseini, Hamid, Sedaghat, Mohammad Hossein, Ahdi, Arash and Izadpanah, Amir Abbas (2016). Thermodynamic modeling of carbon dioxide adsorption in aqueous methyl diethanolamine using cubic plus association equation of state (CPA). Energy Sources. Part A. Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects, 38 (6), 783-789. doi: 10.1080/15567036.2013.849313
Morshedi, S., Torkaman, M., Sedaghat, M. H. and Ghazanfari, M. H. (2014). The simulation of microbial enhanced oil recovery by using a two-layer perceptron neural network. Petroleum Science and Technology, 32 (22), 2700-2707. doi: 10.1080/10916466.2011.572106
Hatampour, A., Razmi, R. and Sedaghat, M. H. (2014). Maturity and source rock evaluation of the Gadvan Formation, Persian Gulf, south of Iran. Petroleum Science and Technology, 32 (16), 1948-1956. doi: 10.1080/10916466.2012.723771
Sedaghat, Mohammad Hossein, Ghazanfari, Mohammad Hossein and Masihi, Mohsen (2014). Simultaneous/sequential alkaline-surfactant-polymer flooding in fractured/non-fractured carbonate reservoirs. Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 92 (5), 918-927. doi: 10.1002/cjce.21984
Razmi, Rasool, Hatampour, Amir and Sedaghat, Mohammad Hossein (2014). Modeling the nucleation and growth of calcium carbonate crystals in cooling crystallizer unit. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 39 (1), 15-22. doi: 10.1007/s13369-013-0826-4
Sedaghat, Mohammad Hossein, Daliri, Ahmad and Mohammadi, Hossein (2013). Improvement of Whitson algorithm for chemical/gravity equilibrium calculations to compute compositional gradient in petroleum reservoirs. Egyptian Journal of Petroleum, 22 (2), 305-311. doi: 10.1016/j.ejpe.2013.06.009
Sedaghat, Mohammad Hossein, Ahadi, Arash, Kordnejad, Morteza and Borazjani, Ziba (2013). Aspects of alkaline flooding: oil recovery improvement and displacement mechanisms. Middle East Journal of Scientific Research, 18 (2), 258-263. doi: 10.5829/idosi.mejsr.2013.18.2.12440
Sedaghat, Mohammad Hossein, Hatampour, Amir and Razmi, Rasool (2013). Investigating the role of polymer type and dead end pores’ distribution on oil recovery efficiency during ASP flooding. Egyptian Journal of Petroleum, 22 (2), 241-247. doi: 10.1016/j.ejpe.2013.06.003
Mohammadi, Hossein, Sedaghat, Mohammad Hossein and Manshad, Abbas Khaksar (2013). Parametric investigation of well testing analysis in low permeability gas condensate reservoirs. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 14, 17-28. doi: 10.1016/j.jngse.2013.04.003
Sedaghat, Mohammad Hossein, Ghazanfari, Mohammad Hossein, Masihi, Mohsen and Rashtchian, Davood (2013). Experimental and numerical investigation of polymer flooding in fractured heavy oil five-spot systems. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 108, 370-382. doi: 10.1016/j.petrol.2013.07.001
Hatampour, Amir, Razmi, Rasul and Sedaghat, Mohammad Hossein (2013). Improving performance of a neural network model by artificial ant colony optimization for predicting permeability of petroleum reservoir rocks. Middle East Journal of Scientific Research, 13 (9), 1217-1223. doi: 10.5829/idosi.mejsr.2013.13.9.927
Hossein Sedaghat, Mohammad, Hossein Ghazanfari, Mohammad, Parvazdavani, Mohammad and Morshedi, Saeid (2013). Experimental investigation of microscopic/macroscopic efficiency of polymer flooding in fractured heavy oil five-spot systems. Journal of Energy Resources Technology, 135 (3) 032901. doi: 10.1115/1.4023171
Beiranvand, Mahmoud Safar, Morshedi, Saeid, Sedaghat, Mohammad Hossein and Aghahoseini, Sepehr (2011). Design of a gas lift system to increase oil production from an Iranian offshore well with high water cut. Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 5 (11), 1561-1565.
