Enhanced Oil & Gas Recovery and Reservoir Characterization
Current PhD Students
Current PhD student
Research topic: "Evaluation of Field-Scale Post-SAGD CO2 Injection for CO2 Storage and EOR in Canadian Heavy Oil Reservoirs"
Current PhD student
Research topic: "Pore Scale Investigation of CO2 Transport in Fractured Porous Medium"
Current PhD student
Research topic: "Pore-Scale Hydrogen Storage and Wettability Control in Porous Media"
Past PhD Students
PhD (2025)
Research topic: "Numerical Simulation and Optimization of Proppant Transport and Placement in Complex Fractures"
Lixing Lin
PhD (2026)
Research topic: "Pore Scale Transport Aspects of Unconventional EOR and H2/CO2 Storage "
PhD (2021)
Research topic: "Thermodynamics and Phase Behavior of Hydrocarbon Solvents at Capillary Conditions"
PhD (2016)
Research topic: Optimal Application Conditions for Variable Temperature Solvent Injection into Sands and Carbonates for Heavy-Oil and Bitumen Recovery
Technical & Support S
PhD (2018) Co-advisor: Dr. H. Li
Current position: Assistant professor, Chengdu University of Technology, China
Research topic: Combined Electromagnetic Heating and Solvent-Assisted Gravity Drainage for Heavy Oil Recovery
PhD (2015)
Research topic: Characterization of Fracture Networks and Their Effective Permeability
Thesis
PhD (2015)
Research topic: Lab to Field Scale Modeling of Low Temperature Air Injection with Hydrocarbon Solvents for Heavy-Oil Recovery in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs
Francisco Javier Argüelles Vivas
PhD (2015)
Research topic: Pore Scale Investigations on the Dynamics of SAGD Process and Residual Oil Saturation Development
PhD (2015)
Research topic: Development of Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) in Northern Alberta
PhD (2014)
Research topic: Enhancement of the efficiency of the heavy oil /bitumen recovery techniques by application of metal nanoparticles
Research topic: Heavy Oil/Bitumen Recovery by Alternate Injection of Steam and Solvent (Hydrocarbon and CO2) in Fractured Carbonates and Oilsands
PhD (2011)
Research topic: Improvement of Heavy-Oil Recovery by Steamflooding and SAGD in Sandstone and Carbonate Reservoirs
PhD (2010)
Research topic: Characterization of Fracture Networks and Their Effective Permeability
PhD (2008)
Research topic: Optimization of CO2 Injection for Enhanced Oil Recovery and Sequestration in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs Under Fully Miscible and Near-Miscible Conditions
PhD (2007)
Research topic: Miscible and Immiscible Transfer of Liquid-Liquid and Gas-Liquid Pairs Between Matrix and Fracture Under Static Conditions
