Publications – QASR- Qatari Advanced Simulations for Reservoirs

2025

Abushaikha, A.S., Abd, A. (2025). QASR Reservoir Simulator: From Research Proposal to the Road of Commercialization. Fifth EAGE WIPIC Workshop: Innovative Technology for Reservoir Optimization, Doha, Qatar. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.2025638062.
Massarweh, O., Alherbawi, M., Al-Ansari, T., Abushaikha, A. (2025). Limestone Dissolution in CO₂-Rich Environments for Carbon Sequestration in Carbonate Reservoirs. Fifth EAGE WIPIC Workshop: Innovative Technology for Reservoir Optimization, Doha, Qatar. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.2025638009.
Asif, A., Abd, A.S., Abushaikha, A. (2025). Efficiency and Accuracy of Linearization Methods for Multi-Phase Flow in Porous Media. Fifth EAGE WIPIC Workshop: Innovative Technology for Reservoir Optimization, Doha, Qatar. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.2025638011.
Eltayeb, A., Massarweh, O., Abushaikha, A. (2025). Machine Learning in Well Placement Optimization: A Comprehensive Review. Fifth EAGE WIPIC Workshop: Innovative Technology for Reservoir Optimization, Doha, Qatar. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.2025638051.
Aloui, S., Abushaikha, A.S., Elomri, A. (2025). Geostatistical Modeling and Optimization of Subsurface Reservoir Properties: A Permeability Estimation Example. Fifth EAGE WIPIC Workshop: Innovative Technology for Reservoir Optimization, Doha, Qatar. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.2025638054.
Mohammadi, K., Abushaikha, A., Schneider, J. (2025). Investigation of Reinforced machine Learning for History Matching. Fifth EAGE WIPIC Workshop: Innovative Technology for Reservoir Optimization, Doha, Qatar. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.2025638025.
Abd, A.S., Abushaikha, A. (2025). Effects of Solubility Modeling on Fluid Flow in Natural Gas Fields with Presence of Aquifers. Fifth EAGE WIPIC Workshop: Innovative Technology for Reservoir Optimization, Doha, Qatar. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.2025638018.
Liu, C.H., Abushaikha, A. (2025). Coupling Geomechanics with Flow Models Using Advanced Hybrid Discretization for Carbon Sequestration Simulation. Fifth EAGE WIPIC Workshop: Innovative Technology for Reservoir Optimization, Doha, Qatar. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.2025638012.
Shakir, H., Abushaikha, A. (2025). Gradient-based Optimization Techniques for Automatic History Matching in Reservoirs. Fifth EAGE WIPIC Workshop: Innovative Technology for Reservoir Optimization, Doha, Qatar. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.2025638033.

2024

Massarweh, O., Abushaikha, A.S. (2024). Towards environmentally sustainable oil recovery: The role of sustainable materials. Energy Reports, 12, 95-119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2024.06.013.
Asif, A., Abd, A.S., Abushaikha, A.S. (2024). A Residual-Accelerated Jacobian Method for Rapid Convergence in Reservoir Simulation. EAGE, ECMOR 2024. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.202437010.
Abd, A.S., Abushaikha, A.S. (2024). Optimized Phase Stability Algorithm in Three-Phase Systems with an Application to CO_2 Capture and Sequestration in Subsurface Reservoirs. EAGE, ECMOR 2024. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.202437043.
Abd, A.S., Asif, A., Abushaikha, A.S. (2024). Performance analysis of linearization schemes for modelling multi-phase flow in porous media. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 15626. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-66628-3.
Massarweh, O., Abushaikha, A.S. (2024). CO2 sequestration in subsurface geological formations: A review of trapping mechanisms and monitoring techniques. Earth-Science Reviews, 104793. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2024.104793.
Sawaly, R., Alherbawi, M., Abd, A.S., AlNouss, A., Abushaikha, A.S., Al-Ansari, T. (2024). Strategic CO2 management in the energy and petroleum sector for the production of low-carbon LNG: A Qatar Case Study. Journal of CO2 Utilization, 83, 102798. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcou.2024.102798.
Nardean, S., Ferronato, M., Abushaikha, A.S. (2024). Block constrained pressure residual preconditioning for two-phase flow in porous media by mixed hybrid finite elements. Computational Geosciences, 28(2), 253-272. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10596-023-10238-x.
Abushaikha, A.S., Terekhov, K. (2024). Adaptive Dynamic Grids and Mimetic Finite Difference Method for Miscible Displacement Problem. Lobachevskii Journal of Mathematics, 45(1), 143-154. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995080224010025.

