Publications

Publications written by members of our group in the last 5 years. For publications prior to 2004, please check the websites of the individual members under the People menu item.

 


  • In Press   Z. Zhu, M.G. Gerritsen, M. Thiele, Thermal Streamline Simulation for Hot Water Flooding, SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering
  • In Press   T. Chen, M.G. Gerritsen, J. Lambers and L. Durlofsky, Global VCMP Methods for Accurate Upscaling with Full-Tensor Effects, Computational Geosciences
  • 2009   J.V. Lambers, M.G. Gerritsen and D. Fragola, Multi-phase 3D Simulation with Integrated Upscaling, MPFA Discretization and Adaptivity, SPE 118983, SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium, The Woodlands, February, 2009
  • 2009   J. Kozdon, B. Mallison and M.G. Gerritsen, Multi-D Upwinding for Multi-Phase Transport in Porous Media, SPE 119190, SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium, The Woodlands, February, 2009
  • 2009   Core-scale experimental study of relative permeability properties of CO2 and brine in reservoir rocks. J.-C. Perrin, M. Krause, Chia-Wei Kuo, Ljuba Miljkovic and Sally M. Benson, Energy Procedia 2009, 1, 1, 3515-3522.
  • 2009   An Experimental Study on the Influence of Sub-Core Scale Heterogeneities on CO2 Distribution in Reservoir Rocks. J.-C. Perrin and S. M. Benson, Transport in Porous Media, DOI 10.1007/s11242-009-9426-x, 2009 (published online: 30 June 2009).
  • 2009   Orr, F.M., Jr.: “Carbon Capture and Storage: Are We Ready?” Energy & Environmental Science 2 (2009) 449-458, DOI: 10.1039/B822107N.
  • 2008   M. Gerritsen, R. Blumenfeld and G. Kreiss, Analysis of stresses in two-dimensional isostatic granular systems, Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications,10.1016/j.physa.2008.06.057, 2008
  • 2008   Lambers, J., Gerritsen, M. and Mallison, B., Accurate Local Upscaling with Compact Multi-Point Transmissibility Calculations, Computational Geosciences, Special Issue on Multiscale Methods for Flow and Transport in Heterogeneous Porous Media, 12(3), 399-416, 2008
  • 2008   M.R. Kristensen, M.G. Gerritsen, P.G. Thomsen, M.L. Michelsen, and E.H. Stenby, Impact of Phase Behavior Modeling on In-Situ Combustion Process Performance,SPE 113947, SPE/DOE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery, 20-23 April 2008, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
  • 2008   Jessen, K., Gerritsen, M. and Mallison, B., High-Resolution Prediction of Enhanced Condensate Recovery Processes, SPE Journal, Volume 13, number 2, 257-266, June 2008
  • 2008   J. Kozdon, B. Mallison and M. Gerritsen, Robust Multi-D Transport Schemes with Reduced Grid Orientation Effects, Transport in Porous Media, DOI 10.1007/s11242-008-9281-1, 2008
  • 2008   L. Sampaio, A. Nieckele and M. Gerritsen, A New Advective Subgrid Model for Large Eddy-Simulations, in "Quality and Reliability of Large-Eddy Simulations", 69-80, Springer Verlag, 2008
  • 2008   Lambers, J., Gerritsen, M. and Mallison, B., Accurate Local Upscaling with Compact Multi-Point Transmissibility Calculations, Computational Geosciences, Special Issue on Multiscale Methods for Flow and Transport in Heterogeneous Porous Media, 12(3), 399-416, 2008
  • 2008   Jessen, K., Gerritsen, M. and Mallison, B., High-Resolution Prediction of Enhanced Condensate Recovery Processes, SPE Journal, Volume 13, number 2, 257-266, June 2008
  • Submitted   J. Kozdon, B.T. Mallison and M.G. Gerritsen, Multi-dimensional Upstream Weighting for Multi-Phase Transport in Porous Media, SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis, 2008
  • Submitted   S. Krishnamurthy and M.G. Gerritsen, Variable Relaxed Schemes for Multi-dimensional Hyperbolic Conservation Laws, SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis, 2008
  • 2008   M. Gerritsen, R. Blumenfeld and G. Kreiss, Analysis of stresses in two-dimensional isostatic granular systems, Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications,10.1016/j.physa.2008.06.057, 2008
  • 2008   J. Kozdon, B. Mallison and M. Gerritsen, Robust Multi-D Transport Schemes with Reduced Grid Orientation Effects, Transport in Porous Media, DOI 10.1007/s11242-008-9281-1, 2008
