Unconventional Storage Publications
Active Projects
- Developing CO2-EOR and Associated Storage within the Residual Oil Zone Fairways of the Powder River Basin, Wyoming (FE0031738)
Presented by Eric Robertson, 2023 FECM/NETL Carbon Management Research Project Review Meeting – Carbon Transport and Storage, August 31, 2023.
- Developing CO2-EOR and Associated Storage within the Residual Oil Zone Fairways of the Powder River Basin, Wyoming
Presented by Graeme Finley, Carbon Management and Oil and Gas Research Project Review Meeting – Carbon Storage, August 5, 2021.
- Developing CO2-EOR and Associated Storage within the Residual Oil Zone Fairways of the Powder River Basin, Wyoming
Presented by Steven Carpenter, Addressing the Nation’s Energy Needs Through Technology Innovation – 2019 Carbon Capture, Utilization, Storage, and Oil and Gas Technologies Integrated Review Meeting, August 29, 2019.
- Williston Basin Associated CO2 Storage Field Laboratory (FE0031694)
Presented by Steve Smith, 2023 FECM/NETL Carbon Management Research Project Review Meeting – Carbon Transport and Storage, August 31, 2023.
- Williston Basin Associated CO2 Storage Field Laboratory
Presented by Steven Smith, Carbon Management Project Review Meeting – Carbon Transport and Storage, August 17, 2022.
- Williston Basin Associated CO2 Storage Field Laboratory
Presented by Steven Smith and John Hamling, Carbon Management and Oil and Gas Research Project Review Meeting – Carbon Storage, August 5, 2021.
- Williston Basin Associated CO2 Storage Field Laboratory
Presented by Steven Smith, DOE NETL’s Integrated Project Review Meeting – Carbon Storage, September 8, 2020.
- Experimental Determinations of Minimum Miscibility Pressures Using Hydrocarbon Gases and CO2 for Crude Oils from the Bakken and Cut Bank Oil Reservoirs
Steven B. Hawthorne, David J. Miller, Carol B. Grabanski, Lu Jin, Energy and Fuels, Volume 34, Issue 5, April 20, 2020.
Archived Projects
- Topical Reports
- Stacked Greenfield and Brownfield ROZ Fairways in the Illinois Basin Geo-Laboratory: Co-Optimization of EOR and Associated CO2 Storage
Presented by Nathan Webb, Carbon Management Project Review Meeting – Carbon Transport and Storage, August 17, 2022.
- Stacked Greenfield and Brownfield ROZ Fairways in the Illinois Basin Geo-Laboratory: Co-Optimization of EOR and Associated CO2 Storage
Presented by Nathan Webb, Carbon Management and Oil and Gas Research Project Review Meeting – Carbon Storage, August 5, 2021.
- Stacked Greenfield and Brownfield ROZ Fairways in the Illinois Basin Geo-Laboratory: Co-Optimization of EOR and Associated CO2 Storage
Presented by Nathan Webb, DOE NETL’s Integrated Project Review Meeting – Carbon Storage, September 8, 2020.
- Stacked Greenfield and Brownfield ROZ Fairways in the Illinois Basin Geo-Laboratory: Co-Optimization of EOR and Associated CO2 Storage
Presented by Nathan Webb, Addressing the Nation’s Energy Needs Through Technology Innovation – 2019 Carbon Capture, Utilization, Storage, and Oil and Gas Technologies Integrated Review Meeting, August 29, 2019.
- Storage of CO2 in Multi-phase Systems Containing Brine and Hydrocarbons
Presented by Rajesh Pawar, DOE NETL’s Integrated Project Review Meeting – Carbon Storage, September 8, 2020.
- Storage of CO2 in Multi-phase Systems Containing Brine and Hydrocarbons
Presented by Rajesh Pawar, Addressing the Nation’s Energy Needs Through Technology Innovation – 2019 Carbon Capture, Utilization, Storage, and Oil and Gas Technologies Integrated Review Meeting, August 29, 2019.
- Storage of CO2 in Multi-phase Systems Containing Brine and Hydrocarbons
Presented by Rajesh Pawar, 2018 Mastering the Subsurface through Technology Innovation, Partnerships and Collaboration: Carbon Storage and Oil and Gas Technologies Review Meeting, August 14, 2018.
- CO2 Sweep Based on Geochemical and Reservoir Characterization of the Residual Oil Zone of Hess’s Seminole Unit (FINAL REPORT)
Ian Duncan, August 29, 2022.
- Application of machine learning to evaluating and remediating models for energy and environmental engineering
Hao Chen, Chao Zhang, Haizeng Yu, Zhilin Wang, Ian Duncan, Xianmin Zhou, Xiliang Liu, Yu Wang, Shenglai Yang, Applied Energy, Volume 320, August 2022.
- Economic Analysis of CCUS: Accelerated Development for CO2-EOR and Storage in Residual Oil Zones Under the Context of 45Q Tax Credit
Bo Ren, Frank Male, Ian J. Duncan, Applied Energy, Volume 321, June 2022.
- Maximizing oil production from water alternating gas (CO2) injection into residual oil zones: The impact of oil saturation and heterogeneity
Bo Ren, Ian J. Duncan, Energy (Oxford), Volume 222, May 2021.
