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. RM Fonseca, O Leeuwenburgh, PMJ van den Hof, JD Jansen, Improving the ensemble optimization method through covariance matrix adaptation (CMA-EnOpt), In Proceedings 2013 SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium p.1-10, Society of Petroleum Engineers.
  2. TN Leeftink, CA Latooij, WR Rossen, Injectivity errors in simulation of foam EOR, In European symposium on improved oil recovery p.1-12, EAGE.
  3. N Shojaikaveh, ESJ Rudolph, WR Rossen, P van Hemert, KHAA Wolf, Interfacial tension and contact angle determination in water-sandstone systems with injection of flue gas and CO2, In 17th IOR/EOR - European symposium on improved oil recovery p.1-19, EAGE.
  4. A Amerighasrodashti, N Shojaikaveh, ESJ Rudolph, KHAA Wolf, R Farajzadeh, J Bruining, Investigation on interfacial interactions between crude oil-brine-sandstone rock-CO2 by contact angle measurements, In Energy & Fuels Volume 27 p.1015-1025.
  5. PLJ Zitha, Japan haalt gas uit oceaantrog
  6. PHA van Hemert, SJ Rudolph, PLJ Zitha, Micro computer tomography study of potassium iodide precipitation in Bentheimer Sandstone caused by flow-through CO2 drying, In Proceedings of the international conference on greenhouse gas technologies 2012 (GHGT-11) p.3331-3346, Elsevier.
  7. PMJ Van den Hof, JD Jansen, GM van Essen, AW Heemink, Model-based optimization and control of subsurface flow in oil reservoirs
  8. AN Beni, A Varavei, M Delshad, R Farajzadeh, Modeling gas solubility in water for foam propagation in porous media, In SPE reservoir simulation symposium p.49-56, SPE.
  9. M Chahardowli, J Bruining, Modeling of non-equilibrium effects in solvent-enhanced spontaneous imbibition in fractured reservoirs, In Proceedings of the COMSOL multiphysics conference p.1-3, COMSOL.
  10. M Chahardowli, J Bruining, Modeling of non-equilibrium effects in solvent-enhanced spontaneous imbibition in fractured reservoirs