PETROPHASE 2026

Conference
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Detailed Schedule

• Monday | June 8

  • 8:30–15:30

    Fluid Characterization

    Joseph E. Usibelli Building 301-305

    • 8:00–8:30

      Opening Breakfast.

      Sponsored by ENNOVA.

    • 8:30–9:00

      Fluid Characterization with Built-in Control of Simulated Liquid-Liquid Splits

      Karen Schou Pedersen | Kapexy Aps

    • 9:00–9:30

      Improved Crude Oil Characterization Method for Asphaltene Precipitation Prediction: Fundamentals and Applications

      Francisco "Paco" Vargas, Mohammad Tavakkoli, Emma Ochoa, Jinxin Lu, Caleb J. Sisco | Ennova LLC

    • 9:30–10:00

      Using Hydrocarbon Liquid Viscosity as an On-Site Clean-Up Criteria during Well Testing

      Jan Bon, Paul Bon, Rodmy Apolloni | Petrolab Australia

    • 10:00–10:30

      Coffee Break

    • 10:30–11:00

      Comparison of Asphaltene Deposits from Multiple Fields Worldwide

      David Jennings, Andrew Yen, Abhishek Golchha, Lijie Feng, Onome Ugono | Baker Hughes

    • 11:00–11:30

      Rheological Properties of Natural Product-based Solidifier Applied to Diluted Bitumen and Conventional Crude Oils for Oil Spill Response

      Evgeniya (Jenny) Hristova, Stanislav R. Stoyanov, Lindsay J. Hounjet, Md. Hosnay Mobarok | Natural Resources Canada, CanmetENERGY Devon

    • 11:30–12:00

      Importance of Method Selection for Mercury Pipeline Specification Evaluation

      Michael Langford | Expro

    • 12:00–13:30

      Lunch

    • 13:30–14:00

      The Application of the Y-rule Aromaticity and Structural-Topological Analysis to Understand the Effect of an External Magnetic Field on the Aggregation of Oil Asphaltenes

      Yosadara Ruiz-Morales, Alma Delia Miranda-Olvera, Vianey Edith López-Pérez, Felipe Guevara-Rodríguez, Benjamín Portales-Martínez, Leopoldo Gutiérrez-Caminero, Gustavo Antonio Lugo-Hernández, Fernando Alvarez-Ramírez, Adriana de Jesús Aguirre-Gutiérrez | Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo

    • 14:00–14:30

      Separations and FT-ICR MS Reveal Structural and Compositional Complexity in Field and Laboratory-Generated Asphaltene Samples

      Andrew Yen, David Jennings, Abshiek Golchha | Baker Hughes

      Tina Johnson, Yogesh Kapoor, Oxy, Jianxin Wang | Chevron

      Martha Aguilera, Ryan Rodgers | National High Magnetic Field Lab

      Zhongxin Huo | Shell

    • 14:30–15:00

      Viscosity Reduction of Alaska Heavy Oil by the Dissolution of Solvents

      Hyun Woong Jang, Syed Asad, Yamin Man, Yin Zhang, Abhijit Dandekar | University of Alaska Fairbanks

    • 15:00–15:30

      Coffee Break

  • 15:30–17:30

    Energy Transition I: H2 and Renewables

    Joseph E. Usibelli Building 301-305

    • 15:30–16:00

      Underground Hydrogen Storage in Depleted Gas Reservoirs: Design of Production and Injection Operations using a Shale Gas Well

      Lance Liccioni, I. Yucel Akkutlu | Texas A&M University College Station

    • 16:00–16:30

      Transition of the Shipping Industry — Challenges with Blends of "New Fuels" and Fossil Bunker Fuels

      Simon Ivar Andersen, Isabelle Viegas, Waqas Aleem | DTU Offshore, Technical University of Denmark

    • 16:30–17:00

      A Novel Modeling Approach for the Production of Circular Jet Fuel from Waste Plastic Pyrolysis Oils — A Case Study Using Molecule-Based (MB) Aspen HYSYS

      Zhen Hou, Pratyush Agarwal, Pushpesh Sharma, Lingxiang Li, Chao Liang, Rongmei Zhu, Shu Wang, Darin M. Campbell | Aspen Technology, Inc

    • 17:00–17:30

      Empowering Rural Communities with Hybrid Renewable Energy: A Co-op Case Study

      Hamidreza Samouei | Texas A&M University

      M.R. Fassihi | Beyond Carbon, LLC

  • 18:00–21:00

    Poster Session 1

    University of Alaska Museum of the North

    • Fluid Characterization

      Viscosity Reduction of Alaska Heavy Oil by the Dissolution of Solvents

      Hyun Woong Jang, Syed Asad, Yamin Man, Yin Zhang, Abhijit Dandekar | University of Alaska Fairbanks

    • Fluid Characterization

      Importance of Method Selection for Mercury Pipeline Specification Evaluation

      Michael Langford | Expro

    • Fluid Characterization

      Adaptive Polymer Screening for Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) in Alaska North Slope: A Multi-Reservoir Rheological and Fluid Interaction Study

      Lucy Anozie | University of Alaska Fairbanks

    • Fluid Characterization

      Enhancing PVT Properties Prediction for Brazilian Pre-Salt Oils with PVT Digital — Machine Learning and Empirical Correlation Models

      Emerson Lourenço, Alexandre Jaime Mello Vieira | Petrobras

    • Fluid Characterization

      Surface Thermodynamic Properties of Asphaltene Monomolecular Films

      Ronaldo Gonçalves dos Santos, Mayara Alves Rosa Neves | FEI University Center – Brazil

    • Energy Transition I: H2 and Renewables

      Fluid Sampling of Naturally Occurring Hydrogen Reservoirs

      Jan Bon, Alexander Ortega, Wojciech Nalepa, Giang Do | Petrolab Australia

    • Energy Transition I: H2 and Renewables

      Optimizing Hydrogen Storage and Withdrawal Efficiency in Depleted Gas Reservoirs

      Gbenga A. Adetoyi | University of Alaska Fairbanks

    • Energy Transition I: H2 and Renewables

      A Novel Modeling Approach for the Production of Circular Jet Fuel from Waste Plastic Pyrolysis Oils — A Case Study Using Molecule-Based (MB) Aspen HYSYS

      Zhen Hou, Pratyush Agarwal, Pushpesh Sharma, Lingxiang Li, Chao Liang, Rongmei Zhu, Shu Wang, Darin M. Campbell | Aspen Technology Inc

    • Energy Transition I: H2 and Renewables

      Recycled Aluminum and Wastewater as a Feedstock for Decentralized Hydrogen Generation — An Attractive On-demand Green Energy Solution

      Evgeniya Hristova, Stanislav R. Stoyanov, Lindsay J. Hounjet, Md. Hosnay Mobarok, Victor da Silva | Natural Resources Canada, CanmetENERGY Devon

      Simeon Nachev, Elena Ulate Kolitsky, Daniela Bellon Monsalve | Centre de métallurgie du Québec (CMQ)

    • Emulsions and Produced Water Management

      Evaluation of the Influence of Pressure, Temperature, and Demulsifier Concentration on Heavy Oil Emulsion Stability

      Juliana Otavia Bahú, Suelen Gauna Trindade, Ana Carolina Silva da Cunha, Carlos Eduardo Perles, Marcelo de Souza Castro, Vanessa Cristina Bizotto Guersoni | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)

    • Emulsions and Produced Water Management

      Geochemical Fingerprints and Sediment Alteration in Danish Offshore Fields

      Neri Bonciani | DTU Offshore, Technical University of Denmark

      R. Jakobsen, B. Lauridsen | Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland

      K. Feilberg | DTU Offshore, Technical University of Denmark

    • Emulsions and Produced Water Management

      Extracting Critical Raw Materials from North Sea Produced Water While Minimizing Reservoir and Ecosystem Damage

      Maksim Kurbasov, Neri Bonciani, Karen Louise Feilberg | DTU Offshore, Technical University of Denmark

    • Upgrading and Fouling

      Catalytic Aquathermolysis of Vacuum Residue for the Partial Upgrading of Bitumen

      Sukhyun Lim, Nam Sun Nho, Hung Hai Pham, Kwang-ho Kim, Youngdoo Kim, Young-Hwan Chu | Korea Institute of Energy Research

    • Upgrading and Fouling

      Techno-economic Analysis of Ultrasonically Enhanced Oxidative Desulfurization of Heavy Fuel Oil

      Shekhar R Kulkarni, Naydu Zambrano | King Abdullah University of Science & Technology

      Musaed Ghrami, Mohammed Dossary, Saudi Aramco Company, Deoras Prabhudharwadkar, William Roberts | King Abdullah University of Science & Technology

    • Energy Transition II: CCS and CCUS

      Feasibility of CO₂ Sequestration in the Delaware Basin: Evaluating the Thirtyone and Fusselman Formations in Lea County, New Mexico

      Sajjad Esmaeilpour, Godsway Akpabli | New Mexico Tech University

    • Energy Transition II: CCS and CCUS

      A Phase-state-radius-based Multiphase State Identification Method to Accelerate the Compositional Simulation of Hydrocarbons-CO2-H2O Transport

      Bin Yuan, Gang Huang | China University of Petroleum (East China)

    • Energy Transition II: CCS and CCUS

      Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Development, Route Selection, Design Parameters, and Economic Analysis from the Alaskan Range to Cook Inlet Reservoirs

      John H. Halford IV | University of Alaska

    • Energy Transition II: CCS and CCUS

      Fuel Agnostic Cryogenic Capture of CO₂, SOₓ and NOₓ from Ship Exhaust Streams

      Sai Shrinivas Sreedharan, Deoras Prabhudharwardkar, William Roberts, Marcelo Benitez, Sylvain Michaux | King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

    • Energy Transition II: CCS and CCUS

      Enhancing Oil Recovery Using a Hybrid Low Salinity Water and Surfactant-Alternating-CO₂ Gas Injection Process for Ugnu Heavy Oil

      Asad Hassan Syed, Hyun Woong Jang, Temitope Fred Ogunkunle | University of Alaska Fairbanks

      Nurudeen Yekeen | Edith Cowan University

      Yamin Man, Yin Zhang, Abhijit Dandekar | University of Alaska Fairbanks

    • Energy Transition II: CCS and CCUS

      Evaluation of CO2 Sequestration Potential in Ugnu Heavy Oil Formation on Alaska North Slope During the EOR Process

      Yamin Man | University of Alaska Fairbanks

    • Energy Transition II: CCS and CCUS

      Geochemical Interactions and Reservoir Integrity in CO₂ Storage: Insights from the San Andres and Morrow Formations

      Hamid Rahnema, Audrey Ayensigna, Sajjad Esmaeilpour | New Mexico Tech

      Babak Shabani | INTERA Inc

    • Energy Transition II: CCS and CCUS

      Microfluidic and Core Flooding Investigations of Carbonated Water Flooding for Enhanced Oil Recovery, CO2 Sequestration, and Produced Water Disposal

