Paper published on CO2 storage

Check out the latest reservoir modeling study evaluating a potential CO2 storage site in the Eastern Illinois Basin by CRFM student Daniel Rathmaier, CRFM Director Luis Zerpa and colleagues.  Find the paper at the following link:...

2023 Review

A lot happened at the CRFM in 2023. Here are just a few of the year’s highlights: AFRAH SIDDIQUE successfully defended her MS thesis titled, “Evaluation of a wettability modifier additive on improving oil recovery in fractured reservoirs”. Several students and...

Paper published

Recent graduate Gama Firdaus, along with co-authors Manika Prasad and Jyoti Behura, have just been published in Scientific Reports with a paper titled, “A novel anisotropy template for an improved interpretation of elastic anisotropy data”. The template...

Congratulations, Dr. Firdaus!

Congratulations to Gama Firdaus for successfully defending his PhD dissertation titled, “Stress- and direction-dependent analysis of elastic and petrophysical properties, and texture in unconventional rocks.” We look forward to watching what comes ahead...

Congrats on 2nd Place Finish in Innov8x Challenge

Congratulations to CRFM student Arkhat Kalbekov and his fellow Petroleum Engineering students Gizem Yildirim, and Meruyert Makhatova, who participated in an Innov8x Challenge Contest and won second place. During the competition, sponsoring companies presented their...