Kar, T., Cho, H. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Assessment of Low Salinity Waterflooding in Carbonate Cores: Interfacial Viscoelasticity and Tuning Process Efficiency by Use of Non-Ionic Surfactant." J. Colloid and Interface Science (2022) 607, 125-133.

Zidane, A. and Firoozabadi, A. "Higher-order Compositional Simulation of Asphaltene Damage and Removal in the Wellbore by the CPA-EOS.” Fuel (2022) 307, 121776.

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Zidane, A. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Fickian Diffusion in CO2 Injection: A Two-Phase Compositional Flow Model with Fully 3D Unstructured Gridding." Fuel (2021) 303, 121278.

Smejkal, T., Firoozabadi, A. and Mikyska, J. "Unified Thermodynamic Stability Analysis in Fluids and Elastic Materials.” Fluid Phase Equilibria (2021) 113219.

Wu, T. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Calculation of Solid-fluid Interfacial Free Energy with Consideration of Solid Deformation by Molecular Dynamics Simulations." J. of Phys. Chem. A (2021) 125 (26), 5841-5848.

Wu T. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Surfactant-enhanced Spontaneous Emulsification near the Crude Oil-Water Interface." Langmuir (2021) 37 (15) 4736-4743.

Li, Z., Yao, J., Firoozabadi, A.: "Kerogen Swelling in Light Hydrocarbon Gases and Liquids and Validity of Schroeder’s Paradox." J. of Phys. Chem. C (2021) 125 (15) 8137-8147.

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Chavez-Miyauchi, T.E., Lu, Y., Firoozabadi, A. "Low Salinity Water Injection in Berea Sandstone: Effect of Wettability, Interface Elasticity, and Acid and Base Functionalities.” Fuel (2020) 263, 116572.

Wu, T. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Mechanical Properties and Failure Envelope of Kerogen Matrix by Molecular Dynamics Simulations." J. of Phys. Chem. C (2020) 124 (4), 2289-2294.

Kar, T., Naderi, K. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Asphaltene Deposition and Removal in Flowlines and Mitigation by Effective Functional Molecules." SPE J. (Apr 2020) 771-787.

Bi, R., Zidane, A., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Efficient and Robust Stability Analysis in the Internal Energy, Volume and Moles (UVN) Space." Fluid Phase Equilibria (2020) 112468.

Huang, L., Khoshnood, A., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Swelling of Kimmeridge Kerogen by Normal-Alkanes, Naphthenes and Aromatics." Fuel (2020) 267, 117155.

Cho, H., Kar, T. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Effect of Interface Elasticity on Improved Oil Recovery in a Carbonate Rock from Low Salinity and Concentration Demulsifier." Fuel (2020) 270, 117504.

Zidane, A. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Higher-Order Simulation of Two-Phase Compositional Flow in 3D with Non-Planar Fractures." Journal of Computational Physics (2020) 402, 108896.

Bi, R., Firoozabadi, A. and Myint, P.C.: "Efficient and Robust Phase-Split Computations in the Internal Energy, Volume and Moles (UVN) Space." Fluid Phase Equilibria (2020) 526, 112729.

Wu, T. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Fracture Toughness and Surface Energy Density of Kerogen by Molecular Dynamics Simulations in Tensile Failure." J. of Phys. Chem. C (2020) 124 (29), 15895-15901.

Zhang, D., Li, S. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Hydromechanical Modeling of Nonplanar Three-Dimensional Fracture Propagation Using an Iteratively Coupled Approach." Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth (2020) 125 (8), e2020JB020115.

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Goicochea, A.G., Firoozabadi, A.: "Viscosification of Carbon Dioxide by Mesoscale Simulations”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, (2019), 123 (48), 29461-29467.

Tesson, S., Firoozabadi, A.: "Deformation and Swelling of Kerogen Matrix in Light Hydrocarbons and Carbon Dioxide”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, (2019), 123 (48), 29173-29183.

Zidane, A., Firoozabadi, A.: "Higher-Order Simulation of Two-Phase Compositional Flow in 3D with Non-Planar Fractures”, Journal of Computational Physics (2019), 108896.

Furtado, F.A., Firoozabadi,A.: "Fickian and thermal diffusion coefficients of binary mixtures of isobutylbenzene and n-alkanes at different concentrations from the optical beam deflection technique”, The Journal of chemical physics (2019), 151 (2), 024202.

Goicochea, A.G., Firoozabadi, A.: "Atomistic and Mesoscopic Simulations of the Structure of CO2 with Fluorinated and Nonfluorinated Copolymers”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2019), 123 (27), 17010-17018.

Wu, T., Firoozabadi, A.: "Effect of Microstructural Flexibility on Methane Flow in Kerogen Matrix by Molecular Dynamics Simulations”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2019), 123 (17), 10874-108803.

Lu,Y., Najafabadi, NF, Firoozabadi, A.: "Effect of Low-Concentration of 1-Pentanol on the Wettability of Petroleum Fluid–Brine–Rock Systems”, Langmuir (2019), 35 (12), 4263-4269,2.

M Sun, K Naderi, Firoozabadi, A.: "Effect of crystal modifiers and dispersants on paraffin-wax particles in petroleum fluids”, SPE Journal (2019), 24 (01), 32-43,3.

Wu, T., Zhao, H., Tesson, S., Firoozabadi, A.: "Absolute adsorption of light hydrocarbons and carbon dioxide in shale rock and isolated kerogen”, Fuel (2019), 235, 855-867,11.

