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.
- Zhanxi Pang, Luting Wang, Fanghao Yin, Xiaocong Lyu, (2021), Steam chamber expanding processes and bottom water invading characteristics during steam flooding in heavy oil reservoirs, In Energy Volume 234.
- C. Kluge, Sustainability of engineered fractured systems: An experimental study on hydro-mechanical properties
- C. P. Marsman, W. van der Wal, R. E.M. Riva, J. T. Freymueller, (2021), The Impact of a 3-D Earth Structure on Glacial Isostatic Adjustment in Southeast Alaska Following the Little Ice Age, In Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth Volume 126.
- Christian Kluge, Guido Blöcher, Hannes Hofmann, Auke Barnhoorn, Jean Schmittbuhl, David Bruhn, (2021), The Stress-Memory Effect of Fracture Stiffness During Cyclic Loading in Low-Permeability Sandstone, In Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth Volume 126 p.1-23.
- Alexandros Daniilidis, Sanaz Saeid, Nima Gholizadeh Doonechaly, (2021), The fault plane as the main fluid pathway: Geothermal field development options under subsurface and operational uncertainty, In Renewable Energy Volume 171 p.927-946.
- Y. Wang, The impact of heterogeneity on geothermal production: simulation benchmarks and applications
- Dieter Werthmüller, Raphael Rochlitz, Octavio Castillo-Reyes, Lindsey Heagy, (2021), Towards an open-source landscape for 3-D CSEM modelling, In Geophysical Journal International Volume 227 p.644-659.
- Wenjuan Zhang , Waleeb Diab, Hadi Hajibeygi, Mohammed Al Kobaisi, (2020), A Computational Workflow for Flow and Transport in Fractured Porous Media Based on a Hierarchical Nonlinear Discrete Fracture Modeling Approach, In Energies Volume 13 p.1-19.
- Hadi Hajibeygi, Manuela Bastidas Olivares, Mousa HosseiniMehr, Sorin Pop, Mary Wheeler, (2020), A benchmark study of the multiscale and homogenization methods for fully implicit multiphase flow simulations, In Advances in Water Resources Volume 143.
- Rafael J. de Moraes, Hadi Hajibeygi, Jan Dirk Jansen, (2020), A multiscale method for data assimilation, In Computational Geosciences Volume 24 p.425-442.