Dr Vahab Honari
Casual Research Officer
UQ Centre for Natural Gas

Journal Articles
Wang, Zhiming, Hurter, Suzanne, You, Zhenjiang, Honari, Vahab, Sun, Yuning and Zhang, Shuo (2021). Influences of negative pressure on air-leakage of coalseam gas extraction: Laboratory and CFD-DEM simulations. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 196 107731, 107731. doi: 10.1016/j.petrol.2020.107731
Vink, Sue, Underschultz, Jim, Guiton, Sam, Xu, Juan and Honari, Vahab (2020). Flow system of the Hutton sandstone in the northern Surat Basin, Australia. Hydrogeology Journal, 28 (1), 89-102. doi: 10.1007/s10040-019-02097-7
Zecca, Marco, Vogt, Sarah J., Honari, Abdolvahab, Xiao, Gongkui, Fridjonsson, Einar O., May, Eric F. and Johns, Michael L. (2017). Quantitative dependence of CH4-CO2 dispersion on immobile water fraction. AI Ch E Journal, 63 (11), 5159-5168. doi: 10.1002/aic.15824
Honari, Abdolvahab, Zecca, Marco, Vogt, Sarah J., Iglauer, Stefan, Bijeljic, Branko, Johns, Michael L. and May, Eric F. (2016). The impact of residual water on CH4-CO2 dispersion in consolidated rock cores. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 50, 100-111. doi: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2016.04.004
Honari, Abdolvahab, Bijeljic, Branko, Johns, Michael L. and May, Eric F. (2015). Enhanced gas recovery with CO2 sequestration: the effect of medium heterogeneity on the dispersion of supercritical CO2-CH4. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 39, 39-50. doi: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2015.04.014
Honari, Abdolvahab, Vogt, Sarah J., May, Eric F. and Johns, Michael L. (2015). Gas–gas dispersion coefficient measurements using low-field MRI. Transport in Porous Media, 106 (1), 21-32. doi: 10.1007/s11242-014-0388-2
Hussain, R., Vogt, S. J., Honari, A., Hollingsworth, K. G., Sederman, A. J., Mitchell, J. and Johns, M. L. (2014). Interfacial tension measurements using MRI drop shape analysis. Langmuir, 30 (6), 1566-1572. doi: 10.1021/la404635x
Honari, Abdolvahab, Hughes, Thomas J., Fridjonsson, Einar O., Johns, Michael L. and May, Eric F. (2013). Dispersion of supercritical CO2 and CH4 in consolidated porous media for enhanced gas recovery simulations. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 19, 234-242. doi: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2013.08.016
Hughes, Thomas J., Honari, Abdolvahab, Graham, Brendan F., Chauhan, Aman S., Johns, Michael L. and May, Eric F. (2012). CO2 sequestration for enhanced gas recovery: new measurements of supercritical CO2-CH4 dispersion in porous media and a review of recent research. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 9, 457-468. doi: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2012.05.011
Conference Papers
Honari, Vahab, Wang, Xiangzeng, Underschultz, Jim, Garnett, Andrew, Wang, Xingjin, Johnson, Raymond, Ribeiro, Ayrton, Sedaghat, Mohammad, Gao, Ruimin, Liang, Quansheng and Hurter, Suzanne (2020). Evaluation of CO injectivity for CO-EOR using a two-stage well test approach: case study of a Chinese tight oil reservoir. SPE Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition, Virtual, 17-19 November. Richardson, TX, United States: Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi: 10.2118/202374-ms
Ribeiro, Ayrton, Sedaghat, Mohammad, Honari, Vahab and Hurter, Suzanne (2020). Impact of injection temperature on CO2 storage in the Surat Basin, Eastern Australia. SPE Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition, Virtual, 17-19 November. Richardson, TX, United States: Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi: 10.2118/202333-ms
Pearce, J.K., La Croix, A.D., Brink, F., Honari, V., Gonzalez, S., Harfoush, A. and Underschultz, J.R. (2019). CO2-water-rock predictions from aquifer and oil field drill core data: the Precipice Sandstone-Evergreen formation CO2 storage reservoir-seal pair. AEGC 2019, Perth, WA, Australia, 2-5 September 2019. Taylor & Francis . doi: 10.1080/22020586.2019.12073162
