Research
Captured carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants and industrial manufacturing plants reduce the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere. Research can aid in understanding and predicting the behavior, chemical changes, and pressure effects of using captured CO2 in oil and gas recovery processes or storing it safely in subsurface reservoirs.
Focus Areas
Research in carbon capture, utilization and storage includes:
- Carbon dioxide mineralization
- Carbon dioxide subsurface behavior
- Carbon dioxide storage regulation and reporting
- Monitoring subsurface carbon dioxide plume movement
- Sequestration site selection
- Subsurface storage capacity estimation
Faculty Researchers
Below is a list of petroleum engineering faculty members who perform research in one or more of the focus areas.
Sara Abedi
- Associate Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- Stephen A. Holditch Faculty Fellow
- Affiliated Faculty, Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Office: RICH 401L
- Phone: 979-845-2920
- Email: sara.abedi@tamu.edu
Maria A. Barrufet
- Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- Assistant Department Head, Staff Administration, Petroleum Engineering
- Director, Online Learning, Petroleum Engineering
- Baker Hughes Endowed Chair
- Affiliated Faculty, Chemical Engineering
- Office: RICH 407C
- Phone: 979-845-0314
- Email: barrufet@tamu.edu
Akhil Datta-Gupta
- Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- L.F. Peterson '36 Chair I
- University Distinguished Professor
- Regents Professor
- Affiliated Faculty, Chemical Engineering
- Member, National Academy of Engineering
- Office: RICH 507
- Phone: 979-845-2268
- Email: datta-gupta@tamu.edu
Jihoon Kim
- Associate Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- Larry A. Cress '76 Faculty Fellow
- Office: RICH 501L
- Phone: 979-845-2205
- Email: jihoon.kim@tamu.edu
Kiseok Kim
- Assistant Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- Office: RICH 401P
- Phone: 979-458-7674
- Email: k.kim@tamu.edu
W. John Lee
- Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- Kelly L. '87 and William D. '87 Von Gonten, Jr. DVG Chair in Petroleum Engineering
- Regents Professor
- Member, National Academy of Engineering
- Office: RICH 501F
- Phone: 979-845-2208
- Email: john-lee@tamu.edu
D. Nathan Meehan
- Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- Member, National Academy of Engineering
- Office: RICH 709
- Phone: 979-862-6416
- Email: meehan@tamu.edu
George J. Moridis
- Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- Robert L. Whiting Chair in Petroleum Engineering
- Office: RICH 407L
- Phone: 979-458-4470
- Email: moridis@tamu.edu
Hadi Nasrabadi
- Associate Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- Aghorn Energy Career Development Professor
- Affiliated Faculty, Multidisciplinary Engineering
- Office: RICH 501M
- Phone: 979-862-6483
- Email: hadi.nasrabadi@tamu.edu
Hamidreza Samouei
- Research Assistant Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- Office: RICH 407J
- Email: samouei@tamu.edu
Rita Esuru Okoroafor
- Assistant Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- Office: RICH 501P
- Phone: 979-458-3273
- Email: ritaok@tamu.edu
Kan Wu
- Associate Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- Class of ’75 DVG Associate Professor
- Office: RICH 501Q
- Phone: 979-862-7654
- Email: kan.wu@tamu.edu