Conference Papers
Johnson, Raymond L. and Sedaghat, M. (2023). The implementation of subterranean barriers to reduce shallow gas migration and coal mine methane emissions from open-cut metallurgical-coal mines. Asia Pacific Unconventional Resources Symposium, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 14-15 November 2023. Richardson, TX USA: Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi: 10.2118/217310-MS
Ramanandraibe, H. M., Johnson, R. L., Sedaghat, M. and Leonardi, C. R. (2023). Co-application of indirect hydraulic fracturing and micro-proppants with existing surface-to-inseam wells to improve pre-drainage of low permeability coals in mining areas. ADIPEC, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2-5 October 2023. Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi: 10.2118/216613-MS
Sedaghat, Mohammad, Owen, Des, Hayes, Philip, Hurter, Suzanne and Garnett, Andrew (2021). The Influence of Formation Dip Angle on Buoyancy-Induced Gas Migration During Coal Seam Gas Production. SPE/AAPG/SEG Asia Pacific Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Online, 16-18 November 2021. Tulsa, OK United States: Unconventional Resources Technology Conference. doi: 10.15530/AP-URTEC-2021-208388
Sedaghat, Mohammad, Hayes, Philip and Garnett, Andrew (2021). Numerical Investigation of Post-Production Gas Flow Mechanisms in Coal Seams. SPE/AAPG/SEG Asia Pacific Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Online, 16-18 November 2021. Tulsa, OK United States: Unconventional Resources Technology Conference. doi: 10.15530/AP-URTEC-2021-208349
Dashti, Hossein, Sedaghat, Mohammad, Firouzi, Mahshid and Hurter, Suzanne (2021). A modelling study on the application of the bentonites in plugging carbon dioxide injection wells. SPE/AAPG/SEG Asia Pacific Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, 16-18 November 2021. Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC). doi: 10.15530/AP-URTEC-2021-208366
Sedaghat, Mohammad and Dashti, Hossein (2021). Numerical investigation of wettability effects on two-phase flow in naturally fractured reservoirs using complex system modelling platform. SPE Europec featured at 82nd EAGE Conference and Exhibition, EURO 2021, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 8 - 21 October 2021. Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi: 10.2118/205203-MS
Ribeiro, Ayrton, Sedaghat, Mohammad, Honari, Vahab and Hurter, Suzanne (2020). Impact of injection temperature on CO2 storage in the Surat Basin, Eastern Australia. SPE Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition, Virtual, 17-19 November. Richardson, TX, United States: Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi: 10.2118/202333-ms
Honari, Vahab, Wang, Xiangzeng, Underschultz, Jim, Garnett, Andrew, Wang, Xingjin, Johnson, Raymond, Ribeiro, Ayrton, Sedaghat, Mohammad, Gao, Ruimin, Liang, Quansheng and Hurter, Suzanne (2020). Evaluation of CO injectivity for CO-EOR using a two-stage well test approach: case study of a Chinese tight oil reservoir. SPE Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition, Virtual, 17-19 November. Richardson, TX, United States: Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi: 10.2118/202374-ms
Sedaghat, Mohammad, Owen, Des, Underschultz, James, Hurter, Suzanne, Hayes, Phil and Garnett, Andrew (2019). Water-gas flow in laminated and heterogeneous coal-interburden systems: the effects of gas solubility. SPE/AAPG/SEG Asia Pacific Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 18-19 November 2019. Tulsa, OK, United States: Unconventional Resources Technology Conference. doi: 10.15530/ap-urtec-2019-198320
Sedaghat, M. S. and Azizmohammadi, S. A. (2018). Numerical investigation of non-homogenous wettability alteration in naturally fractured rocks. 16th European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery, ECMOR 2018, Barcelona, Spain, 3-6 September 2018. Houten, Netherlands: European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, EAGE. doi: 10.3997/2214-4609.201802242
