Proceedings of the 2016 Mastering the Subsurface Through Technology Innovation and Collaboration: Carbon Storage and Oil and Natural Gas Technologies Review Meeting

Proceedings of the 2016 Mastering the Subsurface Through Technology Innovation and Collaboration: Carbon Storage and Oil and Natural Gas Technologies Review Meeting

August 16-18, 2016

Meeting Summary

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PRESENTATIONS

Tuesday, August 16, 2016

WELCOME - PLENARY SESSION

• Introductions
  Traci Rodosta, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Welcoming Remarks 
  Dr. Sean Plasynski, Acting Deputy Director, Laboratory Operations and Chief Operating Officer, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Subsurface Technology and Engineering Research, Development, and Demonstration (SubTER) Crosscut Initiative
  Douglas Hollett, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Fossil Energy
• DOE’s Clean Coal R&D Program
  Mark Ackiewicz, Office of Fossil Energy, U.S. Department of Energy

PLENARY SESSION

• DOE’s Oil and Natural Gas R&D Program
  Elena Melchert, Office of Fossil Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
• International Offshore Carbon Storage Panel Discussion
  Panel Chair: Tim Dixon, International Energy Agency Greenhouse Gas Research and Development Program (IEAGHG) Manager Technical Program, and CCS and Regulatory Affairs
  Panel: Melissa Batum, U.S. Department of Interior - Bureau of Ocean Energy Management; Jun Kita, Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth; Tip Meckel, University of Texas - Bureau of Economic Geology; Owain Tucker, Shell
• IEAGHG Monitoring Network Panel Discussion 
  Panel Chair: Tim Dixon, Manager Technical Program, and CCS and Regulatory Affairs
  Panel: Tom Daley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Simon O’Brien, Shell; Katherine Romanak, University of Texas - Bureau of Economic Geology

 

Session	Geomechanics 1	SubTER 1	Monitoring 1
P1	Geomechanical Properties of Mesozoic Rift Basins:  Applications for Geosequestration- Geostock Sandia LLC - Daniel Collins	Novel 3D Acoustic Borehole Integrity Monitoring- LANL - Cristian Pantea	Methods for Monitoring Migration of CO2/Brine Plumes and Groundwater Impacts- National Energy Technology Laboratory - Christina Lopano
P2	Development of Geomechanical Screening Tools to Identify Risk:  An Experimental and Modeling Approach- University of Texas at Austin - Mary Wheeler	Ultrasonic Phased Arrays and Interactive Reflectivity Tomography- Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Hector Santos-Villalobos	Monitoring of Geological CO2 Sequestration using Isotopes and PF Tracers- Oak Ridge National Laboratory - David Graham
P3	Integrated Characterization of CO2 Storage Reservoirs on the Rock Springs Uplift Combining Geomechanics, Geochemistry, and Flow Modeling- University of Wyoming –Vladimir Alvardo	Imaging Fracture Networks using Joint Seismic and Electrical Change Detection- Sandia National Laboratory - Hunter Knox	Science of CO2 Sequestration- Los Alamos National Laboratory - Rajesh Pawar
P4	A Probabilistic Assessment of the Geomechanical Response to CO2 Injections in Large Igneous Provinces- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University - Ryan Pollyea	Multi Variate Examination of the Cause of Increasing Induced Seismicity- National Energy Technology Laboratory - Kelly Rose	Surface and Airborne Monitoring Technology for Detecting Geologic Leakage in a CO2-Enhanced Oil Recovery Pilot, Anadarko Basin- Texas - Oklahoma State University – Jack Pashin
P5	A Coupled Geomechanical, Acoustic, Transport and Sorption Study of Caprock Integrity in Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Sequestration- Colorado School of Mines - Manika Prasad	SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Coupling of Geochemical and Geomechanical Processes in the Manipulation of Fracture Systems in Subsurface Formations used for Carbon Sequestration- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory - Andrew Kiss	Field Testing of Emerging Technologies - The Otway Project- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - Barry Freifeld
P6	Quantitative Characterization of Impacts of Coupled Geomechanics and Flow on Safe Permanent Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) in Fractured Reservoirs- Colorado School of Mines – Philip Winterfeld	Borehole Muon Detector for 4D Density Tomography- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - Alain Bonneville	Nonlinear Acoustic Methods for the Detection and Monitoring of CO2/Brine Leakage Pathways in Wellbore Systems- Los Alamos National Laboratory- Pierre-Yves Le Bas

