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Overview

William R. Rossen is affiliated with Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Environmental Science, with a significant focus on subfields such as Ocean Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Materials Chemistry.

The scientist's work centers on several main topics, including:

  • Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Groundwater flow and contamination studies

Recent publications authored or co-authored by William R. Rossen demonstrate their involvement in research related to CO2 sequestration and foam-assisted recovery methods. Notable papers include:

  • Potential and challenges of foam-assisted CO2 sequestration, 2024, Geoenergy Science and Engineering
  • Potential and Challenges of Foam-Assisted CO2 Sequestration, 2022, SPE Improved Oil Recovery Conference
  • Numerical investigations of foam-assisted CO2 storage in saline aquifers, 2021, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

Other relevant papers from the broader research group or collaborators include:

  • Foam Propagation at Low Superficial Velocity: Implications for Long-Distance Foam Propagation, 2020, SPE Journal
  • Simulation of Foam Enhanced-Oil-Recovery Processes Using Operator-Based Linearization Approach, 2021, SPE Journal

William R. Rossen has collaborated extensively with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Kishore K. Mohanty
  • Chun Huh
  • R. Farajzadeh
  • Jinyu Tang
  • Jiakun Gong

The scientist regularly publishes in venues recognized within the field of petroleum engineering and environmental energy research. Frequent publication venues include:

  • SPE Journal
  • SPE Improved Oil Recovery Conference
  • Geoenergy Science and Engineering
  • Transport in Porous Media
  • Fuel

Best Publications

  • Fundamentals of Enhanced Oil Recovery

    LW Lake;RT Johns;WR Rossen;GA Pope

  • Foam-oil interaction in porous media: implications for foam assisted enhanced oil recovery.

    R. Farajzadeh;R. Farajzadeh;A. Andrianov;R. Krastev;G.J. Hirasaki

  • Foams in Enhanced Oil Recovery

    William R. Rossen

  • Insights into the Mechanism of Wettability Alteration by Low-Salinity Flooding (LSF) in Carbonates

    Hassan Mahani;Arsene Levy Keya;Steffen Berg;Willem-Bart Bartels

  • A Model for Foam Generation in Homogeneous Media

    S.I. Kam;W.R. Rossen

  • Unified Model for Steady-State Foam Behavior at High and Low Foam Qualities

    J.M. Alvarez;H.J. Rivas;W.R. Rossen

  • Optimal Injection Strategies for Foam IOR

    D. Shan;W.R. Rossen

  • Foam Generation in Homogeneous Porous Media

    P. A. Gauglitz;F. Friedmann;Seung Ihl Kam;Seung Ihl Kam;W. R. Rossen

  • Foam Generation in Porous Media

    P.A. Gauglitz;F. Friedmann;S.I. Kam;W.R. Rossen

  • Percolation theory of creation and mobilization of foams in porous media

    W. R. Rossen;P. A. Gauglitz

  • Modeling Foams for Acid Diversion

    W.R. Rossen;M.W. Wang

  • Simulating Foam Processes at High and Low Foam Qualities

    L. Cheng;A.B. Reme;D. Shan;D.A. Coombe

  • Effect of Permeability on Implicit-Texture Foam Model Parameters and the Limiting Capillary Pressure

    R. Farajzadeh;R. Farajzadeh;M. Lotfollahi;A. A. Eftekhari;W. R. Rossen

  • Applying Fractional-Flow Theory to Foam Processes at the "Limiting Capillary Pressure"

    Zuhui Zhou;W.R. Rossen

  • The Method of Characteristics Applied to Oil Displacement by Foam

    Maryam Namdar Zanganeh;Seung Ihl Kam;Tara LaForce;William R. Rossen

  • Dynamic simulations with an improved model for foam generation

    Seung Ihl Kam;Quoc Phuc Nguyen;Qichong Li;William Richard Rossen

  • Injection Strategies To Overcome Gravity Segregation in Simultaneous Gas and Water Injection Into Homogeneous Reservoirs

    William R. Rossen;C.J. van Duijn;Quoc P. Nguyen;C. Shen

  • A critical review of Roof snap-off as a mechanism of steady-state foam generation in homogeneous porous media

    William R. Rossen

  • Simplified Mechanistic Simulation of Foam Processes in Porous Media

    W.R. Rossen;S.C. Zeilinger;J.X. Shi;M.T. Lim

  • Wettability evaluation of a CO2/water/bentheimer sandstone system: Contact angle, dissolution, and bubble size

    N. Shojai Kaveh;E. S. J. Rudolph;P. van Hemert;W. R. Rossen

  • Theory of mobilization pressure gradient of flowing foams in porous media

    William R Rossen

Frequent Co-Authors

Quoc Phuc Nguyen
Quoc Phuc Nguyen The University of Texas at Austin
Ali Eftekhari
Ali Eftekhari Technical University of Denmark
Pacelli L.J. Zitha
Pacelli L.J. Zitha Delft University of Technology
Jan Dirk Jansen
Jan Dirk Jansen Delft University of Technology
Russell T. Johns
Russell T. Johns Pennsylvania State University
George J. Hirasaki
George J. Hirasaki Rice University
Mojdeh Delshad
Mojdeh Delshad The University of Texas at Austin
Michiel T. Kreutzer
Michiel T. Kreutzer Delft University of Technology
Gary A. Pope
Gary A. Pope The University of Texas at Austin
Chun Huh
Chun Huh The University of Texas at Austin

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