- Theoretical power-law relationship between permeability and formation factor
Behzad Ghanbarian, Frank Male, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Volume 198, December 2020.
- A machine learning model for predicting the minimum miscibility pressure of CO2 and crude oil system based on a support vector machine algorithm approach
Hao Chen, Chao Zhang, Ninghong Jia, Ian Duncan, Shenglai Yang, YongZhi Yang, Fuel, Volume 290, December 2020.
- Empirical correlations for prediction of minimum miscible pressure and near-miscible pressure interval for oil and CO2 systems
Hao Chen, Bowen Li, Ian Duncan, Moayad Elkhider, Xiliang Liu, Fuel, Volume 278, October 2020.
- Comparison of permeability predictions on cemented sandstones with physics-based and machine learning approaches
Frank Male, Jerry L. Jensen, Larry W. Lake, Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, Volume 77, May 2020.
- Lessons for machine learning from the analysis of porosity-permeability transforms for carbonate reservoirs
Frank Male, Ian J. Duncan, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Volume 187, April 2020.
- Optimizing CO2 Sweep Based on Geochemical and Reservoir Characterization of the Residual Oil Zone of Hess’s Seminole Unit
Presented by Bo Ren, Addressing the Nation’s Energy Needs Through Technology Innovation – 2019 Carbon Capture, Utilization, Storage, and Oil and Gas Technologies Integrated Review Meeting, August 29, 2019.
- Modeling oil saturation evolution in residual oil zones: Implications for CO2 EOR and sequestration
Bo Ren, Ian Duncan, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Volume 177, June 2019.
- Reservoir simulation of carbon storage associated with CO2 EOR in residual oil zones, San Andres formation of West Texas, Permian Basin, USA
Bo Ren, Ian J. Duncan, Energy (Oxford), Volume 167, January 2019.
- Optimizing CO2 Sweep Based on Geochemical and Reservoir Characterization of the Residual Oil Zone of Hess’s Seminole Unit
Presented by Ian Duncan, 2018 Mastering the Subsurface through Technology Innovation, Partnerships and Collaboration: Carbon Storage and Oil and Gas Technologies Review Meeting, August 14, 2018.
- Optimizing CO2 Sweep Based on Geochemical and Reservoir Characterization of the Residual Oil Zone of Hess’s Seminole Unit
Presented by Ian Duncan, 2017 Mastering the Subsurface through Technology Innovation, Partnerships and Collaboration: Carbon Storage and Oil and Gas Technologies Review Meeting, August 2, 2017.
- Optimizing CO2 Sweep Based on Geochemical and Reservoir Characterization of the Residual Oil Zone of Hess’s Seminole Unit
Presented by Ian Duncan, 2016 Mastering the Subsurface through Technology Innovation and Collaboration: Carbon Storage and Oil and Natural Gas Technologies Review Meeting, August 17, 2016.
- Optimizing CO2 Sweep Based on Geochemical and Reservoir Characterization of the Residual Oil Zone of Hess’s Seminole Unit
Presented by Ian Duncan, Carbon Storage R&D Project Review Meeting, August 18, 2015.
- pH-Responsive crude oil-in-water Pickering emulsion stabilized by polyacrylamide nanogels
Jiaming Geng, Jingyang Pu, Yang Zhao, Baihua Lin, Baojun Bai, Schuman P. Thomas, Fuel, Volume 258, December 2019.
- Gel composition and brine concentration effect on hydrogel dehydration subjected to uniaxial compression
Xinrui Zhao, Xindi Sun, Jihong Zhang, Baojun Bai, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Volume 182, November 2019.
- An Investigation of CO2-Responsive Preformed Particle Gel for Conformance Control of CO2 Flooding in Reservoirs With Fractures or Fracture-Like Channels
Ze Wang, Baojun Bai, Yifu Long, Lizhu Wang, SPE Journal, Volume 24, Issue 05, August 2019.
- Investigation on transport behavior of nanogel in low permeable porous medium
Pu Han, Jiaming Geng, Baojun Bai, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Volume 178, July 2019, Pages 999-1005.
- Preparation and salt-insensitive behavior study of swellable, Cr3+-embedded microgels for water management
Jingyang Pu, Jiaming Geng, Pu Han, Baojun Bai, Journal of Molecular Liquids, Volume 273, January 2019, Pages 551-558.
- Effect of the chromium ion diffusion in polyacrylamide/chromium acetate gelation system with surrounding water on gelation behavior
Jingyang Pu, Jiaming Geng, Baojun Bai, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Volume 171, December 2018, Pages 1067-1076.
- Development of Swelling-Rate-Controllable Particle Gels to Enhance CO2 Flooding Sweep and Storage Efficiency
Presented by Baojun Bai, 2018 Mastering the Subsurface through Technology Innovation, Partnerships and Collaboration: Carbon Storage and Oil and Natural Gas Technologies Review Meeting, August 14, 2018.
- Surface charge effect of nanogel on emulsification of oil in water for fossil energy recovery
Jiaming Geng, Jinyang Pu, Lizhu Wang, Baojun Bai, Fuel, Volume 223, July 2018, Pages 140-148.
- Effect of supercritical CO2 on the dehydration of polyacrylamide-based super-absorbent polymer used for water management
Xindi Sun, Sujay Suresh, Xinrui Zhao, Baojun Bai, Fuel, Volume 224, July 2018, Pages 628-636.
