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ilization,
Storage and Transport Why Join
Become a CarbonUT IAP member with
INDUST RIAL AFFILIATE P ROG RAM an annual investment of $75,000 and
take advantage of these benefits:

CARBON UTilization, Storage and Transportation (CarbonUT) EARLY ACCESS TO PROJECT DATA
is at the center of energy engineering and geoscience » See initial findings on caprock
innovation. Our research is fundamental to accelerating integrity ranking, carbon
global knowledge transfer and deployment of the most solubility/mobility improvement,
geochemical data and more in our
effective CO2 utilization, storage and transportation methods
online portal and at our annual
— and creating a circular carbon economy in the energy meeting.
industry. Unlike other centers, we focus on groundbreaking
solutions at the molecular and pore level with worldwide
24/7 ONLINE RESEARCH RESOURCES
application to all geological settings.
» Get project-specific follow-up and
access research databases, results,
Led by a world-class team of experts at the No. 1 Petroleum in-house software, algorithm
Engineering program in the country, CarbonUT offers our industry subroutines and more.
partners insider access to projects across focus areas including:
ACCESS TO TOP TALENT
FORMATION EVALUATION » Meet the graduate students working
» Identify best candidates for carbon storage through integrated formation on the technologies and projects;
evaluation methods » Network with world-renowned faculty.
» Improve petrophysical understanding of carbon storage in carbonates
and basalts TECHNICAL EXCHANGE AND PARTNERSHIP
» Collaborate with the research team to
RESERVOIR ENGINEERING analyze field data and test field
» Advance fundamental porous media science to improve CO2 sweep samples;
efficiency and pore space utilization ratio » Share monitoring, validation and
» Quantify and control molecular- to pore- to reservoir-scale carbon accounting (MVA) procedures; and
trapping and storage mechanisms in brine and rock refine methods and protocols for
» Test and validate the use of ultra-dry carbon foams and nanoparticles quantifying carbon emission
reduction.
RISK MITIGATION AND CONTROL Meet the Core Team
» Identify and mitigate geomechanical risks through integrated
reservoir management 7+ experts in CCUS with vast
» Utilize machine learning methods to optimize carbon injection Texas petroleum industry
strategies and maximize returns experience
» Test and validate geophysical methods for real-time and reliable
carbon utilization and storage 100+ years accumulated
» Advance reservoir monitoring through geophysical methods to experience in CCUS
ensure carbon storage safety
Home of the country’s No. 1
TRANSPORTATION Petroleum Engineering graduate
» Improve the efficiency and safety of carbon transport in onshore program (U.S. News and World Report)
and offshore pipelines

UNCONVENTIONALS, GEOTHERMAL AND HYDROGEN » Matthew Balhofff (Reservoir

engineering and EOR)
» Improve understanding of carbon storage and utilization in source
rocks and tight/shale formations » Hugh Daigle (Petrophysics and
offshore basins)
» Explore uses of carbon for geothermal energy production including
carbon as working fluid » Nicolas Espinoza (Geomechanics
and seal integrity)
» Apply carbon technologies to H2 geological storage
» Zoya Heidari (Formation evaluation,
source rocks and carbonates)
» Yingda Lu (Multiphase flow in
pipelines and flow assurance)
» Ryosuke Okuno (Reservoir
engineering, phase behavior,
geochemistry, EOR, CO2/H2 storage)
» Maša Prodanović (Porous media
characterization, digital petrophysics,
CO2 foams)
» Wen Song (Multiphase reactive
transport in porous media)

RESEARCH S POTLIGHT
Molecular and pore-scale
understanding of CO2 mobility in
porous media permits
optimizing pore occupancy
ratios.
Contact Us
TECHNICAL LEADE RS
RESEARCH S POTLIGHT
CO2 injection perturbs fluid N. Espinoza
pressure and stress beyond espinoza@austin.utexas.edu
the reservoir. Full-storage
complex models are needed to R. Okuno
accurately predict reservoir okuno@utexas.edu
response and signals for
monitoring. ADMINISTRATIVE
CSEE Administrative
Manager
texascsee@utexas.edu

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