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Zhao, H., Wu,T., and Firoozabadi, A.: "High Pressure Sorption of Various Hydrocarbons and Carbon Dioxide in Kimmeridge Blackstone and Isolated Kerogen”, Fuel (2018), 224, 412-423.

Jimenez,F. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Hydrophobic Hydration and the Effect of NaCl Salt in the Adsorption of Hydrocarbons and Surfactants on Clathrate Hydrates”, ACS Central Science (2018) , 4 (7), 820-831.

Zidane, A., Firoozabadi, A.: "Reservoir simulation of fractured media in compressible single-phase flow in 2D, 2.5 D and 3D unstructured gridding”, Advances in water resources (2018), 121, 68-96.

Tesson, S., Firoozabadi, A.: "Methane adsorption and self-diffusion in shale kerogen and slit nanopores by molecular simulations”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2018), 122 (41), 23528-23542.

Zidane, A., Firoozabadi, A.: "Efficient Simulation of Two-Phase Compositional Flow in Fractured Reservoirs Using 3D Unstructured Gridding in Complex Geometries”, SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition(2018)

Wu, T. Firoozabadi, A.: "Methane flow in shale nanopores with kerogen microstructure by molecular simulations”, SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition(2018)

Wu, T. Firoozabadi, A.: "Molecular Simulations of Binary Gas Mixture Transport and Separation in Slit Nanopores”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C(2018), 122 (36), 20727-20735.

Hoteit, H., Firoozabadi, A.: "Modeling of multicomponent diffusions and natural convection in unfractured and fractured media by discontinuous Galerkin and mixed methods”, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering(2018), 114 (5), 535-556.

Dong, S., Firoozabadi, A.: "Hydrate anti-agglomeration and synergy effect in normal octane at varying water cuts and salt concentrations”, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics(2018), 117, 214-222.

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Zidane, A., Firoozabadi, A.: "Fracture cross-flow equilibrium in compositional two-phase reservoir simulation", SPE Journal (2017), 22 (03), 950-970.

Moortgat, J., Firoozabadi, A.: "Water Coning, Water and CO₂ Injection in Heavy Oil Fractured Reservoirs", SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering, (2017), 20 (1), 168-183.

Lu,Y., Fathi Najafabadi, N. Firoozabadi, A.: "Effects of the Temperature on Wettability of Oil/Brine/Rock Systems”, Energy & Fuels, (2017), 31 (5), 4989-4995.

Subramanian,D., May,N., Firoozabadi, A.: ” Functional Molecules and the Stability of Water-in-Crude Oil Emulsions”, Energy and Fuels (2017), 31 (9), 8967-8977.

Zhao, H., Firoozabadi, A.: “Sorption Hysteresis of Light Hydrocarbons and Carbon Dioxide in Shale and Kerogen”, Scientific Reports (2017), 7 (1), 16209.

Hoteit,,H., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Modeling of Multicomponent Diffusions and Natural Convection in Unfractured and Fractured Media by Discontinuous Galerkin and Mixed Methods”, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering (2017), 114 (5), 535-556.

Dong, S., Li, M., and Firoozabadi, A.: “Effect of salt and water cuts on hydrate anti-agglomeration in a gas condensate system at high pressure”, Fuel (2017), 210 ,713–720.

Dong, S. and Firoozabadi, A.: “Hydrate anti-agglomeration and synergy effect in normal octane at varying water cuts and salt concentrations”, Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics (2017), 117, 214-222.

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Zhehui, J., Firoozabadi, A.: "Phase Behavior and Flow in Shale Nanopores from Molecular Simulations", Fluid Phase Equilibria (2016), 430, 156-168.

Hashmi, Sara M., Senthilnathan, S., Firoozabadi, A.: "Thermodiffusion of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in binary mixtures", Journal of Chemical Physics, (2016), 145 (18), 184503.

Jiménez-Ángeles, F., Firoozabadi, A.: "Tunable Substrate Wettability by Thin Water Layer", Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2016), 120 (43), 24688-24696.

Moortgat, J., Firoozabadi, A.: "Mixed-Hybrid and Vertex-Discontinuous-Galerkin Finite Element Modeling of Multiphase Compositional Flow on 3D Unstructured Grids", J. Computational Physics (2016), 315, 476-500.

Lukanov, B., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Molecular Thermodynamic Modeling of Reverse Micelles and W/O Microemulsions", Langmuir (2016), 32, 3100-3109.

Sun, M., Mogensen, K., Bennetzen, M. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Demulsifier in Injected Water for Improved Recovery of Petroleum Fluids Which Form W/O Emulsions", SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering (2016) 20(1), 168-183.

Hashmi, S., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Effective Removal of Asphaltene Deposition in Metal Capillary Tubes", to appear in SPE J (2016), 1,747-1,754.

Jindrova, T., Mikyska, J., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Phase Behavior Modeling of Bitumen and Light Normal Alkanes and CO₂ by PR-EOS and CPA-EOS", Energy and Fuels (2016), 30, 515−525.

Chávez-Miyauchi, T., Firoozabadi, A., and Fuller, G.G.: "Non-monotonic elasticity of the crude oil – brine interface in relation to improved oil recovery", Langmuir (2016), 32, 2192-2198.

Khoshnood, A., Lukanov, B., Firoozabadi, A.: "Temperature Effect on Micelle Formation: Molecular Thermodynamic Model Revisited", Langmuir (2016), 32, 2175-2183.

Jin, Z., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Thermodynamic Modeling of Phase Behavior in Shale Media", SPE Journal (2016), 21(01), 190-207.