2023

Al-Shafi, M., Massarweh, O., Abushaikha, A.S., Bicer, Y. (2023). A review on underground gas storage systems: Natural gas, hydrogen and carbon sequestration. Energy Reports, 9, 6251-6266. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2023.05.236.
Massarweh, O., Abushaikha, A.S. (2023). The synergistic effects of cationic surfactant and smart seawater on the recovery of medium-viscosity crude oil from low-permeability carbonates. Journal of Molecular Liquids, 389, 122866. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2023.122866.
Abushaika, A.S., Terekhov, K., Li, L., Tchelepi, H., Voskov, D. (2023). Oil and gas reservoir simulator. US Patent App. 17/973,212. https://patents.google.com/patent/US20230125944A1/en.
Massarweh, O., Al-khuzaei, M., Al-Shafi, M., Bicer, Y., Abushaikha, A.S. (2023). Blue hydrogen production from natural gas reservoirs: A review of application and feasibility. Journal of CO2 Utilization, 70, 102438. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcou.2023.102438.
Massarweh, O., Abushaikha, A.S. (2023). Application of surfactants in enhancing oil recovery from tight carbonates: Physicochemical properties and core flooding experiments. Geoenergy Science and Engineering, 221, 211400. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoen.2022.211400.
Li, L., Khait, M., Voskov, D., Terekhov, K.M., Abushaikha, A.S. (2023). Applying Massively Parallel Interface for MPFA scheme with advanced linearization for fluid flow in porous media. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 220, 111190. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2022.111190.

