Mehdi Escrochi

Mehdi Escrochi, Ph.D.

Research Deputy, IOR-EOR Research Institute

Assistant Professor, Petroleum Engineering Department

Shiraz University, Shiraz, I.R. Iran

Email:            escrochi@shirazu.ac.ir escrochi@petroazma.com

                              escrochi@gmail.com

Cell:                +98 91 7117 8900

Tel:                 +98 71 3613 3744

                  +98 71 3647 2612

Fax:                +98 71 3646 3135

1. Research interests:
   • EOR/IOR, Multiphase Flow through Porous Media, Formation Damage, Core Analysis
2. Professional experiences:

• Member, The Specialized Commission of Energy, The Supreme Council for Science Research and Technology, I.R.Iran, (since 2019)
• Research Deputy of IOR-EOR Research Institute, Shiraz University (since 2020)
• Principale Investigator, IOR-EOR Studies of Mansouri Oil Filed, Shiraz University (since 2017)
• Assistant Professor of Petroleum Engineering, School of School of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Shiraz University (since 2014)
• CEO and Member of the Board, PetroAzma Technologies, Fars Science and Technology, Shiraz, Iran (since 2013).
• Director of IOR-EOR Research Institute, Shiraz University (2017-2019)
• Director of Petroleum Engineering Laboratories, School of School of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Shiraz University (2015-2017)
• Lecturer, Shiraz University (2008-2013)
• CEO and Member of the Board, Fars EOR Tech., Fars Science and Technology, Shiraz, Iran (2010- 2013).
• Vice director of EOR Research Center, Shiraz University (2008 –2012).
• Senior Researcher, EOR Research Centre, School of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Shiraz University (2007- 2014).
• Research assistant at the Department of Petroleum and Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering Sultan Qaboos University, Al-Khod, Oman. (2005)
• Research assistant at EOR Research Center, Shiraz University (2003 –2007).

3. Education:

• Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Shiraz University, 2008 – 2013, Thesis: Pilot Scale Design of CO₂ Injection into an Iranian Fractured Reservoir.
• MSc, Chemical Engineering, Shiraz University, 2007, Thesis: Investigation of wettability alteration during thermal EOR processes.
• BSc, Chemical Engineering, Shiraz University 2004, project: Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of convective heat transfer in porous media.

4. Awards:

• Awarded as the Outstanding Researcher of Fars Province, Governor of Fars Province, Shiraz, December 2019.
• Awarded as the Outstanding Researcher of Shiraz University, Shiraz University, Shiraz, December 2019.
• Awarded as the Distinguished National Entrepreneur, Iranian Ministry of Science Research and Technology, Tehran, December 2012.
• Awarded as the Distinguished National Technopreneur, 8th National “Sheikh Bahai” Technopreneurship Festival Isfahan May 2012.
• Awarded as the executor of one of 14 distinguished national achievements of the Iranian Ministry of Science Research and Technology, December 2011.
• Awarded as the best national developed technology, 2^nd national Science to Technology Festival, by the Iranian Vice President for Science and Technology, September 2011.
• Awarded the 2^ndplace award in the 2^nd student research festival, among all universities in Fars providence, Shiraz University, Shiraz, I.R. Iran, 2007 (1386)
• Awarded the 1^st place award at 4^th International Environmental Design Competition, 2006, United Arab Emirates.
• Awarded the Best Student research activity in the 1^st student research festival, engineering school, Shiraz University, Shiraz, I.R. Iran, 2006 (1385)
• Awarded the 2^nd place award shared with the Oregon State University, in the 3^rd International Environmental Design Competition, 2004, United Arab Emirates.

5. Research Background

• Industry Funded Projects:

• Principal Investigator:

• IOR-EOR Studies of Mansouri Oil Filed Phase II (2020 - 2024; NIOC-NISOC)
• Nano-emulsions for asphaltene Inhibition (2019-2020; 4^th Shahid Ahmadi Roshan, BMN)
• SCAL Studies of Mansouri Oil Filed (2019-2020, NISOC)
• IOR-EOR Studies of Mansouri Oil Filed Phase I (2017 - 2020; NIOC-NISOC)
• Improved Gas Recovery Studies in Homa Gas Field (Since 2017, NICOC-RIPI)
• SCAL Studies of Azadegan Oil Field (2017-2019; RIPI)
• Chemical EOR in Balal Oil Field (2017-2019; NIOOC, RIPI)

• Researcher:

• Water-Based EOR Studies of Mansouri Oil Field (2015-2017; NIOC-NISOC)
• Prefeasibility study of Underground Gas Storage in Fars Province (2012-2015, National Iranian gas company).
• Investigation of the source of Saline water production from various wells of the Kangan gas reservoir (2010-2012, Iranian Central Oil Field Company).
• Investigation of wettability alteration during thermal EOR processes and modeling through Bayesian Belief Networks (2007-2009, NIOC Research, and technology directorate).
• Experimental investigation and pilot test of Thermally Assisted Gas-Oil Gravity Drainage in fractured reservoirs (2007-2009, NIOC Research and technology directorate).
• Investigation of MEOR Efficiency in the Sandstone Reservoirs (2007-2009, NIOC Research, and technology directorate).
• Investigation of surfactant and polymer flooding as an EOR process (2007-2009, NIOC Research, and technology directorate).
• Intelligent Software to Predict Water Coning in Fractured Oil Reservoirs (2007-2009, NIOC Research, and technology directorate).

• Internally Funded Projects:

• Application of Novel chemicals (Ionic Liquids, nanofluids and other chemicals) in improved oil recovery
• Physics of flow through tight porous media (nanopores)

• Design and Construction of Bench Scale and experimental setup
• More than 50 experimental setups including:

• Reservoir conditions Fractured EOR Setup.
• Reservoir condition core flooding system for EOR studies.
• Complete set of Routine Core Analysis Lab.
• Visual cell for Asphaltene precipitation studies.

• More than 20 certified knowledge-based experimental apparatus (http://daneshbonyan.isti.ir/)

6. Publications

• Journal papers:

1. Rezaei, A., Riazi, M., Escrochi, M., Elhaei, R. Integrating surfactant, alkali and nano-fluid flooding for enhanced oil recovery: A mechanistic experimental study of novel chemical combinations. Journal of Molecular Liquids (2020).
2. Ghasemi, F., Ghaedi, M., Escrochi, M., A new scaling equation for imbibition process in naturally fractured gas reservoirs. Advances in Geo-Energy Research, Volume 4, Issue 1, Pages: 99-106 (2020).
3. Ghasemi, F., Escrochi, M., Ghaedi, M., Experimental Analysis of Spontaneous Imbibition in Naturally Fractured Gas Reservoirs. Petroleum Research, Volume 30, 99-1 - Serial Number 110, May and June 2020, Pages: 42-51 (2020 – In Farsi). 

doi:10.22078/PR.2019.3789.2729

4. Farmani, Z., Azin, R., Mohamadi-baghmolaei, M., Fatehi, R. & Escrochi, M. Experimental and theoretical study of gas/oil relative permeability. Computational Geosciences (2019) 23: 567. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10596-018-9806-9.
5. Ghamartale, A., Escrochi, M., Riazi, M. & Faghih, A. Ultrasonics - Sonochemistry Experimental investigation of ultrasonic treatment effectiveness on pore structure. Ultrason. - Sonochemistry 51, 305–314 (2019).
6. Farmani, Z., Azin, R., Fatehi, R. & Escrochi, M. Analysis of Pre-Darcy flow for different liquids and gases. J. Pet. Sci. Eng. 168, 17–31 (2018).
7. Mohsenzadeh, A. et al. Non-hydrocarbon gas injection followed by steam-gas co-injection for heavy oil recovery enhancement from fractured carbonate reservoirs. J. Pet. Sci. Eng. 144, (2016).
8. Sharifpour, E., Escrochi, M., Riazi, M. & Ayatollahi, S. On the importance of gel rigidity and coverage in a smart water shutoff treatment in gas wells. J. Nat. Gas Sci. Eng. 31, 808–818 (2016).
9. Asadizadeh, S., Mohsenzadeh, A., Escrochi, M., Ayatollahi, S. & Roayaei, E. Secondary, and tertiary thermally induced gas-oil gravity drainage from oil-wet fractured rocks: Experiments under reservoir conditions. Energy Sources, Part A Recover. Util. Environ. Eff. 36, (2014).
10. Escrochi, M., Mehranbod, N. & Ayatollahi, S. The gas-oil interfacial behavior during gas injection into an asphaltenic oil reservoir. J. Chem. Eng. Data 58, (2013).
11. Zolghadr, A., Riazi, M., Escrochi, M. & Ayatollahi, S. Investigating the effects of temperature, pressure, and paraffin groups on the miscibility in hydrocarbon liquids using the interfacial tension measurement method. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 52, (2013).
12. Zolghadr, A., Escrochi, M. & Ayatollahi, S. Temperature and composition effect on CO2 miscibility by interfacial tension measurement. J. Chem. Eng. Data 58, (2013).
13. Kord, S., Miri, R., Ayatollahi, S. & Escrochi, M. Asphaltene deposition in carbonate rocks: Experimental investigation and numerical simulation. Energy and Fuels 26, (2012).
14. Maroufi, P. et al. Experimental investigation of wettability effect and drainage rate on tertiary oil recovery from fractured media. J. Porous Media 15, (2012).
15. Nabipour, M. et al. Laboratory investigation of thermally-assisted gas-oil gravity drainage for secondary and tertiary oil recovery in fractured models. J. Pet. Sci. Eng. 55, (2007).

• Selected Papers Presented in Conferences and meetings:

