18th Annual Meeting of the
Rice University Consortium on
Processes in Porous Media
Rice University
April 21 2014
Consortium Members
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Baker - Hughes
CESI Chemical
Chevron
Conoco Phillips
Core Labs*
Denbury Resources
Ecopetrol
Exxon Mobil
Halliburton
Huntsman
Kinder Morgan
Korean National Oil Co.
Kuwait Oil Company
* In-kind contributions
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Lubrizol
Marathon
Oil Chem*
Oxy Petroleum
PETRONAS
PTS*
Repsol
Solvay Rhodia
Schlumberger
Shell
SINOPEC
Saudi Aramco
SNF
TIORCO
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Faculty & Collaborators
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George J. Hirasaki
Clarence A. Miller
Walter G. Chapman
Ken Cox
Lisa Biswal
Michael S. Wong
Rafael Verduzco
Francisco Vargas
Scott Wellington
Ed Billips (Chemistry)
Jim Tour (Chemistry)
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Keith Johnston (UT)
Quoc Nguyen (UT)
Arne Graue (U. Bergen)
Rouhi Farajzadeh (TU
Delft, Shell)
• Ahmed Abdala (PI)
• Ali Al Sumati (PI)
• Maghsood Abbaszadeh
(IPS)
Staff, Visiting Scientist, & Post-Doc
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Maura Puerto (retired Exxon)
Jose Lopez (PhD, Rice)
Angelica Garcia (B.Sc., M.Sc., UANL)
Zhen Wang (PhD, Zhejiang University)
Current Ph.D. Students
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Charles Conn (defended)
Leyu Cui (defended)
Aparna Raju Sagi
Hadi ShamsiJazeyi
Aarthi Muthuswamy
Yongchao Zeng
Luqing Qi
Leo Wang
Yu-Jiun (Nate) Lin
Ding Li (visiting, China University of Petroleum)
Gedeng (Gordon) Ruan
Pengfei (Patrick) Dong
Guoqing (Michael) Jian
Daniel Vecchiolla
Jason Mann
Undergraduate Students
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Chang Da
Paige Horton
Maggie Jerome
Sun Hye Kim
Dongheon Lee
Sha Li
Tung Nguyen
Aaron Roudina
Chang Tian
Austin Woo
Shaoyu Zhu
Lisa Chiba
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Alina Datta-Gupta
Sun Ji
Yichen Liu
Michael Mardock
Dan Su
Yu Su
Naina Noorani
Ramsey Padilla
Jeffrey Joyce
Jesus Duran
Ph. D. graduates in oil & gas industry
•Robert Szafranski (1997), Exxon-Mobil
•Sho-Wei Lo (1999), BHP Billiton
•Dicksen Tanzil (2001), BRIDGES to Sustainability
•Gigi Qian Zhang (2001) Baker Hughes
•David Ting (2003), Shell
•Alejandro Pena (2003), Schlumberger, Sugarland
•Jason Chen (2005), Marathon
•Leslie Zhang (2005), Schlumberger, Houston
•Mark Flaum (2006 ), Schlumberger - Sugarland
•Wei Yan (2006), Bectel, IPS
•Vivek Anand (2007), Schlumberger - Sugarland
Ph. D. graduates in oil & gas industry (cont.)
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Shunhua Liu (2008), Oxy
Gaurav Bhatnagar (2008), Shell
Doris Gonzalez (2008), BP
Clint Aichele (2009), Oklahoma State University
Tianmin Jiang (2009), Schlumberger
Francisco Vagas (2009), Rice University
Arjun Kurup (2009), Schlumberger
Robert Li (2011), Shell
Elton Yang (2011), Chevron – Richmond
Michael Rauschhuber (2011), Chevron – Richmond
Sayantan Chatterjee (2012), Shell
Neeraj Rohilla (2012), TIORCO
Ph. D. graduates in oil & gas industry (cont.)
