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.
- Ahmed Al Ayesh, R Salazar, Rouhi Farajzadeh, Sebastien Vincent-Bonnieu, Bill Rossen, Foam Diversion in Heterogeneous Reservoirs: Effect of Permeability and Injection Method, In Proceedings of the SPE Improved Oil Recovery Conference p.973-999, Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
- RR Thorat, J Bruining, Foam flow experiments. I. Estimation of the bubble generation-coalescence function, In Transport in Porous Media Volume 122 p.53-76.
- Rahul Fonseca, Albert C. Reynolds, Jan Dirk Jansen, Generation of a Pareto front for a bi-objective water flooding optimization problem using approximate ensemble gradients, In Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering Volume 147 p.249-260.
- Denis Voskov, Rustem Zaydullin, Angelo Lucia, Heavy oil recovery efficiency using SAGD, SAGD with propane co-injection and STRIP-SAGD, In Computers & Chemical Engineering Volume 88 p.115-125.
- Richard R. Bakker, Marcel Frehner, Matteo Lupi, How temperature-dependent elasticity alters host rock/magmatic reservoir models: A case study on the effects of ice-cap unloading on shallow volcanic systems, In Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 456 p.16-25.
- N Castelletto, Hadi Hajibeygi, HA Tchelepi, Hybrid Multiscale Formulation for Coupled Flow and Geomechanics, In Proceedings of the 15th European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery p.1-14.
- S. Kahrobaei, M. Mansoori Habibabadi, G. J P Joosten, P. M J Van Den Hof, J. D. Jansen, Identifiability of location and magnitude of flow barriers in slightly compressible flow, In SPE Journal Volume 21 p.899-908.
- Siavash Kahrobaei, Identification of flow-relevant structural features in history matching
- Ton Blom, A.C. Alvarez, W.J. Lambert, Hans Bruining, Low Salinity Carbonated Waterflooding, In Proceedings of the 15th European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery.
- R Khosrokhavar, Mechanisms for CO2 sequestration in geological formations and enhanced gas recovery