Nasrabadi, H., Moorgat, J., Firoozabadi, A.: "A New Three-Phase Multicomponent Compositional Model for Asphaltene Precipitation during CO₂ Injection Using CPA-EOS, Energy and Fuels, (2016), 30, 3306-3319.

Zhao, H., Sun, M., Firoozabadi, A.: "Anti-agglomeration of natural gas hydrates in liquid condensate and crude oil at constant pressure conditions", Fuel (2016), 180, 187-193.

Aslan, S., Najafabadi, N.F, Firoozabadi, A.: "Non-monotonicity of the Contact Angle from NaCl and MgCl₂ Concentrations in Two Petroleum Fluids on Atomistically Smooth Surfaces", Energy and Fuels (2016), 30, 2858-2864.

Jiménez-Ángeles, F., Firoozabadi, A.: "Contact Angle, Liquid Film, Liquid-Liquid and Liquid-Solid Interfaces in Model Oil-Brine-Substrate Systems", Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2016), 120 (22), 11910-11917.

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Zidane, A., and Firoozabadi, A.: "An Implicit Numerical Model for Multicomponent Compressible Two-Phase Flow in Porous Media", Advances in Water Resources (2015), 85, 64–78.

Jiménez-Ángeles, F., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Enhanced Hydrate Nucleation near the Limit of Stability", Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2015), 119, 8798-8804.

Myint, P. C., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Thin Liquid Films in Improved Oil Recovery from Low-salinity Brine", Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science (2015), 20, 105-114.

Myint, P. C., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Thermodynamics of Flat Thin Liquid Films", AIChE Journal (2015) 61, 3104-3115.

Subramanian, D., Wu, K., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Ionic Liquids as Viscosity Modifiers for Heavy and Extra-heavy Crude Oils", Fuel (2015),143, 519-526.

Sun, M., Firoozabadi, A., Chen, G.-J., and Sun, C.-Y.: "Hydrate Size Measurements in Anti-agglomeration at High Watercut by New Chemical Formulation", Energy and Fuels (2015), 29, 2901-2905.

Sun, M., and Firoozabadi, A:"Gas Hydrate Powder Formation – Ultimate Solution in Natural Gas Flow Assurance", Fuel (2015), 146, pp. 1-5.

Khoshnood, A., and Firoozabadi, A: "Polar solvents trigger formation of reverse micelles", Langmuir (2015), 31, 5982-5991.

Shahraeeni, E., Moortgat, J., and Firoozabadi, A: "High Resolution Finite Element Methods for 3D Simulation of Compositionally Triggered Instabilities in Porous Media", Computational Geosciences (2015), 19, 899-920.

Hashmi, S. M., Loewenberg, M., and Firoozabadi, A: "Colloidal Asphaltene Deposition in Laminar Pipe Flow: Flow Rate and Parametric Effects", Physics of Fluids (2015), 27, 083302.

Jin, Z., and Firoozabadi, A: "Flow of Methane in Shale Nanopores at Low and High Pressure by Molecular Dynamics Simulations", Journal of Chemical Physics (2015), 143, 104315.

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Zidane, A., and Firoozabadi, A.: "An Efficient Numerical Model for Multicomponent Compressible Flow in Fractured Porous Media", Advances in Water Resources (2014) 74, 127-147.

Jin, Z., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Effect of Water on Methane and Carbon Dioxide Sorption in Clay Minerals by Monte Carlo Simulations", Fluid Phase Equilibria (2014) 382, 10-20.

Li, Z., Jin, Z., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Phase Behavior and Adsorption of Pure Substances and Mixtures and Characterization in Nanopore Structures by Density Functional Theory", SPE J (December 2014), 1096-1109.

Jiménez-Ángeles, F., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Induced Charge Density and Thin Liquid Film at Hydrate/Methane Gas Interfaces", Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2014), 118, 26041-26048.

Rezaei, N. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Pressure Evolution and Production Performance of Waterflooding in n-Heptane Saturated Fired Berea Cores", SPE J (August 2014), 674-686.

Lukanov, B. , and Firoozabadi, A.: "Specific Ion Effects on the Self-Assembly of Ionic Surfactants: A Molecular Thermodynamic Theory of Micellization with Dispersion Forces", Langmuir (2014), 30, 6373-6383.

Jiménez-Ángeles, F., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Nucleation of Methane Hydrates at Moderate Subcooling by Molecular Dynamics Simulations", Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2014), 118, 11310-11318.

Rezaei, N., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Macro-and Micro-scale Waterflooding Performances of Crudes which Form W/O Emulsions upon Mixing with Brines", Energy Fuels (2014), 28, 2092-2103.

Bolton, E., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Numerical Modeling of Temperature and Species Distributions in Hydrocarbon Reservoirs", J Geophys Res Solid Earth (2014), 119, 18-31.

Aslan, S., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Effect of Water on Aggregate Size, Viscosity, and Deposition of Asphaltenes in Flowlines", Langmuir (2014), 30, 3658−3664.

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Moortgat, J., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Three-Phase Compositional Modeling with Capillarity in Heterogeneous and Fractured Media," SPE J (2013), 18(6), 1150-1168.

Jin, Z. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Methane and Carbon Dioxide Adsorption in Clay-like Slit Pores by Monte Carlo Simulations," Fluid Phase Equil (2013) 360, 456–465.

Moortgat, J. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Fickian Diffusion in Discrete-Fractured Media from Chemical Potential Gradients and Comparison to Experiment," Energy Fuels (2013) 27, 5793−5805.

Myint, P. C., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Onset of Convection with Fluid Compressibility and Interface Movement," Phys Fluids (2013), 25, 094105.

