Alireza Nouri, PhD, PEng

Area of Study / Keywords

Clean Energy Energy Rock Mechanics Petroleum Engineering Sand control and formation damage

About

Dr. Nouri is a Professor and the Director of the Sand Control and Formation Damage Lab and Filtration Research Lab in the School of Mining and Petroleum Engineering, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of Alberta. His activities focus on petroleum rock mechanics and innovating new technologies. Recent innovations include waste heat recovery from thermal reservoirs, improved in-situ combustion, and new methods for sand control testing, including a state-of-the-art high-pressure, high-temperature infrastructure for sand control and formation damage testing. 

Research

Over the past 23 years, I have focused on petroleum rock mechanics, but I am now motivated to explore interdisciplinary research and develop clean technologies. Recently, we filed a patent on a technology to generate zero-emission electricity by recovering heat from abandoned thermal reservoirs (https://www.abcleanenergy.com/). We are currently working with the oil industry to implement this technology in the real world. Additionally, the COVID-19 pandemic has inspired us to invent a clean ventilation technology. I am eager to continue exploring new areas and making a positive impact on the world.

For further information, please visit: https://sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/alirezanouri/home

PET E 520 - Energy Rock Engineering

Elements of rock mechanics, rock mechanical properties and their assessment from lab testing and sonic logs, in-situ stresses and their assessment, single and multi-stage hydraulic fracturing, rock fracability, perforation for fracturing, stress shadow, wellbore stability during drilling, sand production, reservoir porosity and permeability evolution, caprock and wellbore integrity. Prerequisite: PET E 364 and PET E 365 or consent of instructor.

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