 

 

Session	Hydraulic Fracturing 1	SubTER 2		Geologic Storage 1
P1	Laboratory and Numerical Investigations of Hydraulic Fracture Propagation and Permeability Evolution in Heterogeneous and Anisotropic Shale- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory – Jens Birkholtzer	P1	Luminescence Spect Stress Sensor In Situ Measurement- Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Yarom Polsky	P1	Small-Scale Field Test Demonstrating CO2 Sequestration in Arbuckle Saline Aquifer and by CO2-EOR at Wellington Field, Sumner County, Kansas- University of Kansas Center for Research - Lynn Watney
P2	Understanding Water Controls on Shale Gas Mobilization into Fractures- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - Tetsu Tokunaga	P2	Evaluating the State of Stress Beyond the Borehole- Los Alamos National Laboratory - Andrew Delorey	P2	CO2 Utilization in Unconventional Reservoirs- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - Peter McGrail
P3	Development of Nanoparticle-stabilized Foams To Improve Performance of Waterless Hydraulic Fracturing- University of Texas at Austin - Masa Prodanovic	P3	Hydraulic Fracture and Stimulation in a Deep Mine Investigation- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - Curtis Oldenburg/Patrick Dobson	P3	Sequestration in Basalt Formations- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - Peter McGrail
P4	Advanced Hydraulic Fracturing- Gas Technology Institute - Jordan Ciezobka	P4	Development of microBayesloc Location Method- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory – Eric Matzel	P4	Exploring the Behavior of Shales as Seals and Storage Reservoirs for CO2- National Energy Technology Laboratory - Ernest Lindner
			Offshore Systems
P5	A Geomechanical Analysis of Gas Shale Fracturing and its Containment- Texas A&M – Jihoon Kim	P1	Risk Assessment for Offshore Systems- National Energy Technology Laboratory - Kelly Rose	P5	Central Appalachian Basin Unconventional (Coal/Organic Shale) Reservoir Small Scale CO2 Injection Test- Virginia Tech - Mike Karmis
P6	Fracture Design, Placement, and Sequencing In Horizontal Wells- University of Texas at Austin - Mukul Sharma	P2	Metal-based systems in Extreme Environments- National Energy Technology Laboratory - Jeff Hawk

 

Wednesday, August 17, 2016

WELCOME – OPENING PLENARY SESSION

• Microseismicity Panel Discussion
  Panel Chair: Grant Bromhal, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology
  Panel: Josh White, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Bill Leith, United States Geological Survey; Bob Busby and Danielle Sumy, Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology; Mike Brudzinski, Miami University
• National Risk Assessment Partnership Panel Discussion
  Panel Chair: George Guthrie, Los Alamos National Laboratory
  Panel: Grant Bromhal, National Energy Technology Laboratory; Brian McPherson, University of Utah; Alain Bonneville, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Subhash Thakur, BP; and Tim Dixon, IEAGHG
• Water Nexus – Water Treatment Technologies
  Jessica Mullen, National Energy Technology Laboratory

PLENARY SESSION – RESEARCH UPDATES

• Oil and Natural Gas Program Update
  Jared Ciferno, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Overview of NETL Subsurface Intramural Research
  Grant Bromhal, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory

PLENARY SESSION – REGIONAL CARBON SEQUESTRATION PARTNERSHIP LARGE-SCALE FIELD PROJECTS

• Kevin Dome, Big Sky Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership
  Lee Spangler, Energy Research Institute, Montana State University

 

