Dr. Rida Mohamed Elgaddafi

r.elgaddafi@au.edu.kw

Dr. Rida Mohamed Elgaddafi

Petroleum Engineering

Assistant Professor

Qualification: Ph. D. in Petroleum Engineering, University of Oklahoma, US

Research

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)

Publications

1. 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).
2. 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).
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. Elgaddafi, R., Ahmed, R. M., and Growcock, F. 2016. Settling Behavior of Particles in Fibrous Herschel Buckley Fluid, Powder Technology, 301, 782-793.
16. 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.
17. 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.
18. 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

1. 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/
2. 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/.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.