Dr. Muhammadu Rabiu Ado

 

 

mado@kfu.edu.sa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

RANK: Assistant Professor

 

EDUCATION:

 

·      Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Enhanced Oil Recovery, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom, 2017.

 

·      B.Sc.  Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom, 2013.

 

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

·      Thermal Enhanced Oil Recovery

·      Reservoir Simulation

·      Downhole Catalytic Upgrading of Heavy Oil and Bitumen

 

 Experiences:

·      National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Member, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Department, Bayero University Kano (BUK), Kano State, Nigeria (2017 – 2018)

 

·      Postgraduate Teaching and Marking Assistant, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK (2013 – 2017)

 

·      Resident Tutor, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom, (2014 – 2015)

 

·      Engineering Foundation Year Demonstrator and Marking Assistant, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom, (2013 – 2015)

Publications:

·         RABIU ADO, M., GREAVES, M. & RIGBY, S. P. 2017. Dynamic Simulation of the Toe-to-Heel Air Injection Heavy Oil Recovery Process. Energy & Fuels.

·         RABIU ADO, M., GREAVES, M. & RIGBY, S. P. 2018. Effect of Pre-Ignition Heating Cycle Method, Air Injection Flux, and Reservoir Viscosity on the THAI Heavy Oil Recovery Process. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering.

·         ADO, M. R., GREAVES, M. & RIGBY, S. P. 2019. Impact of Geological Heterogeneity on Performance and Safety of THAI Heavy Oil Production Process. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering.

·         ADO, M. R. 2020. A detailed approach to up-scaling of the Toe-to-Heel Air Injection (THAI) In-Situ Combustion enhanced heavy oil recovery process. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering.

 

·         ADO, M. R. 2020. Predictive capability of field scale kinetics for simulating toe-to-heel air injection heavy oil and bitumen upgrading and production technology. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering.

·         ADO, M. R. 2020. Impacts of Kinetics Scheme Used To Simulate Toe-to-Heel Air Injection (THAI) in Situ Combustion Method for Heavy Oil Upgrading and Production. ACS Omega.

·         ADO, M. R. 2020. Effect of reservoir pay thickness on the performance of the THAI heavy oil and bitumen upgrading and production process. Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology.

·         ADO, M. R. 2020. Simulation study on the effect of reservoir bottom water on the performance of the THAI in-situ combustion technology for heavy oil/tar sand upgrading and recovery. SN Applied Sciences.

Research IDs:

 

·         Orcid ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1812-7515

·         Scopus Author ID: 57193507932

·         Google Scholar:  https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=mQFyC1cAAAAJ&hl=en