Hadi Jabbari

PAST 2 YEARS:

ABET:

• PtrE 471: Numerical Reservoir Simulation (3 creds); on-campus/online (Fall 2023)
• PtrE 445: Welltesting (3 creds); on-campus/online (Spring 2024)
• PtrE 405: Petroleum Eng Economy (3 creds); on-campus/online (Fall 2023)
• PtrE 311: Petroleum Fluid Properties (3 creds); on-campus/online (Spring 2024)

Undergraduate Technical Electives: None.

Graduate:

• PtrE 572: dvanced Reservoir Simulation (3 creds); on-campus/online (Fall 2023)
• PtrE 555: Pressure Transient Analysis (PTA) (3 creds); on-campus/online (Spring 2024)
• PtrE 598: Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) (3 creds); on-campus/online (on demand)
• PtrE 599: Special Topics in PE (3 creds); on-campus/online (on demand)

Topical Areas:

1. Unconventional Reservoir Eng.; HF/EOR/IOR/PTA/RTA
2. Underground Hydrogen Storage (UHS)
3. Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS)
4. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Energy Systems

Active Research Projects and Resources:

1. NDIC grant (Co-PI; $2,980,000); conducting research on UHS, CCS, EOR/Unconventional Reservoirs

PAST 5 YEARS

Peer-Reviewed Journal Papers:

1. D Maxey, S Afari, H Jabbari. 2025. NMR relaxometry insights into pore-level sweep efficiency for methane infusion IOR in unconventional reservoirs. Geoenergy Science and Engineering 245, 213527. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoen.2024.213527
2. FO Ebere, H Jabbari. 2024. Unlocking underground hydrogen storage potential: Geochemical characterization of North Dakota's geological formation. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 93, 250-272. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.10.330
3. Taheri, K., Askari, R., Jabbari, H. et al. 2024. Maximizing well performance: quantifying the impact of drilling techniques on formation damage and productivity index in carbonate reservoir. Journal of Sediment. Environ. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43217-024-00205-6
4. A. Merzoug, A. Ellafi, V Rasouli, H. Jabbari. 2023. Anisotropic Modeling of Hydraulic Fractures Height Growth in the Anadarko Basin, Applied Mechanics 4 (1), 44-69.
5. AG. Almetwally, H. Jabbari. 2022. CO2 huff-n-puff experimentation and numerical simulation for 3D printed rock samples, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 180, 121798.
6. A. Ellafi, H. Jabbari. 2021. Unconventional Well Test Analysis for Assessing Individual Fracture Stages through Post-Treatment Pressure Falloffs: Case Study, Energies 2021, 14(20), 6747.
7. AG Almetwally, H Jabbari. 2021. CO2 huff-n-puff experimentation and numerical simulation for 3D printed rock samples, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 180, 121798.
8. AG Almetwally, H Jabbari. 2021. 3D-Printing Replication of Porous Media for Lab-Scale Characterization Research, ACS Omega 6 (4), 2655-2664.
9. AG Almetwally, H Jabbari. 2020. Finite-difference simulation of coreflooding based on a reconstructed CT scan; modeling transient oscillating and pulse decay permeability experiment, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 107260.
10. AG Almetwally, H Jabbari. 2020. Experimental investigation of 3D printed rock samples replicas, Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering 76, 103192.
11. Gong L, B. Liu, X. Fu, H. Jabbari, S. Gao, W. Yue, Y. Sun, R. Fu, and Z. Wang. 2019. Quantitative Prediction of Sub-Seismic Faults and their Impact on Water Flooding Development: Bozhong 34-2 Oilfield Case Study, the Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Volume 172, January 2019, Pages 60-69.
12. Gong L., S. Gao, L. Zeng, H. Jabbari, W. Yue, A. Gao, and X. Fan. 2019. Characteristics and Genetic Mechanism of Natural Fractures in the Tight Sandstones: A Case Study of Xujiahe Formation in Jiulongshan Gas Field, China, the Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering.
13. L Gong, X Fu, Z Wang, S Gao, H Jabbari, W Yue, B Liu. 2019. A new approach for characterization and prediction of natural fracture occurrence in tight oil sandstones with intense anisotropy. AAPG Bulletin 103 (6), 1383-1400.

Conference Papers:

