Research Road Map
- Reservoir characteristics
- Ranking method for geological models
- Integration of Production data and reservoir parameters
- Productivity vs. Reservoir parameters
- Modelling and Simulation
- Modelling with a limited well information
- Define well configuration, injection pattern to improve injectivity for CCS
- Multi-layer reservoirs, reservoir types(depleted or fresh one)
- Recovery Process Optimization
- New process for Oilsands: modify THAI, follow up process
- CO2 mitigation technology for Oil and Gas
CCUS Research Topics
- CCS Research
- CO2 storage capacity: Volumetric vs. simulation
- CCS cost analysis: source to sink
- CO2 EOR as a storage: light oil reservoir
- CO2 EGR as a storage: shale gas and CBM
- Carbon Life Cycle Analysis
- Integration of Hydrogen and CCS
- CO2 balance for oil/gas field with Hydrogen production * Net-Zero, Net-Negative?
- Blue hydrogen (H+CCS) using LNG (CH4) in Korea
- Blue hydrogen using Natural gas field in overseas
Oil Sands Research Topics
- ES-SAGD optimization + Experimental Automation
- Horizontal well elevation optimization
- Quantify uncertainty of the Recovery process
- ES-SAGD optimization: injection rate + solvent mixtures + N-solv(warm solvent)
- Well configuration /type: Vertical+horizontal wells production
- Automation of steam injection process in lab experiment
- Process control optimization of SAGD/ ES-SAGD production