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Zachary Paul Alcorn

Researcher
Department of Physics and Technology
  • E-mailZachary.Alcorn@uib.no
  • Visitor Address
    Allégaten 55
    5007 Bergen
    Room 
    553
  • Postal Address
    Postboks 7803
    5020 Bergen

Dr. Zachary Paul Alcorn is an interdisciplinary reservoir engineer and geoscientist focused on multiphase fluid flow during CO2 injection processes in subsurface reservoirs. His current research emphasizes bridging the gap between well-observed laboratory phenomena and field performance. He has expertise within special core analysis, reservoir characterization, geologic and reservoir modeling, numerical simulation and field pilot design, with in-depth knowledge of CO2 foam mobility control. He also serves as the Research Director for a Norwegian Petroleum Research Center, NCS2030. He holds a PhD in Reservoir Physics and a Master of Science in Geology.

PTEK 211

ENERGI 365

Academic article
  • Show author(s) (2022). Unsteady-state CO2 foam injection for increasing enhanced oil recovery and carbon storage potential. Advances in Geo-Energy Research. 472-481.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Unsteady-state CO2 foam generation and propagation: laboratory and field insights. Energies. 1-16.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Pressure Measurements for Monitoring CO<inf>2</inf> Foam Pilots. Energies.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Pore-scale bubble population dynamics of CO2-foam at reservoir pressure. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control. 1-11.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Hybrid Nanoparticle-Surfactant Stabilized Foams for CO2 Mobility Control at Elevated Salinities. Proccedings European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Upscaling co2 foam for eor as ccus from on-to offshore. Proceedings - Offshore Technology Conference.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Pore-and core-scale insights of nanoparticle-stabilized foam for CO2-enhanced oil recovery. Nanomaterials. 1-15.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Evaluation of a Nonionic Surfactant Foam for CO2 Mobility Control in a Heterogeneous Carbonate Reservoir. SPE Journal. 3481-3493.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Core-scale sensitivity study of CO2 foam injection strategies for mobility control, enhanced oil recovery, and CO2 storage. E3S Web of Conferences. 1-12.
  • Show author(s) (2020). CO<inf>2</inf> foam field pilot monitoring using transient pressure measurements. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition.
  • Show author(s) (2020). CO2 mobility reduction using foam stabilized by CO2- and water-soluble surfactants. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. 1-12.
  • Show author(s) (2020). CO2 foam field pilot design and initial results. SPE Improved Oil Recovery Conference.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Surfactant Prefloods During Carbon Dioxide Foam Injection for Integrated Enhanced Oil Recovery in Fractured Oil-Wet Carbonates. SPE Journal. 1139-1153.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Pore-to-core EOR upscaling for CO2-foam for CCUS. SPE Journal. 2793-2803.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Performance of Silica Nanoparticles in CO2-foam for EOR and CCUS at Tough Reservoir Conditions. SPE Journal.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Model calibration for forecasting CO2-foam enhanced oil recovery field pilot performance in a carbonate reservoir. Petroleum Geoscience. 141-149.
  • Show author(s) (2019). An integrated carbon-dioxide-foam enhanced-oil-recovery pilot program with combined carbon capture, utilization, and storage in an onshore Texas heterogeneous carbonate field. SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering. 1449-1466.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Visualization of carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery by diffusion in fractured chalk. SPE Journal. 112-120.
Lecture
  • Show author(s) (2022). Laboratory and Field Insights of CO2 Foam.
  • Show author(s) (2022). CO2 Foam Field Pilot Modeling and Interpretations.
  • Show author(s) (2020). CO2 Foam Field Pilot Design and Initial Results.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Integrated CO2 Foam EOR Pilot Program with Combined CCUS in an Onshore Texas Heterogeneous Carbonate Field.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Upscaling CO2 Foam for EOR and CO2 Storage from Lab to Field Scale.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Numerical Modelling Study for Designing CO2-Foam Field Pilot.
  • Show author(s) (2017). CO2 Foam EOR Field Pilot - Pilot Design, Geologic and Reservoir Modelling, and Laboratory Investigations.
Academic lecture
  • Show author(s) (2022). CO2 Foam from Laboratory to Field Scale.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Results from East Seminole CO2 Foam EOR Field Pilot .
  • Show author(s) (2021). Hybrid Nanoparticle-Surfactant Stabilized Foams for CO2 Mobility Control at Elevated Salinities.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Design and Results of a CO2 Foam Field Pilot, Permian Basin USA.
  • Show author(s) (2021). CO2 Foam Field Pilot Results.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Silica Nanoparticles to Stabilize CO2-foam for Efficient CCUS in Challenging Reservoirs.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Surfactant Pre-floods during CO2 Foam for Integrated Enhanced Oil Recovery in Fractured Oil-Wet Carbonates, SPE .
  • Show author(s) (2018). Pore-to Core EOR Upscaling for CO2-foam for CCUS.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Performance of silica nanoparticles in CO<inf>2</inf>-foam for EOR and CCUS at tough reservoir conditions.
  • Show author(s) (2018). CO2 Foam Field Pilot Test for EOR and CO2 Storage in a Heterogeneous Carbonate Reservoir: Operational Design, Data Collection and Pilot Monitoring Program.
  • Show author(s) (2017). CO2 Foam for Mobility Control for EOR and CO2 Storage in Heterogeneous Reservoirs.
  • Show author(s) (2017). CO2 Foam Enhanced Oil Recovery Field Pilots.
  • Show author(s) (2017). CO2 Foam EOR Field Pilots as CCUS.
Doctoral dissertation
  • Show author(s) (2018). Upscaling CO2 Foam for Enhanced Oil Recovery and CO2 Storage from Laboratory to Field Scale: An Integrated Approach to Designing a Field Pilot Test .
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Show author(s) (2018). Pore-to Core EOR Upscaling for CO2-foam for CCUS.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Integrated CO2 Foam EOR Pilot Program with Combined CCUS in an Onshore Texas Heterogeneous Carbonate Field.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Numerical Modelling Study for Designing CO2-foam Field Pilot. 15 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2017). CO2 Foam EOR Field Pilot - Pilot Design, Geologic and Reservoir Modeling, and Laboratory Investigations .
Poster
  • Show author(s) (2022). CO2 Foam for EOR and CO2 Storage.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Pore-Scale CO2-Foam Texture at Reservoir Pressure.
  • Show author(s) (2018). CO2 Field Pilots.
  • Show author(s) (2017). CO2 Foam Field Pilot for Mobility Control for EOR in a Heterogeneous Carbonate Reservoir; Pilot Design, Geologic and Reservoir Modeling, Numerical Modeling, and Laboratory Investigations.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Workflow for Optimal Injection of CO2 to Enhance Oil Recovery in Mature Oil Fields: A Preliminary Study for a Field Pilot Program.

More information in national current research information system (CRIStin)

NCS2030 - National Center for Sustainable Subsurface Utilization of the Norwegian Continental Shelf

Optimizing CO2 Foam Mobility Control for Field Pilots

In-situ Quantification of CO2 Flow and Mobility Control for Improved Carbon Utilization and Storage

Fields of competence 
CCS
CO2 Storage
Energy transition
Enhanced Oil Recovery
Petroleum Geology
Reservoir characterization
Reservoir modelling