Publications
Reservoir Description:
Reservoir description through fractal geometry, percolation theory, and unconventional modeling techniques
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Babadagli, T.: “Fractal Analysis of 2-D Fracture Networks of Geothermal Reservoirs in South-Western Turkey”, J. of Volcanology and Geothermal Res., vol. 112/1-4, Dec. 2001, 83-103.
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Babadagli, T.: “Scanline Method to Determine the Fractal Nature of 2-D Fracture Networks”, Mathematical Geology, vol. 34, no. 6, 647-670, 2002.
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Bogatkov, D. and Babadagli, T.: “Characterization of Fracture Network System of the Midale Field,” J. Can. Petr. Tech., vol. 48, no. 7, July 2009, 30-39.
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Jafari, A.R. and Babadagli, T.: “A Sensitivity Analysis for Effective Parameters on 2-D Fracture Network Permeability,” SPE Res. Eval. and Eng., vol. 12, no. 3, June 2009, 455-469.
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Bogatkov, D. and Babadagli, T.: “Integrated Modeling of the Fractured Carbonate Midale Field and Sensitivity Analysis through Experimental Design,” SPE Res. Eval. and Eng., vol. 12, no. 6, Dec. 2009, 951-962.
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Al-Anazi, A. and Babadagli, T.: “Automatic Fracture Density Update Using Smart Well Data and Artificial Neural Networks,” Comp. and Geosciences, vol 36, 335-347, 2010.
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Jafari, A. and Babadagli, T.: “Effective Fracture Network Permeability of Geothermal Reservoirs,” Geothermics, vol. 40, 25-38, 2011.
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Stalgorova, K. and Babadagli, T.: “Field Scale Modeling of Tracer Injection in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs Using the Random-Walk Simulation,” SPEJ, vol. 17, no. 2, June 2012, 580-592.
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Jafari, A. and Babadagli, T.: “Equivalent Fracture Network Permeability of Multi-Layer-Complex Naturally Fractured Reservoirs,” Tran. in Porous Media, vol. 91 (1), 2012, 339-362.
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Jafari, A. and Babadagli, T.: “Relationship between Percolation-Fractal Properties and Fracture Network Permeability of 2-D Fracture Networks,” Int. J. of Rock Mech. and Min. Sci., vol. 60, 353-362, 2013.
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Hofmann, H., Babadagli, T., and Zimmermann, G.: “Numerical Simulation of Complex Fracture Network Development by Hydraulic Fracturing in Naturally Fractured Ultratight Formations,” J. of Energy Resources Technology, vol. 136, 042907 / 1-9, Dec. 2014.
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Raimbay, A., Babadagli, T., Kuru, E. and Develi, K.: “Fractal Analysis of Single-Phase Water and Polymer Solution Flow at High Rates in Open and Horizontally Displaced Rough Fractures,” Int. J. of Rock Mech. & Min. Sci., vol. 92, 54-71, 2017.
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Babadagli, T.: “Transport in Complex Natural Fractures of Earth: Unraveling the Secrecy by Fractal Geometry,” J. of Hydrology, vol. 584, 124937, Aug. 2020.
Effects of complex reservoir/rock characteristics on reservoir/displacement dynamics at micro and macro scale
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Develi, K. and Babadagli, T.: “Quantification of Natural Fracture Surfaces Using Fractal Geometry”, Mathematical Geology, vol. 30, no.8, 1998, 971-998.
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Babadagli, T.: “Invasion Percolation in Correlated Porous Media”, Physica A, vol. 285, no: 3-4, Oct. 2000, 248-258.
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Develi, K., Babadagli, T. and Comlekci, C.: “A New Computer Controlled Surface Scanning Device for Measurement of Joint Surface Roughness”, Computers and Geosciences, vol. 27, no: 3, 2001, 265-277.
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Babadagli, T. and Develi, K.: “Fractal Characteristics of Rocks Fractured Under Tension”, Theoretical and Applied Frac. Mech., vol.39, no.1, 2003, 73-88.
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Babadagli, T. and Al-Salmi, S.: “A Review of Permeability Prediction Methods for Carbonate Reservoirs Using Well Log Data,” SPE Res. Eval. and Eng., vol. 7, no. 2 (April 2004) 75-88.
