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Richard H. Worden is affiliated with the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom. Their research spans the fields of Engineering and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on several specialized subfields including Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering, Earth-Surface Processes, Environmental Engineering, and Ocean Engineering.

The primary topics of Richard H. Worden's research include:

  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis
  • Geological formations and processes
  • CO2 sequestration and geologic interactions
  • Methane hydrates and related phenomena
  • Geological and geochemical analysis
  • Enhanced oil recovery techniques

Frequent collaborators of Richard H. Worden feature several researchers with notable numbers of joint publications. These co-authors include:

  • James E.P. Utley
  • Joshua Griffiths
  • James E. Houghton
  • N. Simon
  • Robert A. Duller

Richard H. Worden has contributed to a range of publication venues, often appearing in:

  • Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • Geosciences
  • Sedimentary Geology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Geological Society London Special Publications

Some recent research papers authored or co-authored by Richard H. Worden include:

  • "Chlorite in sandstones," 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • "Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage (CCS) in Saline Aquifers versus Depleted Gas Fields," 2024, Geosciences

Other recent relevant papers from related research, though not authored by Worden, are:

  • "A criteria-driven approach to the CO2 storage site selection of East Mey for the acorn project in the North Sea," 2021, Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • "Sedimentological and diagenetic controls on the reservoir quality of marginal marine sandstones buried to moderate depths and temperatures: Brent Province, UK North Sea," 2021, Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • "Diagenesis and its controls on reservoir quality of the Tambar oil field, Norwegian North Sea," 2020, Energy Geoscience

Best Publications

  • Clay minerals in sandstones; controls on formation, distribution and evolution

    Richard H. Worden;Sadoon Morad

  • Sandstone Diagenesis: The Evolution of Sand to Stone

    R. H. Worden;S. D. Burley;S. D. Burley

  • H2S-producing reactions in deep carbonate gas reservoirs: Khuff Formation, Abu Dhabi

    R.H. Worden;P.C. Smalley

  • Thermochemical sulphate reduction and the generation of hydrogen sulphide and thiols (mercaptans) in Triassic carbonate reservoirs from the Sichuan Basin, China

    Chunfang Cai;Richard H. Worden;Simon H. Bottrell;Lansheng Wang

  • Quartz cementation in oilfield sandstones: a review of the key controversies

    Richard Worden;Sadoon Morad

  • Gas Souring by Thermochemical Sulfate Reduction at 140¡C: Reply

    R. H. Worden;P. C. Smalley;N. H. Oxtoby

  • Thermochemical sulphate reduction in Cambro-Ordovician carbonates in Central Tarim

    Chunfang Cai;Wangshui Hu;Richard H Worden

  • Methane-dominated thermochemical sulphate reduction in the Triassic Feixianguan Formation East Sichuan Basin, China: towards prediction of fatal H2S concentrations

    Chunfang Cai;Zengye Xie;Richard H. Worden;Guoyi Hu

  • Thermochemical sulphate reduction (TSR): experimental determination of reaction kinetics and implications of the observed reaction rates for petroleum reservoirs

    Martin M. Cross;David A.C. Manning;Simon H. Bottrell;Richard H. Worden

  • Geological storage of carbon dioxide

    Shelagh J. Baines;Richard H. Worden

  • Diagenesis and reservoir quality of the Sherwood Sandstone (Triassic), Corrib Field, Slyne Basin, west of Ireland

    S Schmid;R.H Worden;Q.J Fisher

  • Distinguishing Cambrian from Upper Ordovician source rocks: Evidence from sulfur isotopes and biomarkers in the Tarim Basin

    Chunfang Cai;Kaikai Li;Ma Anlai;Chunming Zhang

  • TSR versus non-TSR processes and their impact on gas geochemistry and carbon stable isotopes in Carboniferous, Permian and Lower Triassic marine carbonate gas reservoirs in the Eastern Sichuan Basin, China

    Q.Y. Liu;R.H. Worden;Z.J. Jin;W.H. Liu

  • The Influence of Rock Fabric and Mineralogy on Thermochemical Sulfate Reduction: Khuff Formation, Abu Dhabi

    R.H. Worden;P.C. Smalley;M.M. Cross

  • Chlorite in sandstones

    Richard Worden;Josh Griffiths;Luke Wooldridge;James Utley

  • The long-term fate of CO2 in the subsurface: natural analogues for CO2 storage

    Shelagh J. Baines;Richard H. Worden

  • THE EFFECTS OF THERMOCHEMICAL SULFATE REDUCTION UPON FORMATION WATER SALINITY AND OXYGEN ISOTOPES IN CARBONATE GAS RESERVOIRS

    R.H. Worden;P.C. Smalley;N.H. Oxtoby

  • Diagenesis and reservoir quality of Miocene sandstones in the Vienna Basin, Austria

    Susanne Gier;Richard H. Worden;William D. Johns;Hans Kurzweil

  • Dawsonite cement in the Triassic Lam Formation, Shabwa Basin, Yemen: A natural analogue for a potential mineral product of subsurface CO2 storage for greenhouse gas reduction

    Richard H. Worden

  • Development of microporosity, diffusion channels and deuteric coarsening in perthitic alkali feldspars

    Richard H. Worden;F. David L. Walker;Ian Parsons;William L. Brown

  • Geochemical evolution of a palaeolaterite: the Interbasaltic Formation, Northern Ireland

    I.G Hill;R.H Worden;I.G Meighan

Frequent Co-Authors

Chunfang Cai
Chunfang Cai Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lei Jiang
Lei Jiang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Alastair Ruffell
Alastair Ruffell Queen's University Belfast
Daniel R. Faulkner
Daniel R. Faulkner University of Liverpool
Sadoon Morad
Sadoon Morad Khalifa University
David M. Hodgson
David M. Hodgson University of Leeds
Quentin J. Fisher
Quentin J. Fisher University of Leeds
David A. C. Manning
David A. C. Manning Newcastle University
Andrew C. Aplin
Andrew C. Aplin Durham University
Simon H. Bottrell
Simon H. Bottrell University of Leeds

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