      Sushobhan Pradhan, Prem Bikkina, Khandaker Fahim Anjum, Clint Aichele | Oklahoma State University

    • Case Studies and Emerging Technologies

      Effect of Crude Oil Composition on Methane Foam Stability in Oil-wet Porous Media

      Emmanuel Sarpong, Keerti Vardhan Sharma, Lamia Goual, Mohammad Piri | University of Wyoming

    • Case Studies and Emerging Technologies

      Novel Solution for Effective Tight Oil Enhanced Oil Recovery Via Co-Injection of Gas and Surfactant Laden Water

      Gordon Pospisil | EOR ETC LLC

      David Schecter | Louisiana State University

    • Case Studies and Emerging Technologies

      Implementation of Workflow for Validation and Onsite Analysis of Openhole Fluid Samples During Formation Evaluation

      Michael Langford | Expro

    • Case Studies and Emerging Technologies

      Laboratory and Theoretical Assessment of the Effect of Shut-in Pressure Maintenance on the Post-Frac Soaking Efficiency in Shale Oil/Gas Reservoirs

      Boyun Guo, Jin Xue | University of Louisiana at Lafayette

    • Flow Assurance

      Fractionation and Analysis of Asphaltene Deposits: Insights into Inhibitor Interactions and Deposition Control for a Field in the Gulf of America

      Wendy Wei, Tran Cao, Priyanka Juyal | ChampionX

    • Flow Assurance

      Baker Hughes Asphaltene Inhibitor Application Allowed Gas-Lift Operation Resulting in 17% Increased Production

      Abhishek Golchha, David Jennings, Patrick Hulsey, Andrew Yen and Geoffrey Checkan | Baker Hughes

    • Flow Assurance

      Asphaltene Inhibitor Evaluation & Selection for Field with Low Asphaltene Content Crude Oils

      David W. Jennings, Andrew Yen and Abhishek Golchha | Baker Hughes

    • Flow Assurance

      Benchmarking of Asphaltene Deposition Test Methods

      Tyler Stenstrom, Elham Mahmoodaghdam, Fatima Zohra Benaceur, Graham Drummond, Hema Rampersad, Jaehoon Bae, Lilian Padula | SLB

    • Flow Assurance

      Revisiting Thermal Preconditioning: A Surprising Inverse Relationship Between Preheating Temperature and Pour Point

      Jens Pfeiffer | PSL Systemtechnik

      Hans Oschmann, Emery Oleochemcials, Matthias Berling | Neptune Energy

      Fidel Lopez Gomez | PSL Systemtechnik

    • Flow Assurance

      Impact of Formation Brine Chemistry on Asphaltene Deposition in Production Systems

      Omar Elkhatib, Corbin Metoyer, Maurice Pierce, Fang Wei, Christopher Russell | SLB

    • Flow Assurance

      Engineering Polymeric Pour Point Depressants: Correlating Polymer Chemistry with Flow Assurance in Waxy Crude Oils

      Teja Sree Addepalli, Lalit Kumar | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

    • Flow Assurance

      Effect of Asphaltene Control Chemicals on Asphaltene Deposition and Remediation: A QCMD Study

      Saugata Gon, Priyanka Juyal, Rebecca Lucente-Schultz, Omar Elkhatib Elmasry | SLB

    • Flow Assurance

      Controlled Synergy Effects Between Paraffin Inhibitors and Their Winterization Process

      Wojciech Jakubowski, Aaronica Patterson, Justin Breitigam | Baker Hughes

• Tuesday | June 9

  • 8:30–15:00

    Emulsions and Produced Water Management

    Joseph E. Usibelli Building 301-305

    • 8:30–9:00

      Interfacial Dilatational Properties of Crude Oils: Effects of Aging and Asphaltene Inhibitors

      Duy Nguyen | SLB

    • 9:00–9:30

      Brine Refining: Simultaneous Efforts Against Water Scarcity, Global Warming, and Critical Mineral Shortages

      Hamidreza Samouei | Texas A&M University

    • 9:30–10:00

      Microfluidic Droplet Patterns and the Relations to Production Chemistries

      Simon Ivar Andersen, Liridon Aliti | DTU Offshore, Technical University of Denmark

    • 10:00–10:30

      Coffee Break

    • 10:30–11:00

      Enhancing Flow Assurance in Curved Pipeline Sections: DRP Performance in Oil–Water U-Bend Flows

      Paul O. Ayegba | California State University Long Beach

      Abdulkareem Abubakar | Ahmadu Bello University

      Nurudeen Yusuf | Bayero University

      Lawrence C. Edomwonyi-Otu | Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta

    • 11:00–11:30

      Physicochemical Characterization of Asphaltenes Partitioned at Oil-Water Interfaces

      Gerda Luht | University of Leeds

      Van Kelly, David Clarke | University of Edinburgh

      Sven Schroeder, Andy Ross, Deepak J Mukkattukavil | University of Leeds

      Tom Robinson, Peter J Dowding, David Harbottle | Infineum UK Ltd.