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Babadagli, T.: “Analysis of The Displacement in Fractal Lattices with Different Number of Grids,” Fractals, vol 13, no 3, Sept. 2005, 207-213.
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Ozdemirtas, M. and Babadagli, T. and Kuru, E.: “Effects of Fractal Fracture Surface Roughness on the Borehole Ballooning,” Vadose Zone Journal, vol. 8, No. 1, Feb. 2009.
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Ozdemirtas, M., Kuru, E., and Babadagli, T.: “Experimental Investigations of Borehole Ballooning Due to Flow of Non-Newtonian Fluids in Fractured Rocks,” Int. J. of Rock Mech. and Min. Sci., vol. 47, 1200-1206, 2010 (Technical Note-peer reviewed).
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Develi, K. and Babadagli, T.: “Experimental Analysis of Single-Phase Flow through Deformable Rough Rock Fractures,” Int. J. of Rock Mech. and Min. Sci., vol. 73, 139-155, 2014.
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Babadagli, T., Ren, X. and Develi, K.: “Effects of Fractal Surface Roughness on Single and Multiphase Flow in a Single Fracture: An Experimental Investigation,” Int. J. of Multiphase Flow, vol. 68, 40-58, 2014.
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Raimbay, A., Babadagli, T., Kuru, E. and Develi, K.: “Quantitative and Visual Analysis of Proppant Transport in Rough Fractures,” J. of Natural Gas Sci. and Eng., vol. 33, 1291-1307, 2016.
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Hofmann, H., Babadagli, T., Yoon, J., Blocher, G., and Zimmermann, G.: “A Hybrid Discrete/Finite Element Modeling Study of Complex Hydraulic Fracture Development for Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) in Granitic Basements,” Geothermics, vol. 64, 362-381, 2016.
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Rangriz-Shokri, A. and Babadagli, T.: “Laboratory Measurements and Numerical Simulation of Cyclic Solvent Stimulation with Thermally-Aided Solvent Retrieval Phase in the Presence of Wormholes after CHOPS,” Energy and Fuels, vol. 30, no, 11, 9181-9192, 2016.
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Shi, Y. and Babadagli, T.: “Simultaneous Occurrence of Miscible and Immiscible Displacement Processes during Solvent Displacement of Heavy-Oil: A Parametric Analysis Using Micro-Scale Experiments,” SPEJ, vol. 24, no. 4, 1630-1644, 2019.
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Basilio, E. and Babadagli, T.: “Testing the Injection of Air with Methane as a New Approach to Reduce the Cost of Heavy Oil Recovery: An Experimental Analysis to Determine Optimal Application Conditions,” Fuel, vol. 265 (April 1), Article 116954, 2020.
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Basilio, E. and Babadagli, T.: “Use of Air with Methane in Cyclic Solvent Injection Applications for Improved Foam Stability and Cost Effective Heavy Oil Recovery,” Energy and Fuels, vol. 34, 278-293, 2020.
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Wei, G., Huang, H., Babadagli, T., Hou, L. and Li, H.A..: “Determination of the Effect of Resin-Coating on Ceramic Proppant Settlement for Optimal Hydraulic Fracturing Applications,” J. of Powder Tech., vol. 373, 109-117, 2020.
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Huang, H., Babadagli, T., Li, H.A., Develi, K. and Zhou, D.: “A Visual Experimental Study on Proppant Transport in Rough Vertical Fractures,” Int. J. Rock Mech. and Min. Sci., vol. 134, 104446, 2020.
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Al-Kindi, I. and Babadagli, T.: “Thermodynamics of Liquids in Capillary Medium,” J. of Fluid Mech., vol. 905, 2020.
Effects of complex reservoir/rock characteristics on reservoir/displacement dynamics at giga (field) scale
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Babadagli, T., Al-Bemani, A. and Al-Shammakhi, K.: “Permeability-Distribution Assessment through Well Test Analysis”, J. Petroleum Tech., July 2001, 60-61.
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Babadagli, T., Al-Bemani, A. and Al-Shammakhi, K.: “Numerical Estimation of the Degree of Reservoir Permeability Heterogeneity Using Pressure Draw-Down Tests,” Transport in Porous Media, vol. 57, 2004, 313-331.
