Thomas Russell

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.

  • Journals
    Year Citation
    2024 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.
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    2024 Hosseinzadeh, S., Mollajan, A., Akbarzadeh, S., & Kadkhodaie, A. (2024). Rock type based-estimation of pore throat size distribution in carbonate reservoirs using integrated analysis of well logs and seismic attributes. Carbonates and Evaporites, 39(2), 29 pages.
    DOI Scopus1
    2024 Russell, T., & Bedrikovetsky, P. (2024). Exact Solution for Water Evaporation During CO<inf>2</inf> Injection. Water Resources Research, 60(6), 23 pages.
    DOI Scopus1
    2024 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, 20 pages.
    DOI Scopus1
    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), 28 pages.
    DOI Scopus1
    2023 Hosseinzadeh, S., Kadkhodaie, A., Wood, D. A., Rezaee, R., & Kadkhodaie, R. (2023). Discrete fracture modeling by integrating image logs, seismic attributes, and production data: a case study from Ilam and Sarvak Formations, Danan Oilfield, southwest of Iran. Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology, 13(4), 1053-1083.
    DOI Scopus10
    2023 Russell, T., & Bedrikovetsky, P. (2023). Colloidal transport in anisotropic porous media: Kinetic equation and its upscaling. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, 422, 18 pages.
    DOI Scopus3 WoS1
    2023 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.
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    2023 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, 1-20.
    DOI Scopus8 WoS1
    2023 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, 21 pages.
    DOI Scopus1
    2022 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.
    DOI Scopus3 WoS2
    2022 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.
    DOI Scopus5 WoS1
    2022 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.
    DOI Scopus2 WoS1
    2022 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.
    DOI Scopus6 WoS1
    2022 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.
    DOI Scopus47 Europe PMC42
    2021 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.
    DOI Scopus3
    2021 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.
    DOI Scopus6 WoS4
    2021 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.
    DOI Scopus6 WoS4
    2021 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.
    DOI Scopus7 Europe PMC2
    2019 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.
    DOI Scopus3
    2019 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.
    DOI Scopus26 WoS12
    2019 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.
    DOI Scopus14 WoS10
    2018 Russell, T., & Bedrikovetsky, P. (2018). Colloidal-suspension flows with delayed fines detachment: analytical model & laboratory study. Chemical Engineering Science, 190, 98-109.
    DOI Scopus24 WoS20
    2018 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.
    DOI Scopus15 WoS13
    2018 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.
    DOI Scopus17 WoS10
    2017 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.
    DOI Scopus81 WoS57
    2016 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.
    DOI Scopus8

  • 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.
    DOI Scopus33

  • 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 - SPE International Symposium on Formation Damage Control Vol. 2024-February. SPE.
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    2024 Russell, T. L., & Bedrikovetsky, P. (2024). An Analytical Model for Water Evaporation During CO<inf>2</inf> Injection for Geological Storage. In Proceedings - SPE International Symposium on Formation Damage Control Vol. 2024-February. Online: SPE.
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    2024 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.
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    2024 Russell, T., Nguyen, C., Loi, G., Mohd Shafian, S. R., Zulkifli, N. N., Zeinijahromi, A., & Bedrikovetsky, P. (2024). Well Productivity Decline During Oil &amp; Water Production due to Fines Migration. In APOGCE 2024 - SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition.
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    2022 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 Scopus5
    2018 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 Scopus1
    2018 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 Scopus16
    2018 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 Scopus4
    2017 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.
    Scopus2

  • Figures
    Year Citation
    - Russell, T. (n.d.). NumExact Comparison Case 1.fig.
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  • Preprint
    Year Citation
    2023 Hashemi, A., Nguyen, C., Loi, G., Yang, Y., Khazali, N., Dang-Le, B., . . . Bedrikovetsky, P. (2023). Colloidal Detachment in Porous Media: Stochastic Model and Upscaling.
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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
  • Position: ARC Grant-Funded Researcher A
  • Phone: 83138034
  • Email: thomas.l.russell@adelaide.edu.au
  • Campus: North Terrace
  • Building: Santos Petroleum Engineering, floor 2
  • Org Unit: Mining and Petroleum Engineering
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