- Combining preformed particle gel and low salinity waterflooding to improve conformance control in fractured reservoirs
Xindi Sun, Ali K. Alhuraishawy, Baojun Bai, Mingzhen Wei, Fuel, Volume 221, June 2018, Pages 501-512.
- Areal sweep efficiency improvement by integrating preformed particle gel and low salinity water flooding in fractured reservoirs
Ali K. Alhuraishawy, Xindi Sun, Baojun Bai, Mingzhen Wei, Abdulmohsin Imqam, Fuel, Volume 221, June 2018, Pages 380-392.
- Transportation and Potential Enhanced Oil Recovery Mechanisms of Nanogels in Sandstone
Jiaming Geng, Haifeng Ding, Pu Han, Yizhou Wu, Baojun Bai, Energy and Fuels, Volume 32, Issue 8, June 2018.
- Highly Deformable Nano-Cross-Linker-Bridged Nanocomposite Hydrogels for Water Management of Oil Recovery
Lizhu Wang, Jiaming Geng, Baojun Bai, Energy and Fuels, Volume 32, Issue 3, February 2018.
- Experimental study of combining low salinity water flooding and preformed particle gel to enhance oil recovery for fractured carbonate reservoirs
Ali K. Alhuraishawy, Baojun Bai, Abdulmohsin Imqam, Mingzhen Wei, Fuel, Volume 214, February 2018, Pages 342-350.
- Dehydration of polyacrylamide-based super-absorbent polymer swollen in different concentrations of brine under CO2 conditions
Xindi Sun, Baojun Bai, Fuel, Volume 210, December 2017, Pages 32-40.
- Development of Thermotransformable Controlled Hydrogel for Enhancing Oil Recovery
Jingyang Pu, Jia Zhou, Yashu Chen, Baojun Bai, Volume 31, Issue 12, November 2017.
- Preformed-Particle-Gel Transport Through Heterogeneous Void-Space Conduits
Abdulmohsin Imqam, Ze Wang, Baojun Bai, SPE Journal, Volume 22, Issue 05, October 2017.
- Evaluation of combined low-salinity water and microgel treatments to improve oil recovery using partial fractured carbonate models
Ali K. Alhuraishawy, Baojun Bai, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Volume 158, September 2017, Pages 80-91.
- Development of Swelling-Rate-Controllable Particle Gels to Enhance CO2 Flooding Sweep and Storage Efficiency
Presented by Baojun Bai, 2017 Mastering the Subsurface through Technology Innovation, Partnerships and Collaboration: Carbon Storage and Oil and Natural Gas Technologies Review Meeting, August 2, 2017.
- CO2 Absorbent Particle Gel for Carbon Storage with Enhanced Oil Recovery
Presented by Adriane Melnyczuk, 2017 Mastering the Subsurface through Technology Innovation, Partnerships and Collaboration: Carbon Storage and Oil and Natural Gas Technologies Review Meeting, Poster Session.
- The plugging performance of preformed particle gel to water flow through large opening void space conduits
Abdulmohsin Imqam, Ze Wang, Baojun Bai, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Volume 156, July 2017, Pages 51-61.
- Mechanically robust re-crosslinkable polymeric hydrogels for water management of void space conduits containing reservoirs
Lizhu Wang, Yifu Long, Haifeng Ding, Jiaming Geng, Baojun Bai, Chemical Engineering Journal, Volume 317, June 2017, Pages 952-960.
- Development of Swelling-Rate-Controllable Particle Gels to Enhance CO2 Flooding Sweep and Storage Efficiency
Presented by Baojun Bai, 2016 Mastering the Subsurface through Technology Innovation and Collaboration: Carbon Storage and Oil and Natural Gas Technologies Review Meeting, August 18, 2016.
- Development of Robust Particle Gels for CO2 Flooding
Presented by Yifu Long, 2016 Mastering the Subsurface through Technology Innovation and Collaboration: Carbon Storage and Oil and Natural Gas Technologies Review Meeting, Poster Session.
- Development of Swelling-Rate-Controllable Particle Gels to Enhance CO2 Flooding Sweep and Storage Efficiency
Presented by Baojun Bai, Carbon Storage R&D Project Review Meeting, August 18, 2015.
- Carbon Life Cycle Analysis of CO2-EOR for Net Carbon Negative Oil (NCNO) Classification (Final Report)
Vanessa Nuñez-López, Ramón Gil-Eguia, Pooneh Hosseininoosheri, Susan D. Hovorka, Larry W. Lake, April 1, 2019.
- CO2-brine relative permeability and capillary pressure of Tuscaloosa sandstone: Effect of anisotropy
Sahar Bakhshian, Seyyed A. Hosseini, Larry W. Lake, Advances in Water Resources, Volume 135, January 2020.
- A Sustainable Approach to Decision-Making in CCUS Systems
Ramón Gil-Eguia, Vanessa Nuñez-López, 14th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, May 28, 2019
- Impact of Relative Permeability Uncertainty on CO2 Trapping Mechanisms in a CO2-EOR Process: A Case Study in the U.S. Gulf Coast (Cranfield)
Pooneh Hosseininoosheri, Mehran Mehrabi, Seyyed Abolfazi Hosseini, Vanessa Nuñez-López, Larry W. Lake, SPE Western Regional Meeting, March 23, 2019.
