Knowledge Pipeline Webinar Series
The Center for Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering (CPGE) at The University of Texas at Austin presents lunchtime webinars reflecting the integrated nature of research conducted at the center. CPGE's vision is to enable energy security that balances environmental impact and affordable resources through leadership and technological innovation. With each lunchtime seminar, CPGE shares perspectives from a variety of scientists, engineers and technologists who are working on some of the hottest topics at the intersection of economical energy resources and environmental impact.
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Knowledge Pipeline Webinar Schedule
THANK YOU to Drs Prodanović, Nguyen, and Johnston for an informative webinar. You can watch the webinar recording and download the presentation slides by using the links below: Webinar Overview Join CPGE for a free webinar for a discussion on the latest developments in subsurface foam applications. Dr. Nguyen will present his current research on advanced gas and chemical enhanced oil recovery methods in hydrocarbon formations with low permeability under hassle conditions (i.e. high salinity and high temperature), thermal and solvent based recovery of heavy oil and oil shale, improved production of unconventional resources, and engineering of complex fluids (foam, emulsion, polymer gel, nanoparticle dispersion) for near wellbore conformance and far-field fluid mobility control. Dr. Maša Prodanović and Dr. Keith Johnston will discuss the recent advances in foam subsurface applications. Please contact Krystal Boulanger at krystalb@austin.utexas.edu for more information. |
Join the Center for Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering (CPGE) on Friday, August 5, at noon for a free webinar to hear perspectives on various topics in computational methods in reservoir simulation development and application. This webinar will present an overview of procedures for coupling reservoir simulation with geomechanics that include fixed stress splitting. This also includes fracture propagation using a newly developed phase-field approach for porous media, which can treat proppant transport. Our speakers from CPGE will also include application examples for field problems such as three-dimensional computational parallel fracture propagation, stress evolution, reservoir compaction, and fault activation. |
Thank you to Drs Olson, Sharma & Heidari for a great webinar!
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November 11, 2015 | Noon - 1pm Description and program purpose: |
Description & objectives of the webinar: This 'hosted' webinar will present current trends and advances in the use of nanoparticles for petroleum engineering applications. Nanoparticles have shown tremendous promise in laboratory work for various aspects of producing oil and gas. Their stability in high-salinity brines makes then an attractive alternative to surfactants for creating emulsions for secondary oil recovery. In addition, ongoing work shows the promise of nanoparticles in creating alternative fracturing fluids that require very little water. We will also discuss the use of superparamagnetic nanoparticles to deliver targeted hyperthermia either in the reservoir or along subsea pipelines and for use in cleanup of flowback water. Tune in to this webinar to hear perspectives from two researchers in the Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, Drs. Hugh Daigle and Chun Huh provide perspectives on subsurface applications of nanoparticles in petroleum engineering, and take questions from the audience. |
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