Enhanced Oil & Gas Recovery and Reservoir Characterization
Past MSc Students
MSc 2020
Research topic: "Use of Nano Particles for
Stable Pickering Emulsion
in Heavy Oil Recovery"
MSc 2019
Research topic: "Effect of Temperature, Phase Change, and Chemical Additive on Interfacial Properties and Performance of Steam Applications"
MSc 2018
Research topic: "Chemical Additives to Steam Injection: Testing New Generation Chemicals and Conventional Surfactants"
MSc 2018
Research topic: "Stability of Microemulsion during Heavy-Oil Recovery under Steam and Water/Chemical Injection Conditions"
MSc 2017
Research topic: “Wettability Alteration Induced by Chemical Agents at Elevated Temperature and Pressure"
MSc 2017
Research topic: “Application of Nano-Metal Particle to Enhance Heavy-Oil Recovery in the Late Stages of Cyclic Steam Stimulation"
MSc 2016
Research topic: “Retrieval of Solvent Injected During Heavy-Oil Recovery in Heterogeneous Porous Media: Pore Scale Analysis through Micro Model Experiments"
MSc 2015
Research topic: “3-D Analysis of Heavy-Oil Recovery by Solvents under Elevated Temperatures"
Watch 3-D visualization of solvent diffusion and dispersion Video
MSc 2015
Co-advisor: Dr. E. Kuru
Research topic: “Effects of Proppant Characteristics on Gas-Water Flow in Rough Fractures”
Andrea Paola Marciales Ramirex
MSc 2015
Research topic: “Development of Solvent Selection Criteria Based on Diffusion Rate, Mixing Quality, and Solvent Retrieval for Optimal Heavy-Oil and Bitumen Recovery at Different Temperatures"
MSc 2014
Research topic: “Solvent Retrieval and Wettability Alteration during Heavy-Oil and Bitumen Recovery by SOS-FR (Steam-Over-Solvent Injection in Fractured Reservoirs) Method"
MSc 2014
Research topic: "Asphaltene Precipitation During Solvent Injection at Different Reservoir Conditions and Its Effects on Heavy-Oil Recovery from Oilsands"
MSc 2013
Co-advisor: Dr. R. Okuno
Research topic: “Mechanistic Simulation Study of Steam-Solvent Coinjection for Bitumen and Heavy-Oil Recovery"
MSc 2011
Research topic: “Core and Field Scale Modeling of Miscible Injection Processes in Fractured Porous Media Using Random Walk and Particle Tracking"
MSc 2011
Research topic: “Hot Solvent Injection for Heavy-Oil and Bitumen Recovery"
MSc 2011
Co-advisor: Dr. S. Mitra
Research topic: “Spontaneous Imbibition and Solvent Diffusion in Fractured Porous Media by LBM"
MSc 2009
Research topic: "Experimental and Numerical Modeling of Borehole Ballooning - Effect of Fractures Roughness"
MSc 2008
Co-advisor: Dr. E. Kuru
Research topic: "Experimental and Numerical Modeling of Borehole Ballooning - Effect of Fractures Roughness"
MSc 2008
Research topic: "2- and 3-D Fracture Network Generation and Modeling Solvent Injection Using Stochastic Algorithms in Fractured Systems"
MSc 2006
Research topic: "Effect of Ultrasonic Waves on Multiphase Flow in Porous Media"
