Seventh Annual Meeting
October 11-13, 2012
EMS Energy Institute
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
The seventh annual Gas Flooding Initiative meeting will be held on the Pennsylvania State University Campus from October 11 - 13, 2012. There will be a workshop on Thursday in addition to a brief tour of campus and the EMS Energy Institute. Thursday evening we will hold a recepetion with dinner and a cash bar at the Nittany Lion Inn. Technical presentations will take place on Friday and Saturday is reserved for a tour of the Drake Well Museum in Titusville, PA.
Agenda
Thursday, October 11th (Workshop and Reception)
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| 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm | Toolkit Updates (PennPVT, UTCOMP) - 104 Hosler |
| 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Special Lecture - Russell Johns - 104 Hosler |
| 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Tour of the EMS Energy Institute |
| 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Break, move to the Nittany Lion Inn |
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Dinner at the Nittany Lion Inn (Cash Bar) |
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Friday, October 12th (Technical Presentations)
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8:00 am - 8:20 am |
Coffee and continental breakfast |
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8:20 am - 8:30 am |
Welcome |
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8:30 am - 9:00 am |
Method of Characteristic Solutions for Compositional Floods |
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9:00 am - 9:30 am |
Geochemical Modeling of CO2 Flooding in Carbonates Considering Wettability |
9:30 am - 10:00 am |
Modeling of CO2 Flooding with Geochemical Reactions in Carbonate Reservoirs |
10:00 am - 10:10 am |
Break |
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10:10 am - 10:40 am |
Comparison of Reduced and Conventional Phase Behavior Calculations |
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10:40 am - 11:10 am |
Tie-Line Simplex Method for Compositional Simulation |
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11:10 am - 11:40 am |
Upscaling Including Dispersion in Compositional Simulation |
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11:40 am - 1:00 pm |
Lunch |
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1:00 pm - 1:30 pm |
Compositional Simulation of CO2 Floods Considering Four Phases |
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1:30 pm - 2:00 pm |
Miscible Gas Injection in Fractured Reservoirs |
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm |
Capturing of Shock Fronts in a Compositional Simulator |
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Measurement and Modeling of Three-Phase Relative Permeability |
3:00 am - 3:10 pm |
Break |
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3:10 pm - 3:40 pm |
Origin of Scale Dependent Dispersion Using High-Order Methods |
| 3:40 pm - 4:10 pm | Three-Phase Mixing Cell for MMP Determination |
| 4:10 pm - 4:40 pm | Upscaling Miscible Residual Oil Saturation |
| 4:40 pm - 5:10 pm | Reservoir Cooling for Enhanced Gas Flooding |
| 5:10 pm - 5:20 pm | Wrap Up and Discussion of JIP Direction Russ Johns and All |
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5:20 pm |
End of Meeting |
Saturday, October 13th (Drake Well Museum Tour)
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| 7:30 am | Meet bus at EMS Energy Institute |
| 8:00 am - 11:00 am | Arrive at Drake Well Museum in Titusville, PA |
| 11:00 am - 1:00 pm | Guided Tour of the Drake Well Museum ($3 admission fee) |
| 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Lunch - provided |
| 4:30 pm | Arrive back at the PSU Campus |
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Hotel Reservations
Nittany Lion Inn - (preferred) Historic hotel located on campus
Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center - Modern, can take a shuttle to campus
The Atherton Hotel - Located Downtown one block from campus
The Days Inn State College - Located Downtown one block from campus
Getting to University Park
The Penn State University Park Campus is located in State College, a small town in located in central Pennsylvania. If coming by car, State College is about a three-hour drive from Washington or Philadelphia.
There are three airports that have flights into the University Park Airport (Washington, Detroit, and Philadelphia). Make reservations as soon as possible as there are a limited number of flights in and out of state college. The train can also be taken from New York, Philadelphia, or Washington. The nearest Amtrak station is Huntingdon, PA. From there you will need to rent a car and drive about 20 miles to State College.
Maps of the campus and surrounding areas are available here.
About the Area
State College is a small town located in central Pennsylvania. It's surrounded by forests but also close to several major cities. There are numerous activities that you can take advantage of in and around State College.
- Great hiking, boating, and fishing. Some of the best fly fishing in the U.S. is in this area. Areas include Rothrock State Forest, Black Moshannon State Park, and Raystown Lake.
- Penns cave is located about 20 minutes from town and there are several very scenic drives through Amish communities.
- The Penn State Creamery, located on campus is a great place to get ice cream.
- Several Museums, including the All Sports Museum, the Pennsylvania Military Museum, the Boal Mansion, and the Palmer Museum of Art.
If you have time to travel a bit further, other possible destinations include.
- A large elk herd about an hour and a half drive from State College.
- Gettysburg and other civil war battle sites are located within a few hours drive.
- Washington and Philadelphia are just over a three-hour drive from State College. New York City is about four hours.
- Niagara Falls is located about four hours to the North, and Toronto Canada is five hours to the north.
About the Drake Well Museum
The Drake Well Museum is in Titusville, PA where in 1859 Edwin L. Drake drilled the oil well that launched the modern petroleum industry. The Drake Well Museum tells the story of the beginning of the modern oil industry with orientation videos, exhibits, operating oil field machinery, and historic buildings in a park setting.