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Webinar with Kamy Sepehrnoori
Friday, March 5, 2021, 12pm - 1pm
Multi-purpose Reservoir Simulator (MPS)
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Digital Reservoir Characterization Technology (DIRECT)
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Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is a proposed method to reduce anthropogenic carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by capturing CO2 emissions (e.g. from power plants) and storing CO2 in a supercritical state in subsurface geological formations such as deep saline aquifers or depleted hydrocarbon reservoirs.
Research Highlights
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Multiphase non-Newtonian fluid dynamics - Chiyu Xie
Multiphase flow containing non-Newtonian fluids is important in many fields such as the food...
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Novel low salinity fluid systems for unconventional EOR – Chammi Miller
In shale wells oil production declines after the first few years due to ultralow permeability,...
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Development of a robust adaptive implicit reservoir simulator for chemical flooding - Bruno Ramon Batista Fernandes
The deliverable of this project is a reservoir simulator that can be used as a reliable tool for...
CSEE News
DOE Awards $46 Million for Geothermal Initiative Projects with Potential to Power Millions of U.S. Homes
Professor Mukul Sharma is The Univeristy of Texas at Austin recipient.
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Learn moreProfessor Zoya Heidari receives SPWLA Young Professional Technical Award
The Young Professional Technical Award is bestowed by the Board of Directors to a member or a student member of the corporation who has distinguished him/herself with impactful technical achievements. A nominee for this award shall be a member in good standing, has at least one paper published or peer-approved in Petrophysics, and has less than twelve years of experience in petrophysics for the exploitation and development of hydrocarbons and other mineral resources, at the date of the ceremony during the annual Symposium. Post-graduate work may count up to four years’ experience
InterPore Newsletter features CSEE Research Spotlight
Dr. Chiyu Xie wins Best Young Researcher Presentation Award at CMWR 2020 Conference
The XXIII International Conference in Computational Methods in Water Resources took place on December 14-17, 2020 at Stanford University and Dr. Xie's presentation was entitled "Non-Wetting Droplet Oscillation and Displacement by Viscoelastic Fluids"
Dr. Chammi Miller wins 2020 CSEE Staff Excellence Award
The objective of the CSEE Staff Excellence Award is to honor staff associated with the center who have distinguished themselves and who have contributed significantly to the Center’s research efforts. The award honors dedicated individuals who are recognized by their supervisors, peers and faculty as having performed exceptional service.
Events
Multi-purpose Reservoir Simulator (MPS)
Kamy Sepehrnoori
Friday, March 5, 2021, 12 – 1pm
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EDFM and EDFM-AI for Modeling and Calibration of Complex Hydraulic and Natural Fractures
BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY - Webinar
Dr. Wei Yu
Friday, March 5, 2021, 9:00 - 10:00 am Central