La Croix, Andrew D., Honari, Vahab, Gonzalez, Sebastian, Underschultz, Jim and Garnett, Andrew (2018). Impact of sequence stratigraphy on static and dynamic reservoir models: examples from the Precipice-Evergreen succession, Surat Basin, Queensland. 1st Australasian Exploration Geoscience Conference – Exploration Innovation Integration, Sydney, NSW Australia, 18-21 February 2018. Clayton South, VIC Australia: CSIRO. doi: 10.1071/aseg2018abm1_3c
Honari, Vahab, Underschultz, Jim, Wang, Xingjin, Garnett, Andrew, Wang, Xiangzeng, Gao, Ruimin and Liang, Quansheng (2018). CO2 sequestration-EOR in Yanchang oilfield, China: Estimation of CO2 storage capacity using a two-stage well test. 2018 Applied Energy Symposium and Forum, Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage, CCUS 2018, Perth, WA, Australia, 27 - 29 June, 2018. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier BV. doi: 10.1016/j.egypro.2018.11.003
Dashti, Hossein, Underschultz, Jim, Garnett, Andrew, Honari, Vahab, Sedaghat, Mohammad and Rudolph, Victor (2018). A review of recent advances in cost-effective infrastructure system design of the CO2 distribution to CCS injection wells. SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition 2018, APOGCE 2018, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 23 - 25 October 2018. Richardson, TX United States: Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi: 10.2118/192059-MS
Khan, Charwarwan, Ge, Lei, Mahoney, Shilo, Rufford, Tom, Rudolph, Victor, Steel, Karen, Towler, Brian and Honari, Vahab (2015). Coal bed methane reservoir simulation study. AAPG Opportunities and Advancements in Coal Bed Methane in the Asia Pacific, Brisbane / Brisbane Convention Centre, 12-13 February 2015. Tulsa, OK United States: Datapages.
Liu, Keyu, Clennell, Michael B., Honari, Abdolvahab, Sayem, Taschfeen, Rashid, Abdul, Wei, Xiaofang and Saeedi, Ali (2013). Laboratory investigation of factors affecting CO2 enhanced oil and gas recovery. SPE Enhanced Oil Recovery Conference, EORC 2013: Delivering the Promise NOW!, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2 - 4 July 2013. Red Hook, NY, United States: Curran.
Honari, Abdolvahab, Hughes, Thomas J., Johns, Micheal L. and May, Eric F. (2012). Enhanced gas recovery by CO2 sequestration: physical dispersion and mixing. Chemeca 2012: Quality of Life Through Chemical Engineering, Wellington, New Zealand, 23 - 26 September 2012. Barton, ACT, Australia: Engineers Australia.
Honari, Abdolvahab, Liu, Keyu, Graham, Brendan and Bahar, Mohammad (2010). The effects of reservoir brine compositions on interfacial tension and reservoir wettability under reservoir conditions. 50th APPEA Conference and Exhibition, Brisbane, Australia, 16-19 May 2010. Clayton, VIC Australia: CSIRO Publishing. doi: 10.1071/AJ09099
Research Reports
Garnett, Andrew, Underschultz, Jim, Ashworth, Peta, Honari, Vahab and Johnson, Ray (2019). Scoping study for material carbon abatement via carbon capture and storage: China engagement: Special edition. The University of Queensland Surat Deep Aquifer Appraisal Project (UQ-SDAAP) Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Honari, Vahab, Harfoush, Ahmed, Underschultz, Jim and Wolhuter, Alexandra (2019). DST analysis. The University of Queensland Surat Deep Aquifer Appraisal Project (UQ-SDAAP) Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Honari, Vahab, Gonzalez, Sebastian, Underschultz, Jim and Garnett, Andrew (2019). Moonie oil field history match and re-evaluation. The University of Queensland Surat Deep Aquifer Appraisal Project (UQ-SDAAP) Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Honari, Vahab, Underschultz, Jim and Garnett, Andrew (2019). Appraisal well test design. The University of Queensland Surat Deep Aquifer Appraisal Project (UQ-SDAAP) Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Honari, Vahab, Garnett, Andrew and Underschultz, Jim (2019). Risk register report. The University of Queensland Surat Deep Aquifer Appraisal Project (UQ-SDAAP) Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Honari, Vahab, Gonzalez, Sebastian and Garnett, Andrew (2019). Site appraisal plan. The University of Queensland Surat Deep Aquifer Appraisal Project (UQ-SDAAP) Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland.