Projects

Major Projects

Carbon Capture/Utilization/Storage

  • Development of novel functional solvents for CO2 capture (e.g., surface-active amines)
  • CO2 removal by enhanced weathering
  • Electrification of CO2 conversion processes (e.g., bicarbonate electrolysis)
  • Controlling CO2 plume and trapping mechanisms using engineered fluids and materials (e.g., mineral carbonation in basaltic formations, and use of nanofluids for wettability control)
  • Formate species as a carbon and hydrogen carrier and/or as an EOR agent
  • Aqueous nanobubble dispersion of CO2
  • CO2 transport and storage in tight porous media
  • Carbon emission reduction in oil recovery from unconventional reservoirs (heavy oil and tight oil)

​Enhanced Oil Recovery

  • Gas enhanced oil recovery in tight reservoirs
  • Water-alternating-gas injection in carbonates
  • Wettability alteration in carbonates and tight oil reservoirs (e.g., aqueous solution of ketone solvent)
  • Formate solution for improved water flooding
  • CO2 nanobubble dispersion for tight and conventional reservoirs
  • Steam-solvent coinjection for heavy oil/bitumen recovery (e.g., use of water-soluble solvent)

Current and Completed Projects

Project Title (abbreviated) Project Period
Evaluation of CO2 Mineralization Potential in Amazonian Outcrops October 2025 – September 2027
CO2 Nanobubble Generation for Enhanced Oil Recovery July 2025 – January 2026
Drawdown/Choke Management Strategies to Improve Gas Recovery from Haynesville Shale January – December 2025
Efficient Carbon Management via Novel Pathways January – July 2025
Controlling Acid Diffusion in Carbonate Matrix Acidizing December 2024 – December 2025
TOC Complex 4500 Sand Enhanced Oil Recovery September 2024 – August 2025
Aqueous nanobubble dispersion of CO2 for geological carbon sequestration June 2024 – April 2025
Numerical simulation to assist the engineering design of DSVD experiments and numerical history-matching of DSVD experimental data February 2024 – February 2025
Surface Active Amine for CO2 Capture as Bicarbonate November 2023 – August 2024
Probing CO2 Dissolution and Mineralization in Deep Saline Aquifers September 2023 – August 2026
DME-Steam Coinjection for Bitumen Recovery August 2023 – June 2024
Enhanced Oil Recovery in a Carbonate Reservoir July 2023 – May 2025
Optimizations of the Large-Scale Geological Carbon Storage June 2023 – June 2024
CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery in the Fishpond Field January – December 2023
CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery in a Carbonate Reservoir January 2023 – November 2023
Carbon Utilization and Storage November 2022 – October 2025
Feasibility Study of Geological Carbon Storage using Aqueous Formate Solution March 1, 2022 – December 31,2022
Ethane Enhanced Oil Recovery in a Waterflooded Reservoir September 2021 – March 2022
Microbubble Gas Enhanced Oil Recovery August 2021 – March 2022
Relative Permeability in Tight/Shale Formations July – December 2021
Carbon Utilization and Storage (Industrial Affiliate Program) June 2021 – present
Enhanced Oil Recovery in Tight Reservoirs February – August 2021
Upgrading of Heavy Oil by Hydroxyl Radical near Standard Conditions October 2020 – September 2021
Development of Novel Chemicals to Improve Well Performance in Unconventional Plays November 2019 – May 2021
Improved Polymer Flooding in a Heavy Oil Reservoir July 2019 – June 2023
Solvent-Assisted Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage for Bitumen Recovery April 2019 – December 2020
Fluid Characterization for Gas Enhanced Oil Recovery December 2018 – February 2019
Slim-Tube Test for CO2 Flooding September 2018 – January 2019
Surfactant Applications in Unconventional Reservoirs July 2018 – July 2019
Fluid Characterization for Solvent-Assisted SAGD February 2018 – August 2018
Solvent-Assisted Low-Salinity Water Flooding for High-Temperature/High-Salinity Carbonate Reservoirs September 2017 – August 2019
Fluid Characterization for CO2 Flooding September 2017 – August 2018
Comparative Study of Ethane and CO2 for Tight Oil September 2017 – August 2018
Numerical Study of Multiphase Oil Displacement by Ethane-Rich Gas Injection November 2015 – August 2016
Bitumen Recovery September 2015 – June 2017
Enhanced Oil Recovery of Heavy Oil September 2015 – August 2017
Enhanced Oil Recovery August 2015
Infrastructure for Phase Behavior Studies at High Temperature-Pressure Conditions April 2015
Thermodynamic Modelling of Water/Hydrocarbon Mixtures for Thermal Oil Recovery Simulation September 2014 – August 2015
Modeling of Heavy-Oil Displacement Using the Solvent-Rich Liquid Phase in Solvent SAGD September 2012 – August 2015
Modeling of Multiphase Behavior Using an EOS for Solvent-SAGD Simulation September 2012 – August 2014
Numerical Modeling for Improved Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage Using Solvent for In-Situ Heavy-Oil/Bitumen Recovery April 2012 – August 2015
Heavy Oil Recovery Using Solvent and Steam October 2010 – August 2015