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Babadagli, T.: “Effective Permeability Estimation for 2-D Fractal Permeability Fields,” Mathematical Geology, vol 38, no. 1, Jan. 2006.
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Al-Gosayir, M., Babadagli, T., Leung, J., and Al-Bahlani, A.M.: “Design of SOS-FR (Steam-Over-Solvent Injection in Fractured Reservoirs) Method for Heavy-Oil Recovery Using Hybrid Optimization Framework,” J. Petr. Sci. and Eng., vol. 130, 77-85, 2015.
Dimensionless parameters to model flow in fractured reservoirs to be used in the up-scaling studies
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Babadagli, T.: “Scaling of Capillary Imbibition under Static Thermal and Dynamic Fracture Flow Conditions” J. of Petroleum Science and Eng., vol. 33, no. 4, 223-239, 2002.
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Babadagli, T.: “Selection of Proper Enhanced Oil Recovery Fluid for Efficient Matrix Recovery in Fractured Oil Reservoirs,” Colloids and Surface A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, vol. 223, no. 1-3, 2003, 157-175.
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Babadagli, T.: “Analysis of Oil Recovery by Spontaneous Imbibition of Surfactant Solution,” Oil and Gas Sci. and Tech. – Revue de l’IFP, vol. 60, no 4, 2005, 697-710.
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Babadagli, T.: “Evaluation of Critical Parameters in Oil Recovery from Fractured Chalks by Surfactant Injection,” J. Pet. Sci. and Eng, vol 54, no. 1-2, 2006, 43-54.
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Hamida, T. and Babadagli, T.: “Investigations on Capillary and Viscous Displacement under Ultrasonic Waves,” Technical Note, J. of Canadian Pet. Tech., Feb. 2006, 16-19.
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Hatiboglu, C.U. and Babadagli, T.: “Oil Recovery by Counter-Current Spontaneous Imbibition: Effects of Matrix Shape Factor, Gravity, IFT, Oil Viscosity, Wettability, and Rock Type,” J. Petr. Sci. and Eng., vol. 59, 2007, 106-122
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Trivedi, J. and Babadagli, T.: “Efficiency of Diffusion Controlled Miscible Displacement in Fractured Porous Media,” Transport in Porous Media, vol. 71, no. 3, Feb. 2008, 379-394.
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Trivedi, J. and Babadagli, T.: “Scaling Miscible Displacement in Fractured Porous Media Using Dimensionless Groups,” J. of Petr. Eng. and Sci., vol. 61, 2008, 58-66.
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Trivedi, J. and Babadagli, T.: “Experimental and Numerical Modeling of the Mass Transfer between Rock Matrix and Fracture,” Chem. Eng. Jour., vol. 146, 2009, 194-204.
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Babadagli, T., Hatiboglu, C. U. and Hamida, T.: “Evaluation of Matrix-Fracture Transfer Functions for Counter-Current Capillary Imbibition,” Transport in Porous Media, vol. 80, no. 1, 17-56, 2009.
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Hofmann, H., Babadagli, T., Yoon, J.S. and Zimmermann, G.: “Multi-Branched Growth of Fractures in Shales for Effective Reservoir Contact: A Particle Based Distinct Element Modeling Study,” J. of Natural Gas Sci. and Eng., vol. 35 (Part A), 509-521, 2016.
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Leyva, H. and Babadagli, T.: “High Temperature Solvent Injection for Heavy-Oil Recovery from Oilsands: Determination of Optimal Application Conditions through Genetic Algorithm,” SPE Res. Eval. and Eng., vol. 20, no. 2, 372-382, 2017.
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Irfan, M., Bisson, T., Bobicki, E., Xu, Z., Arguelles-Vivas, F., Liu, Q, Xu, Z. and Babadagli, T.: “CO2 Storage in Saline Aquifers by Dissolution/Penetration Mechanism: An Experimental Investigation,” Coll. and Surf. A: Phys. and Eng. Aspects, vol. 548, 37-45, 2018.
Fracture property characterization (density, average matrix size, orientation) and use of fractal geometry in reservoir characterization/description
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Babadagli, T.: “Effect of Fractal Permeability Correlations on Waterflooding Performance in Carbonate Reservoirs” J. of Petroleum Science and Eng., vol. 23, no. 3-4, 223-238, 1999.
