Publications

Recent Publications

Coupled adsorption/precipitation (Γ/Π) modelling of scale inhibitor transport in porous media using the coupled isotherm, A_ΓΠ(c)
Kalantari meybodi, M., Sorbie, K. S., Vazquez, O. & Mackay, E. J., 20 Nov 2024, In: Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 703, Part 2, 135309.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Distinctive Reservoir Engineering Strategies: Comparing Underground Hydrogen Storage with CCS and Natural Gas Storage
Wang, G., Sorbie, K. S. & Mackay, E. J., 4 Nov 2024.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
How Brine Composition Impacts CO2 Storage in Depleted Carbonate Reservoirs
Gusmao, P. & Mackay, E. J., 4 Nov 2024.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
X-ray visualized unstable displacements of water by gas in sandstone slabs for subsurface gas storage
Beteta, A., Wang, G., Sorbie, K. S. & Mackay, E. J., Oct 2024, In: Physics of Fluids. 36, 10, 102107 .
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Numerical Simulation of Coupled Adsorption/Precipitation of DETPMP in Carbonate Porous Media
Meybodi, M. K., Sorbie, K. S., Vazquez, O. & Mackay, E., 2 Sept 2024, p. 1-15. 15 p.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
Kinetics of In-Situ Calcium Magnesium Carbonate Precipitation and the Need for Desulfation in Seawater-Flooded Carbonate Reservoirs
Al-Behadili, A. M. & Mackay, E. J., Sept 2024, In: SPE Journal. 29, 9, p. 5055-5070 16 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Geochemical Reactivity Modelling During CO2 Induced Convective Brine Mixing
Ghanbari, S., Mackay, E. J., Clemens, T., Hujer, W., Rath, A., Lüftenegger, M. R., Magdalena, M. & Zamolyi, A., 26 Jun 2024, SPE Europe Energy Conference and Exhibition 2024. Society of Petroleum Engineers, SPE-220161-MS
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Integrated Modelling of Bio-Geochemical Aspects in Underground Hydrogen Storage: Implications for Reservoir Selection and Performance
Shojaee, A., Ghanbari, S., Wang, G. & Mackay, E. J., 26 Jun 2024, SPE Europe Energy Conference and Exhibition 2024. Society of Petroleum Engineers, SPE-220056-MS
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Static Modelling and Dynamic Simulation for Geological CO2 Storage: an Integrated Regional Scale Approach
De Luca, M., Mackay, E. J., Good, T. R., Scisciani, V., MacBeth, C. & Patruno, S., 10 Jun 2024, 85th EAGE Annual Conference & Exhibition 2024. EAGE Publishing BV, p. 1-5 5 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Equilibrium Modelling of Interactions in DETPMP-Carbonate System
Kalantari Meybodi, M., Vazquez, O., Sorbie, K. S., Mackay, E. J. & Jarrahian, K., 5 Jun 2024, SPE Oilfield Scale Symposium 2024. Society of Petroleum Engineers, SPE-218704-MS
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Impact of Reservoir on Relaxation of Requirement for SRP Whilst Protecting Production - Reactive Transport Modelling for a Mature Offshore Field
Wang, X., Baraka-Lokmane, S. & Mackay, E., 5 Jun 2024, SPE Oilfield Scale Symposium 2024. Society of Petroleum Engineers, SPE-218729-MS
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Understanding the Role of Scale Management in Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS)
Heath, S., Mackay, E., Jarrahian, K., Ishkov, O. & Gusmão, P., 5 Jun 2024, SPE Oilfield Scale Symposium 2024. Society of Petroleum Engineers, SPE-218722-MS
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Understanding the Impact of Water Injection Rate on Brine Composition and Calcite Scaling in Reactive Carbonate Reservoirs as a Function of Oil Composition and Saturation
Gusmao, P. B. & Mackay, E. J., 5 Jun 2024, SPE Oilfield Scale Symposium 2024. Society of Petroleum Engineers, SPE-218735-MS
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Modelling of Halite Risk During CO₂ Injection in a North Sea Aquifer
Ogundipe, O. M., Mackay, E. J., Hatscher, S. & Seri, G., 5 Jun 2024, SPE Oilfield Scale Symposium 2024. Society of Petroleum Engineers, SPE-218723-MS
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Scale Control in Geothermal Wells – What are the Options for Effective and Economic Scale Management?
Jarrahian, K., Mackay, E., Singleton, M., Mohammadi, S., Heath, S. & Pessu, F., 5 Jun 2024, SPE Oilfield Scale Symposium 2024. Society of Petroleum Engineers, SPE-218737-MS
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Scale Treatment Optimisation in Geothermal Reservoirs
Vazquez, O., Mackay, E. & Beteta, A., 5 Jun 2024, SPE Oilfield Scale Symposium 2024. Society of Petroleum Engineers, SPE-218724-MS
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Propagation of CO₂ desaturation front in near wellbore region
Awag, M., Mackay, E. & Ghanbari, S., Jun 2024, In: Energy Reports. 11, p. 5845-5858 14 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A Comprehensive Equilibrium Model for the Phosphonate Scale Inhibitor-Carbonate System including Coupled Adsorption/Precipitation (Γ/Π)
Meybodi, M. K., Sorbie, K. S., Vazquez, O., Mackay, E. J., Jarrahian, K. & Igder, M., 5 May 2024, In: Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 688, 133535.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Method for Identification of Types and Amounts of Salts that may Precipitate due to Brine Dry Out and Application to UK Southern North Sea Candidate CO₂ Stores
Badejo, A. O., Ogundipe, O. M. & Mackay, E. J., 2 May 2024, SPE/AAPG/SEG Carbon, Capture, Utilization, and Storage Conference and Exhibition 2024. Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 3999163
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
An Improved Reservoir Understanding of the Impact of Initial Oil Composition and Residual Oil Saturation on Brine Composition and Calcite Scaling During CO₂ – WAG EOR in Carbonate Reservoirs
Gusmao, P. B., Mackay, E. J. & Sorbie, K. S., 22 Apr 2024, SPE Improved Oil Recovery Conference 2024. Society of Petroleum Engineers, SPE-218202-MS
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Coupled Adsorption/Precipitation Modelling of Phosphonate Scale Inhibitors in a Batch Reactive System
Meybodi, M. K., Sorbie, K. S., Vazquez, O., Jarrahian, K. & Mackay, E. J., 19 Feb 2024, SPE International Conference and Exhibition on Formation Damage Control 2024. Society of Petroleum Engineers, SPE-217904-MS
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Kinetics of in Situ Calcium Magnesium Carbonate Precipitation and the Need for De-Sulphation in Seawater Flooded Carbonate Reservoirs
Al-Behadili, A. M. & Makcay, E. J., 19 Feb 2024, SPE International Conference and Exhibition on Formation Damage Control 2024. Society of Petroleum Engineers, SPE-217879-MS
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Bioreaction coupled flow simulations: Impacts of methanogenesis on seasonal underground hydrogen storage
Wang, G., Pickup, G., Sorbie, K., de Rezende, J. R., Zarei, F. & Mackay, E., 15 Feb 2024, In: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 55, p. 921-931 11 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Modelling Approach to Predict and Mitigate Formation Damage Due to Halite Deposition During CO₂ Storage in Saline Aquifers
Ogundipe, O. M., Mackay, E. J. & Vasquez, O., 14 Feb 2024, SPE International Conference and Exhibition on Formation Damage Control 2024. Society of Petroleum Engineers, SPE-217877-MS
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
A numerical analysis of background flow velocity effects on long-term post-injection migration of CO₂ plumes in tilted storage aquifers
Awag, M., Mackay, E. & Ghanbari, S., Feb 2024, In: Advances in Geo-Energy Research. 11, 2, p. 103-114 12 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Interplay between microbial activity and geochemical reactions during underground hydrogen storage in a seawater-rich formation
Shojaee, A., Ghanbari, S., Wang, G. & Mackay, E., 2 Jan 2024, In: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 50, Part D, p. 1529-1541 13 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Impact of CO₂ solubility on design of single well tracer tests to evaluate residual saturation during carbon capture and storage
Awag, M., Mackay, E. & Ghanbari, S., Jan 2024, In: Advances in Geo-Energy Research. 11, 1, p. 6-19 14 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Comparison between downdip and updip groundwater flow on early CO₂ migration in dipping storage aquifers
Awag, M., Mackay, E. & Ghanbari, S., Jan 2024, In: Gas Science and Engineering. 121, 205181.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Modelling the Effect of Water Vaporisation and Halite Precipitation on Reservoir Properties During CO2 Subsurface Storage
Ogundipe, O. & Mackay, E., 2 Oct 2023, p. 1-26. 26 p.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
The impact of background water flow on the early migration of a CO₂ plume in a tilted aquifer during the post-injection period
Awag, M., Mackay, E. & Ghanbari, S., Aug 2023, In: Advances in Geo-Energy Research. 9, 2, p. 125-135 11 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Impact of Groundwater Flow Direction on Early CO₂ Plume Migration in Dipping Aquifers
Awag, M., Mackay, E. & Ghanbari, S., 2023, 84th EAGE Annual Conference and Exhibition. EAGE Publishing BV, Vol. 4. p. 2654-2658 5 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Corrigendum to “Scaling analysis of hydrogen flow with carbon dioxide cushion gas in subsurface heterogeneous porous media”, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy Volume 47, Issue 3, 8 January 2022, Pages 1752–1764
Wang, G., Pickup, G., Sorbie, K. & Mackay, E., 15 Jul 2022, In: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 47, 60, p. 25468-25469 2 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Learnings Arising from Modelling of Single Well Tracer Tests to Characterise CO2 Injection
Awag, M. M., Mackay, E. J. & Ghanbari, S., 2022, 83rd EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2022. EAGE Publishing BV, p. 3185-3189 5 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Co2 Plume Migration in Tilted Aquifers Subject to Groundwater Flow
Awag, M., Mackay, E. & Ghanbari, S., 2022, 83rd EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2022. EAGE Publishing BV, p. 3190-3194 5 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Long-term Strategy Optimization of Scale Squeeze Treatment in a Carbonate Reservoir Under CO₂-WAG Water-Alternating-Gas Injection
Azari, V., Rodrigues, H., Suieshova, A., Vazquez, O. & Mackay, E., 29 Nov 2021, SPE International Conference on Oilfield Chemistry 2021. Society of Petroleum Engineers, SPE-204352-MS
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
CO₂ Flow Regimes Comparison between North Sea and US Classes of Reservoirs
Ghanbari, S., Mackay, E. J. & Pickup, G. E., Nov 2021, In: SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering. 24, 4, p. 901-922 22 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Full-Field Optimization of Offshore Squeeze Campaigns in Total Gulf of Guinea Fields
Azari, V., Vazquez, O., Baraka-Lokmane, S., Mackay, E. & Brice, S., Nov 2021, In: SPE Production and Operations. 36, 4, p. 843-857 15 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Compositional Simulation of Hydrogen Storage with Carbon Dioxide Cushion Gas in Subsurface Heterogeneous Porous Media
Wang, G., Pickup, G., Sorbie, K. & MacKay, E., 2021, 2nd Geoscience and Engineering in Energy Transition Conference 2021. EAGE Publishing BV, p. 1-5 5 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Interaction of CO₂ storage and hydrocarbon production in vertically communicating subsurface systems
Ghanbari, S., Mackay, E. J. & Pickup, G. E., 2021.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
Multi-objective Optimization of CO₂ Recycling Operations for CCUS in Pre-Salt Carbonate Reservoirs
Rodrigues, H. W. L., Mackay, E. J. & Arnold, D. P., 2021.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
The Effect of Faults and Fractures on Fluid Flow during CO₂-EOR at Wellington Filed in South Kansas
Holubnyak, Y., Mackay, E., Ishkov, O. & Watney, W., 2018.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
Applied risk and consequence analysis for CO₂ storage projects – the Captain X storage site, offshore UK (Acorn)
Heinemann, N., Robertson, H., Alcalde, J., James, A., Ghanbari, S., Bond, C., Faulkner, D., Allen, M., Mackay, E. J. & Haszeldine, R. S., 2018.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
CO2 aquifer storage site evaluation and monitoring: Understanding the challenges of CO2 storage: results of the CASSEM project
Smith, M., Campbell, D., Mackay, E. J. & Polson, D., 31 May 2012, SCCS. 196 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book
The cost and value of field, laboratory, and simulation data for validating scale inhibitor treatment models
Patroni Zavala, J. A., Mackay, E. J., Vazquez, O., Boak, L. S., Singleton, M. & Ross, G., 2008, 9th International Conference on Oilfield Scale 2008: Managing Scale Through the Field Lifetime. Curran Associates, Inc., p. 473-493 21 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Modelling chemical displacement in corefloods and the near-well formation to optimise treatments and minimise environmental damage
Mackay, E. J., 2007.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
Low-sulfate seawater injection for barium sulfate scale control: A life-of-field solution to a complex challenge
Jordan, M. M., Collins, I. R. & Mackay, E. J., 15 Feb 2006, SPE International Symposium and Exhibition on Formation Damage Control 2006. Society of Petroleum Engineers, SPE-98096-MS
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Placement using viscosified non-Newtonian scale-inhibitor slugs: The effect of shear thinning
Serbie, K. S., Mackay, E. J., Collins, I. R. & Wat, R., 2006, p. 259-268. 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
Integrated field development for effective scale control throughout the water cycle in deep water subsea fields
Jordan, M. M. & Mackay, E. J., 2005, 67th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2005 : The Challenge of Discovery . EAGE Publishing BV, Vol. 5. p. 2585-2601 17 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
The Challenges for Scale Control in Deepwater Production Systems: Chemical Inhibition and Placement
Graham, G. M., Mackay, E. J., Dyer, S. J. & Bourne, H. M., 7 Apr 2002.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
Modelling of scale inhibitor treatments in horizontal wells: Application to the Alba field
Mackay, E. J., Matharu, A. P., Sorbie, K. S., Jordan, M. M. & Tomlins, R., 18 Feb 1998, SPE Formation Damage Control Conference 1998. Society of Petroleum Engineers, SPE-39452-MS
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution