Methods & Tools

How we innovate

  • Subsurface sample library (sedimentary and igneous/metamorphic)
  • Sample prep studies (initial conditions)
  • Synthetic cores prep (standards)
  • Imbibition studies
  • Porosity, pore size distribution and connectivity
  • Wettability characterization
  • Mineralogy and pore/grain morphology (reactive and accessible surface area)
  • Petrophysics (connecting core/geologic and reservoir engineering data); e.g., low-field NMR
  • Multimodal microscopy 
  • 2D-3D microfluidics and nanofluidics
  • Nano-confinement mechanisms
  • Thin films and capillary interfaces
  • Advection and diffusion, gas partitioning 
  • Dissolution and precipitation
  • Emulsions in porous structures
  • Fracture-to-matrix transport (leak off)
  • Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); pore-scale modeling
  • Advection and diffusion
  • Dissolution and precipitation
  • Relative permeability and capillary pressure curves (imbibition & drainage)
  • Core- and reservoir-scale modeling (evaluate pore-scale impacts)
  • Multimodal collocation
  • Optical and electron microscopy
  • Time-lapse multiphase flow
  • Image analysis