Publications & Presentations
GHGT-9, 9th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies (November 16-20, 2008, Washington, DC)
Training carbon management engineers: why new educational capacity is the single biggest hurdle for geologic CO2 storage - Steven Bryant and Jon Olson
Surface dissolution: minimizing groundwater impact and leakage risk simultaneously - McMillan Burton and Steven L. Bryant
CO2 injectivity into brine aquifers: why relative permeability matters as much as absolute permeability - McMillan Burton, Navanit Kumar and Steven L. Bryant
The effect of faults on dynamics of CO2 plumes - Kyung Won Chang and Steven L. Bryant
Simplified Model for CO2 Leakage and its Attenuation due to Geological Structures - Kyung Won Chang, Susan E. Minkoff, and Steven L. Bryant
The influence of confining stress and chemical alteration on conductive pathways within wellbore cement - Nicolas J. Huertaa, Steven L. Bryant, Brian R. Strazisar, Barbara G. Kutchko, and Lauren C. Conrad
Semi-analytical model to determine perforation interval for secure CO2 storage in saline aquifers - Navanit Kumar and Steven L. Bryant
Real-Time Assessment of CO2 Migration Direction during Geologic Storage - Cesar A. Matilla, YagnaDeepika Oruganti, Steven L. Bryant, and Sanjay Srinivasan
Pressure build-up during CO2 storage in partially confined aquifers - YagnaDeepika Oruganti and Steven L. Bryant
Effect of capillary heterogeneity on buoyant plumes: a new local trapping mechanism - Ehsan Saadatpoor, Steven L. Bryant, and Kamy Sepehrnoori
2008 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (September 21-24, Denver, Colorado):
SPE 115929: Modeling Leakage through Faults of CO2 Stored in an Aquifer - Kyung Won Chang, Susan E. Minkoff, and Steven L. Bryant
SPE 116661: Optimizing Injection Intervals in Vertical and Horizontal Wells for CO2 Sequestration - Navanit Kumar and Steven L. Bryant
Computer Modelling Group Technical Symposium 2008 (July 8-10, Calgary, Alberta)
Buoyant Plumes and Capillary Heterogeneity - Ehsan Saadatpoor, Steven L. Bryant, K. Sepehrnoori
54th Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute (July 17-19, 2008, Snowmass, Colorado)
Geologic CO2 Storage - Can The Oil And Gas Industry Help Save The Planet? (Keynote Lecture) - Steven L. Bryant
In Press
Buoyancy Dominated Multiphase Flow and Its Impact on Geological Sequestration of CO2 (SPE 99938, to appear, Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal, 2008) - Steven L. Bryant, Srivatsan Lakshminarasimhan, Gary A. Pope
7th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture and Sequestration (May 5-8, 2008, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
Buoyant Plumes and Capillary Heterogeneity: Origin of a New Local Trapping Mechanism (Paper 1097) - Ehsan Saadatpoor, Steven L. Bryant, Kamy Sepehrnoori
Surface Dissolution: Minimizing Groundwater Impact and Leakage Risk Simultaneously (Paper 622) - McMillan Burton, Steven L. Bryant
CO2 Injectivity into Brine Aquifers: Why Relative Permeability Matters as Much as Absolute Permeability (Paper 615) - McMillan Burton, Navanit Kumar, Steven L. Bryant
Optimizing Injection Intervals in Vertical and Horizontal Wells for Secure CO2 Sequestration (Paper 388) - Navanit Kumar, Steven L. Bryant
Pressure Build-up During CO2 Storage in Partially Confined Aquifers (Poster) - Yagna Deepika Oruganti, Steven Bryant
2008 SPE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium (April 19-23, Tulsa, Oklahoma)
Effect of Heterogeneous Capillary Pressure on Buoyancy-Driven CO2 Migration (SPE113984) - Ehsan Saadatpoor, Steven L. Bryant, Kamy Sepehrnoori
Time-Dependent Injectivity During CO2 Storage in Aquifers (SPE113937) - McMillan Burton, Navanit Kumar, Steven L. Bryant
Cement Core Experiments With A Conductive Leakage Pathway, Under Confining Stress And Alteration Of Cement's Mechanical Properties Via A Reactive Fluid, As An Analog For CO2 Leakage Scenario (SPE113375) - Nicolas J. Huerta, Lauren Conrad, Steven L. Bryant
2007 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (November 11-14, Anaheim, California)
Eliminating Buoyant Migration of Sequestered CO2 through Surface Dissolution: Implementation Costs and Technical Challenges (SPE 110650) - McMillan Burton, Steven L. Bryant
Gulf Coast Power Association Fall 2007 Conference (October 3-4, Austin, Texas)
Geologic CO2 Sequestration: How the Oil & Gas Industry Will Help Save Coal-fired Generation - Steven L. Bryant
(Slides, 4.4 MB PDF file)
SPE Distinguished Author Series (September 2007)
Geologic CO2 Storage--Can the Oil and Gas Industry Help Save the Planet? (SPE 103474)- Steven L. Bryant
Abstract: Avoiding greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions will require large-scale implementation of several technologies. One of them is storage of CO2 in subsurface formations. This represents a substantial new business sector for the E&P industry. But taking advantage of this opportunity will require addressing several challenges, including characterizing target formations, developing a workforce, gaining confidence of the public and of regulators, and establishing CO2 as a commodity. Of these challenges, the most critical will be to train enough engineers and geoscientists for this new industry.