- Environmental and Operational Performance of CO2-EOR as a CCUS Technology: A Cranfield Example with Dynamic LCA Considerations
Vanessa Nuñez-López, Ramón Gil-Eguia, Seyyed Hosseini, Energies, Volume 12, Issue 3, January 2019.
- Carbon Life Cycle Analysis of CO2-EOR for Net Carbon Negative Oil (NCNO) Classification
Presented by Ramón Gil, 2018 Mastering the Subsurface through Technology Innovation, Partnerships and Collaboration: Carbon Storage and Oil and Natural Gas Technologies Review Meeting, August 14, 2018.
- The U.S. Gas Flooding Experience: CO2 Injection Strategies and Impact on Ultimate Recovery
Vanessa Nuñez-López, Seyyed Hosseini, Ramón Gil-Eguia, 38th IEA-EOR Workshop & Symposium, September 29, 2017.
- CO2-EOR: Approaching an NCNO Classification
Vanessa Nuñez-López, Ramón Gil-Eguia, Gulf Coast Carbon Center Sponsors Meeting, September 20, 2017.
- Carbon Life Cycle Analysis of CO2-EOR for Net Carbon Negative Oil (NCNO) Classification
Presented by Vanessa Nuñez-López, 2017 Mastering the Subsurface through Technology Innovation, Partnerships and Collaboration: Carbon Storage and Oil and Natural Gas Technologies Review Meeting, August 2, 2017.
- Carbon Life Cycle Analysis of CO2-EOR for Net Carbon Negative Oil (NCNO) Classification
Presented by Vanessa Nuñez-López, 2016 Mastering the Subsurface through Technology Innovation and Collaboration: Carbon Storage and Oil and Natural Gas Technologies Review Meeting, August 18, 2016.
- Carbon balance of CO2-EOR for NCNO classification
Vanessa Nuñez-López, Ramón Gil-Eguia, Ana Gonzalez-Nicolas, Susan Hovorka, Energy Procedia, 13th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, March 18, 2016.
- Carbon Life Cycle Analysis of CO2-EOR for Net Carbon Negative Oil (NCNO) Classification
Presented by Vanessa Nuñez-López, Carbon Storage R&D Project Review Meeting, August 18, 2015.
- A Nonconventional of CO2-Enhanced Oil Target in the Illinois Basin: Oil Reservoirs of the Thick Cypress Sandstone (Final Report)
Nathan Webb, July 31, 2019.
- Using clay microporosity to improve formation evaluation in potential residual oil zones: Cypress Sandstone, Illinois Basin
Leo G. Giannetta, Nathan D. Webb, Shane K. Butler, Nathan P. Grigsby, AAPG Bulletin, Volume 105, Issue 8, August 2021.
- A Nonconventional of CO2-Enhanced Oil Target in the Illinois Basin: Oil Reservoirs of the Thick Cypress Sandstone
Presented by Nathan Webb 2018, Mastering the Subsurface through Technology Innovation, Partnerships and Collaboration: Carbon Storage and Oil and Natural Gas Technologies Review Meeting, August 14, 2018.
- CO2 Storage and EOR Resource Assessment of the Cypress Sandstone Residual Oil Zone in the Illinois Basin
Presented by Nathan Webb, 2018 Mastering the Subsurface through Technology Innovation, Partnerships and Collaboration: Carbon Storage and Oil and Natural Gas Technologies Review Meeting, Poster Session.
- Using Well Log Analyses to Identify ROZs for CO2-EOR: An Example in the Cypress Sandstone
Presented by Nathan Webb 2018, Mastering the Subsurface through Technology Innovation, Partnerships and Collaboration: Carbon Storage and Oil and Natural Gas Technologies Review Meeting, Poster Session.
- Using well log analysis to identify residual oil zones at Noble and Kenner West Oil Fields, Illinois
Nathan Grigsby, Nathan Webb, Scott Frailey, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Eastern Section Meeting, September 26, 2017.
- A Nonconventional of CO2-Enhanced Oil Target in the Illinois Basin: Oil Reservoirs of the Thick Cypress Sandstone
Presented by Nathan Webb, 2017 Mastering the Subsurface through Technology Innovation, Partnerships and Collaboration: Carbon Storage and Oil and Natural Gas Technologies Review Meeting, August 2, 2017.
- Geometry and architecture of fluvial-estuarine Pennsylvanian paleovalley fills, Southeastern Illinois, USA
Stirling Lemme, Nathan Webb, James Best, 11th International Conference on Fluvial Sedimentology, July 17, 2017.
- Reservoir architecture and heterogeneity of multistory fluvial sandstones of the Mississippian Cypress Formation, Illinois, USA: Implications for CO2 storage and EOR
Kalin Howell, Nathan Webb, Nathan Grigsby, James Best, 11th International Conference on Fluvial Sedimentology, July 20, 2017.
- Evidence of a Sandy Suspended-Load Dominated River from the Mississippian Cypress Formation, Illinois, USA
Kalin Howell, Nathan Webb, James Best, Eric Prokocki, 11th International Conference on Fluvial Sedimentology, July 20, 2017.
