EMS Energy Institute

Gas Flooding Research Project

Fourth Annual Meeting

October 8 - 9, 2009

Chemical and Petroleum Engineering (CPE) Building
2601 Speedway | Austin, Texas 78712 | 512-471-3161
Brons Conference Room (CPE 2.236)
The University of Texas at Austin

The Gas Flooding Research Project annual technical meeting was held on Thursday and Friday, October 8 - 9, 2009, in Austin, Texas. The first day of the meeting was optional and was intended for software and toolkit demonstrations.

Please note: password required to view presentations.

Thursday, October 8th (Software Demonstrations)


2:30 pm - 3:15 pm

Welcome and Overview of Gas Flooding Website and Toolkits
Brief Lecture on “Flow Regimes and the Importance of Heterogeneity”
Russ Johns

3:15 pm - 4:00 pm

Update on the MMP Estimation Module of UTPVT (Fluid Characterization Toolkit)

Kaveh Ahmadi

4:00 pm - 4:15 pm

Break

4:15 pm - 5:00 pm

Update on UTCOMP Simulation Developments

Ryosuke Okuno

5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Dinner at the AT&T Center (Shuttle leaving at 5:30 PM)

Friday, October 9th (Technical Presentations)


8:00 am - 8:30 am

Coffee and light breakfast

8:30 am - 8:45 am

Project Update, Accomplishments, and Deliverables

Russ Johns

8:45 am - 9:15 am

Development of Miscibility for Various Oils and Injection Mixtures, Including Sour Gas (Mixing Cell Model Results)
Kaveh Ahmadi and Russ Johns

9:15 am - 9:45 am

Impact of Heterogeneity and Dispersion on Gas Flooding

Gholamreza Garmeh, Russ Johns, and Larry Lake

9:45 am - 10:15 am

Prediction of the Optimum WAG Performance
Rouzbeh Ghanbarnezhad and Larry Lake

10:15 am - 10:30 am

Break

10:30 am - 11:15 am

Advanced Phase Behavior Modeling for Compositional Simulation 
Part 1:Three-Phase Flash in Compositional Simulation Using a Reduced Method
Part 2:Mechanisms for High Displacement Efficiency for Low-Temperature CO2 Floods
Part 3:Phase Behavior Calculations using Compositional Space Parameterization
Ryosuke Okuno, Gurpreet Singh, Kamy Sepehrnoori, and Russ Johns

11:15 am - 11:45 am

The Effect of Wettability on Three-Phase Relative Permeability During Gravity Drainage
Hassan Dehghanpour and David DiCarlo

11:45 am - 1:00 pm

Lunch

1:00 pm - 1:45 pm

Foams and Emulsions Stabilized with Nanoparticles for Potential Conformance Control Applications
David Espinosa, Chun Huh, Steve Bryant, and Keith Johnston

2:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Inexpensive pH-triggered Polymer Microgels for Deep Conformance Control (End of Project)
Farshad Lalehrokh and Steve Bryant

2:30 am - 2:45 pm

Break

2:45 pm - 3:15 pm

Three-Phase Capillary/Gravity Equilibrium in Oil-Wet Media (New Project)
Mohammad Mirzaei and David DiCarlo

3:15 pm - 4:00 pm

CO2 Flooding and Simulation in Carbonates (New Project)
Part 1: Rigorous CO2 Simulator Using UTCOMP
Saeedeh Mohebbinia, Olaoluwa Adepoju, Russ Johns, Kamy Sepehrnoori, and Larry Lake
Part 2: Experimental Studies
Ashwin Venkatraman, Kishore Mohanty, and Russ Johns

4:00 pm - 4:20 pm

Miscible Gas Flooding in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs (New Project)
Ali Moinfar, Russ Johns, and Kamy Sepehrnoori

3:45 pm - 4:20 pm Wrap Up and Discussion of JIP Direction
Russ Johns

4:30 pm

End of Meeting

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Optional Laboratory Tours and Follow Up Discussions in CPE Building