Second Annual Meeting

November 15 - 16, 2007

Chemical and Petroleum Engineering (CPE) Building
2601 Speedway | Austin, Texas 78712 | 512-471-3161
Brons Conference Room (CPE 2.236)
The University of Texas at Austin

This year's annual technical meeting will be held on Thursday and Friday in Austin, Texas. Thursday is optional and is intended for software and toolkit demonstrations. We are scheduling a dinner on Thursday evening at the UT Club in the football stadium.

Thursday, November 15th (Software Demonstrations)



2:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Welcome and Overview of Gas Flooding Website and Toolkits.

Russ Johns

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Development of Fluid Characterization Toolkit (MMP Estimation)

Kaveh Ahmadi

4:00 pm - 4:15 pm

Break

4:15 pm - 5:00 pm

Development of Simulation Toolkit (UTCOMP Update)

Ryosuke Okuno

5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Dinner at the UT Club

Friday, November 16th (Technical Presentations)



8:00 am - 8:30 am

Coffee and light breakfast

8:30 am - 8:45 am

Project Update, Accomplishments, and Deliverables

Russ Johns

8:45 am - 9:15 am

Development of Miscibility for Various Oils and Injection Mixtures, Including Sour Gas

Kaveh Ahmadi and Russ Johns

9:15 am - 9:45 am

Advanced Design of WAG Processes - Mixing in Reservoirs

Gholamreza Garmeh and Russ Johns

9:45 am - 10:15 am

Optimizing Technology Selection, Capital Investment, and Production Decisions for EOR

Chris Jablonowski and Quoc Nguyen

10:15 am - 10:30 am

Break

10:30 am - 11:30 am

Advanced Phase Behavior Modeling for Compositional Simulation

Ryosuke Okuno, Kamy Sepehrnoori, and Russ Johns

11:30 am - 12:00 am

Compositional Simulation Using a Simplified Phase Behavior Model

Meghdad Roshanfekr, Yinghui Li, and Russ Johns

12:00 am - 1:00 pm

Lunch

1:00 pm - 1:15 pm

Interaction of Rock, CO2, and Water on the Miscible Process

Rouzbeh Ghanbarnezhad, Larry Lake, and Steve Bryant

1:15 pm - 1:45 pm

Inexpensive pH-triggered Polymer Microgels for Deep Conformance Control

Steve Bryant

1:45 pm - 2:15 pm

Proposal: Stabilization of CO2 Foam with Silica-Based Nanoparticles

Elliott Hu, Chun Huh, Steve Bryant, and Keith Johnston

2:15 am - 2:30 pm

Break

2:30 pm - 3:15 pm

Proposal 1: Compositional Gravity Drainage

Proposal 2: The Effect of Wettability on Three-Phase Relative Permeability

David DiCarlo

3:15 pm - 3:30 pm

Wrap Up and Discussion of IAP Direction

Russ Johns and All

3:30 pm

End of Meeting

3:40 pm - 4:40 pm

Optional Laboratory Tours and Follow Up Discussions in CPE Building