- Improved Oil Recovery in the Cypress Using an Unconventional Approach
Nathan Webb, 71st Annual Illinois Oil and Gas Association Trade Show and Convention, March 2, 2017.
- An Integrated Approach to Identifying Residual Oil Zones in the Cypress Sandstone in the Illinois Basin for Nonconventional CO2-EOR and Storage
Nathan Webb, Nathan Grigsby, Scott Frailey, Leo Giannetta, Kalin Howell, Zohreh Askari, Yaghoob Lasemi, Illinois Geological Society Meeting, October 21, 2016.
- Cypress Sandstone reservoir characterization across the Clay City Anticline, Richland and Clay Counties, Illinois
Zohreh Askari, Yaghoob Lasemi, Nathan Webb, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Eastern Section Meeting, September 27, 2016.
- Using Clay Microporosity to Improve Formation Evaluation in Potential ROZs: Cypress Sandstone, Illinois Basin
Leo Giannetta, Nathan Webb, Shane Butler, Nathan Grigsby, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Eastern Section Meeting, September 27, 2016.
- An Integrated Approach to Identifying Residual Oil Zones in the Cypress Sandstone in the Illinois Basin for Nonconventional CO2-EOR and Storage
Nathan Webb, Nathan Grigsby, Joshua Arneson, Leo Giannetta, Scott Frailey, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Eastern Section Meeting, September 27, 2016.
- A Nonconventional of CO2-Enhanced Oil Target in the Illinois Basin: Oil Reservoirs of the Thick Cypress Sandstone
Presented by Nathan Webb, 2016 Mastering the Subsurface through Technology Innovation and Collaboration: Carbon Storage and Oil and Natural Gas Technologies Review Meeting, August 18, 2016.
- Identifying indicators of Residual Oil Zone formation in the Illinois Basin
Presented by Nathan Webb, 2016 Mastering the Subsurface through Technology Innovation and Collaboration: Carbon Storage and Oil and Natural Gas Technologies Review Meeting, Poster Session.
- The Mississippian thick Cypress Sandstone: A nonconventional CO2-EOR target in the Illinois Basin
Nathan Webb, Nathan Grigsby, Joshua Arneson, Leo Giannetta, Scott Frailey, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, June 21, 2016.
- Reservoir characterization of the thick IVF Cypress Sandstone in Noble Field, Illinois, for nonconventional CO2-EOR
Nathan Webb, Nathan Grigsby, North-Central Geological Society of America Meeting, April 19, 2016.
- Petrography of the Chesterian (Upper Mississippian) Cypress Sandstone in the Illinois Basin
Jaclyn Daum, Kalin Howell, Nathan Webb, North-Central Geological Society of America Meeting, April 19, 2016.
- Identification of Clay Microporosity in the Reservoir Characterization of the Cypress Sandstone: Implications for Petrophysical Analysis, Reservoir Quality, and Depositional Environment
Leo Giannetta, Shane Butler, Nathan Webb, North-Central Geological Society of America Meeting, April 19, 2016.
- Using petrophysics to determine the presence of residual oil zones in the thick IVF Cypress Sandstone at Noble, southeastern Illinois
Joshua Arneson, Nathan Grigsby, Scott Frailey, Nathan Webb, North-Central Geological Society of America Meeting, April 19, 2016.
- Leveraging spontaneous potential and neutron density porosity logs to construct a geocellular model: An example from the thick Cypress Sandstone at Noble Field, Illinois
Nathan Grigsby, Nathan Webb, North-Central Geological Society of America Meeting, April 19, 2016.
- Geological characterization and modeling of the Cypress Sandstone at Noble Field, southeastern Illinois
Nathan Webb, Nathan Grigsby, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Eastern Section Meeting, September 21, 2015.
- A Nonconventional of CO2-Enhanced Oil Target in the Illinois Basin: Oil Reservoirs of the Thick Cypress Sandstone
Presented by Nathan Webb, Carbon Storage R&D Project Review Meeting, August 18, 2015.
- Geological characterization and modeling of the Cypress Sandstone at Noble Field, southeastern Illinois
Presented by Nathan Webb and Nathan Grigsby, Carbon Storage R&D Project Review Meeting, Poster Session, August 18, 2015.
- Improved Characterization and Modeling of Tight Oil Formations for CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery Potential and Storage Capacity Estimation (Final Report)
James Sorensen, Steven Smith, Bethany Kurz, Steven Hawthorne, Lu Jin, Nicholas Bosshart, Jose Torres, Carolyn Nyberg, Loreal Heebink, John Hurley, March 9, 2018.
- Hydrocarbon Recovery from Williston Basin Shale and Mudrock Cores with Supercritical CO2 : Part 1. Method Validation and Recoveries from Cores Collected across the Basin
Steven B. Hawthorne, David J. Miller, Carol B. Grabanski, Nick Azzolina, Beth A. Kurz, Omid H. Ardakani, Steven A. Smith, Hamed Sanei, James A. Sorensen, Energy and Fuels, Volume 33, Issue 8, July 2019.
- Hydrocarbon Recovery from Williston Basin Shale and Mudrock Cores with Supercritical CO2: 2. Mechanisms That Control Oil Recovery Rates and CO2 Permeation
Steven B. Hawthorne, Carol B. Grabanski, David J. Miller, Beth A. Kurz, James A. Sorensen, Energy and Fuels, Volume 33, Issue 8, June 2019.
