Our Research
The reserach in our section falls into three categories: Geo-Energy, Geo-environmental Protection, and Computational Geosciences.
Geo-Energy
Our research on geo-energy explores methods to harness Earth's geothermal energy, advances the storage of liquid hydrogen in the subsurface, and studies the carbon footprint.
Geo-Environmental Protection
Industrial operations and anthopogenic interventions carry risks. Our research explores techniques to mitigate the impact of fossil fuel consumption, and analyzes the consequences of subsurface operations to reduce their future impact.
Computational Geoscience
The subsurface is mostly out of reach and out of sight. To rigorously analyse and predict the impact of subsurface operations, we advance research in data assimilation, optimization and control theory, and numerical simulation.
Our Publications
Below, you can access a list of our section's most recent publications.
- Seyed Mojtaba Hosseini Nasab, Mohammad Chahardowli, Pacelli Zitha, Simplified Numerical Model for Simulation of Surfactant/Polymer (SP) Flooding Process for Enhanced Oil Recovery, In 78th EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2016, Vienna, Austria, EAGE.
- Rouhi Farajzadeh, Ehsan Eftekhari, Hadi Hajibeygi, Siavash Kahrobaei, Jakolien van der Meer, Sebastien Vincent-Bonnieu, Bill Rossen, Simulation of instabilities and fingering in surfactant alternating gas (SAG) foam enhanced oil recovery, In Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering p.1191–1204.
- R. Farajzadeh, P. Bedrikovetsky, M. Lotfollahi, L. W. Lake, Simultaneous sorption and mechanical entrapment during polymer flow through porous media, In Water Resources Research Volume 52 p.2279-2298.
- Sian Jones, V van der Bent, Rouhi Farajzadeh, Bill Rossen, Sebastien Vincent-Bonnieu, Surfactant Screening for Foam EOR: Correlation between Bulk and Core-Flood Experiments, In Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects Volume 500 p.166–176.
- S. A. Jones, G. Laskaris, S. Vincent-Bonnieu, R. Farajzadeh, W. R. Rossen, Surfactant effect on foam: From core flood experiments to implicit-texture foam-model parameters, In Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Improved Oil Recovery Conference Volume 2016-January, Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
- Jakolien van der Meer, JFBM Kraaijevanger, Matthias Möller, Jan Dirk Jansen, Temporal oscillations in the simulation of foam enhanced oil recovery, In Proceedings of the 15th European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery p.1-21, EAGE.
- A.C. Alvarez, W.J. Lambert, Hans Bruining, D Marchesin, The Riemann Solution for Carbonated Waterflooding, In Proceedings of the 15th European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery p.1-17.
- R. A. Crooijmans, C. J L Willems, H. Maghami Nick, D. F. Bruhn, The influence of facies heterogeneity on the doublet performance in low-enthalpy geothermal sedimentary reservoirs, In Geothermics Volume 64 p.209-219.
- Swej Shah, Olav Møyner, Matei Tene, Knut Andreas Lie, Hadi Hajibeygi, The multiscale restriction smoothed basis method for fractured porous media (F-MsRSB), In Journal of Computational Physics Volume 318 p.36-57.
- Cees Willems, Twan Goense, Hamid Maghami Nick, David Bruhn, The relation between well spacing and Net Present Value in fluvial Hot Sedimentary Aquifer geothermal doublets: a West Netherlands Basin case study, In Proceedings of the 41st Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering p.1-13.