Morteza Haghighat Sefat

Morteza Haghighat Sefat is an Associate Professor at the School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society and the Institute for GeoEnergy Engineering at Heriot-Watt University. His research focuses on well decommissioning, advanced well completion technologies, intelligent well design, and integrated asset modeling with a particular emphasis on CO2 storage integrity and optimization under uncertainty. He teaches Drilling Engineering and Integrated Asset Modelling.

His research outputs span topics such as risk-based well integrity assessment for CO2 storage, flow control device optimization in multilateral wells, and methane emissions from decommissioned petroleum wells in British Columbia. He employs hybrid optimization techniques, machine learning, and numerical simulation to address challenges in reservoir management and environmental impact assessment.

Key collaborations involve institutions exploring CO2 storage applications and advanced well technologies. His work bridges theoretical models with practical field applications, emphasizing proactive optimization and sustainability in energy systems.