  • 2008   Q. Chen, M. Gerritsen and T. Kovscek,Effects of Reservoir Heterogeneities on the Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage Process, SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering, October, 921-932, 2008
  • In Press   M. Kristensen, M. Gerritsen, P. Thomsen, M. Michelsen, E. Stenby, An Equation-of-State Compositional In-Situ Combustion Model: A Study of Phase Behavior Sensitivity, Transport in Porous Media, 2008
  • In Press   H. Loef, M. Gerritsen and M. Thiele, Parallel Implementations of Streamline Simulators, Computational Geosciences, 13(1), 135, 2009
  • 2008   B. T. Mallison, M. G. Gerritsen, G. Kreiss, Asynchronous Time Integration of Flux-conservative Transport,Proceedings of the 11th European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery, Bergen, Norway, 2008
  • 2008   M. Gerritsen and J. Lambers, Integration of Local-Global Upscaling and Grid Adaptivity for Simulation of Subsurface Flow in Heterogeneous Formations, Computational Geosciences 12, 193-218, 2008
  • Submitted   J.V. Lambers and M.G. Gerritsen, Variable Compact Multi-point Transmissibility Upscaling for 3D Adapted Grids, Computational Geosciences
  • 2008   S. Krishnamurthy and M. Gerritsen, A Variable Relaxation Scheme for Multiphase, Multicomponent Flow, Transport in Porous Media, 71(3):345-377, 2008
  • 2008   J. Kozdon, M. Gerritsen and M. Christie, The Grid Orientation Revisited: Near-well, Early-time Effects and Solution Coupling Methods, Transport in Porous Media, 73(3), 255-277, 2008
  • Submitted   P. Jordan and S. M. Benson (2008), Well Blowout Rates and Consequences in California Oil and Gas District 4 from 1991 to 2005: Implications for Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide, Journal of Environmental Geology, Submitted (January).
  • 2008   LaForce, T.C., Jessen, K., and Orr, F.M., Jr.: "Analytical Solutions for Four-Component Gas/Water/Oil Displacements: Part I, Structure of the Conservation Law," Transport in Porous Media 71 No. 2 (2008) 199-216 doi: 10.1007/s11242-007-9120-9.
  • 2008   LaForce, T.C., Jessen, K., and Orr, F.M., Jr.: "Analytical Solutions for Four-Component Gas/Water/Oil Displacements: Part II, Example Solutions," Transport in Porous Media 72 No. 1 (2008) 83-96 doi:10.1007/s11242-007-9137-0.
  • 2008   Hesse, M.A., Orr, F.M., Jr., and Tchelepi: “Gravity Currents with Residual Trapping,” J. Fluid Mech. 611 (2008) 35-60, doi:10.1017/S002211200800219X.
  • 2007   M. R. Kristensen, M. G. Gerritsen, P. G. Thomsen, M. L. Michelsen, E. H. Stenby, Efficient Integration of Stiff Kinetics with Phase Change Detection for Reactive Reservoir Processes, Transport in Porous Media, Volume 69, Number 3, 383-409, 2007
  • 2007   T. Daley, R.D. Solbau , J. B. Ajo-Franklin, S. M. Benson (2007) Continuous Active-Source Seismic Monitoring of CO2 Injection in a Brine Aquifer, GEOPHYSICS,VOL. 72, NO. 5 _SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2007_; P. A57–A61, 4 FIGS. 10.1190/1.2754716
  • In Press   Cortis, C. Oldenburg and S.M. Benson, The Role of Optimality in Characterizing CO2 Seepage from Geological Carbon Sequestration Sites, Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control Technology, in press (August, 2007).
  • 2007   S.M. Benson (2007) Monitoring Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Capture and Geologic Sequestration: Integrating technology, monitoring, and regulation, E.J. Wilson and D. Gerard (eds.) Blackwell Scientific Publishing, Ames, Iowa, Chapter 4.
  • 2007   Ide, S.T., Jessen, K., and Orr, F.M., Jr.: "Storage of CO2 in saline aquifers: effects of gravity, viscous, and capillary forces on amount and timing of trapping," J. Greenhouse Gas Control 1(2007) 481-491.
  • 2007   Hesse, M.A., Tchelepi, H.A., Cantwell, B.J., and Orr, F.M., Jr.: "Transition in the propagation regime of a gravity current in a horizontal porous layer," J. Fluid Mech. v. 577' 363-383, published online, April 19, 2007, doi: 10.1017/S0022112007004685.
  • 2007   Orr, F.M., Jr. and Jessen, K.: "An Analysis of the Vanishing Interfacial Tension Technique for Determining Minimum Miscibility Pressure," Fluid Phase Equilibria 255 (2007) 99-109, doi:10.1016/j.fluid.2007.04.002.
