Center for Petroleum & Geosystems Engineering

Kishore K. Mohanty

The premier academic research organization in all facets of oil and gas exploration and production. Through its leadership and technology innovation, CPGE will enable energy security that balances environmental impact and affordable resources.

Vision  for  CPGE  

CPGE  Research  Agenda  

•  Technology  to  extract  energy  from  earth    

•  Technology  to  dispose  waste  in  earth  Earth  

Energy   Environment  

•  Recruit,  cul?vate,  and  support  the  best  academic  researchers  in  the  world  to  find  original  solu?ons  to  challenging  energy  and  environmental  problems,  especially  those  faced  by  the  explora?on  &  produc?on  industry  

•  Educate  the  next  genera?on  of  petroleum  engineers  who  will  be  leaders  in  energy  and  environmental  technology  and  policy    

•  Foster  an  environment  of  collabora?ve  and  interdisciplinary  research  leading  to  intellectual  property  crea?on  and  technology  transfer  to  the  explora?on  &  produc?on  industry.    

Mission  for  CPGE  

Mission  

•  Best  research  center  in  the  earth-­‐energy-­‐environment  nexus  

•  A  center  that  is  proac?ve  in  iden?fying  and  solving  key  issues  

•  A  center  that  aHracts  the  best  PhD  students,  post-­‐docs,  and  collaborators  from  other  disciplines  

•  A  center  that  enables  young  faculty  to  flourish  

CPGE  Core  Principles  •  Encourage  ideas  from  boHom-­‐up:  Research  programs  are  decentralized  to  maximize  the  independence  and  flexibility  of  the  faculty    

•  Provide  shared  resources  (for  about    3%  of  research  grants  and  contracts)  

•  Promote  interdisciplinary  research  and  collabora?on  among  faculty  (outside  department  and  UT)  

Who We Are? Juan Sanchez, Vice President for Research

Sharon L. Wood, Dean CSE John G. Ekerdt, Associate Dean

Center for Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering Kishore Mohanty, Director

Kamy Sepehrnoori, Deputy Director Diane Landeros, Executive Assistant

PE Faculty: 17, Other UT Faculty: 18 PhD/MS Students: 152

Research Associates, Postdocs: 38 Lab. Researchers: 21, Senior Scientist: 1

Staff: 17

CPGE  Staff  (2014)  Technical Staff

Administrative Staff

Postdoctoral Fellows and Visiting Scholars

Esther Barrientes Dori Coy

Heather Felauer Jin Lee

Barb Messmore Emilio Núñez

Greg Siebers Leilani Swafford

Arnob Bhuyan Joanna Castillo Eric Dao Tim Guinn Jon Holder Ajeetha Kamilla Gayani Kennedy Saebom Ko Austin Lim

Jith Liyanage Jun Lu Ripudaman Manchanda Ahad Maqsood Nhut Nguyen Daryl Nygaard Sujeewa Palayangoda Krishna Panthi Anna-Maria Pham

Gayani Pinnawala A. Rodney Russell Grace Sela Erin Shook Mark Smith Abdoljalil Varavei Upali Weerasooriya Geegana Wickermasiri

Karasinghe Arach Upamali Jiajia Cai Sophie Dufour Reza Ganjdanesh Xubo Gao Behz Ghanbarian-Alavijeh Nilanka Gurusinghe Sumudu Herath Sung Hyun Jang

Amit Katiyar Ijung Kim Erandimala Kulawardana Dharmika Lansakara-P Liangping Li Haishan Luo Rafael Longoria Chammi Miller

Baehyun Min Anand Nagoo Xiaolong Peng Valentina Prigiobbe Eugene Podnos Ali Qajar Suneth Rajapaksha Joyce Rigelo

Maryam Shafiekhani Moslem Taghavifar Amir Taghavy Qing Wang Haiyan Zhou Peixi Zhu

