Publications
"A New Family of Anionic Surfactants for Enhanced-Oil-Recovery Applications", SPE Journal, vol. 18, issue 05, pp. 829-840, 06/2013.
, "Geophysics at the Interface: Response of Geophysical Properties to Solid-Fluid, Fluid-Fluid, and Solid-Solid Interfaces", Reviews of Geophysics, vol. 48, issue 04, 12/2010.
, "Capillary Wicking in Gas Wells", SPE Journal, vol. 12, issue 04, pp. 429-437, 12/2007.
, "Evaporative Clean-up of Water-Blocks in Gas Wells", SPE Journal, vol. 12, issue 02, pp. 209-216, 06/2007.
, "Water Removal from Porous Media by Gas Injection: Experiments and Simulation", Transport in Porous Media Journal, vol. 66, 02/2007.
, "Flow-Through Drying of Porous Media", AIChE Journal, vol. 52, 07/2006.
, "Experimental and Theoretical Basis for a Wettability-Interfacial Area-Relative Permeability Relationship", SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Denver, Colorado, U.S.A., October 5-8, 2003, Society of Petroleum Engineers, 10/2003.
, "Influence of Wettability and Saturation on Liquid – Liquid Interfacial Area in Porous Media", Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 37, issue 3, pp. 584-591, 12/2003.
, "Effect of Capillary Pressure, Salinity, and Aging on Wettability Alteration in Sandstones and Limestones", SPE/DOE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.A., April 13-17, 2002, Society of Petroleum Engineers, 04/2002.
, "Detachment of Particles from Surfaces: An AFM Study", Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol. 233, issue 01, pp. 73-82, 01/2001.
, "Effect of Surface Hydrophobicity on the Hydrodynamic Detachment of Particles from Surfaces", Langmuir, vol. 15, issue 07, pp. 2466-2476, 12/1999.
, "Effect of Brine Salinity and Crude Oil Properties on Relative Permeabilities and Residual Saturations", SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A., September 27-30, 1998, Society of Petroleum Engineers, 09/1998.
, "Characterization of Mixed Wettability States in Oil Reservoirs by Atomic Force Microscopy", SPE Journal, vol. 2, issue 04, pp. 427-435, 12/1997.
, "Measurement of Critical Disjoining Pressure for Dewetting of Solid Surfaces", Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol. 181, issue 02, pp. 443-455, 08/1996.
, "Solvation Force in Confined Molecular Fluid Using Molecular Dynamics Simulation", Journal of Physical Chemistry, vol. 100, issue 17, pp. 7122-7129, 05/1996.
, "Effect of Dielectric Saturation on Disjoining Pressure in Thin Films of Aqueous Electrolytes", Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol. 165, issue 02, pp. 355-366, 07/1994.
, "The Role of Surface Roughness and Contact Deformation on the Hydrodynamic Detachment of Particles From Surfaces", Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol. 164, issue 01, pp. 63-77, 04/1994.
, "A Local Gradient Theory for Structural Forces in Thin Fluid Films", Journal of Colloid and Interface Science,, vol. 157, issue 02, pp. 447-464, 05/1993.
, "Factors Controlling the Hydrodynamic Detachment of Particles from Surfaces", Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol. 149, issue 01, pp. 121-134, 03/1992.
, "Stability of Thin Aqueous Films on Solid Surfaces, Part I: Ellipsometric Measurement of Disjoining Pressure Isotherms for Aqueous Films Bounded by Glass and Mercury", Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol. 149, issue 02, pp. 392-406, 03/1992.
, "Stability of Thin Aqueous Films on Solid Surfaces, Part II: A Model for Aqueous Films Bounded by Charge Regulating Surfaces", Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol. 149, issue 02, pp. 407-424, 03/1992.
, "Hydrodynamics of Thin Liquid Films Bounded by Viscoelastic Interfaces", Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol. 147, 11/1991.
, "Correlating Wettability Alteration with Changes in Relative Permeability in Gas Condensate Reservoirs", SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Chemistry, The Woodlands, Texas, U.S.A., April 11-13, 2011, Society of Petroleum Engineers, 04/2011.
, "Wettability Alteration to Increase Deliverability of Gas Production Wells", SPE Eastern Regional/AAPG Eastern Section Joint Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., October 11-15, 2008, Society of Petroleum Engineers, 10/2008.
, "Relative Permeability of Gas/Condensate Fluids: A General Correlation", SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A., September 24-27, 2006, Society of Petroleum Engineers, 09/2006.
, "Effect of Capillary Pressure, Salinity, and Aging on Wettability Alteration in Sandstones and Limestones", SPE/DOE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.A., April 13-17, 2002, Society of Petroleum Engineers, 04/2002.
, "Investigating the Role of Crude-Oil Components on Wettability Alteration Using Atomic Force Microscopy", SPE Journal, vol. 4, issue 03, pp. 235-241, 09/1999.
, "Effect of Brine Salinity and Crude Oil Properties on Relative Permeabilities and Residual Saturations", SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A., September 27-30, 1998, Society of Petroleum Engineers, 09/1998.
, "Wettability Alteration Caused by Oil-Based Muds and Mud Components", SPE Drilling and Completion, vol. 8, issue 01, pp. 35-44, 03/1993.
, "The Mechanism of Alteration of Macroscopic Contact Angles by the Adsorption of Surfactants", Colloids and Surfaces, vol. 38, 1989.
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