      Ashley P Williams | Paul Scherrer Institute

    • 11:30–12:00

      Extracting Critical Raw Materials from North Sea Produced Water While Minimizing Reservoir and Ecosystem Damage

      Maksim Kurbasov, Neri Bonciani, Karen Louise Feilberg | DTU Offshore, Technical University of Denmark

    • 12:00–13:30

      Lunch

    • 13:30–14:00

      Effect of Maltenes on Asphaltene Critical Aggregation

      Ronaldo Gonçalves dos Santos, Gabriel Medeiros do Nascimento Costa, Mirela Inês de Sairre | FEI University Center, Federal University of ABC

    • 14:00–14:30

      Direct Lithium Extraction from Oil and Gas Produced Water Using Granular PVDF–Lithium Ion-Sieve: Performance and Application Potential

      Daniel Gang, Samia Alam, David J. Shoemaker, Xiaobo Lei, William E. Holmes, Mehdi Mokhtari, Mark E. Zappi | University of Louisiana at Lafayette

    • 14:30–15:00

      Development of an Advanced Fluorescence based O-in-W Flow Sensor for Monitoring and Control of Water Treatment Processes

      Simon Ivar Andersen, Isabelle Viegas | DTU Offshore, Technical University of Denmark

      Åsmund Rinnan | KU Foods, Copenhagen University

      Mahsa Kashani, Stefan Jespersen, Zhenyu Yang | Aalborg University

    • 15:00–15:30

      Coffee Break

  • 15:30–17:00

    Upgrading and Fouling

    Joseph E. Usibelli Building 301-305

    • 15:30–16:00

      Ultrasonically Enhanced Oxidative Desulfurization of Heavy Fuel Oil (uODS): Comparative Study with Conventional Method

      Naydu Zambrano, Shekhar Kulkarni, Umit Gorcum, Madhumitha Dhanasekaran, Deoras Prabhudharwadkar, William Roberts, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Musaed Ghrami, Mohammed Dossary, Saudi Aramco Company

    • 16:00–16:30

      Managing Fouling in Refinery Crude Units: Mechanisms, Mitigation & Case Studies

      Sai Reddy Pinappu, Roger Metzler, Sankaran Murugesan, Baker Hughes

    • 16:00–16:30

      Stability of Drop-In Blends of “New And Old Fuels”

      Simon Ivar Andersen, Waqas Aleem, DTU Offshore, Technical University of Denmark

  • 17:00–19:00

    Poster Session 2

    Joseph E. Usibelli Building Hallways 3rd floor

    • Fluid Characterization

      Viscosity Reduction of Alaska Heavy Oil by the Dissolution of Solvents

      Hyun Woong Jang, Syed Asad, Yamin Man, Yin Zhang, Abhijit Dandekar | University of Alaska Fairbanks

    • Fluid Characterization

      Importance of Method Selection for Mercury Pipeline Specification Evaluation

      Michael Langford | Expro

    • Fluid Characterization

      Adaptive Polymer Screening for Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) in Alaska North Slope: A Multi-Reservoir Rheological and Fluid Interaction Study

      Lucy Anozie | University of Alaska Fairbanks

    • Fluid Characterization

      Enhancing PVT Properties Prediction for Brazilian Pre-Salt Oils with PVT Digital — Machine Learning and Empirical Correlation Models

      Emerson Lourenço, Alexandre Jaime Mello Vieira | Petrobras

    • Fluid Characterization

      Surface Thermodynamic Properties of Asphaltene Monomolecular Films

      Ronaldo Gonçalves dos Santos, Mayara Alves Rosa Neves | FEI University Center – Brazil

    • Energy Transition I: H2 and Renewables

      Fluid Sampling of Naturally Occurring Hydrogen Reservoirs

      Jan Bon, Alexander Ortega, Wojciech Nalepa, Giang Do | Petrolab Australia

    • Energy Transition I: H2 and Renewables

      Optimizing Hydrogen Storage and Withdrawal Efficiency in Depleted Gas Reservoirs

      Gbenga A. Adetoyi | University of Alaska Fairbanks

    • Energy Transition I: H2 and Renewables

      A Novel Modeling Approach for the Production of Circular Jet Fuel from Waste Plastic Pyrolysis Oils — A Case Study Using Molecule-Based (MB) Aspen HYSYS

      Zhen Hou, Pratyush Agarwal, Pushpesh Sharma, Lingxiang Li, Chao Liang, Rongmei Zhu, Shu Wang, Darin M. Campbell | Aspen Technology Inc

    • Energy Transition I: H2 and Renewables

      Recycled Aluminum and Wastewater as a Feedstock for Decentralized Hydrogen Generation — An Attractive On-demand Green Energy Solution

      Evgeniya Hristova, Stanislav R. Stoyanov, Lindsay J. Hounjet, Md. Hosnay Mobarok, Victor da Silva | Natural Resources Canada, CanmetENERGY Devon

      Simeon Nachev, Elena Ulate Kolitsky, Daniela Bellon Monsalve | Centre de métallurgie du Québec (CMQ)

    • Emulsions and Produced Water Management

      Evaluation of the Influence of Pressure, Temperature, and Demulsifier Concentration on Heavy Oil Emulsion Stability

      Juliana Otavia Bahú, Suelen Gauna Trindade, Ana Carolina Silva da Cunha, Carlos Eduardo Perles, Marcelo de Souza Castro, Vanessa Cristina Bizotto Guersoni | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)

    • Emulsions and Produced Water Management

      Geochemical Fingerprints and Sediment Alteration in Danish Offshore Fields

      Neri Bonciani | DTU Offshore, Technical University of Denmark

      R. Jakobsen, B. Lauridsen | Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland

      K. Feilberg | DTU Offshore, Technical University of Denmark

    • Emulsions and Produced Water Management

      Extracting Critical Raw Materials from North Sea Produced Water While Minimizing Reservoir and Ecosystem Damage