Moortgat, J., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Higher-Order Compositional Modeling of Three-Phase Flow in Fractured Porous Media Based on Cross-Flow Equilibrium," J Comput Phys (2013), 250, 425–445.

Sun, M. and Firoozabadi, A.: "New Surfactant for Hydrate Anti-agglomeration in Hydrocarbon Flowlines and Seabed Oil Capture," J Colloid Interf Sci (2013), 402, 312–319.

Myint, P. C., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Onset of Buoyancy-driven Convection in Cartesian and Cylindrical Geometries," Phys Fluids (2013), 25, 044105.

Hashmi, S. M., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Self-assembly of Resins and Asphaltenes Facilitates Asphaltene Dissolution by an Organic Acid," J Colloid Interf Sci (2013) 394, 115-123.

Mutoru, J. W., Smith, W., O'Hern, C. S., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Diffusion and Clustering along Critical Isotherms of Medium-chain n-Alkanes," J Chem Phys (2013) 138, 024317.

Moortgat, J., Firoozabadi, A., Li, Z. and Esposito, R.: "CO₂ Injection in Vertical and Horizontal Cores: Measurements and Numerical Simulation," SPE J (2013), 18(2), 331-344.

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Moreira, L., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Molecular Thermodynamic Modeling of Droplet-type Microemulsions," Langmuir (2012) 28, 1738−1752.

Hashmi, S., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Field- and Concentration-Dependence of Electrostatics in Non-polar Colloidal Asphaltene Suspensions," Soft Matter (2012) 8, 1878.

Rongy, L., Haugen, K. B., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Mixing from Fickian Diffusion and Natural Convection in Binary Non-Equilibrium Fluid Phases," AIChE J (2012) 58(5), 1336-1345.

Mikyška, J., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Investigation of Mixture Stability at Given Volume, Temperature, and Number of Moles," Fluid Phase Equil (2012) 321, 1-9.

Ahmed, T., Nasrabadi, H., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Complex Flow and Composition Path in CO₂ Injection Schemes from Density Effects," Energy Fuels (2012) 26, 4590−4598.

Li, Z., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Initialization of Phase Fractions in Rachford-Rice Equations for Robust and Efficient Three-Phase Split Calculation," Fluid Phase Equil (2012) 332, 21–27.

Hashmi, S., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Controlling Nonpolar Colloidal Asphaltene Aggregation by Electrostatic Repulsion," Energy Fuels (2012) 26, 4438−4444.

Hashmi, S., Zhong, K., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Acid-Base Chemistry Enables Reversible Colloid-to-Solution Transition of Asphaltenes in Non-Polar Systems," Soft Matter (2012) 8, 8778.

Myint, P.C., Bestehorn, M., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Effect of Permeability Anisotropy on Buoyancy-Driven Flow for CO₂ Sequestration in Saline Aquifers," Water Resour Res (2012) 48, W09539.

Sun, M., Wang, Y., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Effectiveness of Alcohol Cosurfactants in Hydrate Antiagglomeration," Energy Fuels (2012) 26, 5626-5232.

Sun, S., Firoozabadi, A. and Kou, J.: "Numerical Modeling of Two-Phase Binary Fluid Mixing using Mixed Finite Elements," Computat Geosci (2012) 16, 1101–1124.

Moortgat, J., Li, Z. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Three-Phase Compositional Modeling of CO2 Injection by Higher-Order Finite Element Methods with PR and CPA Equations of State," Water Resour Res (2012) 48, W12511.

Li, Z., and Firoozabadi, A.: "General Strategy for Stability Testing and Phase-split Calculation in Two and Three Phases," SPE J (December 2012) 1096-1107.

Bestehorn, M., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Effect of Fluctuations on the Onset of Density-driven Convection in Porous Media," Phys Fluids (2012) 24, 114102.

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Wu, S., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Effects of Firing and Chemical Treatments on Berea Permeability and Wettability," Energy Fuels (2011) 25, 197–207.

Wu, S., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Simultaneous Increase in Gas and Liquid Relative Permeabilities and Reduction of High-Velocity Coefficient from Wettability Alteration," J Can Petrol Tech (2011) 50, 17-23.

Mutoru, J., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Form of Multicomponent Fickian Diffusion Coefficients Matrix," J Chem Thermodyn (2011) 43, 1192–1203.

Moortgat, J., Sun, S., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Compositional Modeling of Three-Phase Flow with Gravity using Higher-Order Finite Element Methods," Water Resour Res (2011) 47, W05511.

Mutoru, J., Leahy-Dios, A., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Modeling Infinite Dilution and Fickian Diffusion Coefficients of Carbon Dioxide in Water," AIChE J (2011) 57(6), 1617-1627.

Mikyška, J., and Firoozabadi, A.: "A New Thermodynamic Function for Phase-Splitting at Constant Temperature, Moles, and Volume," AIChE J (2011) 57(7), 1897–1904.

Haugen, K.B., Sun, L., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Efficient and Robust Three-Phase Split Computations," AIChE J (2011) 57(9), 2555-2565.

Hashmi, S., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Tuning Size and Electrostatics in Non-Polar Colloidal Asphaltene Suspensions by Polymeric Adsorption," Soft Matter (2011) 7, 8384-8391.

Mustapha, H., Dimitrakopoulos, R., Graf, T., and Firoozabadi, A.: "An Efficient Method for Discretizing 3D Fractured Media for Subsurface Flow and Transport Simulations," Int J Numer Meth Fluid (2011) 67, 651–670.

