The industry is facing serious challenges such as greenhouse gas emissions and poor understanding of in-situ recovery mechanisms. This FES project will investigate the fate of injected solvents, i.e. CO2 and lean gas, by conducting experiments using a state-of-the-art laboratory system to characterize and visualize solvent-oil-rocks interactions under reservoir conditions. The focus will be on solvent injection into mature oil reservoirs with the ultimate goal of enhancing oil recovery and energy conservation. After evaluation of the concept at the laboratory scale, the University of Alberta research team will collaborate with the industrial partners to conduct a pilot test. It is expected that the results of this research will pave the way for optimizing in-situ recovery techniques by injecting solvents.
$ 1 million project on hydrogen storage: Investigation and Optimization of Large-scale Hydrogen Storage in Lotsberg Formation
Award
Half million project on hydrogen storage: Feasibility study, comparative analysis, and optimization of natural gas Huff-n-Puff processes in Duvernay and Eagle Ford formations
Award
Mid-Career Research Award
Award
University of Alberta Engineering Research Chairs
Award
A Laboratory Protocol to Investigate EOR by Surfactants During Pre-Loading of Parent Wells to Mitigate Fracture Hit
Conference Proceedings
A Laboratory Workflow to Screen Microemulsion Additives for Hydrocarbon Recovery from Tight Resources
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
A Model and Measurement Technique for Liquid Permeability of Tight Porous Media Based on the Steady-State Method
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
A Theoretical Explanation for Wettability Alteration by Adding Nanoparticles in Oil-Water-Tight Rock Systems
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Advances in Understanding Relative Permeability Shifts by Imbibition of Surfactant Solutions into Tight Plugs
Conference Proceedings
Advances in Understanding Relative Permeability Shifts by Imbibition of Surfactant Solutions into Tight Plugs
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
An Experimental and Modeling Study of Carbon Dioxide/Bitumen and C4/Bitumen Phase Behavior at Elevated Temperatures Using Cold Lake Bitumen
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
An Experimental and Modeling Study on Interactions of Cold Lake Bitumen with CO2, C3, and C4 at High Temperatures
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
An experimental and field case study to evaluate the effects of shut-in on well performance
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Annual consortium meeting for unconventional petroleum production
Other Event
Application of Electro-oxidation Technology for Water Treatment and Rock Wettability Alteration
Conference Proceedings
Application of Electro-oxidation Technology for Water Treatment and Rock Wettability Alteration
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Associate Editor, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
Other Event
Effects of Electro-Oxidation Process on Tight-Rock Wettability and Imbibition Oil Recovery
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Estimating compressibility of complex fracture networks in unconventional reservoirs
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Evaluating Formation Damage and Remediation Methods: Physical Simulation of Leak-Off and Flowback
Conference Proceedings
Evaluating porous media wettability from changes in Helmholtz free energy using spontaneous imbibition profiles
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Evaluation of Enhanced Oil Recovery Application in Tight-Oil Formations
Doctoral Thesis/Dissertation
Evaluation of Wettability and EOR Potential of Shale and Tight Formations
Doctoral Thesis/Dissertation
Executive committee of SPE Canada virtual unconventional resources conference 2020
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Experimental and Mathematical Investigation of Natural Gas Huff-n-Puff on Eagle Ford Shale Samples
Conference Proceedings
Leak-Off and Flowback Experiments on Tight Carbonate Core Plugs
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Leakoff and Flowback Experiments on Tight Carbonate Core Plugs
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Liquid imbibition in tight rocks: The role of disjoining pressure
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Measuring diffusion coefficients of gaseous propane in heavy oil at elevated temperatures
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Modeling Two-Phase Flow in Tight Core Plugs with an Application for Relative Permeability Measurement
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Modeling of Natural-Gas Diffusion in Oil-Saturated Tight Porous Media
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Pore Size Distribution of Unconventional Rocks with Dual-Wet Pore Network: A Sequential Spontaneous and Forced Imbibition Technique
Conference Proceedings
Propane−Bitumen Interactions during Cyclic Solvent Injection―A 2 Cold Lake Case Study
Doctoral Thesis/Dissertation
Quantification of convective and diffusive transport during CO2 dissolution in oil: A numerical and analytical study
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Quantifying Oil-Recovery Mechanisms during Natural-Gas Huff ‘n’ Puff Experiments on Ultratight Core Plugs
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Quantifying Oil-Recovery Mechanisms during Natural-Gas Huff ‘n’ Puff Experiments on Ultratight Core Plugs
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Society of Petroleum Engineer (SPE) - Distinguished Lecturer
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Studying Phase Behavior of Oil-Natural Gas Systems for Designing Gas Injection Operations: A Montney Case Study
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Studying Phase Behavior of Oil-Natural Gas Systems for Designing Gas Injection Operations: A Montney Case Study
Conference Proceedings
The Effects of Asphaltene Precipitation on Bitumen Recovery during Non-Thermal Cyclic Solvent Injection in Cold Lake Oil Sands-An Experimental Study
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
The effects of kerogen maturity on pore structure and wettability of organic-rich calcareous shales
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
The investigation of Hydrogen Storage in Salt Caverns
Doctoral Thesis/Dissertation
Unconventional well shut-in and reopening: Multiphase gas-oil interactions and their consequences on well performance
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Visualizing Interactions Between Liquid Propane and Heavy Oil
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Visualizing Oil Recovery Mechanisms During Natural Gas Huff-n-Puff Experiments on Ultra-tight Core Plugs
Conference Proceedings
Wettability Of Calcareous Shales From The East Duvernay Basin: The Role Of Natural Fractures, Thermal Maturity, And Organic-Pore Connectivity
Conference Proceedings