Curtin/CSIRO Geophysics Group Seminar, 28th July 2022
Reservoir Rock and Fluids Interactions and Their Implications on Geo-Energy and Energy Storage
Date: Thursday, 28th of July, 2022
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: CSIRO/ARRC Auditorium, 26 Dick Perry Avenue, Kensington; Microsoft Teams
Presenter: Dr Sam Xie, Lecturer, Petroleum Engineering, Curtin University
Abstract: Reservoir Rock-Fluids Interactions are important physiochemical processes, which play an important role in Hydrocarbon Recovery, CO2 Geological Storage, and Underground Hydrogen Storage. Understanding such physiochemical processes at small length scale (nano-, micro- and core-scale) will enable industry to better manage uncertainties and risks at large-scale (i.e., kilometres) for geo-energy development, CCS and Underground Hydrogen Storage.
In this seminar, Sam will reveal how the reservoir rock-fluids interactions affect in-situ wetting conditions together with initial water morphology and fluid-fluid interactions on low salinity waterflooding, which is a cost-effective and environmentally friendly technology to help industry achieve energy transition. Moreover, Sam will also present how reservoir rock-fluids interactions affect fracture mechanics, which has significant implications on CCS and Underground Hydrogen Storage through nano-scale and core-scale experimental results together with thermodynamics.
Sam’s presentation may shed light on de-risking low salinity waterflooding uncertainties, and storage integrity of CCS and Underground Hydrogen Storage in subsurface.
Biography: Dr Sam Xie is a Lecturer, Research Focus Group Lead of Petroleum Engineering Discipline at Curtin University. He is an interdisciplinary researcher specialising in fluid-rock interactions, rock flow dynamics for applications in IOR, CCS, Underground Hydrogen Storage. The goals of his research are to: 1) develop cost-effective and environmentally friendly techniques to unlock hydrocarbon resources from subsurface; 2) capture and sequestrate CO2 at subsurface to reduce carbon footprint; and 3) identify large-scale, long-term storage systems for hydrogen storage at subsurface.