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In this section, you will see the list of my publications in peer reviewed journals and conferences. I have published more than 25 articles in Elsevier, American Society of Chemistry (ACS), Sociiety of Petroleum engineers (SPE), Taylor and Francis publishers.

Peer Review Journal Publications

The Role of Gel-based Adsorbents in CO₂ Capture, Asefe Mousavi Moghadam, Mahsa Baghban Salehi, Sedigheh Mahdavi, Khosrow Jarrahian, Environmental Technology Reviews, 14 (1), 951-964, https://doi.org/10.1080/21622515.2025.2567070

Investigation of performance of dual crosslinked hydrogel by modified Zener model in high temperature reservoirs (2025), Mahsa Baghban Salehi, Asefe Mousavi Moghadam, Sedigheh Mahdavi, Chemical Engineering Communications, Taylor and Francis, 212 (4), 665-681, https://doi.org/10.1080/00986445.2024.2428961

Pore-Scale Analysis of Green Solvents for Solvent-Based Bitumen Recovery (2025), Mohammad Alikarami, Sedigheh Mahdavi, Jesus Guayaquil Sosa, Jinguang Hu, Arindom Sen, Hector De la Hoz Siegler, ACS Sustainable Resource Management 2 (3), 413-423, https://doi.org/10.1021/acssusresmgt.4c00376

Assessing the impact of geochemical mechanism and interpolation factor selection on the precision of low-salinity waterflooding modelling: a comparative study (2024), Malek Jalilian, Sedigheh Mahdavi, Peyman Pourafshary, Zheinjiang You, Amir H Mohammadi, Geosystem Engineering 27 (6), 304-318, https://doi.org/10.1080/12269328.2024.2382735

Review and perspectives on CO2 induced asphaltene instability: Fundamentals and implications for phase behaviour, flow assurance, and formation damage in oil reservoirs (2024), Sedigheh Mahdavi, Malek Jalilian, Samira Dolati, Fuel 368, 131574, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2024.131574

Assessing the impact of geochemical mechanism and interpolation factor selection on the precision of low-salinity waterflooding modelling: a comparative study (2024), Malek Jalilian, Sedigheh Mahdavi, Peyman Pourafshary, Zheinjiang You, Amir H Mohammadi, Geosystem Engineering 27 (6), 304-318, https://doi.org/10.1080/12269328.2024.2382735

Critical Review of underlying mechanisms of interactions of asphaltenes with oil and aqueous phases in the presence of ions (2021), Sedigheh Mahdavi, Asefe Mousavi Moghadam, Energy & Fuels 35 (23), 19211-19247, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.1c02270

Parameters affecting the wettability of glass medium in the presence of CO2; a critical review (2021), Sedigheh Mahdavi, Journal of Molecular Liquids 333, 115943, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2021.115943

High pressure and high-temperature study of CO2 saturated-water injection for improving oil displacement; mechanistic and application study (2020), Sedigheh Mahdavi, Lesley Ann James, Fuel 262, 116442, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2019.116442

Micro and macro analysis of carbonated water injection (CWI) in homogeneous and heterogeneous porous media (2019), Sedigheh Mahdavi, Lesley Ann James, Fuel 257, 115916, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2019.115916

A quick method to fabricate large glass micromodel networks (2018), Maziyar Mahmoodi, Sedigheh Mahdavi, Lesley Ann James, Thormod Ekely Johansen, Microsystem Technologies 24, 2419-2427, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00542-018-3828-z

Feasibility study on the application of the recent enhanced heavy oil recovery methods (VAPEX, SAGD, CAGD and THAI) in an Iranian heavy oil reservoir (2017), Somayeh Heidary, Ali Akbar Dehghan, Sedigheh Mahdavi, Petroleum Science and Technology 35 (21), 2059-2065, https://doi.org/10.1080/10916466.2017.1380045

A novel approach for modelling and optimization of surfactant/polymer flooding based on Genetic Programming evolutionary algorithm (2016), Peyman Bahrami, Pezman Kazemi, Sedigheh Mahdavi, Hossein Ghobadi, Fuel 179, 289-298, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2016.03.095

The Role of Gel-based Adsorbents in CO₂ Capture, Asefe Mousavi Moghadam, Mahsa Baghban Salehi, Sedigheh Mahdavi, Khosrow Jarrahian, Environmental Technology Reviews, 14 (1), 951-964, https://doi.org/10.1080/21622515.2025.2567070

Application of Artificial Intelligence during history matching in One of the fractured oil Reservoirs (2016), Naser Akhlaghi, Riyaz Kharrat, Sedigheh Mahdavi, Iranian Journal of Petroleum Geology, Issue 1, Autumn - Winter 2012, https://rimag.ricest.ac.ir/en/Article/33803

Prediction of the gas injection effect on the asphaltene phase envelope (2015), Peyman Bahrami, Riyaz Kharrat, Sedigheh Mahdavi, Hamed Firoozinia, Oil & gas science and technology 70 (6), 1075-1086, https://doi.org/10.2516/ogst/2014037

Investigation of inhibitors performance on different asphaltenic crude oils (2015), Mohammad Ali Karambeigi, Riyaz Kharrat, Sedigheh Mahdavi, Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects, 37 (16), 1715-1722, https://doi.org/10.1080/15567036.2011.585380

Asphaltene laboratory assessment of a heavy onshore reservoir during pressure, temperature and composition variations to predict asphaltene onset pressure (2015), Peyman Bahrami, Riyaz Kharrat, Sedigheh Mahdavi, Yaser Ahmadi, Lesley James, Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering 32, 316-322, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-014-0245-6