2022

Banu, A., Mohamed, A.A.H., Abushaikha, A.S., Bicer, Y. (2022). Thermodynamic assessment of a hybrid methane cracking system for liquified hydrogen production and enhanced oil recovery using CO2. Energy Reports 8, 13780-13792. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2022.10.124.
Nardean, S., Ferronato, M., Abushaikha, A.S. (2022). Linear Solvers for Reservoir Simulation Problems: An Overview and Recent Developments. Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering, 29, 4341-4378. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11831-022-09739-2.
Nardean, S., Ferronato, M., Abushaikha, A. (2022). A blended CPR/block preconditioning approach for mixed discretization schemes in reservoir modeling. EAGE, ECMOR 2022. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.202244067.
Massarweh, O., Abushaikha, A.S. (2022). A review of recent developments in CO2 mobility control in enhanced oil recovery. Petroleum, 8(3), 291-317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petlm.2021.05.002.
Li, L., Abushaikha, A., (2022). A fully-implicit parallel framework for complex reservoir simulation with mimetic finite difference discretization and operator-based linearization. Computational Geosciences, 26, 915-931. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10596-021-10096-5.
Abd, A.S., Voskov, D., Abushaikha, A. (2022). Modelling CO2 dissolution in brines for CO2 sequestration and enhanced oil recovery applications. Fourth EAGE WIPIC Workshop, Doha, Qatar. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.20224119.
Al-Sada, M., Abushaikha, A. (2022). Investigation of Productivity Indices in Natural Gas Reservoir Using an Advanced Reservoir Simulator. Fourth EAGE WIPIC Workshop, Doha, Qatar. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.20224112.
Sawaly, R., Mohamed, A., Govindan, R., Abushaikha, A., Alansari, T. (2022). Applying Carbon Tax Within CO2 Utilisation Networks in Qatar. Fourth EAGE WIPIC Workshop, Doha, Qatar. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.20224110.
Li, L., Abushaikha, A.S. (2022). Joining the billion cell club: Modelling of giant oil and gas fields using advanced simulation methods. Fourth EAGE WIPIC Workshop, Doha, Qatar. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.20224114.
Mohamed, A., Li, L., Abushaikha, A. (2022). The Effects of Capillary Pressure on Waterflooding Scenarios using Advanced Reservoir Simulator. Fourth EAGE WIPIC Workshop, Doha, Qatar. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.20224104.
Massarweh, O., Li, L., Abushaikha, A. (2022). Experimental and Simulation Study of Steady-State Water Injection in Homogeneous Low-Permeability Rock. Fourth EAGE WIPIC Workshop, Doha, Qatar. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.20224105.
Al-Khuzaei, M., Abushaikha, A. (2022). Numerical Simulation of CO2 sequestration into depleted natural gas reservoirs of Qatar. Fourth EAGE WIPIC Workshop, Doha, Qatar. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.20224115.
Massarweh, O., Abushaikha, A. (2022). Novel Surfactant Formulations Tailored for Enhanced Oil Recovery Purposes: Physicochemical Properties at Various Salinity Levels. Fourth EAGE WIPIC Workshop, Doha, Qatar. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.20224103.
Nardean, S., Ferronato, M., Abushaikha, A. (2022). Block preconditioning for mixed hybrid finite element models of two-phase flow in reservoir simulations. Fourth EAGE WIPIC Workshop, Doha, Qatar. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.20224106.
Banu, A., Mohamed, A., Abushaikha, A., Bicer, Y. (2022). Thermodynamic assessment of an integrated system for enhanced oil recovery. Fourth EAGE WIPIC Workshop, Doha, Qatar. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.20224118.
Li, L., Wu, M., Liu, Y., Ding, J., Abushaikha, A. (2021). Multiphase transient analysis of horizontal wells during CO2-EOR. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 109895. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2021.109895.
Abd, A., Abushaikha, A., Bicer, Y. (2022). A comprehensive thermodynamic analysis of an integrated solar enhanced oil recovery system for applications in heavy oil fields, Energy Conversion and Management, 253, 115161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2021.115161.

2021

Abd, A., Abushaikha, A., Voskov, D. (2021). Coupling of Rigorous Multiphase Flash with Advanced Linearization Schemes for Accurate Compositional Simulation. SPE Reservoir Simulation Conference. https://doi.org/10.2118/203956-MS.
Nardean, S., Ferronato, M., Abushaikha, A.S. (2021). A block preconditioner for two-phase flow in porous media by mixed hybrid finite elements. Computational and Mathematical Methods, 3(6), e1207. https://doi.org/10.1002/cmm4.1207.
Abushaikha, A., Guérillot, D., Kadiri, M., Trabelsi, S. (2021). Buckley–Leverett Theory fora Forchheimer–Darcy Multiphase Flow Model with Phase Coupling. Mathematical and Computational Applications, 26(3), 60. https://doi.org/10.3390/mca26030060.
Zhang, N., Abushaikha, A. (2021). An implementation of mimetic finite difference method for ractured reservoirs using a fully implicit approach and discrete fracture models. Journal of Computational Physics, 446, 110665. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2021.110665.
Wang, X., Li, L., Liu, L., Yan, X., Yang, Y., Abushaikha, A., Li, Y., Yao, J. (2021). Numerical analysis of gas production laws considering heterogeneous proppant distribution, Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, Volume 95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jngse.2021.104211.
Nardean, S., Ferronato, M., Abushaikha, A. (2021). A novel block non-symmetric preconditioner for mixed-hybrid finite-element-based Darcy flow simulations. Journal of Computational Physics, 110513. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2021.110513.
Sagbana, P.I., Abushaikha, A.S. (2021). A comprehensive review of the chemical-based conformance control methods in oil reservoirs. Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production, 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13202-021-01158-6.
Abd, A.S., Zhang, N., Abushaikha, A.S. (2021). Modeling the effects of capillary pressure with the presence of full tensor permeability and discrete fracture models using the mimetic finite difference method. Transport in Porous Media, 1-29. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11242-021-01585-3.
Mohsin, A., Abd, A.S., Abushaikha, A. (2021). Modeling Condensate Banking Mitigation by Enhanced Gas Recovery Methods. In International Petroleum Technology Conference. OnePetro. https://doi.org/10.2523/IPTC-21491-MS.
Abd, A., Abushaikha, A.S. (2021). Reactive Transport in Porous Media: A Review of Recent Mathematical Efforts in Modelling Geochemical Reactions in Petroleum Subsurface Reservoirs. SN Applied Sciences, 3, 401. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-021-04396-9.

