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The Benson Lab is a research group in the department of Energy Resources Engineering. We investigate fundamental characteristics of carbon dioxide storage in geologic formations as a means of climate change mitigation. Better understanding of the relative permeability of CO₂ and brine is essential to this goal. Currently, our focus is to investigate the sensitivity of relative permeability to injection flow-rate and various fluid properties such as viscosity, pressure, temperature, and interfacial tension.

PAPER ALERT

S. Krevor et al. (2012). Relative permeability and trapping of CO2 and water in sandstone rocks at reservoir conditions, Water Resour Res. In press.DOI

R. Pini et al. (2012). Capillary pressure and heterogeneity for the CO2/water system in sandstone rocks at reservoir conditions, Adv Water Res. 38, 48-59.DOI

L. Zuo et al. (2012). An Experimental Study of CO2 Exsolution and Relative Permeability Measurements During CO2 Saturated Water Depressurization, Trans Porous media, 91(2), 459-478.DOI

M. Krause et al. (2011). Modeling Permeability Distributions in a Sandstone Core for History Matching Coreflood Experiments, SPE Journal, 16(4), 768-777.DOI

OPEN POSITIONS

Up to two post-doc positions available! Click HERE for the announcement.Review of applications will begin March 1, 2012 and continue until the position is filled.