Barati Research Group
Reza Barati Ghahfarokhi
Don W. Green Professor
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
Director of the Tertiary Oil Recovery Program (TORP)
Enhanced Oil Recovery Research:
- Enhanced Water-Flooding Through Modification of Injection-Brine
- CO2 EOR- Mobility and Conformance Control
- Chemical/Polymer Flooding of Heavy Oil Reservoirs: Application of Nanoparticles
- Oilfield Nanoparticles
- CCUS
- Gas Huff-N-Puff
Drilling, Hydraulic Fracturing and Acid Treatment Research:
- Application of Nanoparticles and Nano proppants In Hydraulic Fracturing and Drilling in High-Pressure, High-Temperature Conditions
- Development of Environmentally- and Equipment-Friendly Alternatives for Acid-Based Fracturing Fluids
- Waterless/Foam Fracturing
- Simulation Study of Hydraulic Fracture Propagation and Cleanup in Tight Unconventional Reservoirs
- Reservoir Stimulation for Enhanced Geothermal Systems
- Reservoir Stimulation for Natural Hydrogen Production
Unconventional Reservoirs Research:
- Characterization and Simulation of Tight Organic-Rich Resources
- Fluid Flow Through Nano-Sized Pores
- EOR for Shale Oil Reservoirs: Gas Huff-N-Puff and Wettability Alteration
- HPHT Gas Adsorption
- Choke Management
- Development of Deep Reservoirs for Enhanced Geothermal Purposes
- CCUS in Organic-Rich Rocks
New Energy Ventures:
- Natural Hydrogen: Resource and Reservoir Characterization/Simulation, Stimulation Techniques, Drilling and Production Methods
- Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS): CO2 Capture, Reservoir Characterization/Simulation, Seal Integrity, Hydro-Geomechanical-Geochemical Interactions
- Critical Minerals: Extraction Methods from Brine, REE/CM from Enhanced Geothermal and CCUS Fluids
- Energy Storage: Geomechanical Integrity of Rocks in Contact with Fluids, Flow Through Free-Flow and Darcy-Flow Regions, Diffusion Through Seal Rocks