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Li, Z., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Modeling Asphaltene Precipitation by n-Alkanes from Heavy Oils and Bitumens Using Cubic-Plus-Association Equation of State," Energy Fuels (2010) 24, 1106-1113.

Mikyška, J., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Implementation of Higher-Order Methods for Robust and Efficient Compositional Simulation," J Comput Phys (2010) 229, 2898–2913.

Firoozabadi, A., and Myint, P.C.: "Prospects for Subsurface CO₂ Sequestration," AIChE J, Invited Perspective paper, (2010) 56(6), 1398-1405.

Li, Z., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Cubic-Plus-Association Equation of State for Asphaltene Precipitation in Live Oils," Energy Fuels (2010) 24, 2956–2963.

Wu, S., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Effect of Salinity on Wettability Alteration to Intermediate Gas Wetting," SPE Reservoir Eval Eng (2010) 13(2), 228-245.

Hashmi, S., Quintiliano, L., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Polymeric Dispersants Delay Sedimentation in Colloidal Asphaltene Suspensions," Langmuir (2010) 26(11), 8021–8029.

Moortgat, J., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Higher-Order Compositional Modeling with Fickian Diffusion in Unstructured and Anisotropic Media," Adv Water Resour (2010) 33, 951–968.

Moreira, L., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Molecular Thermodynamic Modeling of Specific Ion Effects on Micellization of Ionic Surfactants," Langmuir (2010) 26(19), 15177–15191.

Li, X., Negadi, L., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Anti-agglomeration in Cyclopentane Hydrates from Biosurfactant and Cosurfactant," Energy Fuels (2010) 24, 4937–4943.

Wu, S., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Permanent Alteration of Porous Media Wettability from Liquid Wetting to Intermediate Gas Wetting," Transport Porous Media (2010) 85, 189–213.

Hashmi, S., Firoozabadi, A.: "Effect of Dispersant on Asphaltene Suspension Dynamics: Aggregation and Sedimentation," J Phys Chem B (2010) 114, 15780–15788.

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Haugen, K., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Composition at the Interface Between Multicomponent Non-Equilibrium Phases," J Chem Phys (2009) 130, 064707-1.

Li, Z., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Interfacial Tension of Non-Associating Pure Substances and Binary Mixtures by Density Functional Theory Combined with Peng-Robinson Equation of State," J Chem Phys (2009) 130, 154108.

York, D., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Effect of Brine on Hydrate Anti-Agglomeration," Energy Fuels (2009) 23, 2937–2946.

Hoteit, H., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Numerical Modeling of Diffusion in Fractured Media for Gas Injection and Recycling Schemes," SPE J (2009) 323-337.

Li, Z., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Cubic-Plus-Association (CPA) Equation of State for Water-Containing Mixtures: Is 'Cross Association' Necessary?" AIChE J (2009) 55(7), 1803-1813.

Haugen, K., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Mixing of Two Binary Non-Equilibrium Phases in One Dimension," AIChE J (2009) 55(8), 1903-1936.

Moreira, L., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Thermodynamic Modeling of the Duality of Linear 1-Alcohols as Cosurfactants and Cosolvents in Self-Assembly of Surfactant Molecules," Langmuir (2009) 25(20), 12101-12113.

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Hoteit, H., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Numerical Modeling of Two-Phase Flow in Heterogeneous Permeable Media with Different Capillarity Pressures," Adv Water Resour (2008) 31, 56-73.

Anklam, M.R., York, J.D., and Firoozabadi, A.: "The Effects of Anti-Agglomerants on the Interactions between Hydrate Particles," AIChE J (2008) 54(2), 565-574.

York, J.D., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Comparing Effectiveness of Rhamnolipid Biosurfactant with a Quaternary Ammonium Salt Surfactant for Hydrate Anti-agglomeration," J Phys Chem B (2008) 112(3), 845-851.

Leahy-Dios, A., Zhou, L., and Firoozabadi, A.: "New Thermal Diffusion Coefficient Measurements for Binary Hydrocarbon Mixtures: Viscosity and Composition Dependency, " J Phys Chem B (2008) 112, 6442-6447.

Hoteit, H., and Firoozabadi, A.: "An Efficient Numerical Model for Incompressible Two-Phase Flow in Fractured Media," Adv Water Resour (2008) 31, 891-905.

Banki, R., Hoteit, H., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Mathematical Formulation and Numerical Modeling of Wax Deposition in Pipelines from Enthalpy-Porosity Approach and Irreversible Thermodynamics," Int J Heat Mass Tran (2008) 51, 3387-3398.

Hoteit, H., Banki, R., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Wax Deposition and Aging in Flowlines from Irreversible Thermodynamics," Energy Fuels (2008) 22(4), 2693-2706.

Noh, M., and Firoozabadi A.: "Wettability Alteration in Gas-Condensate Reservoirs to Mitigate Well Deliverability Loss by Water Blocking," SPE Reservoir Eval Eng (2008) 11(4), 676-685.

York, J.D., Firoozabadi, A.: "Alcohol Co-surfactants in Hydrate Anti-agglomeration," J Phys Chem B (2008) 112, 10455-10465.

Noh, M., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Effect of Wettability on High-Velocity Coefficient in Two-Phase Gas/Liquid Flow," SPE J (2008) 13(3), 298-304.

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Leahy-Dios, A., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Molecular and Thermal Diffusion Coefficients of Alkane-Alkane and Alkane-Aromatic Binary Mixtures: Effect of Shape and Size of Molecules," J Phys Chem B (2007) 111(1), 191-198.

