News & Events

• 02/2023: Our collaborative peer-reviewed journal article which proposed a novel method for predicting oil and gas produced water volume was accepted for publication in Environmental Science: Advances.

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• 02/2023: Dr. Kolawole gave an invited Seminar Talk at the Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Rutgers University - Newark, New Jersey, on February 1, 2023.

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• 02/2023: Our collaborative peer-reviewed journal article focused on the review of oil and gas produced water was accepted for publication in SPE Production & Operations (IF =1.4).

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• 12/2022: Our collaborative peer-reviewed journal article focused on mechanisms controlling the injection of Supercritical cyclic gases in Shale rocks for enhanced fluid recovery was accepted for publication in Energy & Fuels (IF =4.65).

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• 11/2022: Our peer-reviewed journal article focused on mechanical responses of rock-microbial interaction in dolostones was accepted for publication in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (IF =6.52).

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• 11/2022: Our collaborative peer-reviewed journal article focused on rock physics modeling of changes in mechanical and fracture properties in shale rocks due to pore-fluid flow was accepted for publication in Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources  (IF = 4.86).

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• 11/2022: Our peer-reviewed journal article focused on microbial-induced hydrocarbon recovery in carbonate reservoirs was accepted for publication in Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment (IF =4.6).

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• 10/2022: Our collaborative peer-reviewed journal article focused on nano- to macro-Scale physico-mechanical and mineralogical alterations in shale rocks due to long-term supercritical CO2 (ScCO2) interaction during CO2 sequestration was accepted for publication in Applied Energy  (IF = 11.45).

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• 10/2022: Dr. Kolawole gave an invited talk at the Fall 2022 Seminar in the Department of Civil Engineering, Stony Brook University, NY, on October 21, 2022. For more info: link

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• 10/2022: Our collaborative peer-reviewed journal article focused on the sustainable reuse of underground energy-produced effluents during hydrocarbon production was accepted in Environment, Development and Sustainability (IF =4.1).

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• 09/2022: Our peer-reviewed journal article focused on containment & CO2 storage security in carbonates was accepted for publication in International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control (IF =4.4).

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• 09/2022: Our collaborative peer-reviewed journal paper focused on CO2-water alternating gas (CO2-WAG) for CO2 sequestration was accepted for publication in Energy & Fuels (IF =4.65).

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•  08/2022: Our collaborative peer-reviewed journal paper focused on purpose-specific water treatment units used in the oil and gas industry and their technological advancements was accepted for publication in SPE Production & Operations (IF =1.4).​

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• 06/2022: Dr. Kolawole received a 2022 Future Leader Award from the American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA). For more information on this Award click here: ARMA Future Leader

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• 06/2022: We attended the 56th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics  (ARMA) Symposium held on June 26-29, 2022 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.