      Maksim Kurbasov, Neri Bonciani, Karen Louise Feilberg | DTU Offshore, Technical University of Denmark

    • Upgrading and Fouling

      Catalytic Aquathermolysis of Vacuum Residue for the Partial Upgrading of Bitumen

      Sukhyun Lim, Nam Sun Nho, Hung Hai Pham, Kwang-ho Kim, Youngdoo Kim, Young-Hwan Chu | Korea Institute of Energy Research

    • Upgrading and Fouling

      Techno-economic Analysis of Ultrasonically Enhanced Oxidative Desulfurization of Heavy Fuel Oil

      Shekhar R Kulkarni, Naydu Zambrano | King Abdullah University of Science & Technology

      Musaed Ghrami, Mohammed Dossary, Saudi Aramco Company, Deoras Prabhudharwadkar, William Roberts | King Abdullah University of Science & Technology

    • Energy Transition II: CCS and CCUS

      Feasibility of CO₂ Sequestration in the Delaware Basin: Evaluating the Thirtyone and Fusselman Formations in Lea County, New Mexico

      Sajjad Esmaeilpour, Godsway Akpabli | New Mexico Tech University

    • Energy Transition II: CCS and CCUS

      A Phase-state-radius-based Multiphase State Identification Method to Accelerate the Compositional Simulation of Hydrocarbons-CO2-H2O Transport

      Bin Yuan, Gang Huang | China University of Petroleum (East China)

    • Energy Transition II: CCS and CCUS

      Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Development, Route Selection, Design Parameters, and Economic Analysis from the Alaskan Range to Cook Inlet Reservoirs

      John H. Halford IV | University of Alaska

    • Energy Transition II: CCS and CCUS

      Fuel Agnostic Cryogenic Capture of CO₂, SOₓ and NOₓ from Ship Exhaust Streams

      Sai Shrinivas Sreedharan, Deoras Prabhudharwardkar, William Roberts, Marcelo Benitez, Sylvain Michaux | King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

    • Energy Transition II: CCS and CCUS

      Enhancing Oil Recovery Using a Hybrid Low Salinity Water and Surfactant-Alternating-CO₂ Gas Injection Process for Ugnu Heavy Oil

      Asad Hassan Syed, Hyun Woong Jang, Temitope Fred Ogunkunle | University of Alaska Fairbanks

      Nurudeen Yekeen | Edith Cowan University

      Yamin Man, Yin Zhang, Abhijit Dandekar | University of Alaska Fairbanks

    • Energy Transition II: CCS and CCUS

      Evaluation of CO2 Sequestration Potential in Ugnu Heavy Oil Formation on Alaska North Slope During the EOR Process

      Yamin Man | University of Alaska Fairbanks

    • Energy Transition II: CCS and CCUS

      Geochemical Interactions and Reservoir Integrity in CO₂ Storage: Insights from the San Andres and Morrow Formations

      Hamid Rahnema, Audrey Ayensigna, Sajjad Esmaeilpour | New Mexico Tech

      Babak Shabani | INTERA Inc

    • Energy Transition II: CCS and CCUS

      Microfluidic and Core Flooding Investigations of Carbonated Water Flooding for Enhanced Oil Recovery, CO2 Sequestration, and Produced Water Disposal

      Sushobhan Pradhan, Prem Bikkina, Khandaker Fahim Anjum, Clint Aichele | Oklahoma State University

    • Case Studies and Emerging Technologies

      Effect of Crude Oil Composition on Methane Foam Stability in Oil-wet Porous Media

      Emmanuel Sarpong, Keerti Vardhan Sharma, Lamia Goual, Mohammad Piri | University of Wyoming

    • Case Studies and Emerging Technologies

      Novel Solution for Effective Tight Oil Enhanced Oil Recovery Via Co-Injection of Gas and Surfactant Laden Water

      Gordon Pospisil | EOR ETC LLC

      David Schecter | Louisiana State University

    • Case Studies and Emerging Technologies

      Implementation of Workflow for Validation and Onsite Analysis of Openhole Fluid Samples During Formation Evaluation

      Michael Langford | Expro

    • Case Studies and Emerging Technologies

      Laboratory and Theoretical Assessment of the Effect of Shut-in Pressure Maintenance on the Post-Frac Soaking Efficiency in Shale Oil/Gas Reservoirs

      Boyun Guo, Jin Xue | University of Louisiana at Lafayette

    • Flow Assurance

      Fractionation and Analysis of Asphaltene Deposits: Insights into Inhibitor Interactions and Deposition Control for a Field in the Gulf of America

      Wendy Wei, Tran Cao, Priyanka Juyal | ChampionX

    • Flow Assurance

      Baker Hughes Asphaltene Inhibitor Application Allowed Gas-Lift Operation Resulting in 17% Increased Production

      Abhishek Golchha, David Jennings, Patrick Hulsey, Andrew Yen and Geoffrey Checkan | Baker Hughes

    • Flow Assurance

      Asphaltene Inhibitor Evaluation & Selection for Field with Low Asphaltene Content Crude Oils

      David W. Jennings, Andrew Yen and Abhishek Golchha | Baker Hughes

    • Flow Assurance

      Benchmarking of Asphaltene Deposition Test Methods

      Tyler Stenstrom, Elham Mahmoodaghdam, Fatima Zohra Benaceur, Graham Drummond, Hema Rampersad, Jaehoon Bae, Lilian Padula | SLB