  • 2007   DiCarlo, D.A. and Orr, F.M., Jr.: "Compositional gravity drainage 1. Equilibrium solutions and controlling Bond numbers for a two-phase, three-component system," Transport in Porous Media 69 (1) 13-32, 2007, DOI: 10.1007/s11242-006-9053-8.
  • 2007   DiCarlo, D.A., Jessen, K., and Orr, F.M., Jr.: "Compositional gravity drainage 2. Experimental measurements using an analog system," Transport in Porous Media 69 (2) 169-174, 2007, DOI: 10.1007/s11242-006-9054-7.
  • 2007   Seto, C.J., Jessen, K., and Orr, F.M., Jr.: “Using Analytical Solutions in Compositional Streamline Simulation of a Field-Scale CO2-Injection Project in a Condensate Reservoir,” SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering 10(4), 2007, 393-405, doi:10.2118/79690-PA.
  • 2007   Cinar, Y., Marquez, S., and Orr, F.M., Jr.: "Effect of IFT Variation and Wettability on Three-Phase Relative Permeability," SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering (June, 2007) 211-220.
  • 2007   Orr, F.M., Jr.: Theory of Gas Injection Processes, Tie-Line Publications, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2007.
  • 2006   Younis, R. and Gerritsen, M., Multi-Scale Process Coupling by Adaptive Fractional Stepping: An In-Situ Combustion Model, SPE 93458, SPE/DOE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery, 22-26 April 2006, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
  • 2006   B. Mallison, M. Gerritsen, S. Matringe, Improved Mappings for Streamline Based Simulation, SPE Journal, Volume 11, Number 3, 294-302, 2006
  • 2006   S. D. Hovorka, S. M. Benson, C. Doughty, B. M. Freifeld, S. Sakurai, T. M. Daley, Y. K. Kharaka, Mark H. Holtz, R. C. Trautz, H. S. Nance, L. R. Myer and K. G. Knauss. Measuring permanence of CO2 storage in saline formations: the Frio experiment. Environmental Geosciences; June 2006; v. 13; no. 2; p. 105-121; DOI: 10.1306/eg.11210505011.
  • 2006   S.M. Benson, and T. Surles (2006) Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage: An Overview with Emphasis on Capture and Storage in Deep Geological Formations, The Proceedings Special Issue, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Vol. 94, No 10, October 2006, DOI 10.1109/PROC.2006.883716.
  • Submitted   Hesse, M.A., Tchelepi, H.A., and Orr, F.M., Jr.: "Natural convection during aquifer CO2 storage," Proc. 8th Intl. Conf. on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Trondheim, Norway, June 19-22, 2006.
  • 2006   Riaz, A., Hesse, M., Tchelepi, H. and Orr, F.M., Jr.: "Onset of Convection in a Gravitationally Unstable, Diffusive Boundary Layer in Porous Media," J. Fluid Mech. 548 (2006) 87-111.
  • 2006   Juanes, R., E. J. Spiteri, F. M. Orr, Jr., and M. J. Blunt (2006), "Impact of relative permeability hysteresis on geological CO2 storage", Water Resour. Res., 42, W12418, doi:10.1029/2005WR004806
  • 2005   B. Mallison, M. Gerritsen, K. Jessen, F. Orr, High-order Upwind Schemes for Two-Phase Multi-Component Flow, SPE Journal, Volume 10, Number 3, 297-311, September 2005
  • 2005   M. Gerritsen and L. Durlofsky, Modeling of Flow in Oil Reservoirs, Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, Volume 37, 211-238, 2005
  • 2005   Gerritsen, M., Jessen, K., Mallison, B and Lambers, J., A Fully Adaptive Streamline Framework for the Challenging Simulation of Gas Injection Processes, SPE 97270, SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, 9-12 October 2005, Dallas, Texas
  • 2005   S.M. Benson (2005) “Overview of Geologic Storage of CO2,” 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, Elsevier Publishing, UK, p. 665-672.
  • 2005   S.M. Benson (2005) “Lessons Learned from Natural and Industrial Analogues,” 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, Elsevier Publishing, UK, p. 1133-1141.
  • 2005   J.C. Abanades, M. Akai, S. M. Benson, K. Caldeira, H. de Coninck, P. Cook, O. Davidson, R. Doctor, J. Dooley, P. Freund, J. Gale, W. Heidug, H. Herzog, D. Keith, M. Mazzotti, B. Metz, L. Meyer, B. Osman-Elasha, A. Palmer, R. Pipatti, E. Rubin, K. Smekens, M. Soltanieh, and K. Thambimuthu (2005) “Summary for Policy Makers,” IPCC Special Report on Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.
