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Associate Professor Alireza Keshavarz

Alireza is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering.

Assoc Prof Alireza Keshavarz holds a Ph.D. degree in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Adelaide, a M.Sc. degree in Reservoir Engineering from the University of Tehran (Iran) and a B.Sc. degree in Chemical-Petroleum Engineering from Petroleum University of Technology (Iran).

Prior of joining ECU, Alireza was a research scientist in CSIRO-Energy business unit where he conducted research on enhancing gas production from unconventional resources and CO2-sequestration. Before pursuing his Ph.D. study, he was a Petroleum Engineer in National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) for 6 years. Alireza’s research interests focus on Enhanced Oil/Gas Recovery from conventional and unconventional reservoirs.

Research areas and interests

  • Enhanced oil/gas recovery: Chemical-EOR, Wettability alteration, Low salinity water flooding, Nano-fluids
  • Unconventional resources: coal seam, shale, tight sands, gas hydrates
  • Hydraulic Fracturing, Fracture stimulation, Proppant placement
  • CO2-sequestration
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