(Link to full JPT article at spe.org)
August 2007
Implications of Coupling Fractional Flow and Geochemistry for CO2 Injection in Aquifers (SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 406-414) - Myeong Noh, Larry W. Lake, Steven L. Bryant, Aura Araque-Martinez
6th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture and Sequestration - DOE/NETL (May 7-10, 2007, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
Surface Mixing as Method for Minimizing Leakage Risk in CO2 Sequestration - McMillan Burton, Steven L. Bryant
(Paper, 241 KB PDF file; Poster, 240 KB PDF file)Dynamics of CO2 Plumes Encountering a Fault in a Reservoir - Kyung Won Chang, Steven L. Bryant
(Paper, 722 KB PDF file; Slides, 1.4 MB PDF file)Effect of Heterogeneity in Capillary Pressure on Buoyancy Driven Flow of CO2 - Ehsan Saadatpoor, Steven L. Bryant, Kamy Sepehrnoori
(Paper, 1 MB PDF file; Slides, 1.2 MB PDF file)Simplified Models for Plume Dynamics - Navanit Kumar, Steven L. Bryant, J. P. Nicot, Curtis M. Oldenurg
(Paper, 194 KB PDF file; Poster, 216 KB PDF file)Well Leakage Pathways and their Importance to CO2/Cement Reactions - Nicolas J. Huerta, Steven L. Bryant, Susan E. Minkoff, Curt M. Oldenburg
(Slides, 512 KB PDF file)Modeling Leakage of Carbon Dioxide along a Fault for Risk Assessment - Susan E. Minkoff, Steven L. Bryant, Jean-Philippe Nicot, Curtis M. Oldenburg
(Slides, 932 KB PDF file)Economical Co-Optimization of CO2 Sequestration and Enhanced Oil Recovery - Yousef Ghomian, Gary A. Pope, Kamy Sepehrnoori
(Poster, 504 KB PDF file)Certification Framework for Geologic CO2 Storage - Curtis M. Oldenurg, Steven L. Byant
Simulation Studies for Geological CO2 Storage Certification Framework - Navanit Kumar, Steven L. Bryant, Curtis M. Oldenurg
SIAM Conference on Mathematical & Computational Issues in the Geosciences (March 19-22, 2007, Santa Fe, New Mexico)
Optimization of Geological Storage of CO2 and Enhanced Oil Recovery - Yousef Ghomian, Kamy Sepehrnoori, Gary A. Pope
(Slides, 591 KB PDF file)Modeling Leakage of Carbon Dioxide from Underground Storage Sites - Susan E. Minkoff, Steven L. Bryant
Greenhouse Gas Technology VIII Conference (June 18-22, 2006, Trondheim)
Influence of Buoyancy-Driven Migration on Geological CO2 Storage Capacity and Risk Assessment - Steven L. Bryant, Srivatsan Lakshminarasimhan, Gary A. Pope
German-American Frontiers of Engineering Conference (May 4, 2006, Murray Hill, New Jersey)
Strategies for Maximizing Secure Storage of CO2 in Deep Aquifers - Steven L. Bryant
2005 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (October 9-12, Dallas, Texas)
Numerical Simulation of the Storage of Pure CO2 and CO2-H2S Gas Mixtures in Deep Saline Aquifers (SPE 97255) - Robin C. Ozah, Srivatsan Lakshminarasimhan, Gary A. Pope, Kamy Sepehrnoori, Steven L. Bryant
September 2005
Reservoir Simulation of CO2 Storage in Deep Saline Aquifers (Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 336-348) - Ajitabh Kumar, Robin C. Ozah, Myeong Noh, Gary A. Pope, Steven L. Bryant, Kamy Sepehrnoori, Larry W. Lake
2005 American Society of Engineering Education-Gulf-Southwest (ASEE-GSW) Annual Conference (March 23-25, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)
Buoyancy Driven Flow and Residual Saturation in Sand Columns - Christopher A. Irle, Steven L. Bryant
Carbon Dioxide Capture for Storage in Deep Geologic Formations - Results from the CO2 Capture Project: Vol. 2 - Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide with Monitoring and Verification (David Thomas, ed., Elsevier, 2005)
Chapter 13: Simulating CO2 Storage in Deep Saline Aquifers - Ajitabh Kumar, Myeong Noh, Gary A. Pope, Kamy Sepehrnoori, Steven L. Bryan, Larry W. Lake
Chapter 18: Effect of Impurities on Subsurface CO2 Storage Processes - Steven L. Bryant, Larry W. Lake
3rd API Conference on the Oil and Natural Gas Industry's Voluntary Actions to Address Climate Change, co-sponsored by USDOE (September 30, 2004, Arlington, Virginia)
Geological CO2 Storage Research Program Overview - Steven L. Bryant
This research program, the range of our research, our latest results, and more were described
7th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies (September 7, 2004, Vancouver, Canada)
Geological storage of CO2 in immobile phases - Larry W. Lake
CMG Technical Symposium on Reservoir Simulation Technology (July 13-15, 2004, Calcary, Canada)
Reservoir Simulation of CO2 Storage in Deep Saline Aquifers - Gary A. Pope
SPE/DOE Fourteenth Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery (April 20, 2004, Tulsa, Oklahoma)
Reservoir Simulation of CO2 Storage in Deep Saline Aquifers (SPE 89343) - Ajitabh Kumar, Myeong Noh, Gary A. Pope, Kamy Sepehrnoori, Steven L. Bryant and Larry W. Lake
Implications of Coupling Fractional Flow and Geochemistry for CO2 Injection in Aquifers (SPE 89341) - Myeong Noh, Larry W. Lake, Steven L. Bryant, and Aura Araque-Martinez