15th Annual Meeting of the Rice University Consortium on Processes in Porous Media

1. 15th Annual Meeting of theRice University Consortium on Processes in Porous Media Rice University April 26, 2011

2. Consortium Members Addax Baker - Hughes Champion Chevron Conoco Phillips Core Labs* Exxon Mobil Kinder Morgan Marathon Oil Chem* PTS* Rhodia Schlumberger Shell Saudi Aramco TIORCO Total

4. Staff Maura Puerto (retired Exxon) Olina Raney (PhD, Rice) Amir Amini (PhD, Rice) Anju Kurup (PhD, N. U. Singapore)

6. Undergraduate Students Yezi Dong Ying Zhang Nancy Huang Kate Waldorf Yimin Luo Shrinidhi Rao Jose Andres Novoa Fan Meng John Chapman Insoo Ro Kelsey Wolak Erte Xi Deughyeong An Tianlong Wang 

7. Ph. D. graduates in oil & gas industry

8. Ph. D. graduates in oil & gas industry Shunhua Liu (2008), Oxy Gaurav Bhatnagar (2008), Shell-Westhollow Doris Gonzalez (2008), Schlumberger- OilPhase Clint Aichele (2009), Conoco Phillips Tianmin Jiang (2009), Schlumberger Francisco Vagas (2009), The Petroleum Institute Arjun Kurup (2009), Schlumberger (Saudi Arabia) Robert Li (2011), Shell - Bellaire Elton Yang (2011), Chevron - Richmond

9. Processes in Porous Media Consortium Focus Areas NMR well logging Wettability alteration & low IFT EOR Foam mobility control Emulsion separation Asphaltene deposition Gas hydrate Core competency Formation evaluation Enhanced oil recovery Flow assurance Products Graduates Theses Preprints for publications Computer code (upon request)

11. Department of Energy Novel CO2 Foam Concepts and Injection Schemes for Improving CO2 Sweep Efficiency in Sandstone and Carbonate Hydrocarbon Formations (2010-2013) Quoc Nguyen, UT Keith Johnston, UT Lisa Biswal, Rice Cost-share with Consortium

12. Proprietary Research Shell – High temperature & salinity surfactants IOC – EOR, Middle East National Oil Company – EOR (with UT, CSM, Stanford) Kinder Morgan – Surfactant EOR in Carbonate ADCO – CO2 Foam, with UT & PI (2010)

13. Manuscripts on: Website: http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~gjh/Consortium/ Wettability Alteration of Clays in Solid Stabilized Emulsions Low IFT, Wettability, & Foam in Heterogeneous Systems Viscosity of Live BItumen from NMR Methane Hydrate in Heterogeneous Systems Separation of Produced Emulsions from Surfactant EOR Effects of clay wettability and process variables on diluted bitumen emulsions Analytical Theory for Sulfate-Methane Transition to Gas Hydrate Saturation Surfactant Systems For EOR In High-temperature, High-salinity Environments One-Third Rule for Hydrocarbons Surfactant Titration Manual Acid Number Titration Manual Kaolinite Zeta Potential NMR Response of Liquids and Natural Gas Mixtures Characterization and Rheology of Emulsions from Deepwater Fields Saturation Profiles via NMR Imaging …

14. Processes in Porous Media, 2011 April 26, 2011McMurtry Auditorium, Duncan Hall

15. Agenda (afternoon)

16. Attendees Terry Hagiwara Aramco Services Company Jackie Behles Baker Hughes Gigi Zhang Baker Hughes Inc. Mark Williams Baker Hughes Inc. Jason Fox Champion Technologies Jan Beetge Champion Technologies Dengen Zhou Chevron Marcos Briceno ConocoPhillips Terry Christian ConocoPhillips Liping Jia ConocoPhillips Qing Chen ConocoPhillips Robin Gupta ExxonMobil Loan Vo ExxonMobil Mark Beckman ExxonMobil Sergio Leonardi ExxonMobil Kyle Guice ExxonMobil George L Stegemeier GLS Engineering, Inc. Jonathan Kwan Kinder Morgan CO2 Candace Craft Marathon Oil Hung-Lung Chen Marathon Oil Jason Chen Marathon Oil Company Peter Day Marathon Oil Company Mike Dunleavy Marathon Oil Company Benjamin Ramirez Marathon Oil Company Richard Rosen Marathon Oil Company Swapn Das Marathon Oil Company Edward Yang Marathon Oil Company Duy Nguyen Nalco Pauziyah Abdul Hamid PETRONAS Research Arif Azhan Abdul Manap PETRONAS Research SB Manoel Farias PUC-RIO / PETROBRAS Manilal Dahanayake Rhodia

17. Attendees Scott Wellington Rice U Michael Wong Rice U. Walter Chapman Rice Univ. Olina Raney Rice University George Hirasaki Rice University Hadi ShamsiJazeyi Rice University Sayantan Chatterjee Rice University Robert Li Rice university Kun Ma Rice University Guangsheng Gu Rice University Amir Amini Rice University Sai Panuganti Rice University Sibani Lisa Biswal Rice University Anjushri Kurup Rice University Sumedh Warudkar Rice University Aarthi Muthuswamy Rice university Clarence Miller Rice University ELTON YANG RICE UNIVERSITY Gautam Kini Rice University Michael Rauschhuber Rice University Rafael Verduzco Rice University Alhasan Fuseni Saudi Aramco Nick Heaton Schlumberger Mark Flaum Schlumberger Geza Horvath-Szabo Schlumberger Julian Barnes Shell Rien Faber Shell Grant Haddix Shell Chem Joseph Redican Shell Chemical Claudia Ishizawa Shell E&P Kirk Raney Shell Exploration & Production Robert Moene Shell Global Solutions Jeff Southwick Shell Intl. E&P Carmen Reznik Shell Oil Michael Poindexter The Dow Chemical Company Aaron Sanders The Dow Chemical Company Sayeed Abbas The Dow Chemical Company TOM BURGHART TIORCO LLC Danielle Morel Total Khalid Mateen TOTAL Pascal GAUER TOTAL E&P Maurice BOURREL TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS

19. Professional Masters in Chemical Engineering (MChE) at Rice University