Dashti, Hossein, Underschultz, Jim, Garnett, Andrew, Honari, Vahab, Sedaghat, Mohammad and Rudolph, Victor (2018). A review of recent advances in cost-effective infrastructure system design of the CO2 distribution to CCS injection wells. SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition 2018, APOGCE 2018, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 23 - 25 October 2018. Richardson, TX United States: Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi: 10.2118/192059-MS
Matthai, S.K., Sedaghat, M. and Agheshlui, H. (2018). Aperture modelling for the flow-based determination of fracture-matrix ensemble saturation functions for naturally fractured reservoirs. 3rd EAGE Workshop on Naturally Fractured Reservoirs, Muscat, Oman, 5-7 February 2018. European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, EAGE. doi: 10.3997/2214-4609.201800027
Sedaghat, M. S., Matthai, S. M. and Azizmohammadi, S. A. (2018). Tensorial fracture-matrix ensemble relative permeabilities in naturally fractured reservoirs: evidence from discrete fracture and matrix simulations. 3rd EAGE Workshop on Naturally Fractured Reservoirs, Muscat, Oman, 5-7 February 2018. Netherlands: European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, EAGE. doi: 10.3997/2214-4609.201800044
Sedaghat, M., Matthai, S.K. and Azizmohammadi, S. (2016). Numerical-simulation-based determination of relative permeability in laminated rocks. 78th EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2016 , Vienna, Austria, 30 May - 2 June 2016. Houton, Netherlands: EAGE Publications. doi: 10.3997/2214-4609.201600789
Sedaghat, M., Azizmohammadi, S. and Matthai, S. K. (2016). How fracture capillary pressure affects ensemble relative permeability of naturally fractured reservoirs. 15th European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery, ECMOR 2016, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 29 August - 1 September 2016. Netherlands: European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, EAGE. doi: 10.3997/2214-4609.201601807
Sedaghat, Mohammad H., Gerke, Kirill, Azizmohammadi, Siroos and Matthai, Stephan K. (2016). Simulation-based determination of relative permeability in laminated rocks. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2016, Vienna, Austria, 17-22 April 2016. AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV. doi: 10.1016/j.egypro.2016.10.041
Attar, Masoud Seyed, Sedaghat, Mohammad H., Kord, Shahin and Mayahi, Hamid (2015). Field development strategy through full-filed reservoir simulation considering asphaltene precipitation and deposition. SPE Reservoir Characterisation and Simulation Conference and Exhibition, RCSC 2015, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 14-16 September 2015. New York, NY, United States: Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi: 10.2118/175684-ms
Sedaghat, M., Mohammadzadeh, O., Kord, S. and Chatzis, I. (2015). Pore-level experimental investigation of ASP flooding to recover heavy oil in fractured five-spot micromodels. EUROPEC 2015, Madrid, Spain, 1-4 June 2015. New York, NY, United States: Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi: 10.2118/174290-ms
Sedaghat, Mohammad H. and Kord, Shahin (2015). Investigating geological/fluid parameters enhance/diminish wettability effects in naturally fractured reservoirs. *, *, *. Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi: 10.2118/175685-ms
Sedaghat, M. H., Ghazanfari, M. H., Masihi, M. and Rashtchian, D. (2012). Experimental investigation of ASP flooding in fractured heavy oil five-spot systems. 74th EAGE Conference and Exhibition incorporating EUROPEC 2012, Copenhagen, Denmark, 4-7 June 2012. Houten, The Netherlands: EAGE Publications BV. doi: 10.3997/2214-4609.20148643
Research Reports
Rodger, Iain, Sedaghat, Mohammad and Underschultz, Jim (2019). Multiphase behaviour – relative permeability and capillary pressures. The University of Queensland Surat Deep Aquifer Appraisal Project (UQ-SDAAP) Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Sedaghat, Mohammad, Pearce, Julie, Underschultz, Jim and Hayes, Phil (2019). Flow modelling of the managed aquifer recharge areas. The University of Queensland Surat Deep Aquifer Appraisal Project (UQ-SDAAP) Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland.