Dr Themis Carageorgos

Biography/ Background

I am a Research fellow at the Australian School of Petroleum (ASP) of the University of Adelaide since 2008. I graduated in chemical engineering from the Fluminense Federal University (1979- Brazil) and I did my PhD in mineral resources engineering at Imperial College (1993 - London). From 1999 – 2007 I worked as an associated professor in petroleum engineering at  North Fluminense State University (Brazil).

My main research interests are in laboratory studies of flow of suspension/colloid transport in porous media with applications to formation damage, environmental engineering and  unconventional energy resources (CBM, shale gas/oil, geothermal reservoirs).

Qualifications

1993 - PhD, Imperial College - London University, London

1981 - MEng, Mineral Technology - COPPE - Rio de Janeiro Federal University, Brazil

1979 - Chemical Engineer, Fluminense Federal University, Brazil

Research Interests

• Oilfield scaling: laboartory studies; reaction kinetics and formation damage constants.
• Oilfield scaling in produced water re-injection.
• Laboratory study of well injectivity impairment.
• Propagation of oily particles, bacteria and viruses in aquifers - laboratory modelling.
• Laboratory studies to improve oil/gas recovery from unconventional resources.
  

Publications

• 2013 - Aji, K., Badalyan, A., Carageorgos, T., Zeinijahromi, A., Bedrikovetsky, P.G., High Velocity Colloidal Flow in Porous Media: Experimental study and modelling, in: Focus on Porous Media Research, Ed. by Zhao, C., Nova Science Publishers, NY (accepted on 15/10/2012)
  
• 2012 - Hussain, F., Zeinijahromi, A., Bedrikovetsky, P., Cinar, Y., Badalyan, A., Carageorgos, T., Improved Oil Recovery by Mobilizing  Fines during Waterflooding (Laboratory-based Incremental Recovery, SPE paper 149704 presented at the SPE North Africa Technical Conference and Exhibition held in Cairo, Egypt, 20-22 February.
  
• 2012 - A.Badalyan, T. Carageorgos, P. Bedrikovetsky, Z. You, A. Zeinijahromi and K. Aji, Critical analysis of uncertainties during particle filtration, Review of Scientific Instruments, 83, 095106. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4749844.
• 2011 - Z. Mohiuddin, M. Haghighi, Y. Stokes, T. Carageorgos and  D. Gibbins, Pore scale visualization and simulation of miscible displacement process under gravity domination, International Petroleum Technology Conference in Bangkok, Thailand, 15-17 November. IPTC 15310.
• 2010 - T. Carageorgos, M. Marotti and P. Bedrikovetsky, A new laboaratory method for evaluation of sulphate scaling parameters from pressure measurements, SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, June 2010, 438 - 448.
  
• 2009 - T. Carageorgos, M. Marotti and P. Bedrikovetsky, Characterize scaling damage from pressure measurements, Journal of Petroleum Technology, June 2009, 71 - 72.
• 2009 - T. Carageorgos, M. Marotti, R. Monteiro and P. Bedrikovetsky, Laboratory and well-history based predictions of productive decline due to oilfield scaling - Analytical modelling and field study, APPEA Journal.
• 2005 - P. Bedrikovetsky, R. Monteiro, R. Lopes, P. Moraes, T. Carageorgos, F.F. Rosário and E. A. Lima, Mathematical and Laboratory Modelling of Reservoir Sulphate Scaling, Journal Progress in Mining and Oilfield Chemistry, Akadémia Kiadó, Budapest, Vol. 6, 1 - 36.

Entry last updated: Wednesday, 13 Mar 2013