MSc. Rustam Niftaliyev

MSc. Rustam Niftaliyev

  • Adenauerring 20 a
    76131 Karlsruhe, Germany

MSc. Niftaliyev Rustam

Research Areas

  • CO₂ storage in saline aquifers (CCUS)

  • Core flooding experiments and micromodel studies in porous media

  • Coupling laboratory experiments with reservoir simulation and history matching

Experience

  • Microfluidic CO₂ experiments in homogeneous and rock-analog micromodels

  • Core flooding experiments under CT-scan monitoring (CO₂ and H₂)

  • Image processing and quantitative pore-scale analysis (ImageJ, Python)

  • Reservoir and CCS modeling using CMG with history matching

  • Reservoir engineer

Education

  • 2021–2024
    Politecnico di Torino, M.Sc. Petroleum and Mining Engineering
    Master’s thesis at TU Delft: Impact of Rock Heterogeneity in Salt Precipitation during CO₂ and H₂ Injection

  • 2017–2021
    Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University, B.Sc. Petroleum Engineering 

List of Publication


Microfluidic Investigation of Salt Precipitation and Hydrate during CO2 Injection
Yan, L.; Niftaliyev, R.; Schellart, M.; Voskov, D.; Farajzadeh, R.
2024. Fifth EAGE Global Energy Transition Conference & Exhibition (GET 2024), Rotterdam, 4th-7th November 2024, 1–5, European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE). doi:10.3997/2214-4609.202421143
Dynamics of salt precipitation at pore scale during CO2 subsurface storage in saline aquifer
Yan, L.; Niftaliyev, R.; Voskov, D.; Farajzadeh, R.
2025. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 678, 419–430. doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2024.08.265