Dr Ayrton Soares Ribeiro
Honorary Fellow
UQ Centre for Natural Gas

Journal Articles
Zhao, Xinzhe, Xing, Huilin, Ribeiro, Ayrton and Hurter, Suzanne (2022). Modeling the initiation of groundwater flash vaporization during mining within an active geothermal system. Transport in Porous Media, 144 (3), 669-697. doi: 10.1007/s11242-022-01830-3
Santiago, Vanessa, Ribeiro, Ayrton, Johnson, Raymond, Hurter, Suzanne and You, Zhenjiang (2022). Modeling and economic analyses of graded particle injections in conjunction with hydraulic fracturing of coal seam gas reservoirs. SPE Journal, 27 (3), 1633-1647. doi: 10.2118/208404-PA
Ramanandraibe, Honja Miharisoa, Soares Ribeiro, Ayrton, Johnson, Raymond and You, Zhenjiang (2021). Improved modelling of pressure-dependent permeability behaviour in coal based on a new workflow of petrophysics, hydraulic fracturing and reservoir simulation. The APPEA Journal, 61 (1), 106-117. doi: 10.1071/aj20157
Santiago, Vanessa, Ribeiro, Ayrton and Hurter, Suzanne (2020). Modeling the contribution of individual coal seams on commingled gas production. SPE Production and Operations, 36 (01), 1-17. doi: 10.2118/198241-pa
Wu, Benjamin, Ribeiro, Ayrton Soares, Firouzi, Mahshid, Rufford, Thomas E. and Towler, Brian (2020). Use of pressure signal analysis to characterise counter-current two-phase flow regimes in annuli. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 153, 547-561. doi: 10.1016/j.cherd.2019.11.009
Jin, Min, Ribeiro, Ayrton, Mackay, Eric, Guirriaraes, Leonardo and Bagudu, Usman (2016). Geochemical modelling of formation damage risk during CO2 injection in saline aquifers. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 35, 703-719. doi: 10.1016/j.jngse.2016.08.030
Ribeiro, A. S. and Riera, R. (2013). An information-based tool for inferring the nature of deterministic sources in real data. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 392 (20), 5053-5064. doi: 10.1016/j.physa.2013.06.053
Conference Papers
Johnson, Raymond Leslie, Ramanandraibe, Honja Miharisoa, Di Vaira, Nathan, Leonardi, Chris, You, Zhenjiang, Santiago, Vanessa, Ribeiro, Ayrton, Badalyan, Alexander, Bedrikovetsky, Pavel, Zeinijahromi, Abbas, Carageorgos, Themis, Sanchez-Barr, Angel, Chalaturnyk, Rick and Deisman, Nathan (2022). Implications of recent research into the application of graded particles or micro-proppants for coal seam gas and shale hydraulic fracturing. SPE Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 17-19 October 2022. Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi: 10.2118/210628-ms
Santiago, Vanessa, Ribeiro, Ayrton, Johnson, Raymond, Hurter, Suzanne and You, Zhenjiang (2021). Modelling and Economic Analyses of Graded Particle Injections in Conjunction with Hydraulically Fracturing of Coal Seam Gas Reservoirs. SPE/AAPG/SEG Asia Pacific Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Online, 16–18 November 2021. Tulsa, OK United States: Unconventional Resources Technology Conference. doi: 10.15530/AP-URTEC-2021-208404
Johnson, Raymond Leslie, Ramanandraibe, Honja Miharisoa, Ribeiro, Ayrton, Ramsay, Matthew, Tipene, Kaa and Corbett, William (2021). Applications of indirect hydraulic fracturing to improve coal seam gas drainage for the Surat and Bowen Basins, Australia. SPE/AAPG/SEG Asia Pacific Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, 16-18 November 2021. Tulsa, OK, USA: Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC). doi: 10.15530/AP-URTEC-2021-208375
Ribeiro, Ayrton, Mackay, Eric and Guimarães, Leonardo (2020). Modelling Porosity and Permeability Alteration during CO2 WAG Injection in Carbonate Oil Reservoirs. 17th European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery, Online, 14-17 September 2020. Houten, Netherlands: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers. doi: 10.3997/2214-4609.202035187