1. Ghamartale A, Escrochi M, Riazi M “The Importance of Rock Texture in Ultrasonic Well Treatment ” 79th EAGE Conference & Exhibition 2017 (2017)
2. 2-Ghamartale A, Bahreini A, Riazi M, Escrochi M “The Modified Rock Typing Method for Carbonated Oil Reservoirs ” 79th EAGE Conference & Exhibition 2017 (2017)
3. 3-Ejraei A, Escrochi M, Riazi M “Linear Regression to Predict Friction Factor of Fracture Network “ The 9th International Chemical Engineering Congress & Exhibition (IChEC 2015) (2015)
4. 4-Ejraei A, Riazi M, Escrochi M “Linear Regression to Predict Two-Phase Relative Permeability of Fracture Network “ The 9th International Chemical Engineering Congress & Exhibition (IChEC 2015) (2015)
5. 5-Takband M, Riazi M, Ayatollahi S, Escrochi M “Experimental study of secondary and tertiaryCO2 injection at above MMP conditions “ The 1st National Conference on Oil and Gas Fields Development (OGFD) (2015)
6. 6-Mohsenzadeh A, Escrochi M, Afraz M, Ayatollahi S, Karimi G, Alwahaibi Y “The Effects of CO2 Concentration in Flue Gas Injection for Heavy Oil Recovery from Fractured Reservoirs during GOGD Process ” SPE EOR Conference at Oil and Gas West Asia, 31 March-2 April, (2014)
7. Experimental Investigation of Heavy Oil Recovery from Fractured Reservoirs by Secondary Steam Gas-Assisted Gravity Drainage (SPE-157202-PP), 2012 Heavy Oil Conference Canada being held 12 -14 June in conjunction with Global Petroleum Show in Calgary, Alberta, Canada (with A. Mohsenzadeh, Sh. Ayatollahi, v. Afraz, y. Al-Wahaibi)
8. Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Wettability and Drainage Rate on Tertiary Oil Recovery in Fractured Media, IOR 2011, EAGE, Paris (with Peyman Maroufi, Shahab Ayatollahi, and A. Jahanmiri)
9. Laboratory Investigation of thermally assisted GOGD process for Depleted Fractured Carbonate Reservoirs, 2010. 14th Intl. Oil, Gas & petrochemical Congress, May 2010, Tehran, I.R. of Iran  (with S. Asadizadeh, A. Mohsenzadeh, and Sh. Ayatollahi)
10. Bifractal dimension description- Inferring topography alteration of an asphaltene deposited heterogeneous surface, 2009. The 6th International Chemical Engineering Congress & Exhibition (IChEC 2009), Kish Island, Iran, (with J. Sayyad Amin, Sh. Ayatollahi, A. Alamdari, H. Jahromi, and E. Nikooee)
11. Fractal Analysis of Surface Roughness Induced by Asphaltene Deposits: Effect of Surface Topography on Wettability Alteration, 2009, 1st International Petroleum Conference & Exhibition, EAGE, May 2009, Shiraz, Iran, (with EHSAN Nikooee, J. Sayyad Amin, S. Ayatollahi, A. Alamdari, and H. Jahromi)
12. Investigating the mechanisms of thermally induced wettability alteration, 2009. 16th Middle East oil and gas show and conference, to be held on 16-18 March 2009, Bahrain. (with Sh. Ayatollahi, A. Roosta, F. Varzandeh, J. Khtibi, M. Schafie)
13. Wettability Alteration during Thermal Oil Recovery, 2008. 12th Iranian Chemical Engineering Congress, Sahand university of technology, Tabriz, Iran, (with Roosta, A., Schafie, M., Varzandeh, F., Ayatollahi, Sh.)
14. Modeling thermally induced wettability alteration using Bayesian belief networks, 2008. 10th International Symposium on Evaluation of Wettability and Its Effect on Oil Recovery held on 26-28 October 2008. (with J. Sayyad Amin, M.H. Namazirad, N. Mehranbod, Sh. Ayatollahi, A. Alamdari).
15. Wettability Alteration at Elevated Temperatures: The Consequences of Asphaltene Precipitation, 2008. Presented as poster in 2008 SPE - Society of Petroleum Engineers - International Symposium & Exhibition on Formation Damage Control to be held 13-FEB-08 to 15-FEB-08 in Lafayette, Louisiana, USA. Paper no. SPE-112428-PP. (with M. Nabipour, S.S. Ayatollahi, and N. Mehranbod).
16. The influence of mineral alteration on the thermally induced wettability alterations, 2007, accepted for presentation in OIL SANDS and HEAVY OIL TECHNOLOGIES Conference & Exhibition, 18-20 July, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. (with M. Nabipour, S.S. Ayatollahi, F. Boukadi, M. Wadhahi, R. Maamari, and A. Bemani)
17. Steam assisted remediation of LNAPLs in homogeneous and layered soils, 2007, presented in the 5th specialty conference and exhibition on environmental progress in the oil and petrochemical industries (Enviroarabia-2007), 22-25 April, Manama Kingdom of Bahrain. (with M. Nabipour, E. Sharifpour, and S.S. Ayatollahi)
18. An Inquiry of Formation Damage in Oil Reservoirs during Thermal Enhanced Oil Recovery – Case Study: (In-Situ Combustion), paper presented in the 2006 Improved Oil Recovery Middle East Conference, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, May 21-24, 2006. (With M. Nabipour, S. Ayatollahi, F.H. Boukadi, M. Wadhahi, R. Maamari, & A.S. Bemani).
19. Nitrate removal from drinking water, 2006, presented in 4th International Environmental Design Competition, United Arab Emirates, and won the first place award, (with P. Keshavarz, H. Moazzenjahromi, M.H. Namazirad, and S.S. Ayatollahi).
20. Temperature effects on gas-oil gravity drainage in sand pack models, 2005, presented in the 10th Iranian chemical engineering congress, Sistan and Balochestan University, 15-17 November, Zahedan, I.R.Iran. (With M. Nabipour, and S.S. Ayatollahi).
21. Numerical calculation of saturation profile in stratified porous media during GOGD process, 2005, presented in the 10th Iranian chemical engineering congress, Sistan and Balochestan University, 15-17 November, Zahedan, I.R.Iran. (With M. Nabipour, M.M. Zerafat, and S.S. Ayatollahi).
22. Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Forced Convection Heat Transfer in Porous Media, 2004, presented in 8th International and 12th Annual Mechanical Engineering Conference, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, I.R.Iran, May 2004. (With M. Nabipour, M. Keshtkar, and S.S. Ayatollahi).
23.  Convective heat transfer in porous media, 2003, Iranian student chemical engineering congress, sharif university of technology, Tehran, I.R.Iran. (With M. Nabipour, M. keshtkar, and S.S. Ayatollahi). (In Farsi)