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Overview

James R. Boles is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains primarily within engineering and environmental sciences, with a particular focus on topics related to hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis.

Their work covers several interconnected fields and topics. The main fields of study include:

  • Engineering
  • Environmental Science

More specifically, their investigations delve into subfields such as:

  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering

The research topics they have explored involve:

  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis

James R. Boles has contributed to notable publications including:

  • "Hydrocarbon production reduces natural methane seeps in the Santa Barbara channel," 2023, Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • "Crude Oil/Brine/Rock Interactions during SmartWater Flooding in Carbonates: Novel Surface Forces Apparatus Measurements at Reservoir Conditions," 2020, SPE Improved Oil Recovery Conference

Frequent co-authors during their research activities include:

  • Grant Garven
  • Chris Peltonen
  • Kai Kristiansen
  • Roberto C. Andresen Eguiluz
  • Szu-Ying Chen

Their publication venues reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their research and include:

  • Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • SPE Improved Oil Recovery Conference

Best Publications

  • Clay Diagenesis in Wilcox Sandstones of Southwest Texas: Implications of Smectite Diagenesis on Sandstone Cementation

    James R. Boles;Stephen G. Franks

  • Active albitization of plagioclase, Gulf Coast Tertiary

    James R. Boles

  • Evolution of a hydrocarbon migration pathway along basin-bounding faults: Evidence from fault cement

    James R. Boles;Peter Eichhubl;Grant Garven;Jim Chen

  • Zeolite facies alteration of sandstones in the Southland Syncline, New Zealand

    J. R. Boles;D. S. Coombs

  • Temporal variation in natural methane seep rate due to tides, Coal Oil Point area, California

    J. R. Boles;J. F. Clark;I. Leifer;L. Washburn

  • Water-rock interaction in tertiary sandstones, San Joaquin basin, California, U.S.A. : diagenetic controls on water composition

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  • Natural marine seepage blowout: Contribution to atmospheric methane

    Ira Leifer;Bruce P. Luyendyk;Jim Boles;Jordan F. Clark

  • Mixed-layer illite/smectite minerals in Tertiary sandstones and shales, San Joaquin Basin, California

    Karl Ramseyer;J. R. Boles

  • Active ankerite cementation in the subsurface Eocene of southwest Texas

    James R. Boles

  • Measurement of marine hydrocarbon seep flow through fractured rock and unconsolidated sediment

    Ira Leifer;Jim Boles

  • In Situ Stable Isotopic Evidence for Protracted and Complex Carbonate Cementation in a Petroleum Reservoir, North Coles Levee, San Joaquin Basin, California, U.S.A

    Mostafa Fayek;T. Mark Harrison;Marty Grove;Kevin D. Mckeegan

  • Focused fluid flow along faults in the Monterey Formation, coastal California

    Peter Eichhubl;James R. Boles

  • Mineral Reactions in Zeolitic Triassic Tuff, Hokonui Hills, New Zealand

    James R. Boles;James R. Boles;Douglas S. Coombs

  • Pressure solution - The importance of the electrochemical surface potentials

    Kai Kristiansen;Markus Valtiner;George Wren Greene;James R. Boles

  • Diagenesis of Volcanic Sandstones

    Ronald C. Surdam;James R. Boles

  • Effects of Salinity on Oil Recovery (the “Dilution Effect”): Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Crude Oil/Brine/Carbonate Surface Restructuring and Associated Physicochemical Interactions

    Szu-Ying Chen;Yair Kaufman;Kai Kristiansen;Dongjin Seo

  • Rates of fluid flow in fault systems; evidence for episodic rapid fluid flow in the Miocene Monterey Formation, coastal California

    Peter Eichhubl;James R. Boles

  • Transient discharges from marine hydrocarbon seeps: spatial and temporal variability

    I. Leifer;J. R. Boles;B. P. Luyendyk;J. F. Clark

  • Role of electrochemical reactions in pressure solution

    George W. Greene;Kai Kristiansen;Emily E. Meyer;James R. Boles

  • AN EMPIRICALLY DERIVED KINETIC MODEL FOR ALBITIZATION OF DETRITAL PLAGIOCLASE

    Renee J. Perez;James R. Boles

  • Geochemical Influence on Diversity and Microbial Processes in High Temperature Oil Reservoirs

    V J Orphan;Shana K Goffredi;E F Delong;J R Boles

  • Structure, stratigraphy, and petrology of mainly Triassic rocks, Hokonui Hills, Southland, New Zealand

    James R. Boles

  • Carbon isotopic composition of organic acids in oil field waters, San Joaquin Basin, California, USA

    Stephen G Franks;Robert F Dias;Katherine H Freeman;James R Boles

  • Tracking calcium in the San Joaquin basin, California: A strontium isotopic study of carbonate cements at North Coles Levee

    J.L Schultz;J.R Boles;G.R Tilton

  • Influence of mica surfaces on pore-water pH

    James R. Boles;Kenneth S. Johnson

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacob N. Israelachvili
Jacob N. Israelachvili University of California, Santa Barbara
Peter Eichhubl
Peter Eichhubl The University of Texas at Austin
Grant Garven
Grant Garven Tufts University
Jordan F. Clark
Jordan F. Clark University of California, Santa Barbara
Karl Ramseyer
Karl Ramseyer University of Bern
Libe Washburn
Libe Washburn University of California, Santa Barbara
Ira Leifer
Ira Leifer University of California, Santa Barbara
Marty Grove
Marty Grove Stanford University
Hans-Rudolf Wenk
Hans-Rudolf Wenk University of California, Berkeley
Martin Moskovits
Martin Moskovits University of California, Santa Barbara

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