CPGE  Associates  at  UT  •  Todd  Arbogast  (Applied  Mathema?cs)  •  Alex  Athey  (Physics)  •  Phil  BenneH  (Geochemistry)  •  Eric  Bickel  (Mechanical  Engineering)  •  Roger  Bonnecaze  (Chemical  Engineering)  •  Bayani  Cardenas  (Geology)  •  Ian  Duncan  (Geology)  •  Peter  Eichhubl  (Geology)  •  Peter  Flemings  (Geology)  •  Marc  Hesse  (Geology)  •  Sue  Hovorka  (Geology)  •  Xavier  Janson  (Geology)  •  Keith  Johnston  (Chemical  Engineering)  •  Tip  Meckel  (Geology)  •  Tom  Milner  (Biomedical  Engineering)  •  Mrinal  Sen  (Geophysics)  •  Kyle  Spikes  (Geology)  •  Nan  Sun  (Electrical  and  Computer  Engineering)  •  Lesli  Wood  (Geology)  •  Ali  Yilmaz  (Electrical  and  Computer  Engineering)  

CPGE  Collaborators  at  Other  Ins?tu?ons  •  Susan  Altman  (Hydrogeology,  SNL)  •  Baojun  Bai  (Petroleum  Engineering,  University  of  Missouri)  •  Joe  Bishop  (Applied  Mathema?cs,  SNL)  •  Mar?n  Cassidy  (Earth  and  Atmospheric  Sciences,  U.  of  Houston)  •  Randy  Cygan  (Geochemistry,  SNL)  •  Thomas  Dewers  (Geomechanics,  SNL)  •  Tim  Kneafsey  (Environmental  Engineering,  LBNL)  •  Clovis  Maliska  (Mechanical  Engineering,  Federal  University  of  Santa  

Catarina,  Brazil)  •  Francisco  Marcondes  (Material  Science,  Federal  University  of  Ceará,  

Brazil)  •  Mario  Mar?nez  (Mechanical  Engineering,  SNL)  •  Sean  McKenna  (Geosta?s?cs,  SNL)  •  Andre  Revil  (Geophysics,  CO  School  of  Mines)  •  Paulo  Ribeiro  (Petroleum  Engineering,  University  of  Campinas,  Brazil)  

CPGE  Sponsors  Abu Dhabi National Oil Advanced Energy Consortium Afren American Air Liquid American Chemical Society American Gilsonite Ample Resources Anadarko Petroleum Apache Corp. Baker Hughes BASF BEG/FRAC BG Int'l BHP Billiton Petroleum BP Caesar Systems Cairn Energy India Cenovus Energy ChemorTech Chevron Cepsa Chief Oil & Gas China Oilfield Services Clariant CMG ConocoPhillips Denbury Department of Energy Drillinginfo ENI

EOG Resources ExxonMobil Ferus GDS International Genesis RTS Harco Halliburton Hess Huntsman Instituto Mexicano del Petroleo Kemira KIGAM Kuwait Oil Co. Linde Group Maersk Oil Qatar Marathon Oil Meadwestvaco Merchant Energy National Oilwell Varco National Science Foundation Nexen Petroleum Offshore Oil and Natural Gas Co. OMV E&P Oxy PEMEX PennWest Exploration Petrobras Petroleum Development Oman Petroleum National Berhad Pioneer Natural Resources Pluspetrol PTT Public Co.

Praxair Quantum Reservoir Repsol Rex Energy RPSEA RWE DEA Sasol Saudi Aramco Schlumberger Seoul National University Shell Shengli SK Innovation SNF Southwestern Energy Co. Statoil Stranded Oil Talisman Energy Taminco TerraTherm Tiorco Total TX Engineering Experiment Station US Geological Survey Verande Technology Water Standard Weatherford Int'l Wedron Silica Wintetshall Woodside Energy YPF

OrganizaBon  •  EA:  Diane  Landeros  •  Associate  Director  (Kamy)  