Monteagudo, J., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Comparison of Fully-Implicit and IMPES Formulations for Simulation of Water Injection in Fractured and Unfractured Media," Int J Numer Meth Eng (2007) 69, 698-728.

Nasrabadi, H., Hoteit, H., and Firoozabadi, A.: "An Analysis of Species Separation in Thermogravitational Column Filled with Porous Media," Transport Porous Media (2007) 67(3), 473-486.

Monteagudo, J., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Control-Volume Model for Simulation of Water Injection in Fractured Media: Incorporating Matrix Heterogeneity and Reservoir Wettability Effects," SPE J (2007) 12(3), 355-366.

Haugen, K. and Froozabadi, A.: "Transient Separation of Multicomponent Liquid Mixtures in Thermogravitational Columns," J Chem Phys (2007) 127, 154507.

Leahy-Dios, A., and Firoozabadi, A.: "A Unified Model for Non-Ideal Multicomponent Molecular Diffusion Coefficients," AIChE J (2007) 53(11), 2032-2939.

Fahes, M., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Wettability Alteration to Intermediate Gas-Wetting in Gas-Condensate Reservoirs at High Temperatures," SPE J (2007) 12(4), 397-407.

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Santiso, E., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Curvature Dependence of Surface Tension in Multicomponent Systems," AIChE J (2006) 52(1), 311-322.

Haugen, K., and Firoozabadi, A. : "On the Unsteady State Species Separation of a Binary Liquid Mixture in a Rectangular Thermogravitational Column," J Chem Phys (2006) 124(5), 1-10.

Hoteit, H., Santiso, E., and Firoozabadi, A.: "An Efficient and Robust Algorithm for the Calculation of Gas-Liquid Critical Point of Multicomponent Petroleum Fluids," Fluid Phase Equil (2006) 241, 186-195.

Hoteit, H., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Compositional Modeling by the Combined Discontinuous Galerkin and Mixed Methods," SPE J (2006) 11(1), 19-34.

Hoteit, H., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Simple Phase Stability-Testing Algorithm in the Reduction Method," AIChE J (2006) 52(8), 2909-2920.

Hoteit, H., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Compositional Modeling of Discrete-Fractured Media Without Transfer Functions by the Discontinuous Galerkin and Mixed Methods," SPE J (2006) 11(3), 341-352.

Haugen, K., and Firoozabadi, A. : "On Measurement of Molecular and Thermal Diffusion Coefficients in Multicomponent Mixtures", J Phys Chem B (2006) 110(35), 17678-17682.

Nasrabadi, H., Ghorayeb, K., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Two-Phase Multicomponent Diffusion and Convection in Porous Media for Reservoir Initialization," SPE Reservoir Eval Eng (2006) 9(5), 530-542.

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Haugen, K.B., and Firoozabadi, A.: "On Measurement of Thermal Diffusion Coefficients in Multicomponent Mixtures," J Chem Phys (2005) 122, 0145165.

Anklam, M.R., and Firoozabadi, A.: "An Interfacial Energy Mechanism for the Complete Inhibition of Crystal Growth by Inhibitor Adsorption," J Chem Phys (2005) 123, 144708.

Hoteit, H., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Multicomponent Fluid Flow by Discontinuous Galerkin and Mixed Methods in Unfractured and Fractured Media," Water Resour Res (2005) 41, W11412.

Leahy-Dios, A., Bou-Ali, M., Platten, J.K., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Measurements of Molecular and Thermal Diffusion Coefficient in Ternary Mixtures," J Chem Phys (2005) 122, 254502.

Tang, T., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Effect of GOR, Temperature, and Initial Water Saturation on Solution Gas Drive in Heavy Oil Reservoirs," SPE J (2005) 10(1), 34-43.

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Goual, L., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Experimental Study of the Effect of Petroleum Resins and DBSA Amphiphile on Precipitation from Petroleum Fluids," AIChE J (2004) 50(2), 470-479.

Monteagudo, J.E.P., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Control-volume Method for Numerical Simulation of Two-phase Immiscible Flow in 2D and 3D Discrete-fracture Media," Water Resour Res (2004) 40, W07405.

Anklam, M., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Driving Force and Composition for Multicomponent Gas Hydrate Nucleation from Supersaturated Aqueous Solutions", J Chem Phys (2004) 121(23), 11867-75.

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Kaschiev, D., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Induction Time in Gas Hydrates," J Cryst Growth (2003) 250, 499-515.

Karimi-Fard, M., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Numerical Simulation of Water Injection in Fractured Media Using Discrete Fracture Model and the Galerkin Method," SPE Reservoir Eval Eng (2003) 6(2), 117-126.

Tang, T., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Gas and Oil Relative Permeabilities for Solution Gas-Drive in Heavy Oil Reservoirs," SPE Reservoir Eval Eng (2003) 70-80.

Ghorayeb, K., Firoozabadi, A., and Anraku, T.: "Interpretation of the Unusual Fluid Distribution in the Yufutsu Gas-Condensate Field," SPE J (2003) 8(2), 114-123.

Tang, T., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Wettability Alteration to Intermediate Gas-wetting in Porous Media at Elevated Temperatures," Transport Porous Media (2003) 52(2) 185-211.

Pan, H., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Fast and Robust Algorithm for Compositional Modeling: Part II - Flash Computations," SPE J (2003) 8(4), 380-391.

Kashchiev, D., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Analytical Solutions for 1D Countercurrent Imbibition in Water-Wet Systems," SPE J (2003) 8(4), 401-408.

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Firoozabadi, A. and Pan, H.: "Fast and Robust Algorithm for Compositional Simulation: Part I – Stability Analysis Testing," SPE J (2002) 7(1), 78-89.

