Research

Current Research Projects

  • Evaluation of fault leakage rates in the context of subsurface hydrogen and carbon storage, Funder: EPSRC, Shell, PI: Busch, CI: Doster, 2023-2025
  • Quantitative Geomechanical Risk Analysis Tool for Fast Screening of Injection Strategies for CO2 Storage, Funder: Petronas, PI: Doster, CI: Geiger, Haghighat, 2022-2024
  • Seal Analysis and Saline Aquifer Evaluation for Potential Carbon Capture and Storage Sites Offshore Peninsular Malaysia, Funder: Petronas, PI: Nicholson, CI: Doster, Busch, 2022-2024
  • RAMESSES: RAte dependency in Mass Exchange Shape factorS, Funder: Total,  PI: Doster, CI: Geiger, Total, 2019-2022

Past Research Projects

  • DETECT: Determining the risk of CO2 leakage along fractures of the primary caprock using an integrated monitoring and hydro-mechanical-chemical approach, Funder ACT, BEIS, EC, PI: Dean (Shell Global Solutions), CI: Busch, Doster, Geiger (HWU), Snippe, Kampmann (Shell), Hurst (Risktec Solutions), Bertier, Kroos (RWTH Aachen)    2017-2020
  • SECURE: Subsurface Evaluation of Carbon capture and storage and Unconventional Risk, Funder: European Commission, led by BGS, HWU: Busch, Doster, 2017-2021
  • Enabling Onshore CO2 Storage in Europe, European Research Council (H2020), led by BRGM, HWU: ElSheikh, Pickup, Doster, 2016-2020
  • Integrating Geomechanical Effects on Multiphase Flow in Multi-Scale Fracture Network Models, Funder: Total, PI: Geiger, 2017-2020
  • Fit for purpose simulator for scale management at production wells, Funder: Energy technology partnership and Foundation CMG, PI: Doster, CI: Mackay, Hesse (UT Austin),  2016-2019
  • Representing multi-scale aspects in fractured reservoirs, Funder: Total, PI: Doster, CI: Geiger, 2016-2019
  • Quantification of Forecast Reliability Of Reservoir Models Using Ensemble Based Techniques, Funder: Total, PI: ElSheikh, CI: Doster 2016-2019
  • Multiscale Modelling of CO2 Migration and Trapping in Fractured Reservoirs with Validation by Model Comparison and Real-Site Applications, Funder: US Department of Energy, led by Celia (Princeton University), HWU: Doster, Geiger, LBNL: Zhou, Birkholzer, 2014-2017