Franklin M. ("Lynn") Orr, Jr.
Keleen and Carlton Beal Professor in Petroleum Engineering, Emeritus
Energy Science & Engineering
Web page: https://profiles.stanford.edu/franklin-orr
Bio
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Franklin M. ("Lynn") Orr, Jr. served as Under Secretary for Science and Energy at the US Department of Energy from December 2014 to January 2017. He was director of the Precourt Institute for Energy at Stanford from its establishment in 2009 to 2013. He served as director of the Global Climate and Energy Project at Stanford from 2002 to 2008. Orr was the Chester Naramore Dean of the School of Earth Sciences at Stanford University from 1994 to 2002. He has been a member of the Stanford faculty since 1985 and holds the Keleen and Carlton Beal Chair of Petroleum Engineering in the Department of Energy Science and Engineering. He was a Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment and the Precourt Institute for Energy. His research activities focus on how complex fluid mixtures flow in the porous rocks in the Earth's crust, the design of gas injection processes for enhanced oil recovery, and CO2 storage in subsurface formations. Orr is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He served as vice chair of the board of directors of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute until 2014 and rejoined that board in 2017. He chaired the Advisory Panel of the Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering for the David and Lucile Packard Foundation until 2014, rejoining that panel in 2017, and was a foundation board member from 1999-2008. He chairs the ClimateWorks Foundation Board of Directors.
Academic Appointments
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Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council, Energy Science & Engineering
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Affiliate, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Administrative Appointments
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Professor Emeritus, Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford University (2014 - Present)
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Under Secretary for Science and Energy, U.S. Department of Energy (2014 - 2017)
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Senior Fellow, Precourt Institute for Energy, Stanford University (2009 - 2014)
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Founding Director, Precourt Institute for Energy, Stanford University (2009 - 2013)
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Senior Fellow, Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University (2005 - 2014)
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Founding Director, Global Climate and Energy Project, Stanford University (2002 - 2008)
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Professor (by Courtesy), Chemical Engineering, Stanford University (1994 - 2011)
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Dean, School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University (1994 - 2002)
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Chair, Department of Petroleum Engineering, Stanford University (1991 - 1994)
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Professor of Petroleum Engineering, Stanford University (1987 - Present)
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Associate Professor (Research) of Petroleum Engineering, Stanford University (1985 - 1987)
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Head, Miscible Flooding and Gas Injection, New Mexico Petroleum Recovery Research Center, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (1978 - 1984)
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Research Engineer, Shell Development Company, Bellaire Research Center (1976 - 1977)
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Assistant to the Director, Office of Federal Activities, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1970 - 1972)
Honors & Awards
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Arthur M. Bueche Award, National Academy of Engineering (2024)
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Outstanding Achievement Award, University of Minnesota (2020)
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Honorary Membership, Society of Petroleum Engineers (2019)
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Robert S. Schechter Award and Lecture, University of Texas at Austin (2018)
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Aurel Stodola Medal and Lecture, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich (2017)
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Izatt Christensen Award and Lecture, Brigham Young University (2017)
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Secretary's Exceptional Service Award, US Department of Energy (2017)
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IOR Pioneer, Society of Petroleum Engineers (2006)
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Honorary Doctorate in Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland (2005)
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Robert Earl McConnell Award, AIME (2001)
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Election, National Academy of Engineering (2000)
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Keleen and Carlton Beal Chair, School of Earth Sciences (1994)
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Earth Sciences Teaching Award, School of Earth Sciences (1994)
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Distinguished Achievement Award for Petroleum Engineering Faculty, Society of Petroleum Engineers (1993)
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Distinguished Lecturer, Society of Petroleum Engineers (1989-1990)
Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations
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Member, Advisory Board, Energy Futures Initiative (2017 - Present)
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Member, Board of Directors, ClimateWorks Foundation (2017 - Present)
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Member, Board of Directors, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (2017 - Present)
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Member, Advisory Committee, Climateworks Foundation (2011 - 2014)
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Member, Division Committee for the Division of Earth and Life Sciences, National Research Council (2012 - 2014)
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Member, Technical Advisory Board, Center for Sustainable Energy at Notre Dame (2013 - 2014)
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Member, Advisory Committee, Center for Frontiers of Subsurface Energy Security, University of Texas, Austin (2011 - 2014)
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Committee Member, National Research Council on Subsurface Modeling, Monitory, and Remediation of Fractured Rocks (2013 - 2014)