Session	Monitoring 2	Fracture Diagnostics		Pressure Management		Offshore Resource Assessments
P1	MVA Field Activities- National Energy Technology Laboratory - Hank Edenborn	P1	Fracture Diagnostics Using Low Frequency Electromagnetic Induction And Electrically Conductive Properties- University of Texas at Austin - Mukul Sharma	P1	Phase II Field Demonstration at Plant Smith Generating Station: Assessment of Opportunities for Optimal Reservoir Pressure Control, Plume Management and Produced Water Strategies - Electric Power Research Institute - Robert Trautz	P1	Offshore CO2 Storage Resource Assessment of the Northern Gulf of Mexico- University of Texas at Austin - Tip Meckel
P2	Field Testing of Emerging Technologies - The Aquistore Project- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory – Tom Daley	P2	Injection and Tracking of Micro Seismic Emitters to Optimize UOG Development- Paulsson Inc. - Bjorn Paulsson	P2	Developing and Validating Pressure Management and Plume Control Strategies in the Williston Basin Through a Brine Extraction and Storage Test (BEST) - Phase II- University of North Dakota Energy & Environmental Research Center - John Hamling	P2	Mid-Atlantic U.S. Offshore Carbon Storage Resource Assessment Project- Battelle Memorial Institute - Neeraj Gupta
			Geophysics 1		Capacity/ Storage Efficiency
P3	Pressure-Based Inversion and Data Assimilation System (PIDAS) for CO2 Leakage Detection- University of Texas at Austin - Alexander Sun	P1	Relationship between Microseismicity and Rock Properties: Not all Marcellus is the Same- National Energy Technology Laboratory - Erich Zorn	P1	Enhanced Analytical Simulation Tool for CO2 Storage Capacity Estimation and Uncertainty Quantification- University of Texas at Austin - Seyyed Hosseini	P3	Assessment of CO2 Storage Resources in Depleted Oil and Gas Fields in the Ship Shoal Area, Gulf of Mexico- Geomechanics Technologies, Inc. – Nicky White
P4	Optical Spectroscopy and Microseismicity tools for EOR and Coal Bed MVA Analyses- Los Alamos National Laboratory - Sam Clegg	P2	Improved Microseismic Monitoring- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory – Eric Matzel/Josh White	P2	Optimizing and Quantifying CO2 Storage Resource in Saline Formations and Hydrocarbon Reservoirs- University of North Dakota - Charles Gorecki	P4	Offshore Storage Resource Assessment- NITEC LLC – Bill Savage
P5	Real-Time In-Situ Carbon Dioxide Monitoring Network for Sensitive Subsurface Areas in Carbon Capture and Storage- Intelligent Optical Systems Inc. - Jesus Delgado-Alonso	P3	Scalable Automated, Semipermanent Seismic Method for Detecting CO2 Plume Extent During Geological CO2 Injection- University of North Dakota - John Hamling	P3	Commercial Scale CO2 Injection and Optimization of Storage Capacity in the Southeastern United States- Advanced Resources International, Inc. - George Koperna	P5	Southeast Offshore Storage Resource Assessment - Southern States Energy Board– Ken Nemeth, Ellen Gilliland, Jim Knapp and Jack Pashin
P6	Understanding Impacts to Air Quality from Unconventional Natural Gas Development- National Energy Technology Laboratory - Natalie Pekney			P4	Resource Assessment- National Energy Technology Laboratory - Angela Goodman

 

 