2020

Li, L., Khait, M., Voskov, D., Abushaikha, A. (2020). Parallel Framework for Complex Reservoir Simulation with Advanced Discretization and Linearization Schemes. In SPE EAGE EUROPEC. Society of Petroleum Engineers. https://doi.org/10.2118/200615-MS.
Massarweh, O., Abushaikha, A. (2020).The use of surfactants in enhanced oil recovery: A review of recent advances. Energy Reports, 6, 3150-3178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2020.11.009.
Abd, A.S., Abushaikha, A. (2020). On the Performance of the Node Control Volume Finite Element Method for Modeling Multi-phase Fluid Flow in Heterogeneous Porous Media. Transport in Porous Media, 135(2), 409-429. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11242-020-01481-2.
Abd, A., Abushaikha, A. (2020). An implementation of geochemical reactions in advanced linearization and discretization schemes. Computational Methods in Water Resources XXIII, Stanford, USA.
Nardean, S, Ferronato, M., Abushaikha, A. (2020). A novel and an efficient preconditioner for solving Lagrange multipliers-based discretization schemes for reservoir simulation. In ECMOR XVII-17th European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.202035072.
Li, L., Abushaikha, A. (2020). An Advanced Parallel Framework for Reservoir Simulation with Mimetic Finite Difference Discretization and Operator-based Linearization. In ECMOR XVII-17th European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.202035151.
Al-Jundi, A., Li, L., Abushaikha, A. (2020). Investigation of the Accuracy and Efficiency of the Operator-based Linearization through an Advanced Reservoir Simulation Framework. In ECMOR XVII-17th European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.202035150.
Nardean, S., Ferronato, M., Abushaikha, A. (2020). Block preconditioning for the efficient solution of MHFE multiphase flow in porous media. Computational Methods in Water Resources XXIII, Stanford, USA.
Abushaikha, A., Terekhov, K. (2020). A fully implicit mimetic finite difference scheme for general purpose subsurface reservoir simulation with full tensor permeability. Journal of Computational Physics, 406, 109194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2019.109194.
Abd, A.S., Abushaikha, A. (2020). Velocity dependent up-winding scheme for node control volume finite element method for fluid flow in porous media. Scientific Reports, 10, 4427. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-61324-4.

