Petroleum Engineering
Assistant Professor
Qualification: Ph. D. in Petroleum Engineering, University of Oklahoma, US
- Wellbore cleanout (cuttings/solids transport)
- Well integrity and control
- Drilling/fracturing fluid rheology and wellbore hydraulics
- Multiphase flow in pipe and annulus
- Flow assurance
- Application of nanoparticles for environmental protection in oil industry
- Degradation of cement and tubulars
- Computational fluid dynamic (CFD)
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- Kiran R., Salehi S., Ahmed R., Elgaddafi R. and Suri A. 2021. Characterization of Two-Phase Flow in Annulus using Image Processing and Estimation of Void Fraction, Chemical Engineering Research and Design (under review).
- Ahmed R. Jeon J., Elgaddafi R. and Teodoriu C. 2021. Hydrogen Embrittlement of High-Strength API Carbon Steels in H2S and CO2 Containing Environments, Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering (under review).
- Tale, S., Ahmed, R., Elgaddafi, R. and Teodoriu, C., 2021. Sulfide Stress Cracking of C-110 Steel in a Sour Environment. Corrosion and Materials Degradation, 2(3), pp.376-396.
- Elgaddafi, R., Ahmed, R., Karami, H., Nasser, M. and Hussein, I., 2021. A Mechanistic Model for Wellbore Cleanout in Horizontal and Inclined Wells. SPE Drilling & Completion, pp.1-17.
- Elgaddafi, R., Ahmed, R., Osisanya, S. 2021. Modeling and experimental study on the effects of temperature on the corrosion of API carbon steel FACULTY MEMBERS CURRICULUM VITAE in CO2-Saturated environment, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, (19), p. 107816.
- Elgaddafi, R., Ahmed, R., Shah, S. 2021. The Effect of Fluid Flow on CO2 Corrosion of High-Strength API Carbon Steel, Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, Volume 86, 2021,103739, ISSN 1875-5100.
- Theurer J., Ajagbe, O., Osorio, J., Elgaddafi R., Ahmed R., Walters, K., and Abbott, B. 2020. Removal of Residual Oil from Produced Water Using Magnetic Nanoparticles, SPE Journal, SPE-199466-PA.
- Elgaddafi, R., Ahmed, R. and Shah, S., 2021. Corrosion of carbon steel in CO2 saturated brine at elevated temperatures. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 196, p.107638.
- Kiran, R., Elgaddafi, R., Ahmed, R., Salehi, S., Griffith C. A., and Fajemidupe T. 2020. Wellbore fluid sonic conditions during blowouts, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, (195), p. 107822.
- Firoze Akhtar T., Ahmed R., Elgaddafi R., Shah S. and Amani M. 2018 Rheological Behavior of Aqueous Foams at High Pressure, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 162, 214-224.
- Rojas, S., Ahmed, R., Elgaddafi, R., and Matthew G. 2017. Flow of powerlaw fluid in a partially blocked eccentric annulus, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 157, 617–630.
- Elgaddafi R., Ahmed R., and Shah S. 2017. Modeling and Experimental Studies on CO2-H2S Corrosion under High-Pressure, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 156, 682-696.
- Elgaddafi, R., Ahmed, R. M., Shah, S. N., Hassani, S., Osisanya, S. O. 2016. Corrosion of C110 carbon steel in a high-pressure aqueous environment with mixed hydrocarbon and CO2 gas, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 146,777–787.
- Elgaddafi, R., Ahmed, R. M., Shah, S. 2016. N. Modeling CO2-H2S Corrosion of Tubular at Elevated Pressure and Temperature, Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology, 13(7): 510-524.
- Elgaddafi, R., Ahmed, R. M., and Growcock, F. 2016. Settling Behavior of Particles in Fibrous Herschel Buckley Fluid, Powder Technology, 301, 782-793.
- Elgaddafi, R., Naidu, A., Ahmed, R. M., Shah, S. N., Hassani, S., Osisanya, S. O., Saasen, A. 2015. Modeling and experimental study of CO2 corrosion on carbon steel at elevated pressure and temperature. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 27, 1620–1629.
- George, M., Elgaddafi, R., Ahmed, R., and Growcock, F. 2014. Performance of Fiber-Containing Synthetic-Based Sweep Fluids, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Vol. 119, July, Pages 185–195.
- Elgaddafi, R., Ahmed, R., George, M., and Growcock, F. 2012. Settling behavior of spherical particles in fiber-containing drilling fluids, Journal of FACULTY MEMBERS CURRICULUM VITAE Petroleum Science and Engineering, Volumes 84–85, April 2012, Pages 20–28.
Selected Technical Research Reports
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- Ahmed, R., Shah, S., Osisanya, S., Hassani, S., Omosebi, O., Elgaddafi, R., Maheshwari, H., Srivastava, A., Hwang, J., Sharma, M., Tale, S., Jeon, J., 2015. Effect of H2S and CO2 in HPHT Wells on Tubulars and Cement, Final Report, BSEE Project: Award Number: E12PC00035, June 9, 2015, https://www.bsee.gov/Technology-andResearch/Technology-AssessmenPrograms/Projects/Project-691/
- Ahmed, R., Shah, S., Osisanya, S., Hassani, S., Omosebi, O., Elgaddafi, R., Maheshwari, H., Srivastava, A., Hwang, J., Sharma, M., Tale, S., Jeon, J., 2015. Effect of H2S and CO2 in HPHT Wells on Tubulars and Cement, Monthly Reports, BSEE Project: Award Number: E12PC00035, August 2012 to March 2015,https://www.bsee.gov/Technology-andResearch/Technology-AssessmentPrograms/Projects/Project-691/.
- Salehi, S., Ahmed, R., Elgaddafi, R., Kiran R., 2018. Research and Development on Critical (Sonic) Flow of Multiphase Fluids through Wellbores in Support of Worst Case-Discharge Analysis for Offshore Wells, Literature review report, BSEE Project: Award Number: M16PS00059, January 2018.
- Salehi, S., Ahmed, R., Elgaddafi, R., Kiran R., 2018. Research and Development on Critical (Sonic) Flow of Multiphase Fluids through Wellbores in Support of Worst Case-Discharge Analysis for Offshore Wells, CFD Simulation report, BSEE Project: Award Number: M16PS00059, March 2018.
- Salehi, S., Ahmed, R., Elgaddafi, R., Fajemidupe O., Kiran R., 2018. Research and Development on Critical (Sonic) Flow of Multiphase Fluids through Wellbores in Support of Worst Case-Discharge Analysis for Offshore Wells, Worst-Case Discharge – Computational Tool, BSEE Project: Award Number: M16PS00059, October. 2018.
- 21SPTE410 Project design and evaluation
- 21SPTe324 Fluid Mechanics
- 15FPTE213 Environmental issues in oil and gas industry
- 21SPTE422 Environmental Protection _ PBL
- 21SPTE412 Selected topic _ PBL
- 15FPTE120 Petroleum engineering materials
- 21SPTE420 Senior Petroleum Project