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Posted: July 19, 2017
Even oilfields aren’t immune to the ravages of time: A new study co-authored by Mohammad Masnadi and Prof. Adam Brandt finds that as some of the world’s largest oilfields age, the energy required to keep them operating can rise dramatically even as the amount of petroleum they produce drops.
Posted: April 18, 2017
Arvind Ravikumar and Prof. Adam Brandt show that recent regulations to reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas industry will cost 27% less than EPA estimates. However, the agency is also likely to fall short of its mitigation targets.
Arvind Ravikumar can be reached on Twitter at @arvindpawan1
Posted: October 27, 2016
A study co-authored by Prof. Adam Brandt finds that just a few natural gas wells account for more than half of the total volume of leaked methane gas in the United States. Fixing leaks at those top emitters could significantly reduce leaks of methane, a potent greenhouse gas.
Posted: April 20, 2016
The “virtual gas field simulator” developed by Arvind Ravikumar and colleagues calculates the economic costs of different technologies for plugging and repairing leaky natural gas wells.
Posted: June 17, 2015
Congratulations to recent M.S. graduates Chandler Kemp, Yuchi Sun, and Sharad Bharadwaj, as well as recent Ph.D. graduate Charles Kang!
Posted: June 12, 2015
Charles Kang of the EAO group successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis entitled "Computational optimization of design and variable operation of a CO2-capture-enabled coal-natural-gas power station". At our graduation celebration, he then successfully consumed a full rack of "victory ribs" (with help from his fellow grad students and his advisor). Congratulations Dr. Kang!
Posted: December 16, 2014
Phil Brodrick has published new research on integrating solar thermal with carbon capture and storage to capture CO2 emissions.
Posted: December 16, 2014
Daniel Roda-Stuart presented at the 2014 American Geophysical Union (AGU) conference on an analysis of methane emissions from the Barnett shale. Congratulations Daniel!
Posted: April 16, 2014
Jacob Englander's paper "Historical trends in greenhouse gas emissions of the Alberta oil sands (1970-2010)" has been selected as one of Environmental Research Letters top 25 "2013 Highlights" papers. Jacob's paper has been downloaded a total of 1557 times since November 18th 2013.