Kashchiev, D., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Driving Force for Crystallization of Gas Hydrates," J Cryst Growth (2002) 241, 220-230.

Kashchiev, D., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Nucleation of Gas Hydrates," J Cryst Growth (2002) 243, 476-489.

Goual, L., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Measurement of Asphaltenes and Resins, and their Dipole Moment in Petroleum Fluids," AIChE J (2002) 48(11), 2646-2266.

Tang, T., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Relative Permeability Modification in Gas-Liquid Systems Through Wettability Alteration to Intermediate Gas-Wetting," SPE Reservoir Eval Eng (2002) 5(6), 427-436.

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Ghorayeb, K., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Features of Convection and Diffusion in Porous Media for Binary Systems," J Can Petrol Tech (2001) 40(2), 21-28.

Firoozabadi, A.: "Mechanisms of Solution Gas Drive in Heavy Oil Reservoirs," Distinguished Author Paper, J Can Petrol Tech (2001) 40(3), 15-20.

Hamoodi, A., Abed, A.F., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Compositional Modeling of Two-Phase Hydrocarbon Reservoirs," J Can Petrol Tech (2001) 40(4), 49-60.

Nichita, D., Goual, L., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Wax Precipitation in Gas Condensate Systems," SPE 56488, SPE Prod Facil (2001) 16(4), 250-259.

Tang, T., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Effect of Pressure Gradient and Initial Water Saturation on Water Injection in Water-Wet and Mixed-Wet Fractured Porous Media," SPE 59291, SPE Reservoir Eval Eng (2001) 4(6), 516-524.

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Wu, J., Prausnitz, J., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Molecular Thermodynamics of Asphaltene Precipitation in Reservoir Fluids," AIChE J (2000) 46(1), 197-209.

Pan, H., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Thermodynamic Modeling of Asphaltene Precipitation Inhibition from Crudes," AIChE J (2000 ) 46(2), 416-426.

Pan, H., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Thermodynamics Micellization Model for Asphaltene Precipitation from Reservoir Crudes at High Pressures and Temperatures," SPE Prod Facil (2000) 15(1), 58-65.

Pooladi-Darvish, M., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Co-Current and Counter-Current Imbibition in a Water-Wet Matrix Block," SPE J (2000) 5(1), 3-11.

Ghorayeb, K., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Numerical Study of Natural Convection and Diffusion in Fractured Porous Media," SPE J (2000) 5(1), 12-20.

Li, K., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Experimental Study of Wettability Alteration to Preferential Gas-Wetting in Porous Media and Its Effects," SPE Reservoir Eval Eng (2000) 3(2), 139-149.

Pooladi-Darvish, M., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Experiments and Modeling of Water Injection in Water-Wet Fractured Porous Media," J Can Petrol Tech (2000) 39(3), 31-42.

Ghorayeb, K., and Firoozabadi A.: "Molecular, Pressure, and Thermal Diffusion in Nonideal Multicomponent Mixtures," AIChE J (2000) 46(5), 883-891.

Firoozabadi, A., Ghorayeb, K., and Shukla, K.: "Theoretical Model of Thermal Diffusion Factors in Multicomponent Mixtures," AIChE J (2000) 46(5), 892-900.

Ghorayeb, K., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Modeling Multicomponent Diffusions and Convection in Porous Media," SPE J (2000) 5(2), 158-171.

Li, K., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Phenomenological Modeling of Critical Condensate Saturation and Relative Permeabilities in Gas Condensate Systems," SPE J (2000) 5(2), 138-147.

Firoozabadi, A. and Pan, H.: "Two-Phase Isentropic Compressibility and Two-Phase Sonic Velocity for Multicomponent-Hydrocarbon Mixtures," SPE Reservoir Eval Eng (2000) 3(4), 335-341.

Firoozabadi, A.: "Recovery Mechanisms in Fractured Reservoirs and Field Performance," Distinguished Author Paper, J Can Petrol Tech (2000) 39(11), 13-17.

Chang, E., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Gravitational Potential Variations of the Sun and Moon for the Estimation of Reservoir Compressibility," SPE J (2000) 5(4), pp. 456-465.

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Pooladi-Darvish, M., and Firoozabadi, A: "Solution-Gas Drive in Heavy Oil Reservoirs," J Can Petrol Tech (1999) 38(4), 54-61.

Terez, I., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Water Injection in Water-Wet Fractured Porous Media: Experiments and a New Model with Modified Buckley-Leverett Theory," SPE J (1999) 4(2), 134-141.

Firoozabadi, A. and Aronson, A.: "Visualization and Measurement of Gas Evolution and Flow of Heavy and Light Oils in Porous Media," SPE Reservoir Eval Eng (1999) 2(6), 550-557.

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Pan, H., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Complex Multiphase Equilibrium Calculations by Direct Minimization of Gibbs Free Energy by Use of Simulated Annealing," SPE Reservoir Eval Eng (1998) 1(1), 36-42.

Riley, M.F., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Compositional Variation in Hydrocarbon Reservoirs with Natural Convection and Diffusion: Two-Component Single-Phase Fluid," AIChE J (1998) 44(2), 452-464.

Pan, H., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Thermodynamic Micellization Model for Asphaltene Aggregation and Precipitation in Petroleum Fluids," SPE Prod Facil (1998) 13(2), 118-127.

Shukla, K., and Firoozabadi, A.: "A New Model of Thermal Diffusion Coefficients in Binary Hydrocarbon Mixtures," Ind Eng Chem Res (1998) 37(8), 3331-3342.

