Professor SEAN RIGBY's Outputs (6)

Field performance and numerical simulation study on the toe to heel air injection (THAI) process in a heavy oil reservoir with bottom water (2022)
Journal Article
Anbari, H., Robinson, J. P., Greaves, M., & Rigby, S. P. (2023). Field performance and numerical simulation study on the toe to heel air injection (THAI) process in a heavy oil reservoir with bottom water. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 220(Part B), Article 111202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2022.111202

Extra-heavy oil and bitumen (EHOB) comprise 30 percent of the remaining recoverable fossil fuel resources on Earth. This means EHOB could play an important role in a secure transition towards net zero emissions (NZE) by 2050. Technological developmen... Read More about Field performance and numerical simulation study on the toe to heel air injection (THAI) process in a heavy oil reservoir with bottom water.

Pore Structure-Transport Relationships in Bowland Shale (2022)
Book Chapter
Pitcher, E. G., Fletcher, R. S., Large, D. J., & Rigby, S. P. (2023). Pore Structure-Transport Relationships in Bowland Shale. In The Bowland Shale Formation, UK: Processes and Resources (183-200). Geological Society. https://doi.org/10.1144/sp534-2021-97

Shale rocks are highly structurally and chemically heterogeneous, such that the pore structure-transport relationship is complex. Shales typically have porosity over many length-scales from the molecular up to macroscopic fractures. This work utilize... Read More about Pore Structure-Transport Relationships in Bowland Shale.

Impact of Exposure to Supercritical Carbon Dioxide on Reservoir Caprocks and Inter-Layers during Sequestration (2022)
Journal Article
Rigby, S. P., Alsayah, A., & Seely, R. (2022). Impact of Exposure to Supercritical Carbon Dioxide on Reservoir Caprocks and Inter-Layers during Sequestration. Energies, 15(20), Article 7538. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15207538

The long-term exposure of rocks to supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2) during sequestration creates structural and chemical changes. In turn, these lead to changes in the permeability of inter-layers and caprocks that can alter plume migration behav... Read More about Impact of Exposure to Supercritical Carbon Dioxide on Reservoir Caprocks and Inter-Layers during Sequestration.

Integration of multi-scale porosimetry and multi-modal imaging in the study of structure-transport relationships in porous catalyst pellets (2022)
Journal Article
Mousa, S., Novak, V., Fletcher, R. S., Garcia, M., Macleod, N., Corfield, M., & Rigby, S. P. (2023). Integration of multi-scale porosimetry and multi-modal imaging in the study of structure-transport relationships in porous catalyst pellets. Chemical Engineering Journal, 452(Part 1), Article 139122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.139122

The forming process for heterogeneous catalyst pellets impacts on reactor performance. In order to intelligently optimise the product formulation and manufacturing procedure, the impact of fabrication options on the resultant pore structure and mass... Read More about Integration of multi-scale porosimetry and multi-modal imaging in the study of structure-transport relationships in porous catalyst pellets.

Triangulation of pore structural characterisation of disordered mesoporous silica using novel hybrid methods involving dual-probe porosimetries (2022)
Journal Article
Mousa, S., Baron, K., Fletcher, R. S., & Rigby, S. P. (2022). Triangulation of pore structural characterisation of disordered mesoporous silica using novel hybrid methods involving dual-probe porosimetries. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 653, Article 130026. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.130026

The key issue, in applying indirect pore structure characterisation methods to disordered materials, is that usually some physical assumptions are necessary to probe pore size, such as concerning the mode of the phase transition used, which determine... Read More about Triangulation of pore structural characterisation of disordered mesoporous silica using novel hybrid methods involving dual-probe porosimetries.

Evolution of the mineralogy, pore structure and transport properties of Nordland Shale following exposure to supercritical carbon dioxide (2022)
Journal Article
Seely, R., Liddy, T. J., Rochelle, C. A., Fletcher, R. S., & Rigby, S. P. (2022). Evolution of the mineralogy, pore structure and transport properties of Nordland Shale following exposure to supercritical carbon dioxide. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 213, Article 110466. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2022.110466

The Nordland shale forms the caprock of the Utsira sands of the Sleipner reservoir currently used for carbon dioxide sequestration. The long-term exposure of shale rocks to supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2), or scCO2-brine mixtures, may lead to st... Read More about Evolution of the mineralogy, pore structure and transport properties of Nordland Shale following exposure to supercritical carbon dioxide.