Dr Ayrton Soares Ribeiro
Energi Simulation Postdoctoral Research Fellow
UQ Centre for Natural Gas

Journal Articles
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
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
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
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
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, Ayrton S., Silva, Duarte, Mackay, Eric J. and Sorbie, Ken (2017). The impact of vapor/liquid-equilibria calculations on scale-prediction modeling. 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, 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 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.