Johnson, Raymond L., You, Zhenjiang, Ribeiro, Ayrton, Mukherjee, Saswata, Salomao de Santiago, Vanessa and Leonardi, Christopher (2020). Integrating Reservoir Characterisation, Diagnostic Fracture Injection Testing, Hydraulic Fracturing and Post-Frac Well Production Data to Define Pressure Dependent Permeability Behavior in Coal. SPE Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition, Online, 17-19 November 2020. Richardson, TX United States: Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi: 10.2118/202281-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
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
Santiago, Vanessa, Ribeiro, Ayrton and Hurter, Suzanne (2019). Modelling the Contribution of Individual Seams to Coal Seam Gas Production. Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC), Brisbane, QLD Australia, 18 - 19 November 2019. Tulsa, OK United States: Unconventional Resources Technology Conference. doi: 10.15530/ap-urtec-2019-198241
Ribeiro, Ayrton, Santiago, Vanessa, You, Zhenjiang, Johnson Jr., Raymond and Hurter, Suzanne (2019). Evaluating performance of graded proppant injection into CSG reservoir: a reservoir simulation study. SPE/AAPG/SEG Asia Pacific Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 18 - 19 November 2019. Tulsa, OK, United States: Unconventional Resources Technology Conference. doi: 10.15530/ap-urtec-2019-198324
Wu, Benjamin, Firouzi, Mahshid, Ribeiro, Ayrton S., Rufford, Thomas E. and Towler, Brian (2019). Investigating the Effect of Salinity on Counter-Current Two-Phase Flow Regimes in Annuli. Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC), Brisbane, QLD Australia, 18 - 19 November 2019. Tulsa, OK United States: Unconventional Resources Technology Conference. doi: 10.15530/ap-urtec-2019-198228
Ribeiro, A. S., Mackay, E. J., Guimarães, L. J.N., Jordan, M. and Fellows, S. (2017). Scale risk management during CO2 WAG in carbonate formations. 19th European Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery: Sustainable IOR in a Low Oil Price World, Stavanger, Norway, 24-27 April 2017. European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, EAGE. doi: 10.3997/2214-4609.201700302
Ribeiro, Ayrton S., Silva, Duarte, Mackay, Eric J. and Sorbie, Ken (2017). The impact of vapour-liquid equilibria VLE calculations on scale prediction modelling. SPE International Oilfield Scale Conference and Exhibition, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom, 11-12 May 2016. Richardson, TX, United States: Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi: 10.2118/179885-ms
Ribeiro, Ayrton S., Silva, Duarte, Mackay, Eric J. and Sorbie, Ken (2017). The impact of vapor/liquid-equilibria calculations on scale-prediction modeling. Richardson, TX, United States: Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi: 10.2118/179885-pa
Ribeiro, Ayrton S., Mackay, Eric J. and Guimarães, Leonardo (2016). Predicting calcite scaling risk due to dissolution and re-precipitation in carbonate reservoirs during CO2 injection. SPE International Oilfield Scale Conference and Exhibition, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom, 11-12 May 2016. Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi: 10.2118/179884-ms
Research Reports
Ribeiro, Ayrton Soares , Rodger, Iain and Underschultz, Jim (2019). Fluid model. The University of Queensland Surat Deep Aquifer Appraisal Project (UQ-SDAAP) Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Ribeiro, Ayrton Soares, Rodger, Iain, Underschultz, Jim and Garnett, Andrew (2019). Notional injection sites – injection scenarios. The University of Queensland Surat Deep Aquifer Appraisal Project (UQ-SDAAP) Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Harfoush, Ahmed, Gonzalez, Sebastian, Ribeiro, Ayrton Soares and Wolhuter, Alexandra (2019). Fluid substitution for seismic detection of plume. The University of Queensland Surat Deep Aquifer Appraisal Project (UQ-SDAAP) Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland.