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.

  1. WR Rossen, Complexity and simplicity in modeling foam enhanced oil recovery
  2. WR Rossen, Complexity and simplicity in modeling foam enhanced oil recovery
  3. N Khoshnevis Gargar, A Alexei, AA Mailybaev, D Marchesin, J Bruining, Compositional effects in light oil recovery by air injection: Vaporization vs. combustion, In Journal of Porous Media Volume 17 p.937-952.
  4. H. Hajibeygi, H. A. Tchelepi, Compositional multiscale finite-volume formulation, In SPE Journal Volume 19 p.316-326.
  5. R Farajzadeh, B Meulenbroek, J Bruining, Density-driven natural convection flow of CO2 in heterogeneous porous media, In Computational models for CO2 geo-sequestration and compressed air energy storage p.389-420, CRC Press.
  6. N Khoshnevis Gargar, AA Mailybaev, D Marchesin, J Bruining, Diffusive effects on recovery of light oil by medium temperature oxidation, In Transport in Porous Media Volume 105 p.191-209.
  7. R Farajzadeh, S Vincent-Bonnieu, NB Bourada, Effect of gas permeability and solubility on foam, In Journal of Soft Matter Volume 2014 p.1-8.
  8. N Shojai Kaveh, A Amerighasrodashti, WR Rossen, KHAA Wolf, J Bruining, Effect of pressure on wetting properties of crude oil, sandstone rock, water, CO2 and (or) flue gas system, In Proceedings of the 76th EAGE conference p.1-5, EAGE.
  9. N Khoshnevis Gargar, AA Mailybaev, D Marchesin, J Bruining, Effects of water on light oil recovery by air injection, In Fuel: the science and technology of fuel and energy Volume 137 p.200-210.
  10. RM Fonseca, O Leeuwenburgh, PMJ Van den Hof, JD Jansen, Ensemble-based hierarchical multi-objective production optimization of smart wells, In Computational Geosciences: modeling, simulation and data analysis Volume 18 p.449-461.