1. F Ebere, H Jabbari. 2024. Geochemical Characterization and Implications for Underground Hydrogen Storage: A Case Study in North Dakota’s Geological Formation. Fifth EAGE Global Energy Transition Conference & Exhibition (GET 2024).
2. JW Porlles, H. Jabbari. 2022. Discrete Fracture Network Modeling and Characterization of Deadwood and Red River Formations to Develop a SEGS, Williston Basin, 3rd International Discrete Fracture Network Engineering Conference.
3. JW. Porlles, H. Jabbari. 2022. Simulation-Based Economical Modeling of Hydraulic Fracturing for Enhanced Geothermal System, 56th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium.
4. JW. Porlles, H. Jabbari. 2022. Simulation-Based Patterns Optimization of Enhanced Geothermal Systems, 56th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium.
5. O.S. Tomomewo, MD Mann, A. Ellafi, H. Jabbari, C. Tang, M.Ba Geri, O. Kolawole, A. Adebisi, O. Ibikunle, M. Alamooti, A. Iroko. 2021. Creating Value for The High-Saline Bakken Produced Water by Optimizing its Viscoelastic Properties and Proppant Carrying Tendency with High-Viscosity Friction Reducers, SPE Western Regional Meeting.
6. A Assady, S Sagar, A Bellal, H Jabbari. 2021. Application of Digital Rock Analysis (DRA) in Pore-Scale Characterization of the Bakken Formation, 55th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium.
7. A Ellafi, H Jabbari, OS Tomomewo, MD Mann, MB Geri, C Tang. 2020. Future of Hydraulic Fracturing Application in terms of water management and Environmental Issues: A Critical Review, SPE Canada Unconventional Resources Conference.
8. A Ellafi, H Jabbari. 2020. Understanding the mechanisms of Huff-N-Puff, CO2-EOR in liquid-rich shale plays: Bakken case study, SPE Canada Unconventional Resources Conference.
9. A Assady, H Jabbari. 2020. Pore Size Distribution and Permeability Hysteresis in Unconventional Plays; Digital Rock Physics and Pulse Decay, 54th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium.
10. A Ellafi, H Jabbari, M Ba Geri, OS Tomomewo. 2020. Using High-Viscosity Friction Reducers (HVFRs) to Enhance SRVs in High TDS Formations: Bakken Case Study, 54th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium.
11. A Ellafi, H Jabbari, X Wan, V Rasouli, MB Geri, W Al-Bazzaz. 2020. How Does HVFRs in High TDS Environment Enhance Reservoir Stimulation Volume?, International Petroleum Technology Conference.
12. A Ellafi, H Jabbari, M Ba Geri, E Alkamil. 2019. Can HVFRs Increase the Oil Recovery in Hydraulic Fractures Applications? Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference.
13. AG Almetwally, H Jabbari. 2019. CT-Scan Image Processing for Accurate Pore Network Modeling and Core Samples 3D Printing: Polynomial Interpolation & Geostatistical QC, 53rd US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium.
14. N Badrouchi, H Jabbari, F Badrouchi, OS Tomomew. 2019. Comparing Different Methods of Permeability Measurement for Bakken Core Samples: Steady-State vs. Aspike & Multi-Pulse, 53rd US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium.
15. A Ellafi, H Jabbari. 2019. Coupling Geomechanics with Diffusion/Adsorption Mechanisms to Enhance Bakken CO2-EOR Modeling, 53rd US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium.
16. AG Almetwally, H Jabbari. 2019. Development of Novel Workflow to Replicate Pore Network of Porous Core Samples Through 3D Printing Technology, 53rd US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium.
17. A Assady, H Jabbari, AM Ellafi, B Goudarzi. 2019. On the Characterization of Bakken Formation: Oscillating-Pulse, Pulse-Decay Permeability Measurement & Geomeachanics. 53rd US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium.
18. A Ellafi, M Ba Geri, B Bubach, H Jabbari. 2019. Formation Evaluation and Hydraulic Fracture Modeling of Unconventional Reservoirs: Sab'atayn Basin Case Study, 53rd US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium.
19. Tomomewo OS, H Jabbari, N Badrouchi, C Onwumelu, M Mann. 2019. Characterization of the Bakken Formation using NMR and SEM Techniques, 53rd US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium.

Citations:

1. Google Scholar
2. ResearchGate

University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; PhD, Petroleum Engineering, May 2013

Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran; MSc, Reservoir Engineering, May 2006

Petroleum University of Technology, Ahvaz, Iran; BSc, Production Engineering, May 2004

Currently an Associate Professor at the UND, Energy and Petroleum Engineering Department.

Previously:

• Visiting Professor, Rice University, Houston, TX [2022-2023]
• Reservoir Engineer Consultant, HESS Corporation, Houston, TX [2019-2020]
• Assistant Professor, UND, Petroleum Engineering Dept., Grand Forks, ND [2013-2018]
• Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC), Grand Forks, ND [2012-2013]
• Reservoir Engineer, PetroPars, Tehran, Iran [2006-2008]
• Production Engineer, Iranian Offshore Oil Company (IOOC), Sirri Island, Iran [2004-2006] 

Grants Awarded:

• Active

1. Continuation of NDIC funding for comprehensive research at PE department (Co-PI), since 2022; North Dakota Industrial Commission (NDIC); $2,980,000.

• Completed (Past 5 Years)

1. A New Approach to Quantifying Adsorption/Diffusion Characteristics of Shale Formations through 3D Printing Technology (PI); 2020; American Chemical Society (ACS); $110,000.
2. Continuation of NDIC funding for comprehensive research at PE department (Co-PI), 2020; North Dakota Industrial Commission (NDIC); $2,500,000.
3. Improvement in the production form the Bakken Asset, HESS Corporation (PI), 2019; HESS Corporation; $67,000.

PAST 5 YEARS:

Students Advised (as committee chair):

• Ph.D.

1. Abdulaziz Ellafi; "Integrative Approach for Improved Oil Recovery in Unconventional Reservoirs" (May, 2022); Senior R&D Scientist, TenEx Technologies.
2. Demetrius Maxey; "NMR Relaxometry Insights into Pore-Level Sweep Efficacy for Methane Infusion IOR in Unconventional Reservoirs" (Aug, 2024), Financial Advisor & Fundraiser.
3. Ijaz Khan; "Assessing Storage Integrity in Underground Hydrogen Storage (UHS)" (current student).
4. Kayode Akinleye; "Assessment of CO2 Storage in Saline Aquifers for Enhanced Carbon Capture and Utilization Strategies", intern at EERC (current student).
5. Friday Ebere; "Geochemical Characterization and Implications for Underground Hydrogen Storage", intern at EERC (current student).

• M.Sc.

1. Ahmed G. Almetwally; "Image Processing of CT Scans as a Base for Petroleum Core-Scale Research" (May, 2021); Computational Engineer, Idaho National Laboratory (INL)

Editorial Boards:

1. Energies (Guest Editor, 2024); SI: Review of Geothermal Energy Production.
2. Energies; Topical Advisory Panel Member (since 2023).
3. Processes (Guest Editor, since 2023); SI: Advances in Hydraulic Fracturing Technology for Unconventional Reservoirs.

American Chemical Scociety (ACS)

American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA)

Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)