Session	Mitigation	Geomechanics 2	Associated Storage		Wellbore Integrity
P1	Programmable Sealant-Loaded Mesoporous Nanoparticles for Gas/Liquid Leakage Mitigation- C-Crete Technologies, LLC - Rouzbeh Shahsavari	Pressure Management and Geomechanical Behavior at Industrial Partner Projects- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - Josh White	Improved Characterization and Modeling of Tight Oil Formations for CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery Potential and Storage Capacity Estimation - University of North Dakota - James Sorensen		Integrated Wellbore Integrity Analysis Program for CO2 Storage Applications- Battelle Memorial Institute - Mark Moody
P2	Wellbore Leakage Mitigation using Advanced Mineral Precipitation Strategies- Montana State University - Adrienne Phillips	Characterizing and Interpreting the In Situ Strain Tensor During CO2 Injection- Clemson University - Larry Murdoch	Identification of Residual Oil Zones in the Williston and Powder River Basins- University of North Dakota - Wesley Peck		Wellbore and Seal Integrity- Los Alamos National Laboratory - Bill Carey
P3	Methods to Enhance Wellbore Cement Integrity with Microbially-induced Calcite Precipitation (micp)- Montana State University - Adrienne Phillips	Impact of Thermal Stress on Wellbore Integrity- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - Pratanu Roy	Optimizing CO2 Sweep Based on Geochemical and Reservoir Characterization of the Residual Oil Zone of Hess Seminole Unit- University of Texas at Austin - Ian Duncan		Improving Science-Base for Wellbore Integrity, Barrier Interface Performance- National Energy Technology Laboratory - Nick Huerta
P4	Targeted Mineral Carbonation to Enhance Wellbore Integrity- University of Virginia - Andres Clarens	Geomechanics of CO2 Reservoir Seals- University of Texas at Austin - Peter Eichhubl			Development of Methods to Prohibit and Remediate Loss of Annular Isolation in Shale Gas Wells: Prevention and Remediation of Sustained Casing Pressure and Other Isolation Breaches- CSI Technologies, LLC - Jeff Watters/Kyle Combs
			Improved Recovery
P5	Nanoparticle Injection Technology for Remediating Leaks of CO2 Storage Formation- University of Colorado - Yunping Xi	Geophysical and Mineralogical Controls on the Rheology of Fracture Slip and Seal Breaching- Pennsylvania State University - Derek Elsworth	P1	Simulation of the Shale Oil System: from Molecular Fluid Dynamics to Reservoir Scale- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - Matthew Reagan	Nxis Well Integrity Inspection in Unconventional Gas Wells- General Electric Company - Matthias Kasten
P6	Statistical Analysis of CO2 Exposed Wells to Predict Long Term Leakage through the Development of an Integrated Neural-Genetic Algorithm- University of Louisiana at Lafayette - Boyun Guo	Geomechanical Framework for Secure Carbon Dioxide CO2 Storage in Fractured Reservoirs and Caprocks for Sedimentary Basins in the Midwest United States- Battelle Memorial Institute - Joel Sminchak	P2	Maximize Liquid Oil Production from Shale Oil and Gas Condensate Reservoirs by Cyclic Gas Injection- Texas Tech University System - James Sheng	Wellbore Integrity and Mitigation- National Energy Technology Laboratory - Barbara Kutchko
P7	Wellbore Seal Repair Using Nanocomposite Materials- University of New Mexico - John Stormont	Results from the In Situ Fault Slip Experiment at Mont Terri- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - Jens Birkholzer	P3	Nano-scale and Laboratory-scale Investigations of Shale Oil Systems- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - Timothy Kneafsey	Nanite For Better Well-bore Integrity and Zonal Isolation- Oceanit Laboratories - Vinod Veedu

 

Thursday, August 18, 2016

WELCOME - PLENARY SESSION - REGIONAL CARBON SEQUESTRATION PARTNERSHIP LARGE-SCALE FIELD PROJECTS

• Farnsworth Unit, Southwest Regional Partnership on Carbon Sequestration
  Robert Balch, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; and Brian McPherson, University of Utah
• Michigan Basin, Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership
  Neeraj Gupta, Battelle Memorial Institute
• Citronelle Project, Southeast Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership
  Rob Trautz, Electric Power Research Institute; Dave Riestenberg and George Koperna, Advanced Resources International, Inc.
• Cranfield Project, Southeast Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership
  Katherine Romanak and Seyyed Hosseini, University of Texas at Austin
• Bell Creek Field Project, Plains CO2 Reduction Partnership
  Charles Gorecki, Energy & Environmental Research Center
• Illinois Basin - Decatur Project, Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium
  Sallie Greenberg, Illinois State Geological Survey
• Carbon Storage Program Future Direction
  Traci Rodosta, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory

 

Session	Geophysics 2	Energy Data eXchange		Modeling
P1	Deep Controlled Source Electro-Magnetic Sensing:  A Cost Effective, Long-Term Tool for Sequestration Monitoring- Multi Phase Technologies LLC - Russell Brigham	P1	Big Data Computing for Advanced Processing & Data Discovery Using the Energy Data eXchange (EDX)- National Energy Technology Laboratory - Kelly Rose and Vic Baker	P1	Model Complexity and Choice of Model Approaches for Practical Simulations of CO2 Injection, Migration, Leakage, and Long-term Fate- Trustees of Princeton University - Karl Bandilla
		Hydraulic Fracturing 2
P2	Methods for Locating Legacy Wells- National Energy Technology Laboratory – Garret Veloski	P1	Hydraulic Fracturing Test Sites- Institute of Gas Technology - Jordan Ciezobka	P2	Optimal Model Complexity in Geological Carbon Sequestration:  A Response Surface Uncertainty Analysis- University of Wyoming - Ye Zhang
P3	Field Testing of Emerging Technologies - The CMC Containment and Monitoring Field Station- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - Tom Daley and Barry Freifeld	P2	Utica Shale Energy and Environment Laboratory- Ohio State University - Jeff Daniels	P3	Enhanced Simulation Tools to Improve Predictions and Performance of Geologic Storage Coupled Modeling- Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Ruben Juanes
P4	Distributed Fiber Optic Arrays: Integrated Temperature and Seismic Sensing for Detection of CO2 Flow, Leakage and Subsurface Distribution- Electric Power Research Institute Inc. - Robert Trautz	P3	Chemical Control of Fluid Flow and Contaminant Release in Shale Microfractures SLAC- National Accelerator Laboratory - John Bargar	P4	Evolution of Carbonate CO2 Storage Reservoirs- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - Susan Carroll
	Geologic Storage 2
P1	Reservoir Performance- National Energy Technology Laboratory - Johnathan Moore	P4	Development and Field Testing Novel Natural Gas Surface Process Equipment for Replacement of Water as Primary Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid- Southwest Research Institute - Griffin Beck and Sandeep Verma	P5	Multiscale Modeling of Carbon Dioxide Migration and Trapping in Fractured Reservoirs with Validation by Model Comparison and Real-Site Applications- Princeton University - Karl Bandilla
P2	Impact of Microstructure on the Containment and Migration of CO2 in Fractured Basalts- Washington University - Daniel Giammar	P5	Geochemical Evolution of Hydraulically-Fractured Shales- National Energy Technology Laboratory - Ale Hakala

 

Session	Associated Storage (EOR)	Hydraulic Fracturing 2 (cont.)		Intelligent Monitoring Systems
P1	A Nonconventional CO2-Enhanced Oil Recovery Target in the Illinois Basin:  Oil Reservoirs of the Thick Cypress Sandstone- University of Illinois - Nathan Webb	P6	Mechanistic Approach to Analyzing and Improving Unconventional Hydrocarbon Production- Los Alamos National Laboratory - Satish Karra	P1	Development of a Framework for Data Integration, Assimilation, and Learning for Geological Carbon Sequestration- University of Texas at Austin - Alexander Sun
P2	Carbon Life Cycle Analysis of CO2-EOR for Net Carbon Negative Oil (NCNO) Classification- University of Texas at Austin - Vanessa Nunez Lopez	P7	Marcellus Shale Energy and Environment Laboratory (MSEEL)- West Virginia University - Tim Carr	P2	Development of Intelligent Monitoring System (IMS) Modules for the Aquistore CO2 Storage Project- University of North Dakota - John Hamling
P3	Development of Swelling-Rate-Controllable Particle Gels to Enhance CO2 Flooding Sweep Efficiency and Storage Efficiency- Missouri University of Science and Technology - Baojun Bai	P8	Conductivity of Complex Fracturing in Unconventional Shale Reservoirs- Texas A&M - Ding Zhu	P3	Intelligent Monitoring Systems and Advanced Well Integrity and Mitigation- Archer Daniels Midland Corporation – Barry Freifeld