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Director, Precourt Institute for Energy, Stanford University (2009 - 2013)
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Member, California's Energy Future Task Force (2009 - 2011)
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Member, NRC Committee on America's Energy Future (2007 - 2009)
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Member, Visting Committee, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Southern California (2007 - 2007)
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Co-chair, Workshop on Basic Research Needs for the Geosciences, US Dept. of Energy (2007 - 2007)
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Member, Committee to Visit Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University (2006 - 2006)
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Member, Advisory Board, Carbon Mitigation Initiative, Princeton University (2004 - Present)
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Member, Faculty Leadership Committee, Stanford Institute for the Environment, Stanford University (2004 - 2005)
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Director, Global Climate and Energy Project, Stanford University (2002 - 2008)
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Chairman, Committee on Coal Waste Impoundments, National Research Council (2001 - 2001)
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Chair, Provost's Committee on Faculty Housing Policy, Stanford University (1999 - 2000)
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Member, Board of Directors, David and Lucile Packard Foundation (1998 - 2008)
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Chairman, Panel to Review Energy Resources Programs of the U.S. Geological Survey, National Research Council (1998 - 1999)
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Member, Board of Directors, American Geological Institute Foundation (1997 - 2002)
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Member, Search Committee for Director, Institute of International Studies, Stanford University (1997 - 1998)
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Member, Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee,, U.S. Department of Energy (1996 - 2000)
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Member, Provost's Committee on the Environment, Stanford University (1995 - 2004)
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Member, Commission on Technology in Teaching and Learning, Stanford University (1995 - 1999)
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Member, Stanford in Washington Program Committee, Stanford University (1994 - 2002)
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Dean, School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University (1994 - 2002)
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Member, Board of Directors, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (1987 - 2014)
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Freshman advisor, Stanford University (1986 - 2003)
Professional Education
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Ph.D, University of Minnesota, Chemical Engineering (1976)
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B.Sc., Stanford University, Chemical Engineering (1969)
Patents
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S.T. Ide, F.M. Orr, Jr, K.G. Siesser, W.B. Flint. "United States Patent 8,770,306 B2 Inert Gas Injection To Help Control Or Extinguish Coal Fires", Leland Stanford Junior University, Southern Ute Indian Tribe, Jul 8, 2014
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David S. Schechter, Dengen Zhou, Franklin M. Orr, Jr.. "United States Patent 5,314,017 Method of Assisting the Recovery of Petroleum in Vertically Fractured Formations Utilizing Carbon Dioxide Gas to Establish Gravity Drainage", Leland Stanford Junior University, May 24, 1994
Current Research and Scholarly Interests
Research
My students and I work to understand the physical mechanisms that control flow of multiphase, multicomponent fluids in the subsurface, using a combination of experiments and theory. The theory part includes numerical simulation of flow in heterogeneous porous rocks and coalbeds, often using streamline approaches, and it also involves solving by analytical methods the differential equations that describe the interactions of complex phase equilibrium and flow (porous rocks containing more than one flowing phase can sometimes act like a chromatograph, separating components as they flow). The experiments are used to test how well the models describe reality. Applications of this work range from enhanced oil and gas recovery to geologic storage of carbon dioxide (to reduce greenhouse gas emissions) to the transport of contaminants in aquifers.
Teaching
I teach a courses for graduate students on the mathematics of multiphase, multicomponent flow in porous media and on the thermodynamics of phase behavior. I also teach an undergraduate course on energy for freshmen.
Professional Activities
Member, National Research Council Committee on Subsurface Characterization, Modeling, Monitoring, and Remediation of Fractured Rocks, 2013-present, Member, Technical Advisory Committee, Center for Sustainable Energy at Notre Dame; Member, Division Committee for the Division of Earth and Life Sciences of the National Research Council, 2012-present; Member, Energy Technology Innovation System Working Group, President's Council of Advisers on Science and Technology, 2010; Member, California Energy Future study committee (2009-2010); Member, NRC Committee on America's Energy Future (2007-2009); co-chair, Workshop on Basic Research Needs for the Geosciences, U.S. Dept. of Energy (2007); IOR Pioneer, Society of Petroleum Engineers (2006); Honorary Doctorate in Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland (2005); member, Advisory Board, Carbon Mitigation Initiative, Princeton University (2004-present); director, Global Climate & Energy Project, Stanford University; member, Faculty Leadership Committee, Stanford Institute for the Environment (2004-05); National Associate of the National Academies (2002); Robert Earl McConnell Award, AIME (2001); election to National Academy of Engineering (2000); member, Board of Directors, David and Lucile Packard Foundation (1999-2008); member, Provost's Committee on the Environment (1995-2004); member, Board of Directors, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (1987-present); Chair, Fellowships for Science and Engineering Advisory Panel, David and Lucile Packard Foundation (1990-present);
2023-24 Courses
- Theory of Gas Injection Processes for CO2 Sequestration and Enhanced Oil Recovery
ENERGY 225 (Win) -
Independent Studies (5)
- Directed Individual Study in Earth Systems
EARTHSYS 297 (Aut, Spr, Sum) - Directed Research
EARTHSYS 250 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Doctoral Degree Teaching Requirement
ENERGY 358 (Win, Spr) - Honors Program in Earth Systems
