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Overview

J. William Carey is affiliated with Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on engineering and environmental science, with significant contributions in mechanical engineering, ocean engineering, and environmental engineering. Carey's work further extends into subfields such as mechanics of materials and civil and structural engineering.

Their research topics cover a wide range of areas related to hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis, drilling and well engineering, groundwater flow and contamination studies, CO2 sequestration and geologic interactions, seismic imaging and inversion techniques, rock mechanics and modeling, and hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis.

Carey has published numerous papers in various respected venues, with a notable presence in:

  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition
  • Proceedings of the 9th Unconventional Resources Technology Conference
  • Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering
  • International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Carey include:

  • From Fluid Flow to Coupled Processes in Fractured Rock: Recent Advances and New Frontiers, 2022, Reviews of Geophysics
  • Scale-Bridging in Three-Dimensional Fracture Networks: Characterizing the Effects of Variable Fracture Apertures on Network-Scale Flow Channelization, 2021, Geophysical Research Letters
  • A machine learning framework for rapid forecasting and history matching in unconventional reservoirs, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Homogenization of Dissolution and Enhanced Precipitation Induced by Bubbles in Multiphase Flow Systems, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Stress-dependent fracture permeability measurements and implications for shale gas production, 2020, Fuel

Carey collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including Luke Frash, Hari Viswanathan, N. Welch, Wenfeng Li, and Meng Meng, reflecting ongoing teamwork in related research areas.

Best Publications

  • Shale gas and non-aqueous fracturing fluids: Opportunities and challenges for supercritical CO2

    Richard S. Middleton;J. William Carey;Robert P. Currier;Jeffrey D. Hyman

  • The Environmental Costs and Benefits of Fracking

    Robert B. Jackson;Avner Vengosh;J. William Carey;Richard J. Davies

  • Analysis and performance of oil well cement with 30 years of CO2 exposure from the SACROC Unit, West Texas, USA

    J. William Carey;Marcus Wigand;Steve J. Chipera;Giday WoldeGabriel

  • Wellbore integrity analysis of a natural CO2 producer

    Walter Crow;J. William Carey;Sarah Gasda;D. Brian Williams

  • Magnesium sulphate salts and the history of water on Mars.

    David T. Vaniman;David L. Bish;Steve J. Chipera;Claire I. Fialips

  • Geochemical effects of CO2 sequestration in sandstones under simulated in situ conditions of deep saline aquifers

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  • From Fluid Flow to Coupled Processes in Fractured Rock: Recent Advances and New Frontiers

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  • Review: Role of chemistry, mechanics, and transport on well integrity in CO2 storage environments

    Susan A. Carroll;William J. Carey;David Dzombak;Nicolas J. Huerta

  • Experimental investigation of wellbore integrity and CO2–brine flow along the casing–cement microannulus

    J. William Carey;Robert Svec;Reid Grigg;Jinsuo Zhang

  • Recent advances in risk assessment and risk management of geologic CO2 storage

    Rajesh J. Pawar;Grant S. Bromhal;J. William Carey;William Foxall

  • The cross-scale science of CO2 capture and storage: from pore scale to regional scale

    Richard S. Middleton;Gordon N. Keating;Philip H. Stauffer;Amy B. Jordan

  • Development of a hybrid process and system model for the assessment of wellbore leakage at a geologic CO2 sequestration site.

    Hari S. Viswanathan;Rajesh J. Pawar;Philip H. Stauffer;John P. Kaszuba

  • Geochemical effects of CO2 sequestration on fractured wellbore cement at the cement/caprock interface

    Marcus Wigand;John P. Kaszuba;J. William Carey;W. Kirk Hollis

  • Effectiveness of supercritical-CO2 and N2 huff-and-puff methods of enhanced oil recovery in shale fracture networks using microfluidic experiments

    Phong Nguyen;J. William Carey;Hari S. Viswanathan;Mark Porter

  • Fracture-permeability behavior of shale

    J. William Carey;Zhou Lei;Esteban Rougier;Hiroko Mori

  • Stability of hydrous minerals on the martian surface

    David L. Bish;J. William Carey;David T. Vaniman;Steve J. Chipera

  • Thermal Behavior of Natural Zeolites

    David L. Bish;J. William Carey

  • Understanding hydraulic fracturing: a multi-scale problem.

    J. D. Hyman;J. Jiménez-Martínez;H. S. Viswanathan;J. W. Carey

  • Geochemistry of Wellbore Integrity in CO2 Sequestration: Portland Cement-Steel-Brine-CO2 Interactions

    J. William Carey

  • Experimental Evaluation of Wellbore Integrity Along the Cement-rock Boundary

    Dennis L. Newell;J. William Carey

  • Pre-site characterization risk analysis for commercial-scale carbon sequestration.

    Zhenxue Dai;Philip H. Stauffer;J. William Carey;Richard S. Middleton

  • Geo-material microfluidics at reservoir conditions for subsurface energy resource applications

    Mark L. Porter;Joaquín Jiménez-Martínez;Ricardo Martinez;Quinn McCulloch

Frequent Co-Authors

Hari S. Viswanathan
Hari S. Viswanathan Los Alamos National Laboratory
David L. Bish
David L. Bish Indiana University
Jeffrey D. Hyman
Jeffrey D. Hyman Los Alamos National Laboratory
Rajesh J. Pawar
Rajesh J. Pawar United States Department of Energy
Qinjun Kang
Qinjun Kang Los Alamos National Laboratory
Steve J. Chipera
Steve J. Chipera Planetary Science Institute
Philip H. Stauffer
Philip H. Stauffer Los Alamos National Laboratory
David T. Vaniman
David T. Vaniman Planetary Science Institute
Gianluca Cusatis
Gianluca Cusatis Northwestern University
Michael A. Celia
Michael A. Celia Princeton University

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