Mr Thomas Russell
ARC Grant-Funded Researcher A
School of Chemical Engineering
Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology
I am a Postdoctoral researcher in Petroleum Engineering at the Australian School of Petroleum and Energy Resources. I am performing novel research on fluid flow and formation damage in porous media. My work includes contribution to government and industry projects with particular focus on enhanced oil/gas recovery processes and geosequestration of CO2. My work is primarily focused on mathematical modelling to improve design and predictive capabilities with contributions to experimental works to improve understanding of underlying processes.
My research consists of:
- Fines migration and formation damage during single-phase and two-phase flow
- Formation damage and geochemical interactions during CO2 storage in subsurface reservoirs
- Underground hydrogen storage
- Enhanced oil recovery
My primary focus is on theoretical developments and mathematical modelling for flow in porous media. My research involves both modelling and laboratory studies.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2021 - ongoing Postdoctoral Researcher The University of Adelaide 2017 - ongoing PhD Candidate Australian School of Petroleum -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2017 - 2021 The University of Adelaide Australia PhD 2013 - 2016 University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Engineering (Petroleum) (Honours) -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2025 Loi, G., Yang, Y., Nguyen, C., Russell, T., & Bedrikovetsky, P. (2025). Fines migration and clogging under pH alteration: Stochastic model and its upscaling. Powder Technology, 456, 120778.
2025 Nguyen, C., Yang, Y., Loi, G., Russell, T., & Bedrikovetsky, P. (2025). Salinity effects on fines migration in aquifers: Stochastic model and its upscaling. Advances in Water Resources, 199, 104932.
Scopus12025 Keykhosravi, A., Nguyen, C., Loi, G., Russell, T., Zulkifli, N. N., Amir, M. I. M., . . . Zeinijahromi, A. (2025). Permeability decline due to fines migration during CO2 injection in sandstones. Gas Science and Engineering, 138, 14 pages.
2025 Khazali, N., Russell, T., & Bedrikovetsky, P. (2025). Approximating heterogeneous colloidal transport by n-population filtration models. Powder Technology, 458, 120944.
2024 Oldroyd, A. G. S., Callen, J. P., Chinoy, H., Chung, L., Fiorentino, D., Gordon, P., . . . Ytterberg, S. (2024). Author Correction: International Guideline for Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy-Associated Cancer Screening: an International Myositis Assessment and Clinical Studies Group (IMACS) initiative (Nature Reviews Rheumatology, (2023), 19, 12, (805-817), 10.1038/s41584-023-01045-w). Nature Reviews Rheumatology, 20(5), 315.
Scopus1 Europe PMC12024 Opozda, M. J., Drummond, M., Gupta, H., Petersen, J., & Smith, J. A. (2024). E-mental health interventions for men: an urgent call for cohesive Australian policy and investment. Health Promotion International, 39(2), 5 pages.
2024 Borazjani, S., Hashemi, A., Nguyen, C., Loi, G., Russell, T., Khazali, N., . . . Bedrikovetsky, P. (2024). Rock fines breakage by flow-induced stresses against drag: geo-energy applications. Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources, 10(1), 89-1-89-28.
Scopus52024 Russell, T., & Bedrikovetsky, P. (2024). Exact Solution for Water Evaporation During CO2₂ Injection. Water Resources Research, 60(6), e2023WR036600-1-e2023WR036600-23.
Scopus22024 Khazali, N., Malgaresi, G., Russell, T., Osipov, Y., Kuzmina, L., & Bedrikovetsky, P. (2024). An averaged model for colloidal transport to exhibit hyper-exponential particle retention. Chemical Engineering Journal, 496, 153973.
Scopus52023 Russell, T., & Bedrikovetsky, P. (2023). Colloidal transport in anisotropic porous media: Kinetic equation and its upscaling. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, 422, 114896.
Scopus3 WoS12023 Loi, G., Nguyen, C., Chequer, L., Russell, T., Zeinijahromi, A., & Bedrikovetsky, P. (2023). Treatment of Oil Production Data under Fines Migration and Productivity Decline. Energies, 16(8), 3523.
Scopus12023 Hashemi, A., Nguyen, C., Loi, G., Khazali, N., Yang, Y., Dang-Le, B., . . . Bedrikovetsky, P. (2023). Colloidal detachment in porous media: Stochastic model and upscaling. Chemical Engineering Journal, 474, 145436-1-145436-20.
Scopus14 WoS12023 Hashemi, A., Borazjani, S., Nguyen, C., Loi, G., Khazali, N., Badalyan, A., . . . Bedrikovetsky, P. (2023). Particle detachment in reservoir flows by breakage due to induced stresses and drag. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 172, 105591-1-105591-21.
Scopus52022 Yang, S., Hemmati, N., Russell, T., Zeinijahromi, A., Borazjani, S., Behr, A., . . . Bedrikovetsky, P. (2022). 3D effects in two-phase steady-state tests. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 208(C), 21 pages.
Scopus3 WoS22022 Yang, S., Osipov, Y., Xu, C., Kuzmina, L., Russell, T., & Bedrikovetsky, P. (2022). Analytical solution for large-deposit non-linear reactive flows in porous media. Chemical Engineering Journal, 430(2), 17 pages.
Scopus5 WoS12022 Yang, S., Russell, T., Vaz, A., & Bedrikovetsky, P. (2022). Large-deposit non-linear chemical reactive flows in porous media: Identifiability and observability. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 103, 1-17.
Scopus3 WoS12022 Nguyen, C., Loi, G., Russell, T., Mohd Shafian, S. R., Zulkifli, N. N., Chee, S. C., . . . Bedrikovetsky, P. (2022). Well inflow performance under fines migration during water-cut increase. Fuel, 327, 14 pages.
Scopus9 WoS12022 Triplett, J. D., Kutlubaev, M. A., Kermode, A. G., & Hardy, T. (2022). Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES): Diagnosis and management. Practical Neurology, 22(3), 183-189.
Scopus68 Europe PMC682021 Badalyan, A., Chequer, L., Russell, T., Carageorgos, T., Zeinijahromi, A., You, Z., & Bedrikovetsky, P. (2021). Uncertainties associated with laboratory-based predictions of well index and formation damage. Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation, 170, 1-15.
Scopus32021 Russell, T., Dinariev, O. Y., Pessoa Rego, L. A., & Bedrikovetsky, P. (2021). Averaged Boltzmann’s Kinetics for Colloidal Transport in Porous Media. Water Resources Research, 57(3), 27 pages.
Scopus7 WoS42021 Russell, T., & Bedrikovetsky, P. (2021). Boltzmann's colloidal transport in porous media with velocity-dependent capture probability. Physics of Fluids, 33(5), 053306-1-053306-17.
Scopus6 WoS42021 Triplett, J. D., Simpson, H. D., Clemmons, R. S., & Cascino, G. D. (2021). The effect of weight reduction surgery on the efficacy and tolerability of epilepsy pharmacotherapy. Epilepsy and Behavior, 124, 4 pages.
Scopus9 Europe PMC32019 Wang, J., Wang, Z., Zhang, Z., & Zhang, G. (2019). Comparison of butyric acid leaching behaviors of zinc from three basic oxygen steelmaking filter cakes. Metals, 9(4), 12 pages.
Scopus32019 Yang, S., Russell, T., Badalyan, A., Schacht, U., Woolley, M., & Bedrikovetsky, P. (2019). Characterisation of fines migration system using laboratory pressure measurements. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 65, 108-124.
Scopus29 WoS122019 Al-Sarihi, A., Russell, T., Bedrikovetsky, P., & Zeinijahromi, A. (2019). Fines stabilization by Ca ions and Its effect on LSW injection. Energy and Fuels, 33(11), 10775-10786.
Scopus13 WoS102018 Russell, T., & Bedrikovetsky, P. (2018). Colloidal-suspension flows with delayed fines detachment: analytical model & laboratory study. Chemical Engineering Science, 190, 98-109.
Scopus26 WoS202018 Russell, T., Wong, K., Zeinijahromi, A., & Bedrikovetsky, P. (2018). Effects of delayed particle detachment on injectivity decline due to fines migration. Journal of Hydrology, 564, 1099-1109.
Scopus21 WoS132018 Chequer, L., Russell, T., Behr, A., Genolet, L., Kowollik, P., Badalyan, A., . . . Bedrikovetsky, P. (2018). Non-monotonic permeability variation during colloidal transport: governing equations and analytical model. Journal of Hydrology, 557, 547-560.
Scopus19 WoS102017 Russell, T., Pham, D., Neishaboor, M., Badalyan, A., Behr, A., Genolet, L., . . . Bedrikovetsky, P. (2017). Effects of kaolinite in rocks on fines migration. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 45, 243-255.
Scopus85 WoS572016 Sharma, A., Kumar, P., Rani, V., Ray, N., & Ghosh, S. (2016). Understanding the dependence of transport parameters on carrier concentration within a Gaussian density of states in molecular organic semiconductors. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, 28(23), 235802.
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Book Chapters
Year Citation 2018 Russell, T., Boechat Chequer, L., Borazjani, S., You, Z., Zeinijahromi, A., & Bedrikovetsky, P. (2018). Formation Damage by Fines Migration: Mathematical and Laboratory Modeling, Field Cases. In B. Yuan, & D. A. Wood (Eds.), Formation Damage during Improved Oil Recovery: Fundamentals and Applications (pp. 69-175). Cambridge, MA; United States: Gulf Professional Publishing / Elsevier.
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Conference Papers
Year Citation 2024 Russell, T., Nguyen, C., Loi, G., Shafian, S. R. M., Zulkifli, N. N., Chee, S. C., . . . Bedrikovetsky, P. (2024). Productivity Decline due to Fines Migration Associated with High Water Cuts. In Proceedings of the SPE International Symposium on Formation Damage Control (2024) Vol. 2024-February (pp. SPE-217854-MS-1-SPE-217854-MS-16). Lafayette, Louisiana, USA: SPE.
DOI2024 Russell, T. L., & Bedrikovetsky, P. (2024). An Analytical Model for Water Evaporation During CO₂ Injection for Geological Storage. In Proceedings of the SPE International Symposium on Formation Damage Control Vol. 2024-February (pp. 1-18). Online: SPE.
DOI2024 Nguyen, C., Loi, G., Keykhosravi, A., Russell, T., Yang, Y., Zulkifli, N. N., . . . Zeinijahromi, A. (2024). Rock Dry-Out and Fines Migration During CO2 Storage: Laboratory and Mathematical Modelling. In APOGCE 2024 - SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition. SPE.
DOI Scopus12024 Russell, T., Nguyen, C., Loi, G., Mohd Shafian, S. R., Zulkifli, N. N., Zeinijahromi, A., & Bedrikovetsky, P. (2024). Well Productivity Decline During Oil & Water Production due to Fines Migration. In Proceedings of the The Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition (APOGCE, 2024) (pp. SPE-221295-MS-1-SPE-221295-MS-14). Perth, Australia: OnePetro.
DOI2022 Alchin, L., Lymn, A., Russell, T., Badalyan, A., Bedrikovetsky, P., & Zeinijahromi, A. (2022). Near-Wellbore Damage Associated with Formation Dry-Out and Fines Migration During CO<inf>2</inf>Injection. In Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition 2022, APOG 2022 (pp. 11 pages). Adelaide, Australia: OnePrtro proeedings.
DOI Scopus82018 Russell, T., Chequer, L., Badalyan, A., Behr, A., Genolet, L., Kowollik, P., . . . Bedrikovetsky, P. (2018). Systematic laboratory and modelling study of kaolinite in rocks on formation-damage-fines-migration non-equilibrium effects, analytical model. In Proceedings SPE International Symposium on Formation Damage Control Vol. 2018-February. SPE.
DOI Scopus12018 Borazjani, S., Chequer, L., Russell, T., & Bedrikovetsky, P. (2018). Injectivity decline during waterflooding and PWRI due to fines migration. In Proceedings SPE International Symposium on Formation Damage Control Vol. 2018-February. SPE.
DOI Scopus202018 Russell, T., Pham, D., Petho, G., Tavvakoli Neishaboor, M., Badalyan, A., Behr, A., . . . Bedrikovetsky, P. (2018). Kaolinite mobilisation in unconsolidated porous media: Effect of brine salinity and salt type Na- and Ca salts. In Proceedings of the SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition (APOGCE 2018) Vol. 2017-January (pp. 1-13). USA: Society of Petroleum Engineers.
DOI Scopus42017 Pronk, R., Russell, T., Pham, D., Tangparitkul, S., Badalyan, A., Behr, A., . . . Bedrikovetsky, P. (2017). SPE-186231-ms non-monotonic permeability variation during fines migration: Laboratory study. In Society of Petroleum Engineers SPE Iatmi Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition 2017 Vol. 2017-January.
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Figures
Year Citation - Russell, T. (n.d.). NumExact Comparison Case 1.fig.
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Other Supervision Activities
Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name 2018 - 2018 Co-Supervisor The effect of calcium ions on rock permeability The University of Adelaide - Honours - Dao Hanh Ly Tu, Phuc Hoang Nguyen, Aaron Tan Yi Xing Uthaia Kumaran 2017 - 2017 Co-Supervisor Experimental study of oil recovery by low salinity water injection using unconsolidated cores The University of Adelaide - Honours - Tin Nguyen, Kiet Wong, Xiaochen Fan
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