Assistant Professor
Room 4028, Engineering Building
University of Wyoming
College of Engineering and Applied Science
Department of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
Dept. 3295
1000 E. University Avenue
Laramie, WY 82071

Phone: 307.766.3278

Education:

• Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering, Imperial College London, England, 2003
• M.Sc. Petroleum Engineering, Imperial College London, England, 1998
• B.Sc. Chemical Engineering, Ecole Nationale Polytechnique, Algeria, 1993

Experience:

• Research Scientist, Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute, Laramie, WY USA, 2006-2007
• Postdoctoral fellow, Chemical & Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada, 2004-2006
• Research Engineer, Sonatrach, Algeria 1994-1997

Specialization: Characterization of petroleum fluids, heavy organic precipitation, interfacial phenomena in oil/water systems, petroleum fluid/water/solid interactions.

Publications:

• Goual, L., G. Horvath-Szabo, J. H. Masliyah, and Z. Xu, "Characterization of the Charge Carriers in Bitumen", Energy Fuels, 20 (5), 2099-2108 (2006)
• Goual, L., G. Horvath-Szabo, J. H. Masliyah, and Z. Xu, "Adsorption of Bituminous Components at Oil/Water Interface by Quartz Crystal Microbalance: Implications to the Stability of Water-in-Oil Emulsions", Langmuir, 21(18), 8278 (2005)
• Goual, L., and A. Firoozabadi, "Effect of Resins and DBSA on Asphaltene Precipitation from Petroleum Fluids", AIChE Journal, 50, 1, 1 (2004)
• Goual, L., and A. Firoozabadi, "Measuring Asphaltenes and Resins, and Dipole Moment in Petroleum Fluids", AIChE Journal, 48, 11, 2643 (2002)
• Nichita, D. V., L. Goual, and A. Firoozabadi, "Wax Precipitation in Gas Condensate Mixtures", SPE Production and Facilities, 250, November (2001)