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. R Heins, M Simjoo, PLJ Zitha, WR Rossen, Oil Relative Permeability During Enhanced Oil Recovery by Foam Flooding, In Proceedings of the SPE annual technical conference and exhibition p.1-9, SPE International.
  2. S Soroush, EJM Straver, ESJ Rudolph, CJ Peters, ThW de Loos, PLJ Zitha, M Vafaie-Sefti, Phase behavior of the ternary system carbon dioxide + toluene + asphaltene, In Fuel: the science and technology of fuel and energy Volume 137 p.405-411.
  3. N Khoshnevis Gargar, AA Mailybaev, D Marchesin, J Bruining, Recovery of light oil by air injection, In Proceedings of the 14th European conference on the mathematics of oil recovery (ECMOR XIV) p.1-20, EAGE.
  4. L Kapetas, J van El, WR Rossen, Representing slow foam dynamics in laboratory corefloods for enhanced oil recovery, In Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery p.394-406, SPE.
  5. Cees Willems, Rick Donselaar, Gert Jan Weltje, Reservoir modelling of Lower Cretaceous West Netherland Basin aquifers for geothermal energy production, In 76th EAGE Conference and Exhibition p.1-4, EAGE.
  6. RM Fonseca, AS Stordal, O Leeuwenburgh, PMJ Van den Hof, JD Jansen, Robust ensemble-based multi-objective optimization, In Proceedings of the 14th European conference on the mathematics of oil recovery p.1-14, EAGE.
  7. J Gong, WR Rossen, Shape factor for dual-permeability reservoir simulation - Effect of non-uniform flow in fracture network, In Proceedings of the 14th European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery 2014, ECMOR 2014 p.1-24, EAGE.
  8. R Khosrokhavar, KHAA Wolf, J Bruining, Sorption of CH4 and CO2 on a carboniferous shale from Belgium using a manometric setup, In International Journal of Coal Geology Volume 128-129 p.153-161.
  9. JD Jansen, RM Fonseca, SS Kahrobaei, MM Siraj, GM van Essen, PMJ Van den Hof, The egg model - a geological ensemble for reservoir simulation, In Geoscience Data Journal Volume 1 p.192-195.
  10. Cees Willems, Rick Donselaar, Gert Jan Weltje, David Bruhn, The influence of fluvial reservoir architecture on geothermal energy production in Hot Sedimentary Aquifers