    • Flow Assurance

      Revisiting Thermal Preconditioning: A Surprising Inverse Relationship Between Preheating Temperature and Pour Point

      Jens Pfeiffer | PSL Systemtechnik

      Hans Oschmann, Emery Oleochemcials, Matthias Berling | Neptune Energy

      Fidel Lopez Gomez | PSL Systemtechnik

    • Flow Assurance

      Impact of Formation Brine Chemistry on Asphaltene Deposition in Production Systems

      Omar Elkhatib, Corbin Metoyer, Maurice Pierce, Fang Wei, Christopher Russell | SLB

    • Flow Assurance

      Engineering Polymeric Pour Point Depressants: Correlating Polymer Chemistry with Flow Assurance in Waxy Crude Oils

      Teja Sree Addepalli, Lalit Kumar | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

    • Flow Assurance

      Effect of Asphaltene Control Chemicals on Asphaltene Deposition and Remediation: A QCMD Study

      Saugata Gon, Priyanka Juyal, Rebecca Lucente-Schultz, Omar Elkhatib Elmasry | SLB

    • Flow Assurance

      Controlled Synergy Effects Between Paraffin Inhibitors and Their Winterization Process

      Wojciech Jakubowski, Aaronica Patterson, Justin Breitigam | Baker Hughes

• Wednesday | June 10

  • 8:30–12:30

    Energy Transition II: CCS and CCUS

    Joseph E. Usibelli Building 301-305

    • 8:30–9:00

      Applicability of CO2 Pre-injection Fracturing in Shale Light Oil

      He Liu, Jian Su | CNPC Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development

    • 9:00–9:30

      Geochemical Interactions and Reservoir Integrity in CO₂ Storage: Insights from the San Andres and Morrow Formations

      Hamid Rahnema, Audrey Ayensigna, Sajjad Esmaeilpour | New Mexico Tech

      Babak Shabani | INTERA Inc

    • 9:30–10:00

      A Novel Method for the Simulation of CO2-EOR Process Enhanced by CO2-responsive Particles

      Zhang Wei, Huang Gang | China University of Petroleum (East China)

    • 10:00–10:30

      Coffee Break

    • 10:30–11:00

      Microfluidic and Core Flooding Investigations of Carbonated Water Flooding for Enhanced Oil Recovery, CO2 Sequestration, and Produced Water Disposal

      Sushobhan Pradhan, Prem Bikkina, Khandaker Fahim Anjum, Clint Aichele | Oklahoma State University

    • 11:00–11:30

      Solubility Profiles from Hansen Solubility Parameters and SARA Composition: Generalizing Methods to Predict Asphaltene Deposition Risk in CO₂-EOR

      Yunshi Huang, Yunfeng Liang, Takeshi Tsuji, Yoshihiro Masuda | The University of Tokyo

    • 11:30–12:00

      Failure of CCS and Energy Transition and the Disastrous Effect on Oil Production

      S.M. Farouq Ali, J.A. Jones | University of Houston

    • 12:00–13:30

      Lunch

  • 13:30–17:00

    Case Studies and Emerging Technologies

    Joseph E. Usibelli Building 301-305

    • 13:30–14:00

      Implementation of Workflow for Validation and Onsite Analysis of Openhole Fluid Samples During Formation Evaluation

      Michael Langford | Expro

    • 14:00–14:30

      Chemical Recycling - Beyond the Plastic Pyrolysis

      J. Sebastian Ramirez-Pradilla, Luis Javier Hoyos-Marin, Domingo Escalante, Bibiana Ramírez, Hector Julio Picón, Carlos Gonzalez, Diego Fabian Lopez, Rodrigo Torres, Lina Navarro, Juan Esteban Torres | Ecopetrol S.A.

    • 14:30–15:00

      Novel Solution for Effective Tight Oil Enhanced Oil Recovery Via Co- Injection of Gas and Surfactant Laden Water

      Gordon Pospisil | EOR ETC LLC

      David Schecter | Louisiana State University

    • 15:00–15:30

      Coffee Break

    • 15:30–16:00

      AFM Characterization of Corrosion Inhibitors and Nanoparticle Films

      Duy Nguyen, Sherman Kung | SLB

      Dany Hachem, Roger Bonnecaze, Quoc Nguyen | University of Texas Austin

    • 16:00–16:30

      Asphaltene Transport and Tar Mat Formation during Reservoir Fluid Geodynamics

      I. Yucel Akkutlu, Oliver Mullins, Tarek Mohamed, Morten Kristensen, Carlos Torres-Verdin | Texas A&M University

    • 16:30–17:00

      Production Flare Measurement Utilizing SONAR based Metering

      Siddesh Sridhar | Expro

• Thursday | June 11

  • 8:00–12:00

    Flow Assurance

    Joseph E. Usibelli Building 301-305

    • 8:00–8:30

      Paraffin Peek-a-Boo: A New View of Wax Deposition

      Tyler Stenstrom, Lilian Padula, Graham Drummond | SLB

    • 8:30–9:00

      Fundamental Studies for Management of Asphaltenes in Operations

      Scott R. Hickman, S. Mark Zheng | ExxonMobil

    • 9:00–9:30

      Laboratory-to-Field Correlation of Asphaltene Deposition Investigated Using Quartz Crystal Microbalance under High-Pressure and High- Temperature

      Thomas Hu, Jose Macias, Maurice Pierce | SLB

    • 9:30–10:00

      Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) Pigging Recovery Operations

