Welcome to the Foundation CMG Chair in Carbonate Reservoir Simulation

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Carbonate reservoirs contain over 60% of the world's remaining conventional oil reserves and account for over 30% of the world's daily oil production. Similar volumes of heavy oil and gas can also be found in carbonate reservoirs.

However, most oil is left underground. On average less than 20% of available oil is recovered and a small (1 to 2 %) increase will make a substantial impact on global hydrocarbon reserves. This is due to the multi-porosity and multi-scale nature of carbonates, which poses significant challenges on reservoir characterisation, modelling, and simulation technologies. Due to the global significance of carbonate reservoirs, improved flow prediction and recovery in carbonate reservoirs are likely to be among some of the most significant developments for the oil and gas industry in the next decade.

Our research tackles these challenges and aims to improve our ability to characterise, model, and predict hydrocarbon recovery from carbonate formations, from pore- to reservoir-scale, using a range of state-of-the-art experimental and simulation technologies, many of them developed in-house.

Please note that this website is no longer maintained. The information can now be found at http://carbonates.hw.ac.uk


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