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Jafari, A.R. and Babadagli, T.: “A Sensitivity Analysis for Effective Parameters on 2-D Fracture Network Permeability,” SPE Res. Eval. and Eng., vol. 12, no. 3, June 2009, 455-469.
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Bogatkov, D. and Babadagli, T.: ”Fracture Network Modeling Conditioned to Pressure Transient and Tracer Test Dynamic Data,” J. Petr. Sci. and Eng., vol. 75, 154-167, 2010.
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Singh, R. and Babadagli, T.: “Mechanics and Up-scaling of Heavy-Oil Bitumen Recovery by Steam-Over-Solvent Injection in Fractured Reservoirs (SOS-FR) Method,” J. Can. Petr. Tech., vol. 50, no. 1, (Jan) 2011, 33-42.
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Jafari, A.R. and Babadagli, T.: “Generating 3-D Permeability Map of Fracture Networks Using Well, Outcrop, and Pressure Transient Data,” SPE Res. Eval. and Eng, vol. 14, no. 2, April 2011, 215-224.
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Jafari, A. and Babadagli, T.: “Estimation of Equivalent Fracture Network Permeability Using Fractal and Statistical Network Properties,” J. Petr. Sci. and Eng., vol. 92-93, 110-123, 2012.
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Korfanta, M., Babadagli, T. and Develi, K.: “Fractal Aspects of Miscible Displacement in Rough Fractures: An Experimental Approach,” Fractals, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 1540005-1/24, 2015.
Fracture network characterization and upscaling
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Jafari, A. and Babadagli, T.: “Relationship between Percolation-Fractal Properties and Fracture Network Permeability of 2-D Fracture Networks,” Int. J. of Rock Mech. and Min. Sci., vol. 60, 353-362, 2013.
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Rangriz Shokri, A., Babadagli, T. and Jafari, A.: “A Critical Analysis of the Relationship between Statistical and Fractal Fracture Network Characteristics and Effective Fracture Network Permeability,” Int. J. of Rock Mech. and Min. Sci., 2014.
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Stalgorova, K. and Babadagli, T.: Scaling of Production Data Obtained from Random Walk Particle Tracking Simulations in Highly Fractured Porous Media,” Physica A, vol. 405, 181-192, 2014.
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Rangriz-Shokri, A. and Babadagli, T.: “Feasibility Assessment of Heavy-Oil Recovery by CO2 Injection after Cold Production with Sands: Lab-to-Field Scale Modeling Considering Non-Equilibrium Foamy Oil Behavior,” Applied Energy, vol. 205, 615-625, 2017.
Fracture dynamics and development
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Hofmann, H., Babadagli, T. and Zimmermann, G.: “Hydraulic Fracturing Scenarios for Low Temperature EGS Heat Generation from the Precambrian Basement in Northern Alberta,” GRC Transactions, vol. 36, 459-467, 2012.
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Hofmann, H., Babadagli, T., and Zimmermann, G.: “Numerical Simulation of Complex Fracture Network Development by Hydraulic Fracturing in Naturally Fractured Ultratight Formations,” J. of Energy Resources Technology, vol. 136, 042907 / 1-9, Dec. 2014.
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Hofmann, H., Babadagli, T. and Zimmermann, G.: “A Grain Based Modeling Study of Fracture Branching during Compression Tests in Granites,” Int. J. of Rock Mech. and Min. Sci., vol. 77, 152-162, 2015.
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Hofmann, H., Babadagli, T., Yoon, J., Zang, A., and Zimmermann, G.: “A Grain Based Modeling Study of Mineralogical Factors Affecting Strength, Elastic Behaviour and Micro Fracture Development during Compression Tests in Granites,” Engineering Fracture Mechanics, vol. 147, 261-275, 2015.
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Hofmann, H., Blocher, G., Milsch, H., Babadagli, T., and Zimmermann, G.: “Transmissivity of aligned and displaced tensile fractures in granitic rocks during cyclic loading,” Int. J. of Rock Mech. & Min. Sci., vol. 87, 69-84, Sept. 2016.
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Korfanta, A., Babadagli, T., and Develi, K.: “Experimental Analysis of Miscible Displacement in a Single Fracture,” Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, vol. 205, 25-36, 2017.