Nanoparticles for Subsurface Engineering
Chun Huh
Paul Bommer
Larry W. Lake
Thomas E. Milner (Biomedical Engineering)
Kishore Mohanty
Mukul M. Sharma
Eric van Oort
Novel nanoscale structured materials, in the form of solid composites, complex fluids, and functional nanoparticle-fluid combinations, are bringing major technological advances in many industries due to the orders-of-magnitude increase in interfacial area and the associated excess stress / chemical potential. Current projects include use of nanoparticle-stabilized CO2 foams and emulsions for mobility and conformance control for various EOR processes, use of magnetic nanoparticles for enhanced formation sensing, magnetic heating for flow assurance, and a suite of other applications.
Example Projects
Far-field and near-wellbore changes in permeability in depleted anisotropic formations
Rock properties from resisitivity measurements during leak-off tests
Contact
Hugh Daigle - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