- Advancing CO2 enhanced oil recovery and storage in unconventional oil play—Experimental studies on Bakken shales
Lu Jin, Steven Hawthorne, James Sorensen, Lawrence Pekot, Bethany Kurz, Steven Smith, Loreal Heebink, Volker Herdegen, Nicholas Bosshart, José Torres, Chantsalmaa Dalkhaa, Kyle Peterson, Charles Gorecki, Edward Steadman, John Harju, Applied Energy, Volume 208, December 2017, Pages 171-183.
- Improved Characterization and Modeling of Tight Oil Formations for CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery Potential and Storage Capacity Estimation
Presented by James Sorensen, 2017 Mastering the Subsurface through Technology Innovation, Partnerships and Collaboration: Carbon Storage and Oil and Natural Gas Technologies Review Meeting, August 2, 2017.
- Improved Characterization and Modeling of Tight Oil Formations for CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery Potential and Storage Capacity Estimation
Presented by James Sorensen, 2016 Mastering the Subsurface through Technology Innovation and Collaboration: Carbon Storage and Oil and Natural Gas Technologies Review Meeting, August 17, 2016.
- Improved Characterization and Modeling of Tight Oil Formations for CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery Potential and Storage Capacity Estimation
Presented by James Sorensen, Carbon Storage R&D Project Review Meeting, August 18, 2015
- Identification of Residual Oil Zones (ROZs) in the Williston and Powder River Basins (Final Report)
Matthew E. Burton-Kelly, Neil W. Dotzenrod, Ian K. Feole, Wesley D. Peck, Jun He, Shane K. Butler, Marc D. Kurz,Bethany A. Kurz, Steven A. Smith, Charles D. Gorecki, March 29, 2018.
- Identification of Residual Oil Zones (ROZs) in the Williston and Powder River Basins
Presented by Wesley Peck, 2017 Mastering the Subsurface through Technology Innovation, Partnerships and Collaboration: Carbon Storage and Oil and Natural Gas Technologies Review Meeting, August 2, 2017.
- Identification of Residual Oil Zones (ROZs) in the Williston and Powder River Basins
Presented by Wesley Peck, 2016 Mastering the Subsurface through Technology Innovation and Collaboration: Carbon Storage and Oil and Natural Gas Technologies Review Meeting, August 18, 2016.
- Identification of Residual Oil Zones (ROZs) in the Williston and Powder River Basins
Presented by Wesley D. Peck, Carbon Storage R&D Project Review Meeting, August 18, 2015.
- Optimizing conformance control for gas injection EOR in unconventional reservoirs
Lu Jin, Xincheng Wan, Nicholas A. Azzolina, Nicholas W. Bosshart, Jin Zhao, Yang Yu, Xue Yu, Steven A. Smith, James A. Sorensen, Charles D. Gorecki, Fuel, Volume 324, September 2022.
- Comparison of CO2 and Produced Gas Hydrocarbons to Recover Crude Oil from Williston Basin Shale and Mudrock Cores at 10.3, 17.2, and 34.5 MPa and 110 °C
Steven B. Hawthorne, Carol B. Grabanski, Lu Jin, Nick W. Bosshart, David J. Miller, Energy and Fuels, Volume 35, Issue 8, March 2021.
- Comparison of CO2 and Produced Gas Hydrocarbons to Dissolve and Mobilize Bakken Crude Oil at 10.3, 20.7, and 34.5 MPa and 110 °C
Steven B. Hawthorne, David J. Miller, Energy and Fuels, Volume 34, Issue 9, August 2020.
- Technical Reports
- Advanced Characterization of Unconventional Oil and Gas Reservoirs to Enhance CO2 Storage Resource Estimates – Organic Structure and Porosity of Organic-Rich Shale
Presented by Bethany Kurz, 2017 Mastering the Subsurface through Technology Innovation, Partnerships and Collaboration: Carbon Storage and Oil and Natural Gas Technologies Review Meeting, Poster Session
- Advanced Characterization of Unconventional Oil and Gas Reservoirs to Enhance CO2 Storage Resource Estimates
Presented by Alexander Azenkeng, 2016 Mastering the Subsurface through Technology Innovation and Collaboration: Carbon Storage and Oil and Natural Gas Technologies Review Meeting, Poster Session
- Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC)-U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Program on Research and Development for Fossil Energy-Related Resources (Final Report)
Lucia Romuld, John A. Harju, Catherine J. Russell, Ted R. Aulich, Edward N. Steadman, May 30, 2018.
- Bakken CO2 Storage and Enhanced Recovery Program
Presented by Jim Sorensen, 2018 Mastering the Subsurface through Technology Innovation, Partnerships and Collaboration: Carbon Storage and Oil and Natural Gas Technologies Review Meeting, August 16, 2018.
- Bakken CO2 Storage and Enhanced Recovery Program
Presented by James Sorensen, 2016 Mastering the Subsurface through Technology Innovation and Collaboration: Carbon Storage and Oil and Natural Gas Technologies Review Meeting, Poster Session
- Bakken CO2 Storage and Enhanced Recovery Program
Presented by James Sorensen, Carbon Storage R&D Project Review Meeting, August 18, 2015.