EARTHSYS 199 (Aut, Win, Sum) - Special Topics in Energy Science and Engineering
ENERGY 273 (Spr)
- Directed Individual Study in Earth Systems
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Prior Year Courses
2022-23 Courses
- Carbon Capture and Sequestration
ENERGY 153, ENERGY 253 (Win)
2021-22 Courses
- Carbon Capture and Sequestration
ENERGY 153, ENERGY 253 (Spr) - Theory of Gas Injection Processes for CO2 Sequestration and Enhanced Oil Recovery
ENERGY 225 (Win)
- Carbon Capture and Sequestration
All Publications
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Long-Term Redistribution of Residual Gas Due to Non-convective Transport in the Aqueous Phase
TRANSPORT IN POROUS MEDIA
2021
View details for DOI 10.1007/s11242-021-01722-y
View details for Web of Science ID 000722814500001
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Opportunities for large-scale CO2 disposal in coastal marine volcanic basins based on the geology of northeast Hawaii
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GREENHOUSE GAS CONTROL
2021; 110
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.ijggc.2021.103396
View details for Web of Science ID 000696737000001
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Measurement and Modeling of Minimum Miscibility Pressure: A State-of-the-Art Review
SPE RESERVOIR EVALUATION & ENGINEERING
2021; 24 (2): 367-389
View details for DOI 10.2118/200462-PA
View details for Web of Science ID 000710414300006
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Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage: An Update
SPE JOURNAL
2018; 23 (6): 2444–55
View details for Web of Science ID 000456057200030
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A Trillion Tons
DAEDALUS
2013; 142 (1): 8-25
View details for Web of Science ID 000313760800002
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Magnetometer measurements to characterize a subsurface coal fire
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COAL GEOLOGY
2011; 87 (3-4): 190-196
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.coal.2011.06.007
View details for Web of Science ID 000295196600002
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Real-Time Tracking of CO2 Injected into a Subsurface Coal Fire through High-Frequency Measurements of the (CO2)-C-13 Signature
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2011; 45 (9): 4179-4186
Abstract
CO₂ was injected into a coal fire burning at a depth of 15 m in the subsurface in southwestern Colorado, USA. Measurements were made of the ¹³CO₂ isotopic signature of gas exhaust from an observation well and two surface fissures. The goal of the test was to determine (1) whether CO₂ with a distinct isotopic signature could be used as a tracer to identify flow pathways and travel times in a combustion setting where CO₂ was present in significant quantities in the gases being emitted from the coalbed fire, and (2) to confirm the existence of a self-propagating system of air-intake and combustion gas exhaust that has been previously proposed. CO₂ was injected in three separate periods. The ¹³CO₂ isotopic signature was measured at high frequency (0.5 Hz) before, during, and after the injection periods for gas flowing from fissures over the fire and from gas entering an observation well drilled into the formation just above the fire but near the combustion zone. In two cases, a shift in the isotopic signature of outgassing CO₂ provided clear evidence that injected CO₂ had traveled from the injection well to the observation point, while in a third case, no response was seen and the fissure could not be assumed to have a flowpath connected with the injection well. High-frequency measurements of the ¹³CO₂ signature of gas in observation wells is identified as a viable technique for tracking CO₂ injected into subsurface formations in real-time. In addition, a chimney-like coupled air-intake and exhaust outlet system feeding the combustion of the coal seam was confirmed. This can be used to further develop strategies for extinguishing the fire.
View details for DOI 10.1021/es103761x
View details for Web of Science ID 000289819400056
View details for PubMedID 21466184
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Comparison of methods to estimate the rate of CO2 emissions and coal consumption from a coal fire near Durango, CO
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COAL GEOLOGY
2011; 86 (1): 95-107
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.coal.2010.12.005
View details for Web of Science ID 000289324800012
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Experimental Confirmation of Analytical Composition Routes in Three-Phase Partially Miscible Flow
2006 SPE/DOE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery
SOC PETROLEUM ENG. 2010: 160–70
View details for Web of Science ID 000280326600015
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Fissure formation and subsurface subsidence in a coalbed fire
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROCK MECHANICS AND MINING SCIENCES
2010; 47 (1): 81-93
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2009.05.007
View details for Web of Science ID 000274549900008
- Extinguishing a coalbed fire: CO2 Pilot Injection Design, Implementation, and Results 32nd National Assoc. Abandoned Mine Lands Program Conf 2010
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Onshore Geologic Storage of CO2
SCIENCE
2009; 325 (5948): 1656-1658
Abstract
The possibility that substantial quantities of CO2 can be injected into subsurface porous rock formations has been investigated sufficiently to show that pore space available to contain the CO2 is abundant. Multiple rock types and physical mechanisms can be used to trap the CO2 indefinitely. With careful site selection and operations, leakage to the near-surface region can be avoided. The next step is to test these injection processes at the scale of a large power plant.
View details for DOI 10.1126/science.1175677
View details for Web of Science ID 000270131800034
View details for PubMedID 19779190
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Four-Component Gas/Water/Oil Displacements in One Dimension: Part III, Development of Miscibility
TRANSPORT IN POROUS MEDIA
2009; 79 (2): 225-247
View details for DOI 10.1007/s11242-008-9311-z
View details for Web of Science ID 000268548900005
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Analytical Solutions for Multicomponent, Two-Phase Flow in Porous Media with Double Contact Discontinuities
TRANSPORT IN POROUS MEDIA
2009; 78 (2): 161-183
View details for DOI 10.1007/s11242-008-9292-y
View details for Web of Science ID 000266828000002
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A Multicomponent, Two-Phase-Flow Model for CO2 Storage and Enhanced Coalbed-Methane Recovery
2006 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition
SOC PETROLEUM ENG. 2009: 30–40
View details for Web of Science ID 000267904200004
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CO2 capture and storage: are we ready?