  • 2005   S.M. Benson, ed. (2005) 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, Elsevier Publishing, UK. 654 pp.
  • 2005   Jessen, K., Kovscek, A.R., and Orr, F.M., Jr.: "Increasing CO2 Storage in Oil Recovery," Energy Conversion and Management 46 (2005) 293-311.
  • 2005   Johansen, T., Wang, Y., Orr, F.M., Jr., and Dindoruk, B.: "Four-Component Gas/Oil Displacements in One Dimension: Part I - Global Triangular Structure," Transport in Porous Media 61 (2005) 59-76.
  • 2005   Wang, Y., Dindoruk, B., Johansen, T., and Orr, F.M., Jr.: "Four-Component Gas/Oil Displacements in One Dimension: Part II - Analytical Solutions for Constant Equilibrium Ratios," Transport in Porous Media 61 (2005) 177-192.
  • 2005   Cinar, Y. and Orr, F.M., Jr.: "Measurement of Three-Phase Relative Permeability with IFT Variation," SPE 89419, SPE Reservoir Engineering and Evaluation, February 2005, 33-43.
  • 2004   G. Valenti, B. Mallison, K. Jessen and M. Gerritsen, High-Order Upwind Schemes for Three-Phase Multicomponent Flows, A Preliminary Investigation, SPE 90594, SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, 26-29 September 2004, Houston, Texas
  • 2004   S. Matringe, M. Gerritsen, On accurate tracing of streamlines, SPE 89920, SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, 26-29 September 2004, Houston, Texas
  • 2004   S. Matringe, M. Gerritsen, B, Mallison, Optimizing streamline coverage for efficiency and accuracy, SPE 93306, SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium, 31 January-2 Feburary 2005, The Woodlands, Texas
  • 2004   W.D. Gunter, S. Bachu, and S. M. Benson (2004), “The Role of Hydrogeological and Geochemical Trapping in Sedimentary Basins for Secure Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide,” Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide for Emissions Reduction: Technology, S.J. Baines, J. Gale, and R.H. Worden (eds). Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 233, 129-145.
  • 2004   S.D. Hovorka, C. Doughty, S.M. Benson, K. Pruess, and P.R. Knox (2004) “The Impact of Geological Heterogeneity on CO2 Storage in Brine Formations: A Case Study from the Texas Gulf Coast,” Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide, S.J. Baines and R.H. Worden (eds.) Geological Society, London Special Publications, 233, p. 147-163.
  • 2004   R.P. Hepple and S.M. Benson (2004) “Implications of Surface Seepage on the Effectiveness of Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide as a Climate Change Mitigation Strategy: Performance Requirements and the Implications of Surface Seepage.” Environmental Geology paper DOI 10.1007/s00254-004-1181-2. September 13, 2004.
  • 2004   Y. Zhang, C.M. Oldenburg and S.M. Benson (2004) “Vadose Zone Remediation of Carbon Dioxide Leakage from Geologic Carbon Dioxide Sequestration Sites,” Vadose Zone Journal, 3:858-866. Madison, Wisconsin.
  • 2004   Jessen, K., Stenby, E.H. and Orr, F.M., Jr.: "Interplay of Phase Behavior and Numerical Dispersion in Finite Difference Compositional Simulation of Gas Injection Processes", SPE75134, Soc. Pet. Eng. J. 9(2), (2004) 193-201.
  • 2004   Jessen, K. and Orr, F. M., Jr.: "Gas Cycling and the Development of Miscibility in Condensate Reservoirs," SPE 84070, SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering (October, 2004) 334-341.
  • 2004   Orr, F.M., Jr.: "Storage of Carbon Dioxide in Geologic Formations," J. Pet. Tech. (Sept. 2004) 90-97.
  • 2004   Cinar, Y., Jessen, K., Berenblyum, R., and Orr, F., M., Jr.: "An Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Crossflow Effects in Two-Phase Displacements," SPE 90568, SPE Journal 11 (2) (June, 2004) 216-226.
  • 2003   Y. Chen, L. Durlofsky, M. Gerritsen and X.H. Wen, A coupled local-global upscaling approach for simulating flow in highly heterogeneous formations, Advances in Water Resources 26 (2003), 1041-1060
  • In Press   LaForce, T. and Orr, F.M., Jr.: “Four-Component Gas/Water/Oil Displacements in One Dimension: Part III, Development of Miscibility,” in press, Transport in Porous Media, November, 2008.
  • In Press   Seto, C.J. and Orr, F.M., Jr.: “Analytical Solutions for Multicomponent, Two-Phase Flow in Porous Media with Double Contact Discontinuities,” in press, Transport in Porous Media, Sept. 2008, DOI 10.1007/s11242-008-9292-y.