- Subtask 1.10 - CO2 Storage and Enhanced Bakken Recovery Research Program (Final Report)
James A. Sorensen, Steven B. Hawthorne, Steven A. Smith, Jason R. Braunberger, Guoxiang Liu, Robert C.L. Klenner, Lisa S. Botnen, Edward N. Steadman, John A. Harju, Thomas E. Doll, May 31, 2014.
- Subtask 2.17 – CO2 Storage Efficiency in Deep Saline Formations
Charles D. Gorecki, Guoxiang Liu, Jason R. Braunberger, Robert C.L. Klenner, Scott C. Ayash, Neil W. Dotzenrod, Edward N. Steadman, John A. Harju, January 2014
- Task 2: CO2 Utilization in Unconventional Reservoirs
Presented by Pete McGrail, 2018 Mastering the Subsurface through Technology Innovation, Partnerships and Collaboration: Carbon Storage and Oil and Gas Technologies Review Meeting, August 16, 2018.
- Task 1: CO2 Utilization in Unconventional Reservoirs
Presented by Peter McGrail, 2016 Mastering the Subsurface through Technology Innovation and Collaboration: Carbon Storage and Oil and Natural Gas Technologies Review Meeting, August 16, 2016.
- Utilization of CO2 in Unconventional Reservoirs
Presented by Pete McGrail, Carbon Storage R&D Project Review Meeting, August 20, 2015.
- Task 2: Sequestration in Basalt Formations
Presented by Peter McGrail, 2016 Mastering the Subsurface through Technology Innovation and Collaboration: Carbon Storage and Oil and Natural Gas Technologies Review Meeting, August 16, 2016.
- Central Appalachian Basin Unconventional (Coal/Organic Shale) Reservoir Small-Scale CO2 Injection Test (Final Report)
Michael Karmis, Nino Ripepi, Ellen Gilliland, Andrew Louk, Xu Tang, Cigdem Keles, Charles Schlosser, Ed Diminick, Michael McClure, Jerry Hill, Brian Hill, May 30, 2018.
- Sensitivity and history match analysis of a carbon dioxide “huff-and-puff” injection test in a horizontal shale gas well in Tennessee
Cigdem Keles, Xu Tang, C. Schlosser, A.K. Louk, Nino Ripepi, Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, Volume 77, May 2020.
- New perspectives on supercritical methane adsorption in shales and associated thermodynamics
Xu Tang, Nino Ripepi, Sean Rigby, Robert Mokaya, Ellen Gilliland, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Volume 78, October 2019, Pages 186-197.
- Sensitivity analysis of reservoir conditions and gas production mechanism in deep coal seams in Buchanan County, Virginia
Cigdem Keles, Foteini Vasilikou, Nino Ripepi, Zach Agioutantis, Michael Karmis, Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, Volume 94, July 2019, Pages 31-42.
- Water vapor sorption on Marcellus shale: measurement, modeling and thermodynamic analysis
Xu Tang, Nino Ripepi, Katherine A.Valentine, Cigdem Keles, Timothy Long, Aleksandra Gonciaruk, Fuel, Volume 2019, December 2017, Pages 606-614.
- Determining Coalbed Methane Production and Composition from Individual Stacked Coal Seams in a Multi-Zone Completed Gas Well
Nino Ripepi, Kyle Louk, Joseph Amante, Charlies Schlosser, Xu Tang, Ellen Gilliland, Energies (Basel), Volume 10, Issue 10, October 2017.
- Adsorption Models for Methane in Shales: Review, Comparison, and Application
Xu Tang, Nino Ripepi, Kray Luxbacher, Eleanor Pitcher, Energy and Fuels, Volume 31, Issue 10, September 2017.
- Monitoring CO2 storage and enhanced gas recovery in unconventional shale reservoirs: Results from the Morgan County, Tennessee injection test
Kyle Louk, Nino Ripepi, Kray Luxbacher, Ellen Gilliland, Xu Tang, Cigdem Keles, Charles Schlosser, Ed Diminick, Steve Keim, Joseph Amante, Michael Karmis, Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, Volume 45, September 2017, Pages 11-25.
- Central Appalachian Basin Unconventional (Coal/Organic Shale) Reservoir Small-Scale CO2 Injection Test
Presented by Nino Ripepi, 2017 Mastering the Subsurface through Technology Innovation, Partnerships and Collaboration: Carbon Storage and Oil and Natural Gas Technologies Review Meeting, August 3, 2017.
- Thermodynamic analysis of high pressure methane adsorption in Longmaxi shale
Xu Tang, Nino Ripepi, Nicholas P. Stadie, Lingiie Yu, Fuel, Volume 193, April 2017, Pages 411-418.
- High pressure supercritical carbon dioxide adsorption in coal: Adsorption model and thermodynamic characteristics
Xu Tang, Nino Ripepi, Journal of CO2 Utilization, Volume 18. March 2017, Pages 189-197.
- A dual-site Langmuir equation for accurate estimation of high pressure deep shale gas resources
Xu Tang, Nino Ripepi, Nicholas P. Stadie, Lingiie Yu, Matthew R. Hall, Fuel, Volume 185, December 2016, Pages 10-17.
- Central Appalachian Basin Unconventional (Coal/Organic Shale) Reservoir Small-Scale CO2 Injection Test
Presented by Mike Karmis, 2016 Mastering the Subsurface through Technology Innovation and Collaboration: Carbon Storage and Oil and Natural Gas Technologies Review Meeting, August 16, 2016.