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
2009; 2 (5): 449-458
View details for DOI 10.1039/b822107n
View details for Web of Science ID 000265856800001
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On Interfacial-Tension Measurements To Estimate Minimum Miscibility Pressures
SPE RESERVOIR EVALUATION & ENGINEERING
2008; 11 (5): 933-939
View details for Web of Science ID 000261045800014
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Gravity currents with residual trapping
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
2008; 611: 35-60
View details for DOI 10.1017/S002211200800219X
View details for Web of Science ID 000259682800003
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A new model of trapping and relative permeability hysteresis for all wettability characteristics
2005 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition
SOC PETROLEUM ENG. 2008: 277–88
View details for Web of Science ID 000259536700002
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Geoscience research for our energy future
PHYSICS TODAY
2008; 61 (8): 46-51
View details for Web of Science ID 000258248000026
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Carbon dioxide capture and storage
MRS BULLETIN
2008; 33 (4): 303-305
View details for Web of Science ID 000254373000011
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Sustainability and energy conversions
MRS BULLETIN
2008; 33 (4): 297-302
View details for Web of Science ID 000254373000010
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Four-component gas/water/oil displacements in one dimension: part II, example solutions
TRANSPORT IN POROUS MEDIA
2008; 72 (1): 83-96
View details for DOI 10.1007/s11242-007-9137-0
View details for Web of Science ID 000252890100006
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Four-component gas/water/oil displacements in one dimension: Part I. structure of the conservation law
TRANSPORT IN POROUS MEDIA
2008; 71 (2): 199-216
View details for DOI 10.1007/s11242-007-9120-9
View details for Web of Science ID 000252643300006
- Development of Gas/Oil Miscibility in Water and Gas Injection SPE Annual Technical Conference 2008
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Storage of CO2 in saline aquifers: Effects of gravity, viscous, and capillary forces on amount and timing of trapping
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GREENHOUSE GAS CONTROL
2007; 1 (4): 481-491
View details for DOI 10.1016/S1750-5836(07)00091-6
View details for Web of Science ID 000256440900008
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Compositional gravity drainage 2: experimental measurements using an analog system
TRANSPORT IN POROUS MEDIA
2007; 69 (2): 159-174
View details for DOI 10.1007/s11242-006-9054-7
View details for Web of Science ID 000248307300002
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Using analytical solutions in compositional streamline simulation of a field-scale CO2-injection project in a condensate reservoir
2003 SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium
SOC PETROLEUM ENG. 2007: 393–405
View details for Web of Science ID 000248922000007
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Compositional gravity drainage 1. Equilibrium solutions and controlling Bond numbers for a two-phase, three-component system
TRANSPORT IN POROUS MEDIA
2007; 69 (1): 13-32
View details for DOI 10.1007/s11242-006-9053-8
View details for Web of Science ID 000247505700002
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An analysis of the vanishing interfacial tension technique for determination of minimum miscibility pressure
FLUID PHASE EQUILIBRIA
2007; 255 (2): 99-109
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.fluid.2007.04.002
View details for Web of Science ID 000247698200001
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Effect of IFT variation and wettability on three-phase relative permeability
2004 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition
SOC PETROLEUM ENG. 2007: 211–20
View details for Web of Science ID 000247669300001
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Gravity currents in horizontal porous layers: transition from early to late self-similarity
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
2007; 577: 363-383
View details for DOI 10.1017/S0022112007004685
View details for Web of Science ID 000246332900018
- Theory of Gas Injection Processes Tie-Line Publications, Copenhagen, Denmark. 2007
- Transition in the propagation regime of a gravity current in a horizontal porous layer J. Fluid Mech 2007; 577: 363-383
- Response to 'Comments on "An analysis of the vanishing interfacial tension experiment for determination of minimum miscibility pressure"' Fluid Phase Equilibria 2007; 259
- Comments on 'A new mechanistic parachor model to predict dynamic interfacial tension and miscibility in multicomponent hydrocarbon systems' by S. Ayirala and D.N. Rao J. Colloid and Interface Sci. 2007; 306: 1-2
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Impact of relative permeability hysteresis on geological CO2 storage
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
2006; 42 (12)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2005WR004806
View details for Web of Science ID 000243112300001
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An experimental and numerical investigation of crossflow effects in two-phase displacements
2004 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition
SOC PETROLEUM ENG. 2006: 216–26
View details for Web of Science ID 000238588900009
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Onset of convection in a gravitationally unstable diffusive boundary layer in porous media
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
2006; 548: 87-111
View details for DOI 10.1017/S0022112005007494
View details for Web of Science ID 000235574700005
- Time scales for migration and trapping of CO2 in saline aquifers Proc. 8th Intl. Conf. on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies 2006
- Scaling Analysis of the Migration of CO2 in Saline Aquifers SPE Annual Technical Conference 2006
- Analytical modeling of CO2 storage and enhanced coal bed methane recovery Proceedings of the 8th Intl. Conf. on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies 2006
- Phase Diagrams Petroleum Engineering Handbook edited by Fanchi, J. R. Society of Petroleum Engineers. 2006: 371–396