Wu, J., Prausnitz, J.M., and Firoozabadi, A.: " A Molecular-Thermodynamic Framework for Asphaltene-Oil Equilibria" AIChE J (1998) 44(5), 1188-1199.

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Shinta A.A., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Predicting Phase Behavior of Water/Reservoir Crude Systems Using the Association Concept," SPE Reservoir Eng (1997) 12(2), 131-137.

Firoozabadi, A., and Prausnitz, J.M.: "Thermodynamics of Wax Precipitation in Petroleum Mixtures," Reply to the Letter to the Editor, AIChE J (1997) 43(5), 1372-1374.

Dindoruk, B., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Crossflow in Fractured/Layered Media Incorporating Gravity, Viscous, and Phase Behavior Effects," SPE J (1997) 2(2), 120-135.

Firoozabadi, A.: Author's Reply to the Discussion of "Pressure and Volume Evolution in Solution Gas Drive Process," SPE J (1997) 1, 219-229.

Firoozabadi, A., Markeset, T., Dindoruk, B.: "Viscous Crossflow in Fractured Porous Media," J Can Petrol Tech (1997) 36(9), 50-62.

Pan. H., Firoozabadi, A., and Fotland, P.: "Pressure and Composition Effect on Wax Precipitation: Experimental Data and Model Results," SPE Prod Facil (1997) 12(4), 250-256.

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Lira-Galeana, C., Firoozabadi, A. and Prausnitz, J.M.: "Thermodynamics of Wax Precipitation in Petroleum Mixtures," AIChE J (1996) 42(1), 239-248.

Correa, A., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Concept of Gravity Drainage in Layered Porous Media," SPE J (1996) 1(1), 101-111.

Victorov, A., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Thermodynamics of Asphaltene Deposition Using a Micellization Model," AIChE J (1996) 42(6), 1753-1764.

Firoozabadi, A. and Kashchiev, D.: "Pressure and Volume Evolution During Gas Phase Formation in Solution Gas Drive Process," SPE J (1996) 1(3), 219-227.

Firoozabadi, A. Dindoruk, B., and Chang, E.: "Areal and Vertical Composition Variation in Hydrocarbon Reservoirs: Formulation and One-D Binary Results," ENTROPIE (1996) Vol. 189/199, 102-103.

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Tan, C.T., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Theoretical Analysis of Miscible Displacement in Fractured Porous Media - Part I - Theory," J Can Petrol Tech (1995) 34(2), 17-27.

Tan, C.T., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Theoretical Analysis of Miscible Displacement in Fractured Porous Media - Part II - Features," J Can Petrol Tech (1995) 34(2), 28-35.

Firoozabadi, A. and Markeset, T.: "Laboratory Studies in Fractured Porous Media, Part I - Reinfiltration for Gas-Liquid Systems," In Situ (1995) 19(1), 1-21.

Firoozabadi, A., and Markeset, T.: "Laboratory Studies in Fractured Porous Media, Part II - Capillary Crossflow," In Situ (1995) 19(1), 23-39.

Arbabi, S., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Near-Critical Phase Behavior of Reservoir Fluids Using Equations of State," SPE Adv Tech (1995) 3(1), 139-145.

Firoozabadi, A., Thomas, L.K. and Todd, B.J.: "High-Velocity Flow in Porous Media," SPE Reservoir Eng (1995) 10(2), 149-152.

Shinta, A., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Equation of State Representation of Aqueous Mixtures Using an Association Model," Can J Chem Eng (1995) 73, 367-379.

Dindoruk, B., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Computation of Gas-Liquid Drainage in Fractured Porous Media Recognizing Fracture Liquid Flow," J Can Petrol Tech (1995) 34(10), 39-49.

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Firoozabadi, A., Arbabi, S. and Dindoruk, B.: "Near-Critical Phase Behavior of Mixtures Using Equations of State," Can J Chem Eng (1994) 72, 134-141.

Firoozabadi, A. and Ishimoto, K.: "Reinfiltration in Fractured Porous Media - Part 1- One Dimensional Model," SPE Adv Tech (1994) 2(2), 35-44.

Firoozabadi, A., Ishimoto, K. and Dindoruk, B.: "Reinfiltration in Fractured Porous Media - Part 2 - Two Dimensional Model," SPE Adv Tech (1994) 2(2), 45-51.

Firoozabadi, A., Ishimoto and Dindoruk, B.: "Reinfiltration in Fractured Porous Media - Part 2 - Two Dimensional Model," SPE 28516, supplement to SPE 21798, paper available from SPE, Richardson, TX.

Firoozabadi, A., Ottesen, B. and Mikklesen, M.: Reply to Discussion of "Measurement of Supersaturation and Critical Gas Saturation," SPE Formation Eval (June 1994) 159-160.

Firoozabadi, A. and Markeset, T.: "Fracture-Liquid Transmissibility in Fractured Porous Media," SPE Reservoir Eng (1994) 9(3), 201-207.

Dindoruk, B., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Liquid Film Flow in a Fracture between Two Porous Blocks," Phys Fluid (1994) 6(12), 3861-3869.

Lira-Galeana, C., Firoozabadi, A. and Prausnitz, J.M.: "Computation of Compositional Grading in Hydrocarbon Reservoirs," Fluid Phase Equil (1994) 102(2), 143-158.

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Kashchiev, D., and Firoozabadi, A.: "Kinetics of the Initial Stage of Isothermal Gas Formation," J Chem Phys (1993) 98(6), 4690-4699.

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