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Associate Professor Furqan Hussain

Associate Professor Furqan Hussain

Associate Professor

PhD in Petroleum Engineering from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

BSc and MSc in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore, Pakistan

Engineering
Mineral and Energy Resources Engineering

Furqan Le-Hussain research CO2 geosequestration in aquifers and hydrocarbon reservoirs. His research enhances the feasibility of CO2 geosequestration in heterogeneous and low-pressure formations to maximize CO2 storage. His research group discovered water-saturated CO2 injection into oil reservoirs to improve oil recovery and CO2 storage.

 
Phone
9385 5187
E-mail
furqan.hussain@unsw.edu.au
Location
Tyree Energy and Technology Building (H6) Level 2, Room 219 Kensington Campus

Project Title Sponsor Name Awarded From Awarded To
A spatio-temporal partitioning approach to colloidal flows in porous media Australian Research Council / Discovery Project 1/01/2020 31/12/2022
Multiscale physics for enhanced oil recovery University of Adelaide / ARC Linkage Project  6/02/2020 5/02/2023
Low Salinity Fines-Assisted Waterflooding - Support provided in analysing samples from Wintershall Holding GmbH University of Adelaide / Wintershall Holding Gmbh  1/10/2019 1/05/2021
EOR assessment phase-1 Bridgeport Energy Limited  1/10/2019 30/09/2021
Core testing – Boggabri Mine Boggabri Coal Operations  15/02/2019 31/12/2020
Low Salinity Fines-Assisted Waterflooding: reservoir prediction tools & field study Adelaide Research & Innovation Pty Ltd / Wintershall Holding Gmbh  1/03/2014 1/04/2017
Laboratory Investigation of CO2-Brine Multiphase Flow Properties FEI Canberra Pty Ltd / Contract Research 8/10/2013 31/07/2015

  • Project Title
    A spatio-temporal partitioning approach to colloidal flows in porous media
    Sponsor Name
    Australian Research Council / Discovery Project
    Awarded From
    1/01/2020
    Awarded To
    31/12/2022
  • Project Title
    Multiscale physics for enhanced oil recovery
    Sponsor Name
    University of Adelaide / ARC Linkage Project 
    Awarded From
    6/02/2020
    Awarded To
    5/02/2023
  • Project Title
    Low Salinity Fines-Assisted Waterflooding - Support provided in analysing samples from Wintershall Holding GmbH
    Sponsor Name
    University of Adelaide / Wintershall Holding Gmbh 
    Awarded From
    1/10/2019
    Awarded To
    1/05/2021
  • Project Title
    EOR assessment phase-1
    Sponsor Name
    Bridgeport Energy Limited 
    Awarded From
    1/10/2019
    Awarded To
    30/09/2021
  • Project Title
    Core testing – Boggabri Mine
    Sponsor Name
    Boggabri Coal Operations 
    Awarded From
    15/02/2019
    Awarded To
    31/12/2020
  • Project Title
    Low Salinity Fines-Assisted Waterflooding: reservoir prediction tools & field study
    Sponsor Name
    Adelaide Research & Innovation Pty Ltd / Wintershall Holding Gmbh 
    Awarded From
    1/03/2014
    Awarded To
    1/04/2017
  • Project Title
    Laboratory Investigation of CO2-Brine Multiphase Flow Properties
    Sponsor Name
    FEI Canberra Pty Ltd / Contract Research
    Awarded From
    8/10/2013
    Awarded To
    31/07/2015

My Research Supervision

CO2-water wettability,

Trapping mechanisms,

Injectivity,

CO2 storage capacity

My Teaching

I am currently teaching following courses:

PTRL 3001 Reservoir Engineering B

PTRL3040 Numerical Reservoir Simulation