Tuesday 15th January 2025

Royal School of Mines Room G41

Agenda:

9:00am (Martin Blunt) ()

Session 1: Hydrogen storage – from pore-scale experiments to field-scale modelling

9:15am Waleed Dokhon –  ()
9:35am Ahmed Alzaabi – ()
9:55am Sepideh Goodarzi – ()
10:20am Ademola Adebimpe –   ()

10:50am Coffee break

11:10am Ibrahim Alobaidan – ()

Session 2: EOR and direct simulation
11:40am Hussain Alzahrani – ()
12:10am Sasha Karabasova – ()

12:20pm Lunch

Session 3: Experiments, modelling and reaction in complex rocks
1:30pm Anin Patmonoaji – ()
2:00pm Asli Gundogar – ()
2:30pm Olatunbosun Adedipe – ()
3:00pm Qianqian Ma – ()

3:30pm Coffee break

3:45pm Rukuan Chai – ()

Session 4: Machine learning and porous media
4:15pm Jack Ma – ()
4:35pm Shanlin Ye –  ()
4:55pm Linqi Zhu – ()


5:15pm Discussion and close


6:30pm Consortium dinner, Polish Club

 

 

Tuesday 16th January 2024

Royal School of Mines Room G41

Agenda:

9:00am Welcome coffee

9:30am Martin Blunt –  Welcome and introduction

Session 1: Hydrogen storage
9:30am Sepideh Goodarzi – Is there hysteresis in hydrogen storage and withdrawal: the impact of Ostwald ripening?
10:10am Waleed Dokhon – A pore-scale imaging study of the combined effects of displacement and pressure decline in hydrogen storage
10:40am Ahmed Alzaabi – Trapping in reservoir rocks: a comparative study of nitrogen, carbon dioxide and hydrogen

11:00am Coffee break

Session 2: Carbon dioxide and surfactants
11:20am Hussain Alzahrani – Pore-scale mechanisms of improved recovery in surfactant flooding
11:50am Olatunbosun Adedipe – Carbon-dioxide-cement interactions

12:20pm Lunch

Session 3: Pore-scale modelling
1:20pm Sajjad Foroughi – Multi-scale network modelling applied to complex samples
1:50pm Ademola Adebimpe – A statistical mechanical approach for pore-scale modelling of intermittency
2:20pm Mingliang Qu – Pore-scale modelling of heat and mass transfer in packed bed reactors and for thermal energy storage

2:50pm Coffee break

Session 4: Machine learning and porous media
3:20pm Jack Ma – Super-resolution imaging
3:50pm Yang Gao – AI-driven image segmentation for accurate characterization of wettability
4:10pm Shanlin Ye – A data-driven approach to drilling and avoiding excessive bit wear
4:30pm Gang Luo – Machine learning and NMR interpretation


4:50pm Close


6:30pm Consortium dinner, Polish Club

 

Thursday 12th January 2023

Royal School of Mines Room G38

Agenda:

 

9:00am        Welcome coffee
 

9:30am         Martin Blunt – Welcome and introduction to time-scales for equilibrium in gas storage (pdf)

10:00am       Sepideh Goodarzi - Trapping, Ostwald ripening and hysteresis in hydrogen storage (pdf)

10:30am       Mingliang Qu - Pore-scale modelling of heat and mass transfer in porous materials (pdf) 


11:00am       Coffee break


11:20am       Guanglei Zhang – Multiphase flow, pore-scale imaging and analysis in complex reservoir samples (pdf) 

12:00 noon  Hussein Alzahrani – Pore-scale imaging and analysis of surfactant flooding (pdf) 
 

12:30pm       Lunch 
 

1:30pm         Branko Bijeljic – Introduction to the afternoon

1:45pm        Sajjad Foroughi - Application of multi-scale network models to predict multiphase flow in samples with micro-porosity (pdf)

2:30pm        Luke Giudici – The generalized network model for multiphase flow calibration and comparison with direct numerical simulation (pdf)

3:00pm       Ademola Adebimpe – A thermodynamically-based pore network model of intermittency (pdf) 
 
3:30pm        Min Li – Modelling and analysis of multiphase flow in gas diffusion layers (pdf) 


4:00pm        Discussion and close

 

 

12th January 2022

Online meeting

Agenda:

 

9:00am   Martin Blunt  –  

9:30am   Abdulla Alhosani  –  

10:15am   Guanglei Zhang –  

10:45am  Break 

11:00am  Yihuai Zhang  –  

11:30am  Ahmed Selem –  


12 noon Lunch Break


1:00pm   Mohammad Javad Shojaei  –  

1:30pm   Luke Giudici  –  

2:00pm   Sajjad Foroughi  –  

2:30pm   Mingliang Qu –  
 
2:45pm   Sepideh Goodarzi –  

3:00pm   Hussein Alzahrani –  


3:15pm  Discussion and close

 

 

14th January 2021

Online meeting

Agenda:


