Knowledge Pipeline Webinar Series

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!   

    

Horizontal wells and hydraulic fracturing have revolutionized oil and gas production in the United States over the past decade.  We give an overview of some of the geologic and geo-mechanical aspects of fracturing in shales.  In particular we look at hydraulic fracture / natural fracture interaction, stress shadow effects that impact simultaneous fracture propagation from adjacent perforation clusters in horizontal wells, and the advances in proppants and novel frac fluid formulations. We conclude by weighing the environmental concerns about hydraulic fracturing with the benefits society has derived from the application of the technology.

November 11, 2015  |   Noon - 1pm

Description and program purpose:

Tune in to this free webinar to hear perspectives on the current status of chemical EOR from Dr. Gary Pope and Dr. Mojdeh Delshad with the Center for Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering. Our experts will briefly summarize some of the new advances in chemical EOR methods such as polymer flooding, surfactant-polymer flooding, alkaline-surfactant-polymer flooding and low tension gas flooding. Advances include new polymers and surfactants for harsh reservoir conditions, new hybrid methods such as combining heat and chemicals for heavy oils and improved predictive tools such as the latest UTCHEM software. Presenters will highlight what methods work best under different conditions, what are the most favorable reservoir characteristics for each method, current chemical costs, simulation of pilots and recent field successes with chemical EOR. The webinar will be hosted by Dr. Matt Balhoff, who will field questions from the audience for our speakers.

  

(due to audio difficulties, the first 30 seconds of the webinar were not recorded. The recording begins with the first presentation slide)

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.