- Central Appalachian Basin Unconventional (Coal/Organic Shale) Reservoir Small-Scale CO2 Injection Test
Presented by Nino Ripepi, Carbon Storage R&D Project Review Meeting, August 20, 2015.
- Small-Scale Field Test Demonstrating CO2 Sequestration in Arbuckle Saline Aquifer and by CO2-EOR at Wellington Field Sumner County, Kansas (Final Report)
Yevhen Holubnyak, Lynn Watney, Jennifer Hollenbach, Tiraz Birdie, Mina Fazelalavi, Tandis Bidgoli, Drew Schwab, Alex Nolte, George Tsoflias, John Victorine, Brandon Graham, John Doveton, Jason Bruns, Brett Blazer, Dana Wreath, December 31, 2017
- Methodology for Constructing Reservoir Maximum Pore Pressure Maps to Meet Class VI Constraints and Prevent Earthquakes
Presented by Tiraz Birdie, 2018 Mastering the Subsurface through Technology Innovation, Partnerships and Collaboration: Carbon Storage and Oil and Gas Technologies Review Meeting, Poster Session.
- Small-Scale Field Test Demonstrating CO2 Sequestration in Arbuckle Saline Aquifer and by CO2-EOR at Wellington Field Sumner County, Kansas
Presented by Yevhen Holubnyak, 2017 Mastering the Subsurface through Technology Innovation, Partnerships and Collaboration: Carbon Storage and Oil and Natural Gas Technologies Review Meeting, August 3, 2017.
- US EPA Class VI Injection Permit – Requirements and Lessons Learned from the Wellington, Kansas, Project
Presented by Tiraz Birdie, 2017 Mastering the Subsurface through Technology Innovation, Partnerships and Collaboration: Carbon Storage and Oil and Natural Gas Technologies Review Meeting, Poster Session.
- Assessing Induced Seismicity Risk at the Wellington Geologic Sequestration Site
Presented by Tiraz Birdie, 2017 Mastering the Subsurface through Technology Innovation, Partnerships and Collaboration: Carbon Storage and Oil and Natural Gas Technologies Review Meeting, Poster Session.
- Monitoring Seismicity Near an Active CO2 EOR Injection
Presented by Keith Nolte, 2017 Mastering the Subsurface through Technology Innovation, Partnerships and Collaboration: Carbon Storage and Oil and Natural Gas Technologies Review Meeting, Poster Session.
- Fracture Mapping and Feasibility of Monitoring CO2 In Situ from Seismic Data at the Mississippian Carbonate Reservoir, Wellington Oil Field, South-Central Kansas
Presented by Keith Nolte, 2017 Mastering the Subsurface through Technology Innovation, Partnerships and Collaboration: Carbon Storage and Oil and Natural Gas Technologies Review Meeting, Poster Session.
- Small-Scale Field Test Demonstrating CO2 Sequestration in Arbuckle Saline Aquifer and by CO2-EOR at Wellington Field Sumner County, Kansas
Presented by Lynn Watney, 2016 Mastering the Subsurface through Technology Innovation and Collaboration: Carbon Storage and Oil and Natural Gas Technologies Review Meeting, August 16, 2016.
- Small-Scale Field Test Demonstrating CO2 Sequestration in Arbuckle Saline Aquifer and by CO2-EOR at Wellington Field Sumner County, Kansas
Presented by Lynn Watney, Carbon Storage R&D Project Review Meeting, August 20, 2015.
- An operational plan for safe and effective CO2 injection at Wellington Field, Kansas (DE-FE0006821) in perspective of recent, nearby seismic activity
Presented by Lynn Watney, Carbon Storage R&D Project Review Meeting, Poster Session, August 18, 2015.
- CO2 Sequestration in Unmineable Coal with Enhanced Coal Bed Methane Recovery (The Marshall County Project)
Presented by James Locke, Carbon Storage R&D Project Review Meeting, August 20, 2015.
- Enhanced Coal Bed Methane Production and Sequestration of CO2 in Unmineable Coal Seams (Final Report)
James Locke, Richard Winschel, March 2005.
- Enhanced Coal Bed Methane Production and Sequestration of CO2 in Unmineable Coal Seams (Technical Report #6)
William A. Williams, October 2004.
- Enhanced Coal Bed Methane Production and Sequestration of CO2 in Unmineable Coal Seams (Technical Report #5)
William A. Williams, March 2004.
- Enhanced Coal Bed Methane Production and Sequestration of CO2 in Unmineable Coal Seams (Technical Report #4)
Gary L. Cairns, October 2003.
- Enhanced Coal Bed Methane Production and Sequestration of CO2 in Unmineable Coal Seams (Technical Report #3)
Gary L. Cairns, April 2003.
- Enhanced Coal Bed Methane Production and Sequestration of CO2 in Unmineable Coal Seams (Technical Report #2)
Gary L. Cairns, October 2002.
- Enhanced Coal Bed Methane Production and Sequestration of CO2 in Unmineable Coal Seams (Technical Report #1)
Gary L. Cairns, April 2002.
Unconventional Storage publications include available reports and presentations. Publications are updated annually. Last update: March 18, 2024.
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