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Kun Ma (2013) Total
Sumedh Warudkar (2013) Shell
Sai Panuganti (2013) BP
Charles Conn (summer, 2014) Shell
Processes in Porous Media Consortium
• Focus Areas
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NMR well logging
Wettability alteration & low IFT EOR
Foam mobility control
Emulsion separation
Asphaltene deposition
Gas hydrate
• Core competency
– Formation evaluation
– Enhanced oil recovery
– Flow assurance
• Products
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Graduates
Theses
Preprints for publications
Computer code (upon request)
Department of Energy
• Novel CO2 Foam Concepts and Injection Schemes
for Improving CO2 Sweep Efficiency in Sandstone
and Carbonate Hydrocarbon Formations (20102014)
• Quoc Nguyen, UT
• Keith Johnston, UT
• Arne Graue, U. Bergen
• George Hirasaki, Rice
• Lisa Biswal, Rice
• Cost-share with Consortium
• Preparing pilot in East Seminole
Department of Energy
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South Louisiana Enhanced Oil Recovery/
Sequestration Demonstration Project
• Blackhorse Energy, LLC
• Faculty
– Scott Wellington
– George Hirasaki
– Lisa Biswal
• Student/Staff
– Guoqing (Michael) Jian
– Maura Puerto
Department of Energy
• Post-Combustion Carbon Dioxide Capture
• 2011-2014
• Faculty
– Michael S. Wong
– George J.Hirasaki
– Ken R. Cox
– Ed Billips (Chemistry)
• PhD and Post-doc
– Zhen Wang (Post-Doc)
Proprietary Research
• National Oil Company – EOR
• ADNOC – CO2 Foam, Low IFT, & Asphaltene, with
UT & PI
• IOC – Surfactant Formulations
• IOCs – Hydrocarbon gas (WAG) mobility control
• AEC – Nanoparticles for low IFT
Manuscripts on: Website:
http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~gjh/Consortium/
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Adsorption of a Cationic Surfactant on Carbonate Minerals, by Leyu Cui (Download)
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Asphaltene Behavior in Crude Oil Systems, PhD thesis by Sai Panugant (Download)
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Polydisperse behavior of asphaltenes during precipitation, by Mohammad Tavakkoli (Download)
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Property Scaling Relations for Nonpolar Hydrocarbons, by Sai Panugant (Download)
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SAFT model for upstream asphaltene applications, by Sai Panugant (Download)
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PC-SAFT Characterization of Crude Oils and Asphaltene, by Sai Panuganti (Download)
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Tar Mat from Asphaltene Compositional Grading, by Sai Ravindra Panuganti, et al.(Download)
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Carbon Capture, High Pressure Stripper, by Sumedh Warudkar, et al. (Download)
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Carbon Capture, Low Pressure Stripper, by Sumedh Warudkar, et al. (Download)
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Sacrificial Agent for Surfactant Adsorption, by Hadi Shams Jazaya, et al. (Download)
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Surfactant Flooding Low Salinity, Fractured Carbonate Reservoir, by Aparna Raju Sagi, et al.
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Estimation of Foam Parameters, Part 2, by Kun Ma, et al.
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Simulation of Foam Flow: Dry-Out Effect, by Kum Ma,et al.
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Determination of Anhydrite in Reservoirs for EOR by Jose Lopez, et al.
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Agenda
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8:25
8:40
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9:20
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10:00
10:20
10:35
10:55
11:15
11:35
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12:15
1:30
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2:10
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3:10
3:30
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4:00
4:20
Welcome (George Hirasaki)
Rice Energy & Environment Initiative (Charles McConnell)
The NORTEX Collaboration (Arne Graue)
Introduction to Consortium (George Hirasaki)
Formulations for Low IFT and Strong Foam (Maura Puerto)
Foam in Porous Media and Fractures (Jose Lopez Salinas)
Adsorption of Betaine (Hadi ShamsiJazeyi)
Alkali / Crude Oil Phase Behavior (Ding Lei)
Effect of Hardness and Cosurfactant in PO Sulfate Systems (Clarence Miller)
Break
Mixtures of Anionic-Cationic Surfactants (Yingcheng Li)
Betaine: Anionic Surfactant Blends for Foam (Aarthi Muthuswamy)
Effect of Surfactant Partition Coefficient on Foam Transport (Yongchao Zeng)
CO2 Foam at Reservoir Conditions (Leyu Cui)
Foam Transport in Micromodels (Charles Conn)
Lunch
Ultra-Low IFT with New Sulfonate-Based Nanomaterial (Michael Wong)
Polymeric Nanoparticles for Hydrocarbon Detection (Gedeng (Gordon) Ruan)
Bottlebrush Polymer & Surfactant for Low IFT (Luqing Qi)
Partitioning of Surfactant between Phases (Aparna Raju Sagi)
Asphaltene Deposition in Microfluidic Channels (Yu-Jiun (Nate) Lin)
Prediction and Mitigation of Asphaltene Deposition (Francisco Vargas)
Consortium on Petroleum Thermodynamics and Flow Assurance (Vargas)
Tuning Chemomechanics of Well Cement (Rouzbeh Shahsavari)
Rice University Water and Energy Research Center (Qilin Li)
Recommendations from Consortium Members
Laboratory Tour
Lab Tours
Micromodels
EOR Formulation
EOR Flooding
Also Keck 207 for Verduzco polymer lab
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Attendees
Proett
Mark
Aramco Services Co.
