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 366 - Petroleum Production Operations

Land units in Western Canada, types and characteristics of well completions, perforating, wellbore damage and simulation, combined inflow and well performance analysis, multiphase flow through conduits, oil well pumping, gas lift, surface facilities and flow measurement, applied mass transfer. Prerequisite: CH E 312.

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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