- Natural convection during aquifer CO2 storage Proc. 8th Intl. Conf. on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies 2006
- Analytical Solutions for Compositional Three-Phase Four-Component Displacements SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas 2006
- Analytical Solutions for Three-Phase, Four-Component Partially Miscible Flow SPE Annual Technical Conference 2006
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Four-component gas/oil displacements in one dimension: Part II: Analytical solutions for constant equilibrium ratios
TRANSPORT IN POROUS MEDIA
2005; 61 (2): 177-192
View details for DOI 10.1007/s11242-004-7463-z
View details for Web of Science ID 000228845600004
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Four-component gas/oil displacements in one dimension: Part I: Global triangular structure
TRANSPORT IN POROUS MEDIA
2005; 61 (1): 59-76
View details for DOI 10.1007/s11242-004-6748-6
View details for Web of Science ID 000228845300005
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High-order upwind schemes for two-phase, multicomponent flow
2003 SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium
SOC PETROLEUM ENG. 2005: 297–311
View details for Web of Science ID 000232068200009
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Measurement of three-phase relative permeability with IFT variation
2004 SPE/DOE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery
SOC PETROLEUM ENG. 2005: 33–43
View details for Web of Science ID 000227348800003
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Increasing CO2 storage in oil recovery
ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT
2005; 46 (2): 293-311
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.enconman.20004.02.019
View details for Web of Science ID 000224606300010
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Relative Permeability Hysteresis: Trapping Models and Application to Geological CO2 Sequestration
SPE Annual Technical Conference
2005
View details for DOI 10.2118/96448-ms
- Analytical modeling of CO2 storage and enhanced coal bed methane recovery American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2005
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Gas cycling and the development of miscibility in condensate reservoirs
2003 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition
SOC PETROLEUM ENG. 2004: 334–41
View details for Web of Science ID 000224786600002
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Interplay of phase behavior and numerical dispersion in finite-difference compositional simulation
2002 SPE/DOE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium
SOC PETROLEUM ENG. 2004: 193–201
View details for Web of Science ID 000222251600008
- Analytical Solution for Gas-Oil Displacement with Temperature Variation SPE/DOE Fourteenth Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery 2004
- Gravity Segregation and Compositional Streamline Simulation SPE/DOE Fourteenth Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery 2004
- Storage of Carbon Dioxide in Geologic Formations Journal of Petroleum Technology 2004; 56: 90-97
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Analytical theory of coalbed methane recovery by gas injection
2002 SPE/DOE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium
SOC PETROLEUM ENG. 2003: 371–79
View details for Web of Science ID 000187862600006
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The GEO-SEQ Project: A status report
6th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV. 2003: 1625–1628
View details for Web of Science ID 000185208000260
- Black Oil Streamline Simulator with Capillary Effects SPE Annual Technical Conference 2003
- Compositional Streamline Simulation SPE Annual Technical Conference 2002
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Fast, approximate solutions for 1D multicomponent gas-injection problems
1999 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition
SOC PETROLEUM ENG. 2001: 442–51
View details for Web of Science ID 000173414600010
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Terrestrial sequestration of CO2: An assessment of research needs
ADVANCES IN GEOPHYSICS, VOL. 43
2001; 43: 97-177
View details for Web of Science ID 000165803000002
- Direct Experiments on the Ocean Disposal of CO2 Annual Technical Conference 2001
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CO2: the burning issue
CHEMISTRY & INDUSTRY
2000: 567-571
View details for Web of Science ID 000089150500027
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Calculation of minimum miscibility pressure
1998 SPE/DOE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV. 2000: 151–64
View details for Web of Science ID 000089128700004
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Direct experiments on the ocean disposal of fossil fuel CO2
SCIENCE
1999; 284 (5416): 943-945
View details for Web of Science ID 000080198800039
- Experimental tests of the ocean sequestration of fossil fuel CO2 Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium CO2 in the Oceans 1999: 425–428
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Outcrop-Aided Characterization of a Faulted Hydrocarbon Reservoir: Arroyo Grande Oil Field, California, USA
Faults and Subsurface Fluid Flow in the Shallow Crust
American Geophysical Union. 1999: 7–26
View details for DOI 10.1029/gm113p0007
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Gas hydrate formation in the deep sea: In situ experiments with controlled release of methane, natural gas, and carbon dioxide
ENERGY & FUELS
1998; 12 (1): 183-188
View details for Web of Science ID 000071526600024
- Analysis of Rising Bubble Experiments for Determination of Minimum Miscibility Pressures Soc. Pet. Eng. J. 1998; 13 (1)
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Analytical calculation of minimum miscibility pressure
AIChE 1997 Spring Meeting
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV. 1997: 101–24
View details for Web of Science ID 000071559900008
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Deep-ocean field test of methane hydrate formation from a remotely operated vehicle
GEOLOGY
1997; 25 (5): 407-410
View details for Web of Science ID A1997WY67000006
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Hydrocarbon drainage along corners of noncircular capillaries
JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
1997; 187 (1): 11-21
View details for Web of Science ID A1997WN14200002
- High-Throughput TVD-Based Simulation of Tracer Flow Soc. Pet. Eng. J 1997; 2 (3): 254-267
- Theory of Multicontact Miscible Displacement with Nitrogen Soc. Pet. Eng. J. 1997; 2 (3): 268-279
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Simulating flow in heterogeneous systems using streamtubes and streamlines
SPE RESERVOIR ENGINEERING
1996; 11 (1): 5-12
View details for Web of Science ID A1996TU84800002
- Analysis of the Buckley-Leverett Problem in the Presence of Nonuniform Initial Data 11th Petroleum Congress of Turkey 1996
- Miscible Gas Displacement of Multicomponent Oils Soc. Pet. Eng. J. 1996; 1 (1): 39-50
- Effect of Wettability on Three-Phase Distribution Proc. 4th Intl. Symp. on Evaluation of Reservoir Wettability and its Effect on Oil Recovery 1996
- Scale-up of Miscible Flood Processes for Heterogeneous Reservoirs Final Report, U.S. Dept. of Energy Grant No. DE-FG22-92BC14852 1996: 255
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THEORY OF MULTICOMPONENT GAS OIL DISPLACEMENTS
INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH
1995; 34 (8): 2661-2669
View details for Web of Science ID A1995RN68600016
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THE EFFECTS OF GRAVITY AND VISCOUS FORCES ON RESIDUAL NONWETTING-PHASE SATURATION
IN SITU
1995; 19 (3): 249-273
View details for Web of Science ID A1995RR67200002
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MODELING FLOW IN HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA USING STREAMTUBES .2. COMPOSITIONAL DISPLACEMENTS
IN SITU
1995; 19 (4): 367-391
View details for Web of Science ID A1995TJ99100002
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MODELING FLOW IN HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA USING STREAMTUBES .1. MISCIBLE AND IMMISCIBLE DISPLACEMENTS
IN SITU
1995; 19 (3): 299-339
View details for Web of Science ID A1995RR67200004
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INTERACTION OF VISCOUS FINGERING, PERMEABILITY HETEROGENEITY, AND GRAVITY SEGREGATION IN 3 DIMENSIONS
SPE RESERVOIR ENGINEERING
1994; 9 (4): 266-271
View details for Web of Science ID A1994PW85300006
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LOW IFT DRAINAGE AND IMBIBITION
JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
1994; 11 (4): 283-300
View details for Web of Science ID A1994PN31700002
- An Analytical Solution for Steam/Oil/Water Displacements SPE Advanced Technology Series 1994; 2 (2): 167-176
- Scaling Multiphase Flow in Simple Heterogeneous Porous Media SPE/DOE Ninth Symposium on Enhanced Oil Recovery 1994
- Effect of Gas Enrichment and Dispersion on Nearly Miscible Displacements in Condensing/Vaporizing Drives Soc. Pet. Eng. Advanced Technology Series 1994; 2 (2): 26-34
- Component Partitioning in CO2/Crude Oil Systems: Effects of Oil Composition on CO2 Displacement Performance Soc. Pet. Eng. Advanced Technology Series 1994; 2 (2): 177-184
- Effect of Viscous Crossflow on Miscibility Development in a Two-Layer Flow System: Part I -- Ternary Vaporizing Gas Drives Soc. Pet. Eng. Advanced Technology Series 1994; 2 (2): 7-17
- Prediction of CO2/Crude Oil Phase Behavior Using Supercritical Fluid Chromatography SPE/DOE Eighth Symposium on Enhanced Oil Recovery 1994
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Global triangular structure in four-component conservation laws
4th European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery (ECMOR IV)
ICMOR IV. 1994: 71–85
View details for Web of Science ID A1994BE10W00005
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Predicting multicomponent, multiphase flow in heterogeneous systems using streamtubes
4th European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery (ECMOR IV)
ICMOR IV. 1994: 43–54
View details for Web of Science ID A1994BE10W00003
- Unstable Flow in 2D and 3D Heterogeneous Porous Media Proc., 15th Workshop and Symposium of the International Energy Agency Collaborative Project on Enhanced Oil Recovery 1994
- A New Technique for Predicting Flow in Heterogeneous Systems using Streamtubes SPE/DOE Ninth Symposium on Enhanced Oil Recovery 1994
- Effect of Viscous Crossflow on Miscibility Development in a Two-Layer Flow System: Part II -- Ternary Condensing Gas Drives Soc. Pet. Eng. Advanced Technology Series 1994; 2 (2): 17-25
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CARBON-DIOXIDE IN ENHANCED OIL-RECOVERY
SYMP ON CARBON DIOXIDE DISPOSAL
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD. 1993: 1197–1204
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DISPERSION, PERMEABILITY HETEROGENEITY, AND VISCOUS FINGERING - ACOUSTIC EXPERIMENTAL-OBSERVATIONS AND PARTICLE-TRACKING SIMULATIONS
PHYSICS OF FLUIDS A-FLUID DYNAMICS
1993; 5 (7): 1558-1574
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DEVELOPMENT OF MISCIBILITY IN 4-COMPONENT CO2 FLOODS
SPE RESERVOIR ENGINEERING
1993; 8 (2): 135-142
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- Viscous Fingering in Heterogeneous Porous Media SPE Advanced Technology Series 1993; 1 (1): 71-80
- Scaling of Multiphase Flow in Simple Heterogeneous Porous Media Proc., Fourth Symp. on Multiphase Transport in Porous Media 1993
- Analytical Theory of Combined Condensing/Vaporizing Gas Drives Soc. Pet. Eng. Advanced Technology Series 1993; 1 (2): 7-16
- Interactions of Viscous Fingering, Permeability Heterogeneity and Gravity Segregation in 2D and 3D Flow in Porous Media Proc., 14th Workshop and Symposium of the International Energy Agency Collaborative Project on Enhanced Oil Recovery 1993
- Crude Oil Characterization Using Gas Chromatography and Supercritical Fluid Chromatography SPE Symposium on Oilfield Chemistry 1993
- Scale-up of Miscible Flood Processes for Heterogeneous Reservoirs Annual Report, DOE Grant No. DE-FG-22-92BC14852 1993: 118
- Schmidt-Wenzel and Peng-Robinson Equations of State for CO2/Hydrocarbon Mixtures: Binary Interaction Parameters and Volume Translation Factors SPE Advanced Technology Series 1993; 1 (2): 142-151
- Mathematical Modeling of Four Component Displacements with Volume Change on Mixing: Analytical Solution Approach by the Method of Characteristics Proc. 9th Petroleum Congress of Turkey 1992
- Analytical Solution for Four Component Gas Displacements with Volume Change on Mixing Proc. Third European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery 1992