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

• Measurement and Accounting for Net CO₂ Injection in a CO₂-EOR Complex
  Sanjay Mawalkar, Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratory
• Defining CO₂ Storage Options in the Upper Ohio River Valley – Advanced Characterization of Geologic Reservoirs and Caprocks
  Caitlin McNeil, Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratory
• Evaluating Mobilization Potential of Trace Metals from the Mt. Simon Sandstone and Eau Clair Formation under Geological CO₂ Sequestration Conditions
  Hongbo Shao, Illinois State Geological Society
• Shallow Groundwater Quality Variability in Quaternary Deposits Near the Illinois Basin - Decatur Project, Decatur IL, USA
  Bracken Wimmer, Illinois State Geological Survey
• Numerical Optimization of CO₂-EOR Process in Partially Depleted Oil Reservoirs
  William Ampomah, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
• Tracer Studies at the SWP Farnsworth Unit Project
  Rich Esser, University of Utah
• Mudstone facies, diagenesis, and sequence stratigraphic interpretation for caprock integrity assessment of the Upper Morrow Shale and Atokan Thirteen Finger Limestone, Farnsworth Unit, Texas
  Dylan Ross-Coss, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
• Geologic CO₂ storage leakage detection using statistical surface monitoring techniques
  Brian McPherson, University of Utah
• Numerical reactive transport modeling of CO₂ injection in the Farnsworth Unit, Texas
  Martin Appold, University of Missouri
• Reactive transport modeling of CO₂-cement-rock interactions at the well-caprock-reservoir interface: a case study of the Farnsworth unit CO₂-EOR demonstration
  Ting Xiao, University of Utah
• Advanced Characterization of Unconventional Oil and Gas Reservoirs to Enhance CO2 Storage Resource Estimates
  Alexander Azenkeng, University of North Dakota Energy & Environmental Research Center
• An Examination of the Bakken Formation for Enhanced Oil Recovery and Long-Term Geological Storage of CO₂
  James Sorensen, University of North Dakota Energy & Environmental Research Center
• CO₂ Storage Efficiency in Deep Saline Formations – Stage 2 Study
  Lawrence Pekot, University of North Dakota Energy & Environmental Research Center
• Surprises from site characterization data create a permitting impasse for the Kevin Dome Carbon Storage Project
  Lindsey Tollefson, Montana State University
• Implementation of a multi-pronged management approach to successfully manage a 3-D seismic program in a complex environment
  Lindsey Tollefson, Montana State University
• The development of an interactive web database tool for managing risks on multi-institutional collaborative interdisciplinary projects
  Lindsey Tollefson, Montana State University
• Towards a simplified method for leakage attribution and quantification in the near-surface
  Katherine Romanak, University of Texas at Austin
• A Modeling Study of CO₂ Injection at Cranfield with Compositional Flow, Distorted Hexahedra, Elasto-Plasticity, and Stress-Dependent Permeability in a High-Performance Computing Environment
  Mary Wheeler, University of Texas at Austin
• Identification of gravitational trapping processes of CO₂ sequestration in offshore marine sediments
  Ye Zhang, University of Wyoming
• Assessment of CO₂ Storage Resources in Depleted Oil and Gas Fields in the Ship Shoal Area, Gulf of Mexico
  Nicky White, GeoMechanics Technologies
• Developing a carbon storage resource assessment methodology for offshore systems
  Kelly Rose, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Reactive transport model calibration for porosity and permeability changes in carbonate reservoirs
  Megan Smith, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• EASiTool: An Enhanced Analytical Simulation Tool for Storage Capacity Estimation
  Reza Ganjdanesh, University of Texas at Austin
• Kinetics of adsorption: a comparison between the theoretical model and experimental results
  Nerine Joewondo, Colorado School of Mines
• Pressure Management and Plume Control at the Devine Test Site by Means of Brine Extraction
  Ali Goudarzi, University of Texas at Austin
• Managing Geologic CO₂ Storage with Pre-Injection Brine Production: A Strategy Evaluated with a Model of CO₂ Injection at Snøhvit
  Tom Buscheck, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• A Comprehensive Case Study of the Frio CO₂ Sequestration Pilot Test for Safe and Effective Carbon Storage Including Compositional Flow and Geomechanics
  Hojung Jung, University of Texas at Austin