Quintero
Lirio
Baker Hughes
Williams
Mark
Baker Hughes
Zhang
Boyang
Baker Hughes
Zhang
Ying
Bayer Technology Services
Germack
David
CESI Chemical
Hill
Randall
CESI Chemical
Lett
Nathan
CESI Chemical
Hammond
Charles
CESI Chemical a FLOTEK Company
Adepoju
Ola
Chevron
Fathi
Nariman
Chevron
Ma
Xianlin
Chevron
Mims
Don
Chevron
Sayarpour
Morteza
Chevron
Xu
Josh
Chevron
Yang
Elton
Chevron
Lo
Wickramathilaka
Grobelny
Jank
Parris
Xie
hawley
Parris
Vo
D'Souza
Mohan
Mohan
Sinha
Stegemeier
Lilian
Siluni
Michael
Thomas
Lisa
Harry
philip
Lisa
Tuan
David
Aruna
Lavanya
Somnath
George L.
ConocoPhillips
ConocoPhillips
Core Lab
Core Lab
Core Lab
Core Lab
Core Laboratories
Core Laboratories
Core Laboratories
Denbury
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
GLS Engineering, Inc.
Chen
Palla
Qu
Ye
Salazar
Gharbi
He
Chang
Jackson
Xiu
Chen
Kothamasu
He
Feng
Nguyen
Berger
Sharp
ZAINAL
Abdul Manap
Cheng
Chandra
Liangwei
Allan
Luis
Ridha
Peng
Zen-Yu
Mitchell
Zongming
Hung-Lung
Ramya
Kai
Lijie
Duy
Paul
Kip
SUZALINA
Arif Azhan
Halliburton
Halliburton
Halliburton
Halliburton
Huntsman
Kuwait Oil Company
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Lubrizol
Lubrizol
Lubrizol
Marathon Oil Company
Multichem
Multichem, a Halliburton Service
Multi-Chem, A Halliburton Service
Nalco Champion
Oil Chem Technologies
Oxiteno
PETRONAS RESEARCH
PETRONAS Research SB
Attendees
Cassiola
Flavia
Rice
Cheng
Yinhong
Rice Univ. CHBE
Ahmed
Wael
Rice University
Al Hammadi
Ali
Rice University
Ballal
Deepti
Rice University
Biswal
Lisa
Rice University
Chapman
Walter
Rice University
Conn
Charles
Rice University
Cui
Leyu
Rice University
Da
Chang
Rice University
Ding
Lei
Rice University
Dong
Pengfei
Rice University
Fu
Justin
Rice University
Garcia
Angelica
Rice University
Hirasaki
George
Rice University
Jian
Guoqing
Rice University
Liu
Astron
Rice University
Lopez
Jose
Rice University
Mann
Jason
Rice University
Munday
Sarah
Rice University
Muthuswamy
Aarthi
Rice University
pradhan
sivaram
Rice University
Puerto
Maura
Rice University
Qi
Luqing
Rice University
Ruan
Gedeng
Rice University
Sagi
Aparna Raju
Rice University
ShamsiJazeyi
Hadi
Rice University
Tian
Chang
Rice University
Vecchiolla
Daniel
Rice University
Wang
Le
Rice University
wang
zhen
Rice University
WONG
MICHAEL
RICE UNIVERSITY
Woo
Austin
Rice University
Zeng
Yongchao
Rice University
Andersen
Clark
Dementyev
Howe
Mitchell
Lyashkov
Li
Mantilla
Poteau
Raney
Shukla
Haddix
Mogri
Raney
Geib
van Kuijk
Dubey
King
Pretzer
Southwick
Mark
Brian
Anatoly
Andrew
Jonathan
Victor
Robert
Cesar
Sandrine
Olina
Shunahshep
Grant
Zen
Kirk
Sonja
Sjoerd
Sheila
Timothy
Lori
Jeff
Schlumberger
Schlumberger
Schlumberger
Schlumberger
Schlumberger
Schlumberger Technology Corp.
Shell
Shell
Shell
Shell
Shell
Shell Chemicals
Shell Chemicals
Shell E&P
Shell Global Solutions
Shell Global Solutions
Shell Global Solutions (US) Inc.
Shell Global Solutions, Inc.
Shell Global Solutions, U.S.
Shell Sarawak
XU
GUAN LI
Sinopec Exploration & Production Research
Institute
Li
Yingcheng
Sinopec Shanghai Research Institute of
Petrochemical Technology
Yang
Yuying
SINOPEC Shanghai Research Institute of
Petrochemical Technology
Yuan
Junjun
SINOPEC Shanghai Research Institute of
Petrochemical Technology
Zhai
Xiaodong
Sinopec Shanghai Research Institute of
Petrochemical Technology
Zhai
Xiaodong
Sinopec Shanghai Research Institute of
Petrochemical Technology
Dahanayake
Manilal
Solvay
Ravikiran
Ravi
TIORCO LLC
Waldman
Tom
TIORCO LLC
Deligny
Julien
Total
Levitt
David
Total
Ma
Kun
Total
morel
danielle
total
Mateen
Khalid
TOTAL E&P R&T USA
ren
Guangwei
Total E&P R&T USA
Klimenko
Alexandra
Total S.A, PERL
Metzger
Andrew
Tour Lab
Graue
Arne
University of Bergen