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.
- E Goncalves Dias De Barros, JD Jansen, PMJ Van den Hof, Value of Information in Closed-loop Reservoir Management, In Proceedings of the 14th European conference on the mathematics of oil recovery p.1-15, EAGE.
- R Khosrokhavar, G Elsinga, R Farajzadeh, H Bruining, Visualization and investigation of natural convection flow of CO2 in aqueous and oleic systems, In Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering Volume 122 p.230-239.
- N Shojai Kaveh, ESJ Rudolph, P van Hemert, WR Rossen, KHAA Wolf, Wettability evaluation of a CO2/water/bentheimer sandstone system: Contact angle, dissolution, and bubble size, In Energy & Fuels Volume 28 p.4002-4020.
- SM Roels, M Ott, PLJ Zitha, µ-CT analysis and numerical simulation of drying effects of CO2 injection into brine-saturated porous media, In International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control Volume 27 p.146-154.
- A Barnhoorn, BS Magalhaes, SK Subbiah, PLJ Zitha, A novel approach for predicting in-situ breakdown conditions for wireline mini-fracture testing, In SPE european formation damage conference and exhibition p.1-14, SPE.
- RC Yerramilli, PLJ Zitha, SS Yerramilli, P Bedrikovetsky, A novel water injectivity model and experimental validation using ct scanned core-floods, In Proceedings - SPE European formation damage conference and exhibition (EFDC) p.1143-1160, SPE.
- JD Jansen, A simple algorithm to generate small geostatistical ensembles for subsurface flow simulation
- JD Jansen, A systems description of flow through porous media
- GM van Essen, PMJ Van den Hof, JD Jansen, A two-level strategy to realize life-cycle production optimization in an operational setting, In SPE Journal Volume 18 p.1057-1066.
- SS Kahrobaei, GM Essen, JFM Doren, PMJ van den Hof, JD Jansen, Adjoint-based history matching of structural models using production and time-lapse seismic data, In 2013 SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium p.1-12, Society of Petroleum Engineers.