      David Roberts | Alyeska Pipeline Service Company

      Scott Hickman | Exxon Mobil

    • 10:00–10:30

      Coffee Break

    • 10:30–11:00

      Investigating the Effect of Production Tubing Inner Coating on Asphaltene Deposition in Oil Wells — Experimental and Numerical Study

      Eissa Al-Safran, Omran Taqi, Y. Alhouli | Rice University

      A. Aql | Kuwait University

      M. Ghasemi | Stratum Reservoir

      S. Biswal | Rice University

    • 11:00–11:30

      Some Practical Strategies for Overcoming Flow Assurance Challenges of Black Wax Crude from the Uinta Basin, Utah

      Milind D. Deo, Yichen Wang, Jaye Magda | University of Utah

    • 11:30–12:00

      On the Nature of Waxphaltene Deposition in Offshore Production Systems: The Role of Iso- and Cyclic Paraffin Molecules

      Amir Mahmoudkhani, Matthew Deshotels, Julio Garcia | Jacam Catalyst

• Posters

  • Fluid Characterization

    Viscosity Reduction of Alaska Heavy Oil by the Dissolution of Solvents

    Hyun Woong Jang, Syed Asad, Yamin Man, Yin Zhang, Abhijit Dandekar | University of Alaska Fairbanks

  • Fluid Characterization

    Importance of Method Selection for Mercury Pipeline Specification Evaluation

    Michael Langford | Expro

  • Fluid Characterization

    Adaptive Polymer Screening for Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) in Alaska North Slope: A Multi-Reservoir Rheological and Fluid Interaction Study

    Lucy Anozie | University of Alaska Fairbanks

  • Fluid Characterization

    Enhancing PVT Properties Prediction for Brazilian Pre-Salt Oils with PVT Digital — Machine Learning and Empirical Correlation Models

    Emerson Lourenço, Alexandre Jaime Mello Vieira | Petrobras

  • Fluid Characterization

    Surface Thermodynamic Properties of Asphaltene Monomolecular Films

    Ronaldo Gonçalves dos Santos, Mayara Alves Rosa Neves | FEI University Center – Brazil

  • Energy Transition I: H2 and Renewables

    Fluid Sampling of Naturally Occurring Hydrogen Reservoirs

    Jan Bon, Alexander Ortega, Wojciech Nalepa, Giang Do | Petrolab Australia

  • Energy Transition I: H2 and Renewables

    Optimizing Hydrogen Storage and Withdrawal Efficiency in Depleted Gas Reservoirs

    Gbenga A. Adetoyi | University of Alaska Fairbanks

  • Energy Transition I: H2 and Renewables

    A Novel Modeling Approach for the Production of Circular Jet Fuel from Waste Plastic Pyrolysis Oils — A Case Study Using Molecule-Based (MB) Aspen HYSYS

    Zhen Hou, Pratyush Agarwal, Pushpesh Sharma, Lingxiang Li, Chao Liang, Rongmei Zhu, Shu Wang, Darin M. Campbell | Aspen Technology Inc

  • Energy Transition I: H2 and Renewables

    Recycled Aluminum and Wastewater as a Feedstock for Decentralized Hydrogen Generation — An Attractive On-demand Green Energy Solution

    Evgeniya Hristova, Stanislav R. Stoyanov, Lindsay J. Hounjet, Md. Hosnay Mobarok, Victor da Silva | Natural Resources Canada, CanmetENERGY Devon

    Simeon Nachev, Elena Ulate Kolitsky, Daniela Bellon Monsalve | Centre de métallurgie du Québec (CMQ)

  • Emulsions and Produced Water Management

    Evaluation of the Influence of Pressure, Temperature, and Demulsifier Concentration on Heavy Oil Emulsion Stability

    Juliana Otavia Bahú, Suelen Gauna Trindade, Ana Carolina Silva da Cunha, Carlos Eduardo Perles, Marcelo de Souza Castro, Vanessa Cristina Bizotto Guersoni | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)

  • Emulsions and Produced Water Management

    Geochemical Fingerprints and Sediment Alteration in Danish Offshore Fields

    Neri Bonciani | DTU Offshore, Technical University of Denmark

    R. Jakobsen, B. Lauridsen | Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland

    K. Feilberg | DTU Offshore, Technical University of Denmark

  • Emulsions and Produced Water Management

    Extracting Critical Raw Materials from North Sea Produced Water While Minimizing Reservoir and Ecosystem Damage

    Maksim Kurbasov, Neri Bonciani, Karen Louise Feilberg | DTU Offshore, Technical University of Denmark

  • Upgrading and Fouling

    Catalytic Aquathermolysis of Vacuum Residue for the Partial Upgrading of Bitumen

    Sukhyun Lim, Nam Sun Nho, Hung Hai Pham, Kwang-ho Kim, Youngdoo Kim, Young-Hwan Chu | Korea Institute of Energy Research

  • Upgrading and Fouling

    Techno-economic Analysis of Ultrasonically Enhanced Oxidative Desulfurization of Heavy Fuel Oil

    Shekhar R Kulkarni, Naydu Zambrano | King Abdullah University of Science & Technology

    Musaed Ghrami, Mohammed Dossary, Saudi Aramco Company, Deoras Prabhudharwadkar, William Roberts | King Abdullah University of Science & Technology

  • Energy Transition II: CCS and CCUS

    Feasibility of CO₂ Sequestration in the Delaware Basin: Evaluating the Thirtyone and Fusselman Formations in Lea County, New Mexico

