In his most recent academic works in the field of Petroleum Engineering and how to increase oil production, Assistant Professor, Dr. Abbas Khaksard Manshad, who is a lecturer at Department of Petroleum Engineering of Faculty of Engineering in Soran University, published the following four studies:



1- The Mutual Effects of Injected Fluid and Rock During Imbibition in the Process of Low and High Salinity Carbonated Water Injection into Carbonate Oil Reserves. (Published in: Journal of Molecular Liquids)

Below is link to the study:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167732219351761?via=ihub&fbclid=IwAR3IT4FkO4CfRDJ0Uq3o6YBFG85fThONrB3Evhmq91AT6qTS0ZrgYjYXF9Y

2- (Water oil interfacial tension (IFT) reduction and wettability alteration in surfactant flooding process using extracted saponin from Anabasis Setifera plant) published in: (Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering).

Below is link to the study‌:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0920410519313154?via=ihub&fbclid=IwAR1LYEnjbOfmRHl0Dgd4nptxvVub4XYMpXVVMwuaUfIZ4DCY7JIUbt3SmNE

3- Utilization of methanol and acetone as mutual solvents to reduce interfacial tension (IFT) in enhanced oil recovery process by carbonated smart water injection.
(Published in: Journal of Molecular Liquids).

Link to the study:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167732219336888?via=ihub&fbclid=IwAR0FkExoeZxy5zatn8EiI0wdRTfMD3TOs26H0ev-FLCFGc83Y6RM-KcmEoU

4- Primary evaluation of a synthesized surfactant from waste chicken fat as a renewable source for chemical slug injection into carbonate oil reservoirs.
Published in: (Journal of Molecular Liquids).

Link to the study:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167732220300155?via=ihub&fbclid=IwAR35FqSmfYCAPk96V--AB3zPXuLXBkFkQBkGGomln6sopz5FB1m3mhkG4Ho

Note: It should mentioned that the overall impact factor of the studies is 16.46.