9:00am   Martin Blunt  –  Welcome and introduction

9:10am   Lewis (Qingyang) Lin  –  

9:40am   Martin Blunt  –  

10:20am  Abdulla Alhosani – 

11:00am  Yihuai Zhang  –  

11:30am  Ahmed Selem – 


Break from 12 noon – 1:00pm


1:00pm   Takashi Akai  –  

1:40pm   Ali Raeini  –  

2:10pm   Luke Giudici  –  

2:40pm   Sajjad Foroughi  –  

3:10pm   Rodolfo de Oliveira – 


4:00pm  Discussion and close

 

 

7th January 2020

Royal School of Mines 1.47

Agenda:

9:00am Coffee

 Imaging and analysis

9:30am  Martin Blunt, “”

10:00am Qingyang (Lewis) Lin, “”

10:45am Coffee

11:00am Alessio Scanziani, “”

11:30am Abdulla Alhosani, “”

12:00 noon Lunch

 Modelling and reactive transport

1:30pm Takashi Akai, “Lattice Boltzmann simulation of enhanced oil recovery”

2:15pm Ali Raeini, “”

2:45pm Sajjad Fouroughi, “History matching a network model to the results of imaging experiments”

3:15pm Luke Giudici, “”

3:30pm Branko Bijeljic “”

4:00pm Discussion and close

 6:30pm Dinner – Mediterranean Kitchen, Gloucester Road

9th January 2019
Royal School of Mines G41


Agenda:


9:00am      Coffee
9:30am    ,  Martin Blunt  and  Branko Bijeljic
9:45am    ,  Ali Raeini
10:30am  ,  Mosayeb Shams

11:00am    Coffee

11:30am  ,  Amer Alhammadi
12 noon  ,  Takashi Akai

12:30pm   Lunch

2:00pm  Machine learning applied to the geosciences,  Lukas Mosser
2:30pm  ,  Branko Bijeljic
3:00pm  ,  Thomas de Oliveira
3:30pm  ,  Rodolfo Oliveira

4:00pm  Discussion and close

6:30pm   Dinner: Polish Club, Exhibition Road

January 9th,  2018

Room G41, Royal School of Mines

 

9:00am       Coffee
9:30am       , Martin Blunt and Branko Bijeljic
  Session 1 – Statistics and experiments: a data-driven approach:
9:45am      , Lukas Mosser
10:15am     , Lewis Lin
10:45am    , Alessio Scanziani
 11:10am    Coffee
  Session 2 - Direct numerical simulation and contact angle characterization:
11:30am       , Ahmed Alratrout
12:00 noon  , Mosayeb Shams
12:30pm      , Takashi Akai
1:00pm        , Thomas de Oliveira
 1:30 pm      Lunch
  Session 3 – Pore-scale network modelling as an upscaling tool:
2:30pm     , Ali Raeini
3:10pm      , Tom Bultreys
3:50pm     , Hasan Nourdeen
 4:20pm   - Discussion and close

 

January 10th, 2017
Royal School of Mines 1.31

Agenda:

  •     9:00am   Coffee
  •     9:30am   Welcome and introduction, Martin Blunt
  •     9:45am   , Ali Raeini
  •     10:25am   , Mosayeb Shams
  •     10:55am   Coffee
  •     11:05am   ,  Amer Alhammadi
  •     11:25am   , Ahmed Alratrout
  •     11:45am   , Lewis Lin
  •     12:15pm   , Hasan Nourdeen
  •     12:45pm   Lunch
  •     2:00pm   Introduction to the afternoon talks, Branko Bijeljic
  •     2:15pm   Imaging and analysis of oil shale, Tarik Saif
  •     2:45pm   Statistical reconstruction of pore-space images, Lukas Mosser
  •     3:15pm   , Rodolfo Oliveira
  •     3:35pm   , Thomas de Oliveira
  •     4:05pm   Discussion and close
  •     6:30pm   Dinner: Polish Club, Exhibition Road

 

 

11th January 2016

Royal School of Mines 1.49/1.50

Agenda:

9:00am Coffee
9:30am    , Martin Blunt
9:45am    , Ali Raeini
10:30am   , Mosayeb Shams
11:00am   , Qingyang (Lewis) Lin
11:30am   , Ahmed Alratrout
12:00        , Hasan Nourdeen
12:30 pm  Lunch
1:45pm   , Zaki Al Nahari
2:15pm   , Joao Nunes
2:45pm   , Thomas de Oliveira
3:15pm   , Bagus Muljadi
3:45pm   In situ pore-scale imaging of oil shale recovery, Tarik Saif
4:15pm   Discussion and close
6:30pm   Dinner: To be arranged

  

 

12th January 2015

Royal School of Mines, G38

Agenda:

9:00am: Coffee
9.30am: "", Martin Blunt
9.45am: "", Matthew Andrew
10.45am: "", Ali Raeini
11.30am: "", Hasan Nourdeen
11:50pm "", Bagus Muljadi
12:20pm: Lunch 
2.00pm: "", Branko Bijeljic
2:40pm: "", Zaki Al-Nahari
3:20pm: "", Joao Pereira-Nunes
4:00pm: Coffee break
4:15pm: "", Yousef Al-Khulaifi
4:30pm: "", Ahmed Al-Ratrout
4:45pm: "", Tarik Saif
5:00pm  Discussion and close
6:30pm Dinner: Polish Club