    Sajjad Esmaeilpour, Godsway Akpabli | New Mexico Tech University

  • Energy Transition II: CCS and CCUS

    A Phase-state-radius-based Multiphase State Identification Method to Accelerate the Compositional Simulation of Hydrocarbons-CO2-H2O Transport

    Bin Yuan, Gang Huang | China University of Petroleum (East China)

  • Energy Transition II: CCS and CCUS

    Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Development, Route Selection, Design Parameters, and Economic Analysis from the Alaskan Range to Cook Inlet Reservoirs

    John H. Halford IV | University of Alaska

  • Energy Transition II: CCS and CCUS

    Fuel Agnostic Cryogenic Capture of CO₂, SOₓ and NOₓ from Ship Exhaust Streams

    Sai Shrinivas Sreedharan, Deoras Prabhudharwardkar, William Roberts, Marcelo Benitez, Sylvain Michaux | King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

  • Energy Transition II: CCS and CCUS

    Enhancing Oil Recovery Using a Hybrid Low Salinity Water and Surfactant-Alternating-CO₂ Gas Injection Process for Ugnu Heavy Oil

    Asad Hassan Syed, Hyun Woong Jang, Temitope Fred Ogunkunle | University of Alaska Fairbanks

    Nurudeen Yekeen | Edith Cowan University

    Yamin Man, Yin Zhang, Abhijit Dandekar | University of Alaska Fairbanks

  • Energy Transition II: CCS and CCUS

    Evaluation of CO2 Sequestration Potential in Ugnu Heavy Oil Formation on Alaska North Slope During the EOR Process

    Yamin Man | University of Alaska Fairbanks

  • Energy Transition II: CCS and CCUS

    Geochemical Interactions and Reservoir Integrity in CO₂ Storage: Insights from the San Andres and Morrow Formations

    Hamid Rahnema, Audrey Ayensigna, Sajjad Esmaeilpour | New Mexico Tech

    Babak Shabani | INTERA Inc

  • Energy Transition II: CCS and CCUS

    Microfluidic and Core Flooding Investigations of Carbonated Water Flooding for Enhanced Oil Recovery, CO2 Sequestration, and Produced Water Disposal

    Sushobhan Pradhan, Prem Bikkina, Khandaker Fahim Anjum, Clint Aichele | Oklahoma State University

  • Case Studies and Emerging Technologies

    Effect of Crude Oil Composition on Methane Foam Stability in Oil-wet Porous Media

    Emmanuel Sarpong, Keerti Vardhan Sharma, Lamia Goual, Mohammad Piri | University of Wyoming

  • Case Studies and Emerging Technologies

    Novel Solution for Effective Tight Oil Enhanced Oil Recovery Via Co-Injection of Gas and Surfactant Laden Water

    Gordon Pospisil | EOR ETC LLC

    David Schecter | Louisiana State University

  • Case Studies and Emerging Technologies

    Implementation of Workflow for Validation and Onsite Analysis of Openhole Fluid Samples During Formation Evaluation

    Michael Langford | Expro

  • Case Studies and Emerging Technologies

    Laboratory and Theoretical Assessment of the Effect of Shut-in Pressure Maintenance on the Post-Frac Soaking Efficiency in Shale Oil/Gas Reservoirs

    Boyun Guo, Jin Xue | University of Louisiana at Lafayette

  • Flow Assurance

    Fractionation and Analysis of Asphaltene Deposits: Insights into Inhibitor Interactions and Deposition Control for a Field in the Gulf of America

    Wendy Wei, Tran Cao, Priyanka Juyal | ChampionX

  • Flow Assurance

    Baker Hughes Asphaltene Inhibitor Application Allowed Gas-Lift Operation Resulting in 17% Increased Production

    Abhishek Golchha, David Jennings, Patrick Hulsey, Andrew Yen and Geoffrey Checkan | Baker Hughes

  • Flow Assurance

    Asphaltene Inhibitor Evaluation & Selection for Field with Low Asphaltene Content Crude Oils

    David W. Jennings, Andrew Yen and Abhishek Golchha | Baker Hughes

  • Flow Assurance

    Benchmarking of Asphaltene Deposition Test Methods

    Tyler Stenstrom, Elham Mahmoodaghdam, Fatima Zohra Benaceur, Graham Drummond, Hema Rampersad, Jaehoon Bae, Lilian Padula | SLB

  • Flow Assurance

    Revisiting Thermal Preconditioning: A Surprising Inverse Relationship Between Preheating Temperature and Pour Point

    Jens Pfeiffer | PSL Systemtechnik

    Hans Oschmann, Emery Oleochemcials, Matthias Berling | Neptune Energy

    Fidel Lopez Gomez | PSL Systemtechnik

  • Flow Assurance

    Impact of Formation Brine Chemistry on Asphaltene Deposition in Production Systems

    Omar Elkhatib, Corbin Metoyer, Maurice Pierce, Fang Wei, Christopher Russell | SLB

  • Flow Assurance

    Engineering Polymeric Pour Point Depressants: Correlating Polymer Chemistry with Flow Assurance in Waxy Crude Oils

    Teja Sree Addepalli, Lalit Kumar | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

  • Flow Assurance

    Effect of Asphaltene Control Chemicals on Asphaltene Deposition and Remediation: A QCMD Study

    Saugata Gon, Priyanka Juyal, Rebecca Lucente-Schultz, Omar Elkhatib Elmasry | SLB

  • Flow Assurance

    Controlled Synergy Effects Between Paraffin Inhibitors and Their Winterization Process

    Wojciech Jakubowski, Aaronica Patterson, Justin Breitigam | Baker Hughes