- Scale-up of Miscible Flood Processes Annual Report, DOE Grant No. DE-FG-21-89MC26253-7 1992: 174
- Tracer- and Pressure-Test Analysis for Characterization of Areally Heterogeneous Reservoirs SPE Formation Evaluation 1991; 6 (1): 45-54
- Flow Visualizations of Viscous Fingering in Heterogeneous Porous Media 1991 Fall Society of Petroleum Engineerings Meeting 1991
- Development of Miscibility in Four Component Carbon Dioxide and Nitrogen Floods Proc., 12th Workshop and Symposium of the International Energy Agency Collaborative Project on Enhanced Oil Recovery 1991
- Scale-up of Miscible Flood Processes Annual Report, DOE Grant No. DE-FG21-89MC26253-5 1991
- Effects of Permeability Heterogeneity on Miscibility Development in Condensing Gas Drive Processes 1991 Fall Society of Petroleum Engineers Meeting 1991
- Development of Miscibility in Four Component Carbon Dioxide and Nitrogen Floods Proc., 12th Workshop and Symposium of the International Energy Agency Collaborative Project on Enhanced Oil Recovery 1991
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PREDICTION OF MISCIBLE FLOOD PERFORMANCE - THE EFFECT OF DISPERSION ON COMPOSITION PATHS IN TERNARY-SYSTEMS
IN SITU
1990; 14 (1): 19-47
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- Viscous Fingering and Gravity Segregation during Miscible Displacement in Heterogeneous Porous Media Proceedings of the 11th International Workshop and Symposium on Enhanced Oil Recovery 1990
- Composition Paths in Binary CO2-C10 Displacements: Effects of Reservoir Heterogeneity and Crossflow on Displacements with Limited Solubility Proceedings of the Second European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery 1990
- Relative Permeability in Heterogeneous Porous Media Interfacial Phenomena in Petroleum Recovery Marcel Dekker. 1990
- Thermodynamics Enhanced Oil Recovery Inst. Francais du Petrole. 1990
- Composition Paths in Four-Component Systems: The Effect of Dissolved Methane on CO2 Flood Performance in One Dimension Soc. Pet. Eng. Res. Eng. 1990; 5 (3): 423-432
- Analytical Computation of Breakthrough Recovery for CO2 Floods in Layered Reservoirs SPE/DOE 7th Symposium on Enhanced Oil Recovery 1990
- Viscous Fingering, Gravity Segregation, and Reservoir Heterogeneity in Miscible Displacements in Vertical Cross Sections SPE/DOE Seventh Symposium on Enhanced Oil Recovery 1990
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EFFECT OF MULTICOMPONENT, MULTIPHASE EQUILIBRIA IN GAS INJECTION PROCESSES
FLUID PHASE EQUILIBRIA
1989; 52: 247-261
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- Temperature Dependence of L1/L2/V Behavior in CO2/Hydrocarbon Systems SPE Reservoir Engineering 1989; 4 (1): 105-114
- Development of Miscibility during Flow in a Two-Layer System Proceedings of International Energy Agency Workshop on Enhanced Oil Recovery 1989
- Simulation of PVT Experiments SPE Reservoir Engineering 1989; 4 (4): 481-487
- Reservoir Characterization for the CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery Process Final Report, DOE Contract No. DE-AC21-2204 1989: 375
- Interaction of Phase Behavior, Reservoir Heterogeneity, and Crossflow in CO2 Floods Fall Meeting of SPE of AIME 1989
- Viscous Fingering in Heterogeneous Porous Media Proceedings of the International Symposium on Enhanced Oil Recovery 1988
- Solubility and Extraction in Multiple Contact Miscible Displacements Soc. Pet. Eng. Res. Eng. 1988; 3 (1): 213-219
- Effect of Pore Structure on Miscible Displacements in Laboratory Cores Soc. Pet. Eng. Res. Eng. 1988; 3 (3): 857-866
- Diffusion of CO2 at Reservoir Conditions: Models and Measurements SPE Reservoir Engineering 1988: 93-102
- Experimental Investigation of the Interaction of Phase Behavior with Microscopic Heterogeneity in CO2 Floods SPE Reservoir Engineering 1988; 3 (2): 662-672
- Reservoir Characterization for CO2 Flooding Annual Report, DOE Contract No. DE-AC21-22042-10 1988: 254
- Effect of Oil Composition on Minimum Miscibility Pressure - Part 1: Solubility of Hydrocarbons in Dense CO2 SPE Reservoir Engineering 1987; 2 (4): 468-478
- Reservoir Characterization for CO2 Flooding Proc. Third Wyoming Enhanced Oil Recovery Symposium 1987
- Prediction of CO2 Flood Performance: Interaction of Phase Behavior with Microscopic Pore Structure Heterogeneity SPE Reservoir Engineering 1987; 2 (4): 531-542
- Reservoir Characterization for CO2 Flooding Annual Report, DOE Contract No. . DE-AC21-22042-5 1987: 142
- Interpretation of Miscible Displacements in Laboratory Cores SPE Reservoir Engineering 1987; 2 (4): 492-500
- Phase Diagrams Petroleum Production Handbook, Revised Edition Society of Petroleum Engineers. 1987
- Frontal Advance Theory for Flow in Heterogeneous Porous Media California Regional Meeting of SPE of AIME 1987
- Effect of Oil Composition on Minimum Miscibility Pressure - Part 2: Correlation SPE Resevoir Engineering 1987; 2 (4)
- Mixing during Single Phase Flow in Reservoir Rocks: Models, Effects of Pore Structure and Interpretation of Experiments Reservoir Characterization 1986
- Diffusion of CO2 at Reservoir Conditions Proceedings of the World Congress III of Chemical Engineering 1986
- Mixing during Two-Phase, Steady-State Laboratory Displacements in Sandstone Cores Fall Meeting of SPE of AIME, New Orleans 1986
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FLOW VISUALIZATION FOR CO2/CRUDE-OIL DISPLACEMENTS
SOCIETY OF PETROLEUM ENGINEERS JOURNAL
1985; 25 (5): 665-678
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USE OF CARBON-DIOXIDE IN ENHANCED OIL-RECOVERY
SCIENCE
1984; 224 (4649): 563-569
Abstract
Large volumes of oil will remain in U.S. oil reservoirs when standard recovery methods have been completed. Supercritical carbon dioxide can be used to recover part of that remaining oil. If carbon dioxide is dense enough, it extracts hydrocarbons from the oil to make a mixture miscible with crude oil. Such a mixture can recover 95 percent of the oil in controlled laboratory flow settings. Heterogeneity of reservoir rocks and the low viscosity of carbon dioxide reduce the fraction of oil recovered in projects to lower but still significant levels. With the construction of three pipelines to carry naturally occurring carbon dioxide from Colorado and New Mexico to Permian basin oil fields, large-scale implementation of enhanced oil recovery by carbon dioxide flooding is now beginning.