The effect of temperature and pressure on the reversibility of asphaltene precipitation (2014), Yaser Ahmadi, Riyaz Kharrat, Abodolnabi Hashemi, Peyman Bahrami, Sedigheh Mahdavi, Petroleum Science and Technology 32 (18), 2263-2273, https://doi.org/10.1080/10916466.2013.799180

Asphaltene deposition prediction using adaptive neuro-fuzzy models based on laboratory measurements (2013), Karim Salahshoor, Sepide Zakeri, Sedigheh Mahdavi, Riyaz Kharrat, Mahmoud Khalifeh, Fluid Phase Equilibria 337, 89-99, https://doi.org/10.2118/165197-MS

Gas Assisted Gravity Drainage by CO2 Injection, N Akhlaghi, R Kharrat, S Mahdavi, , Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects, 34 (17), 1619-1627, https://doi.org/10.1080/15567036.2011.598906

Gas Assisted Gravity Drainage by CO2 Injection, N Akhlaghi, R Kharrat, S Mahdavi, , Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects, 34 (17), 1619-1627, https://doi.org/10.1080/15567036.2011.598906

Comparison between EOR methods (Gas Injection, Water injection and WAG Processes) in One of Iranian Fractured Oil Reservoirs (2012), Maliheh Alsadat Mousavifar, Riyaz Kharrat, Ashkan ParchizedehInt., Sedigheh Mahdavi, J. Sci. Eng. Res, 2012

Asphaltene precipitation prediction using a micellization model based on experimental data, Sedigheh Mahdavi, Riyaz Kharrat, Petroleum Science and Technology 29 (11), 1133-1146, https://doi.org/10.1080/10916460903530515

Conference Publications

Deoxygenated bio-oil derived from hog-fuel biomass improves bitumen mobility (2023), Mohammad Alikarami, Sedigheh Mahdavi, Jesus Fabricio Guayaquil Sosa, Jingunag Hu, Hector De la Hoz Siegler, To be presented at the 7th Green and Sustainable Chemistry Conference held in Dresden, Germany 22-24 May 2023, https://www.elsevier.com/events/conferences/green-and-sustainable-chemistry-conference/programme

Pore-scale analysis of green solvents for their potential in solvent-based bitumen recovery (2022), Mohammad Alikarami, Sedigheh Mahdavi, Jinguang Hu, Arindom Sen, Hector De la Hoz Siegler, presented at the Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference CSChE CCEC 2022, held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, October 23-26, 2022, https://www.xcdsystem.com/cic/program/5iXyWiQ/index.cfm?pgid=2778&sid=25794&abid=95401

Investigation of Water Flooding and Carbonated Water Injection (CWI) in a Fractured Porous Media (2017), S Mahdavi, LA James, International Symposium of the Society of Core Analysts held in Vienna, Austria, 27 August - 1 September 2017, http://jgmaas.com/SCA/2017/SCA2017-058.pdf.

The effect of Carbonated Water Injection on Residual Trapped Oil Saturation: Application for Pore-Scale Flow Characterization (2016), Sedigheh Mahdavi, Lesley Ann James, Awarded 1st place for Canada region (PhD categories). SSPE Conference, March 24, 2016, St. John’s, Canada. https://www.spe.org/en/students/contest/winners/

Pore Scale Investigation of Carbonated Water Injection with and without Gravity (2016), Sedigheh Mahdavi, Lesley Ann James, Thormod Ekely Johansen, International Symposium of the Society of Core Analysts held in Snowmass, Colorado, USA, 21-26 August 2016, http://jgmaas.com/SCA/2016/SCA2016-037.pdf.

A General Review of High-Speed Computation in Reservoir Simulation (2014), Sedigheh Mahdavi, Lesley ann James, Thormod Ekely Johansen, High-Performance Computing Serving Symposium (HPCS), Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 23-27 June 2014, https://2014.hpcs.ca/

Investigation of effective mechanisms in permeability reduction due to asphaltene deposition through porous media (2013), Masoud Khederzadeh, Saeid Ostadrezaei, Riyaz Kharrat, Hadi Bagherzadeh, Sedigheh Mahdavi, Mahmoud Khalife, SPE European Formation Damage Conference & Exhibition, https://doi.org/10.2118/165197-MS

A comprehensive EOR study of a highly fractured matured field-case study (2012), Riyaz Kharrat, Sedigheh Mahdavi, Davood Ghorbani, SPE Europec/EAGE Annual Conference, https://doi.org/10.2118/153311-MS

Experimental and modelling study of asphaltene precipitation in petroleum fluids (2009), Sedigheh Mahdavi, Sadjad Haghparast, Riyaz Kharrat, ICTEA (International Conference on Thermal Engineering: Theory and Applications), https://www.osti.gov/etdeweb/biblio/21173260

Integrated Conceptual Design for a CO2 Neutral Capture Re-injection System for Offshore Enhanced Oil Recovery, Lesley Ann James, Kelly Hawboldt, Olga Toraester, Sedigheh Mahdavi, B. Oyebola, Offshore Enhanced Oil Recovery, 19th European Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery, IOR Norway, https://www.uis.no/en/research/ior-norway-2017

CO2 Neutral Offshore Oil Platforms (2015), Sedigheh Mahdavi, Lesley Ann James, presented at the 65th Chemical Engineering Conference (CSChE) held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 4–7 October 2015, Archived, https://www.cheminst.ca/conferences/archived-conferences/

Technical and Economic Considerations for Using CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery in an Offshore Environment (2014), Sedigheh Mahdavi, Lesley Ann James, Thormod Ekely Johansen, Presented at the 64th Chemical Engineering Conference (CSChE) held in Niagara Falls, Canada, 19-22 October 2014, Archived, https://www.cheminst.ca/conferences/archived-conferences/