–  Computer  service,  machine  shop,  IAPs  •  Development  CommiHee  (Larry,  Mukul,  Ken,  Jon)  

–  EAB,  fundraising,  single-­‐industry  projects  •  Conference  CommiHee  (Sanjay,  Gary,  David,  Mark,  

Tom)  –  Conference,  research  day,  mul?-­‐disciplinary  proposals  

•  Communica?ons  CommiHee  (Hillary,  MaH,  Masa,  Hugh,  Emilio)  – Web,  webinar,  training,  newsleHer  

•  Lab  CommiHee      -­‐  Shared  equipment,  safety,  maintenance  

What We Do

•  Research, Research, Research •  Education (K-12 teacher training with JSG) •  Training (Regulator training with CSM &

Penn State) •  Outreach (Giπl Talk)

Research Projects

•  Single Industry Projects •  Industrial Affiliates Projects (aka JIP) •  Center for Frontiers of Subsurface Energy

Security (DOE) •  Smaller Federal and Industry Projects

Single Industry Projects

•  Chevron Chemical Alliance •  Shell-UT Unconventionals Research •  Statoil-UT Research

•  Nanoparticle Subsurface Engineering

•  Hydraulic Fracturing & Sand Control

•  Gas EOR •  Chemical EOR •  Reservoir Simulation JIP •  Geological CO2 Storage •  Center for Petroleum

Asset Risk Management •  Wider Windows Drilling &

Formation Damage •  Fracture Research & App.

Consortium

Industrial Affiliates Projects

Center  for  FronBers  of  Subsurface  Energy  Security  Larry  W.  Lake  (University  of  Texas  at  AusBn)  

CFSES  Mission:  to  understand  and  control  emergent  behavior  arising  from  coupled  physics  and  chemistry  in  heterogeneous  geomaterials,  parBcularly  during  the  years  to  decades  Bme  scale.  

RESEARCH  PLAN  CFSES  will  pursue  scienBfic  advances  to  understand  chemical-­‐mechanical  coupling  between  supercriBcal  CO2  and  clay  minerals,  understand  and  predict  modes  and  fluxes  of  reacBve  CO2  migraBon,  and  design,  develop  and  apply  novel  materials  that  will  alter  fluid-­‐assisted  perturbaBons  in  heterogeneous  geomaterials.  

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Total Private Support $19.2M

Total Federal Support $3.5M

Research Output •  Peer-reviewed journal papers: 87 •  Conference papers: 114 •  Patent applications: 10 •  PhD Dissertation: 18 •  MS Thesis/Reports: 30 •  Software: UTCOMP, UTCHEM etc.

Where We Want to Go •  Identify key technical issues in earth-energy

nexus •  More Single Company Projects •  New JIPs •  Enhance collaboration with other UT

departments & national labs

New Initiatives

•  Advisory Board (Larry) •  Faculty Webinars, November 19, 2014

(Hilary) •  Annual Research Showcase, November

2014 (Sanjay) •  Workshop on Frontiers of Subsurface

Energy, March 2015 (Sanjay)

More Single Industry Projects

•  Chevron Chemical Alliance •  Shell-UT Unconventionals Research •  Statoil-UT Research •  ExxonMobil ….? •  Aramco …..? •  Petrobras …..? •  KOC …..? •  BHP …..?

•  Nanoparticle Subsurface Engineering •  Hydraulic Fracturing & Sand Control •  Gas EOR •  Chemical EOR •  Reservoir Simulation JIP •  Geological CO2 Storage •  Center for Petroleum Asset Risk Management •  Wider Windows Drilling & Formation Damage •  Fracture Research & Application Consortium (with BEG) •  Cost Effective P&A of Wells? •  Well Construction? •  Pore-scale Models? •  Thermal EOR? •  Environmental Impact of O&G Operation?