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View details for PubMedID 17838341
- Displacement of Oil By Carbon Dioxide Final Report, Rep. No. DOE/BC/10331-13 1984: 272
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INTERPRETATION OF PRESSURE-COMPOSITION PHASE-DIAGRAMS FOR CO2 CRUDE-OIL SYSTEMS
SOCIETY OF PETROLEUM ENGINEERS JOURNAL
1984; 24 (5): 485-497
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- Minimum Miscibility Pressure: Effects of Crude Oil Composition Proceedings of the International Energy Agency Workshop on Enhanced Oil Recovery 1984
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A SMALL-VOLUME CONTINUOUS OIL-WATER SEPARATOR FOR LABORATORY DISPLACEMENT EXPERIMENTS
JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY
1984; 36 (3): 487-488
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EQUILIBRIUM PHASE COMPOSITIONS OF CO2 CRUDE-OIL MIXTURES .2. COMPARISON OF CONTINUOUS MULTIPLE-CONTACT AND SLIM-TUBE DISPLACEMENT TESTS
SOCIETY OF PETROLEUM ENGINEERS JOURNAL
1983; 23 (2): 281-291
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CO2 AS SOLVENT FOR OIL-RECOVERY
CHEMTECH
1983; 13 (8): 482-487
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EQUILIBRIUM PHASE COMPOSITIONS OF CO2/HYDROCARBON MIXTURES .1. MEASUREMENT BY A CONTINUOUS MULTIPLE-CONTACT EXPERIMENT
SOCIETY OF PETROLEUM ENGINEERS JOURNAL
1983; 23 (2): 272-280
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- Recovery of Oil by Miscible Flooding AIChE Diamond Jubilee Meeting, Washington, D.C. 1983
- Displacement of Oil by Carbon Dioxide Annual Report, Rep. No. DOE/BC/10331-9 1983: 108
- Displacement of Oil by Carbon Dioxide Annual Report, Rep. No. DOE/BC/10331-4 1982: 117
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LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS TO EVALUATE FIELD PROSPECTS FOR CO2 FLOODING
JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY
1982; 34 (4): 888-898
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CARBON-DIOXIDE FLOODING FOR ENHANCED OIL-RECOVERY - PROMISE AND PROBLEMS
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN OIL CHEMISTS SOCIETY
1982; 59 (10): A810-A817
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THE EFFECT OF PHASE-BEHAVIOR ON CO2-FLOOD DISPLACEMENT EFFICIENCY
JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY
1981; 33 (11): 2067-2081
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- Liquid-Liquid Phase Behavior in CO2-Hydrocarbon Systems Symposium on Chemistry of Enhanced Oil Recovery 1981
- Effect of Solution Gas on the Phase Behavior of CO2-Crude Oil Mixtures Proceedings of the International Energy Agency Workshop on Enhanced Oil Recovery 1981
- Displacement of Oil by Carbon Dioxide Final Report, Rep. No. DOE/ET/12082-9 1981: 156
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PHASE-BEHAVIOR OF CO2 AND CRUDE-OIL IN LOW-TEMPERATURE RESERVOIRS
SOCIETY OF PETROLEUM ENGINEERS JOURNAL
1981; 21 (4): 480-492
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- Displacement of Oil by Carbon Dioxide Annual Report, Rep. No. DOE/MC/03260-4 1980: 62
- Simulation of the One-Dimensional Convection of Four-Phase, Four-Component Mixtures Topical Report, Rep. No. DOE/ET/12082-8 1980: 131
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STATIC DROP ON AN INCLINED PLATE - ANALYSIS BY THE FINITE-ELEMENT METHOD
JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
1980; 73 (1): 76-87
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RIMMING FLOW - NUMERICAL-SIMULATION OF STEADY, VISCOUS, FREE-SURFACE FLOW WITH SURFACE-TENSION
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
1978; 84 (JAN): 145-165
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MENISCI AROUND PLATES AND PINS DIPPED IN LIQUID - INTERPRETATION OF WILHELMY PLATE AND SOLDERABILITY MEASUREMENTS
JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
1977; 60 (2): 402-405
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3-DIMENSIONAL MENISCI - NUMERICAL-SIMULATION BY FINITE-ELEMENTS
JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
1977; 60 (1): 137-147
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PENDULAR RINGS BETWEEN SOLIDS - MENISCUS PROPERTIES AND CAPILLARY FORCE
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
1975; 67 (FEB25): 723-742
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MENISCI IN ARRAYS OF CYLINDERS - NUMERICAL-SIMULATION BY FINITE-ELEMENTS
JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
1975; 52 (3): 602-610
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- Comments on "The Capillary Binding Force of a Liquid Bridge" Powder Technology 1975; 12: 191-193
- Capillary Attraction and Capillary Repulsion Latin American Journal of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry 1975; 5: 93-100