2019

Zhang, N., Abushaikha, A. (2019). Mimetic finite difference simulation of multiphase flow in carbonate fractured media in presence of capillary pressure. Third EAGE WIPIC Workshop: Reservoir Management in Carbonates, Doha, Qatar. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.201903121.
Sagbana, P., Gharbi, O., Abushaikha, A. (2019). A comprehensive experimental Investigation of Low Salinity Waterflooding potential in Qatar’s carbonate reservoirs. Third EAGE WIPIC Workshop: Reservoir Management in Carbonates, Doha, Qatar. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.201903132.
Nardean, S., Abushaikha, A., Ferronato, M. (2019). A block preconditioning framework for the efficient solution of flow simulations in hydrocarbon reservoirs . Third EAGE WIPIC Workshop: Reservoir Management in Carbonates, Doha, Qatar. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.201903117.
Abd, A., Zhang, N., Abushaikha, A. (2019). Modelling Full Tensor Permeability in Fractured Carbonates Using Advanced Discretization Schemes. Third EAGE WIPIC Workshop: Reservoir Management in Carbonates, Doha, Qatar. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.201903120.
Li, L., Abushaikha, A. (2019). Development of an advancing parallel framework for reservoir simulation. Third EAGE WIPIC Workshop: Reservoir Management in Carbonates, Doha, Qatar. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.201903119.
Hjeij, D., Abushaikha, A. (2019). Comparing Advanced Discretization Methods for Complex Hydrocarbon Reservoirs. In SPE Reservoir Characterisation and Simulation Conference and Exhibitions . Society of Petroleum Engineers. https://doi.org/10.2118/196727-MS.
Zhang, N., Abushaikha, A. (2019). Fully-implicit Mimetic Finite Difference Method For Simulating Fractured Carbonate Reservoirs. In SPE Reservoir Characterisation and Simulation Conference and Exhibitions . Society of Petroleum Engineers. https://doi.org/10.2118/196711-MS.
Abd, A., Abushaikha, A. (2019). A review of numerical modelling techniques for reactive transport in subsurface reservoirs and application in mimetic finite difference discretization schemes. In SPE EAGE EUROPEC. Society of Petroleum Engineers. https://doi.org/10.2118/195558-MS.
Hjeij, D., Abushaikha, A. (2019). An Investigation of the Performance of the Mimetic Finite Difference Scheme for Modelling Fluid Flow in Anisotropic Hydrocarbon Reservoirs. In SPE EAGE EUROPEC. Society of Petroleum Engineers. https://doi.org/10.2118/195496-MS.
Zhang, N., Abushaikha, A. (2019). An Efficient Mimetic Finite Difference Method For Multiphase Flow In Fractured Reservoirs. In SPE EAGE EUROPEC. Society of Petroleum Engineers. https://doi.org/10.2118/195512-MS.
Abushaikha, A.S., Terekhov, K. (2019). Hybrid mimetic finite difference method for reservoir simulation. In SPE Reservoir Simulation Conference. Society of Petroleum Engineers.

< 2018

Li, L., Khait, M., Voskov, D., Terekhov, K.M., Abushaikha, A.S. (2023). Applying Massively Parallel Interface for MPFA scheme with advanced linearization for fluid flow in porous media. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 220, 111190. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2022.111190.
Abushaikha, A.S., Terekhov, K. (2018). Hybrid-mixed mimetic method for reservoir simulation with full tensor permeability. In ECMOR XVI-16th European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery.
Abushaikha, A.S., Voskov, D.V., Tchelepi, H.A. (2017). Fully implicit mixed-hybrid finite-element discretization for general purpose subsurface reservoir simulation. Journal of Computational Physics, 346, 514-538. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2017.06.034.
Voskov, D.V. (2017). Operator-based linearization approach for modeling of multiphase multi-component flow in porous media. Journal of Computational Physics, 337, 275-288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2017.02.041.
Abushaikha, A.S., Voskov, D.V., Tchelepi, H.A. (2017). Fully Implicit Mixed Hybrid Finite-Element Formulation for General-Purpose Compositional Reservoir Simulation. In SPE Reservoir Simulation Conference. Society of Petroleum Engineers. https://doi.org/10.2118/182697-MS.
Abushaikha, A.S., Voskov, D.V., Tchelepi, H.A. (2016). Mixed Hybrid Finite-element Formulation for General Purpose Reservoir Simulation. In ECMOR XV-15th European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.201601785.
Abushaikha, A.S., Blunt, M.J., Gosselin, O.R., Pain, C.C., Jackson, M.D. (2015). Interface control volume finite element method for modelling multi-phase fluid flow in highly heterogeneous and fractured. Journal of Computational Physics, 298, 41-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2015.05.024.