More Industrial Affiliates Projects

Design  for  Seniors?  •  Design  Instructors:  Daigle,  Espinoza  and  McClure  •  Need:  Field  problems  for  senior  design  project  •  Contribu?on  from  Company:  

–  Brown  field  data  set  (well  logs,  produc?on,  well  test,  PVT,  seismic)  with  no  names  or  geographic  loca?ons  

–  Key  ques?ons  for  produc?on  improvement  •  Group  Design  Project:  

–  Reservoir  characteriza?on  –  Sugges?ons  for  infill  drilling,  well  management,  EOR  –  Data  base  

•  Comments,  confiden?ality  issues?  

Other  Ideas  

•  CPGE  postdoctoral  researchers:    – Faculty  $50K+  CPGE  $25K  – 4  for  $100K  

•  CPGE  PhD  Fellowship:  – Faculty  $22K+  CPGE  $10K  – 20  for  $200K  

•  CPGE  Research  Proposal  from  non-­‐PGE:  – Must  collaborate  with  PGE,  project  areas  from  IAPs  – $50K/project,  5  projects  per  year:  $250K  

Ques?ons  •  Feedback  

– Ac?vity  – Organiza?on  – Research  infrastructure  – Collabora?on  

•  Elect  a  chair  for  EAB  for  this  year  •  Figure  out  phasing  the  terms  •  Next  mee?ng:  August  20-­‐21  ?  

Workshop: March 26-27, 2015

Iden?fy  future  research  needs  

Advisory  Board  (Dr.  Larry  Lake)  •  Al  Ali  Mustafa    Aramco  •  Shahin  Negahban  Abu  Dhabi  Co  •  Jairam  Kamath  Chevron  •  John  Waggoner  ENI  •  David  Yale      ExxonMobil  •  Andrew  Gorton  General  Electric  •  Ron  Dusterhol  Halliburton  •  Brian  Llewellyn  HESS  •  Surendra  Singh  Occidental  Oil  &  Gas    •  Susan  Rosenbaum  Schlumberger  •  Helge  Haldorsen  Statoil  •  Charles  Fairhurst  U.  of  Minnesota  

         

Webinar  Survey  (Dr.  Hilary  Olson)  

•  Familiarity  with  CPGE  programs  and  services:  40%  •  Webinar  aHendance  monthly/bimonthly:  20%  •  Care  for  gemng  CEU:  30%  •  Would  pay  for  CEU  credits  ($25/unit):  30%  •  Interest  in  monthly  or  bimonthly  seminars:  39%  •  Topics  of  interest:  Fracturing,  reservoir  engineering,  unconven?onal  resources  

   

CPGE Webinar

Induced Seismicity by

Dr. Jon Olson &

Dr. Cliff Frohlich

November 19, 12-1pm

Research  Showcase  (Dr.  Srinivasan)  

Showcase  graduate  research  

CPGE Research Showcase November 6-7, 2014

•  Integrated reservoir characterization •  Pore-scale modeling •  Geo-mechanical interactions •  Enhanced recovery of hydrocarbons •  Young faculty research

Need  your  graduate  recruiters    

Frontiers of Subsurface Energy

•  Nanomaterials for energy production •  In-situ upgrading •  Water management •  Carbon management •  Well design for harsh environment •  Engineered geothermal energy

Need  your  technology  managers  &  sponsorship  

Vision The vision of the Center for Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering (CPGE) is to be the premier academic research organization in all facets of oil, gas, and other subsurface energy resources. Through its leadership and technology innovation, CPGE will help enable energy security that balances environmental impact and affordable resources.

Ideas for Single Company Projects •  New materials for HPHT reservoirs: polymers,

nanoparticles, surfactants, proppants, drilling bits, drilling fluids

•  IOR for shales: geochemistry, fracturing, gas eor, thermal eor, computational methods

•  Fractured reservoirs: Gravity drainage, wettability alteration, conformance control, piloting techniques, modeling

•  Arctic oil recovery •  Off-shore EOR •  Produced & flow back water treatment •  Reducing drilling cost