Laboratory experiments
Molecular Dynamics simulation
Reservoir Simulation



Recent publications:

CO2 Viscosification and Dissolution Kinetics of Hydrocarbon Oligomers:
Effects of Light Hydrocarbons, Nitrogen, and Water
Petroleum Exploration and Development (2026), to appear.
Liu, Junchen; Chavez-Miyauchi, Tomas-Eduardo; Li, Rongbin; and Firoozabadi, Abbas.

Fast and Robust Phase Equilibrium Computations for CO2 + H2O + NaCl Mixtures
Using the Electrolyte Cubic-Plus-Association Equation of State
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (2026), accepted for publication
Moortgat, Joachim; Coelho, Felipe Mourao; and Firoozabadi, Abbas.

Numerical Simulation of CO2 Sequestration in Aquifers at Non-isothermal Conditions
Using Fully Unstructured Dynamic Adaptive Gridding and Higher-Order Discretization
SPE Journal (2026), 1-13
Solovský, Jakub; and Firoozabadi, Abbas.

Effective Oligomer Thickener at 0.3 wt% Concentration in Secondary and Tertiary Live Oil CO2-EOR
SPE Journal (2026) 1-13
Li, Rongbin; Chavez-Miyauchi, Tomas-Eduardo; and Firoozabadi, Abbas.


Previous Journals

Efficient numerical simulation of heat extraction from fractured media in enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) by water and CO2
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (2026) 256, 128065
Solovský, Jakub; and Firoozabadi, Abbas.

Enhanced viscosification of supercritical CO2 by a new polyolefin copolymer: Insights from solubility and displacement of brine and oil in porous media flow
International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control (2025) 147 104496
Li, Rongbin; and Firoozabadi, Abbas.

Enhanced viscosification of supercritical CO2 by a new polyolefin copolymer: Insights from solubility and displacement of brine and oil in porous media flow
International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control (2025) 147 104496
Li, Rongbin; and Firoozabadi, Abbas.



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