Sunghyun Ko, a PhD student, won 1st place in the MS division of the SPE Regional Paper Contest for the Gulf coast/Southwestern region. Sunghyun's award-winning paper, titled "An Experimental Study of Enhanced Oil Recovery from Organic-Rich Shale Reservoir Cores by Aqueous Ketone Solution," highlights his innovative research in petroleum engineering. His journey began with a [...]
Read MoreHao Wang, a PhD student, has been awarded the prestigious 2025 Schechter Fellowship. This honor recognizes his outstanding research and academic achievements in the field of Petroleum Engineering. As part of the award, he will receive a $1,500 fellowship grant this month. Congratulations, Hao!
Read MoreDr. Ryosuke Okuno, Hao Wang (PhD student), Doguhan Barlas Sevindik (PhD student) and Alex Rovirosa (URA student) attended the Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) Conference last March 3-5, 2025, at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas. Hao presented a research titled, "Enhancing Aqueous Nanobubble Dispersion of CO2 by Organic Carbonate Additives [...]
Read MoreHassan Amer (PhD student) attended the Center for Subsurface Energy and the Environment (CSEE) Symposium 2025 held at BEG Houston Research Center in Houston, Texas last January 9, 2025. He presented a research titled, "Optimal enthalpy injection for solvent-assisted bitumen recovery" during this event.
Read MoreDr. Ryosuke Okuno, Hao Wang (PhD student), Hassan Amer (PhD student) and Precious Olufemi "Femi" Oyenowo (PhD student) attended the Energi Simulation Summit 2024 last November 5 & 6, 2024 held at the Rimrock Resort Hotel in Banff, Alberta, Canada. Dr. Okuno presented a research titled, "Aqueous Nanobubble Dispersion for EOR and CCUS". Hao presented [...]
Read MoreDr. Ryosuke Okuno and Precious Olufemi "Femi" Oyenowo (PhD student) attended the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (24ATCE) 2024 held at New Orleans, Louisiana, last September 23-25, 2024. They presented a research titled, "Chemical and Phase Equilibrium Calculations Applied to Dissolution and Precipitation of Multiple Solid Phases" during the conference.
Read MoreCongratulations to Hassan Amer and Sunghyun Ko for their outstanding achievements in the recent annual Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Local Paper Contest, hosted by the Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering (UT PGE)! Hassan and Sunghyun were among the 25 students who delivered 20-minute presentations on their research to a panel of judges [...]
Read MoreTesleem Lawal (PhD student), Hao Wang (PhD student), Dr. Abouzar Paiaman (Research Associate), and Dr. Ryosuke Okuno presented three papers at SPE IOR in Tulsa, April 23 – 25, 2024. Aqueous Ketone Solution for Wettability Alteration in High-salinity-high-temperature Carbonate Reservoirs Aqueous Nanobubble Dispersion of CO2 for Enhanced Oil Recovery - Coreflooding and Huff-n-puff Experiments Techno-Economic-Environmental [...]
Read MoreHassan Amer (PhD student) and Dr. Ryosuke Okuno presented a paper on "A Study of DME-steam Co-injection Using a Large-scale Physical Model" at the 2024 SPE Canadian Energy Technology Conference on March 14, 2024. This is an outcome of the collaborative research project with ConocoPhillips and Saskatchewan Research Council. Click Here to get the full manuscript.
Read MoreHao Wang (PhD Student), Dr. Omar Carrasco Jaim (Postdoctoral Fellow), and Dr. Ryosuke Okuno presented a poster on "Aqueous Nanobubble Dispersion of CO2 in Formate Solution for Enhanced Carbon Mineralization Using Basaltic Rocks" at the CCUS 2024 in Houston, March 11 – 13, 2024. Click here to access the full manuscript.
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