• Mineralogical Controls on Fault Stability-Permeability Relationships
  Yi Fang, Pennsylvania State University
• Numerical Investigation of Mineralogical Impact on Caprock Fault Slip Stability
  Chaoyi Wang, Pennsylvania State University
• Generalized Computational Framework for Coupled Thermal-Hydrological-Mechanical-Chemical (THMC) Processes and its Application in Subsurface CO₂ Storage
  Yu-Shu Wu, Colorado School of Mines
• The role of thermal stress on well integrity during CO₂ injection (poster not available)
  Pratanu Roy, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• Metagenome Analysis and Draft Genome Construction of Produced Water Samples from Coalbed Methane Environments
  Daniel Ross, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Evaluation of CO₂-EOR and sequestration potential of HZ21-1 and LH11-1 oilfields in the Pearl River Mouth Basin offshore Guangdong, China
  Xueyan Liu, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology
• The Development of Robust Particle Gel for CO₂ Flooding
  Yifu Long, Missouri University of Science and Technology
• Model-based cost analysis for pressure and geochemical-based monitoring methods in CO₂-EOR fields
  Behnaz Bolhassani, University of Texas at Austin
• Identifying indicators of Residual Oil Zone formation in the Illinois Basin
  Nathan Webb, Illinois State Geological Survey
• Chemical Conversion of CO₂ into Industrially-Relevant Products
  Douglas Kauffman, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Coupling reactive transport, geochemistry, and geomechanics to model changes in cement fracture permeability due to exposure to carbonated brine
  Jaisree Iyer, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• Effects of injection schedule on earthquakes induced by carbon storage
  Kayla Kroll, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• Using magnetotellurics to detect CO₂ and brine leakage in underground sources of drinking water
  Xianjin Yang, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• Designs for Risk Evaluation and Management: The DREAM Tool
  Catherine Yonkofski, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Numerical simulation of pressure and CO₂ saturation above an imperfect seal as a result of CO₂ injection: implications for CO₂ migration detection 
  Liwei Zhang, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Applicability of the Aquifer Impact Model to Support Decisions at a CO₂ Sequestration Site
  Diana Bacon, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Risk and Benefit Analysis of Microbial Associated CO₂ Geological Storage
  Atsuko Tanaka, Geological Survey of Japan
• Stress Beyond the Borehole (poster not available)
  Andrew Delorey, Los Alamos National Laboratory
• Joint Muon and Seismic Imaging of Subsurface Reservoirs
  Robert Mellors, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• Development of Novel 3D Acoustic Borehole Integrity Monitoring System
  Cristian Pantea, Los Alamos National Laboratory
• Cement and In-Situ Stress Measurement using a Novel Smart Cement
  Yarom Polsky, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Targeted Mineral Carbonation to Enhance Wellbore Integrity
  Xiaotong Lyu, University of Virginia
• Developing data assimilation capability for a geologic carbon sequestration intelligent monitoring system
  Hoonyoung Jeong, University of Texas at Austin
• Automation of electrical resistivity monitoring for subsurface imaging and control
  Roelof Versteeg, Subsurface Insights
• A Fiber Optic Downhole CO₂ Sensor for GCS MVA
  Richard Wainner, Physical Sciences, Incorporated
• Alteration in CO₂-Storage Reservoir Rocks Through Scratch Testing
  Michael Aman, UT - Sandia Energy Frontier Research Center
• Caprock – CO₂ interaction for safe geologic storage (poster not available)
  Roman Makhnenko, University of Illinois
• CO₂ sequestration in depleted shale gas reservoirs: a molecular dynamics study
  Ali Takbiri-Borujeni, West Virginia University
• A Sorption Study on the Effect of Partial Liquid Saturation of Supercritical CO₂ on Organic Shales
  Yijia Zhang, Colorado School of Mines
• Active ultrasonic characterization of fractures in rock
  Bojan Guzina, University of Minnesota
• Water Interactions with Shales, and Impacts on Gas Mobilization into Fractures
  Tetsu Tokunaga, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• Geochemical controls over shale porosity at pore and fracture scales
  John Bargar, Stanford
• Nanogeochemistry of Shale Gas Disposition and Release
  Yifeng Wang, Sandia National Laboratory