Dr. Fan ’s research with PhD student Ayush Rastogi re- garding the onset of Liquid Loading in 6-in. Inclined Pipe is active and close to the end. The main objective is to experimentally and theoretically investigate the onset of liquid accumulation in large diameter inclined pipes or deviated wellbores. The experimental result and modeling work on onset of liquid loading will be presented at ATCE 2019.
ship from ExxonMobil. API and other sponsors also joined their support for the domestic training program.
Experimental and modeling research studies at UNGI is ongoing in full speed and they have 3 MS and 1 PhD stu- dents joining UNGI in Fall 2019 to continue building on research studies conducted by recent graduates.
Parts of the new research facility Dr. Fan and her grad students have been building.
Dr. Fan and her grad students started two new research projects. The first is a new collaborative Ph.D. research project on fiber optic sensing for multiphase flow with RCP in the Geophysics department and the prelimi- nary experimental study has been finished. The project shows promising results in characterizing multiphase flow behavior. The second new Ph.D. research project is on emulsion characterization and modeling for hydrate prediction application. This new project is supposed to improve the current modeling for hydrate formation prediction.
UNGI ’s joint training program TOPCORP is making waves and has received funding to extend the program to international regulators from Guyana with sponsor-
Dr. Winterfeld closed his DOE project on CO2 sequestra- tion, “Quantitative Characterization of Impacts of Cou- pled Geomechanics and Flow on Safe and Permanent Geological Storage of CO2 in Fractured Aquifers” and continues to work with NREL on “Geothermal Reservoir Modeling with TOUGH2-EGS,” part of the EGS-Collab SIGMA-V project.
The UREP consortium presented research on filtration of hydrocarbons through tight formations, the first ex- perimental finding of its kind, at the URTeC conference held in Denver, in July 2019. Research that further ex- plored the effect of CO2 on filtration with identification of novel CO2-EOR mechanisms will be presented at the upcoming SPE ATCE in Calgary.
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