Department of Petroleum EngineeringPhysical Sciences
William Ampomah
100 Publications12 Research Themes56 Open Access
Research Overview & Focus
The researcher has developed innovative methods for improving oil recovery through carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery (EOR) by integrating advanced computational models, machine learning, and geomechanical modeling techniques. Their work focuses on enhancing reservoir performance, optimizing CO2 sequestration processes, and advancing hydrocarbon exploration methodologies to develop more efficient extraction solutions for the energy sector.
Key Research Themes (12)
Physical Sciences
Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering
Physical Sciences
Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies
Physical Sciences
CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions
Physical Sciences
Energy Load and Power Forecasting
Physical Sciences
Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques
Physical Sciences
Geological Modeling and Analysis
Physical Sciences
Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods
Physical Sciences
Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
Physical Sciences
Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
Physical Sciences
Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
Physical Sciences
Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
Physical Sciences
Seismic Waves and Analysis
Publications (100)
A comprehensive experimental study on the mechanisms of waterflood inefficiency in a Morrowan sandstone reservoir
Open AccessUnsteady- and Steady-State Relative Permeability Study with X-ray and Acoustic Monitoring for CO<sub>2</sub> Storage in Deep Saline Aquifers
Impact of Vaporization on Mineral Changes and Salt Precipitation During CO2 Storage
The assessment of leakage risk on the CO2 saline aquifer storage with presence of impurities
Integrated Geochemical Modeling for CO2 Sequestration in the San Juan Basin, New Mexico
Application of smart proxy model for multi-optimization of CO2-EOR design in farnsworth unit with production-injection well conversion
Open AccessCCUS Perspectives: Assessing Historical Contexts, Current Realities, and Future Prospects
Open AccessIntegrated Asset Modeling of a Coupled Reservoir for Production Optimization
Unveiling the Enigma of Waterflood Inefficiency: A Multifaceted Analysis of Geological, Petrophysical, and Reservoir Dynamics - A Case Study in a Morrowan Clastic Reservoir
Experimental Investigation of Waterflood Performance Challenges in a Low-Permeability Morrowan Sandstone Reservoir: Implications for Mechanistic Modeling and Enhanced Oil Recovery Optimization
Mechanisms of Waterflood Inefficiency: Analysis of Geological, Petrophysical and Reservoir History, a Field Case Study of FWU (East Section)
Open AccessCoupled Geomechanical Model and 3D Dynamic Flow Simulation for the Potential CO2 Injection into Deep Aquifer Siluro-Devonian Carbonate Formations, Delaware Basin
Enhancing Production Forecasting in Fractured Shale Gas Reservoirs Using a Hybrid ARIMA-EMD-LSTM Approach
A Case Study Demonstrating Corrective Actions Analysis Performed as Part of the San Juan Basin CarbonSAFE Project
Open AccessExperimental Study of Brine Compatibility on Water-Alternating-CO2 Injection in Low-Permeability Morrowan Sandstone Reservoir
The Implementation Underground CO2 Sequestration: Caprock Integrity Analysis on the Todilto Shale of San Juan Basin
Predictive modeling of energy‐related greenhouse gas emissions in Ghana towards a net‐zero future
Data-driven modeling for forecasting oil recovery: A timeseries neural network approach for tertiary CO2 WAG EOR
Time‐lapse VSP integration and calibration of subsurface stress field utilizing machine learning approaches: A case study of the morrow B formation, FWU
Open AccessCoupled Hydromechanical Modeling and Assessment of Induced Seismicity at FWU: Utilizing Time-Lapse VSP and Microseismic Data
Open AccessMicroseismic Monitoring at the Farnsworth CO2-EOR Field
Open AccessZeta potential prediction of dominant sandstone minerals via surface complexation modelling
Open AccessForecasting Oil Recovery Using Long Short Term Memory Neural Machine Learning Technique
Seismic Monitoring at the Farnsworth CO2-EOR Field Using Time-Lapse Elastic-Waveform Inversion of 3D-3C VSP Data
Open AccessImplementation of CCS at San Juan Basin, New Mexico: Minimization of the Impact on the Underground Drinking Water Sources
Field‐scale reactive transport assessment of CO<sub>2</sub> storage in the Farnsworth unit through enhanced oil recovery practices
Techno-economic life cycle assessment of CO2-EOR operations towards net negative emissions at farnsworth field unit
Open AccessSimulation study of chemo‐mechanical impacts of CO<sub>2</sub> injection in morrow b sandstone reservoir
Open AccessQuantitative interpretation of time‐lapse seismic data at Farnsworth field unit: Rock physics modeling, and calibration of simulated time‐lapse velocity responses
Open AccessDemonstration Numerical Simulation of Field-Scale CO2 Sequestration Project with Complex Faulting System in San Juan Basin, USA
Forecasting CO2 Sequestration with Enhanced Oil Recovery
Open AccessAssessment of chemo-mechanical impacts of CO2 sequestration on the caprock formation in Farnsworth oil field, Texas
Open AccessDevelopment of Site Characterization and Numerical Modeling Workflow of Acid Gas Injection for MRV-45Q Application
Optimization of Water-Alternating-CO2 Injection Field Operations Using a Machine-Learning-Assisted Workflow
Overview of Safe Subsurface Storage of CO2 in Saline Reservoirs: San Juan Basin CarbonSAFE Phase III
Open AccessCorrigendum to ’ A comprehensive techno-eco-assessment of CO2 enhanced oil recovery projects using a machine-learning assisted workflow’ [International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control volume 111 (2021) 103480]
Probabilistic Assessment and Uncertainty Analysis of CO2 Storage Capacity of the Morrow B Sandstone—Farnsworth Field Unit
Open AccessOptimization of Water-Alternating-CO2 Injection Field Operations Using a Machine-Learning-Assisted Workflow
Development of Time Lapse VSP Integration Workflow: A Case Study at Farnsworth CO2-EOR Project
Open AccessA comprehensive techno-eco-assessment of CO2 enhanced oil recovery projects using a machine-learning assisted workflow
Open AccessMultiscale Assessment of Caprock Integrity for Geologic Carbon Storage in the Pennsylvanian Farnsworth Unit, Texas, USA
Open AccessTime-Lapse Integration at FWU: Fluids, Rock Physics, Numerical Model Integration, and Field Data Comparison
Open AccessNumerical Modeling of CO2 Sequestration within a Five-Spot Well Pattern in the Morrow B Sandstone of the Farnsworth Hydrocarbon Field: Comparison of the TOUGHREACT, STOMP-EOR, and GEM Simulators
Open AccessQuantitative analysis of the influence of capillary pressure on geologic carbon storage forecasts case study: CO2-EOR in the Anadarko basin, Texas
Open AccessA Gate-to-Gate Life Cycle Assessment for the CO2-EOR Operations at Farnsworth Unit (FWU)
Open AccessRelative Permeability: A Critical Parameter in Numerical Simulations of Multiphase Flow in Porous Media
Open AccessPractical CO2—WAG Field Operational Designs Using Hybrid Numerical-Machine-Learning Approaches
Open AccessMultiscale Assessment of Caprock Integrity for Geologic Carbon Storage in the Pennsylvanian Farnsworth Unit, Texas, USA
Open AccessA Comprehensive Techno-eco-assessment of CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery Projects Using a Machine-learning Assisted Workflow
Open AccessRecent Developments in Modeling: Farnsworth Texas, CO <sub>2</sub> EOR Carbon Sequestration Project
Open AccessHarnessing the power of machine learning for carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) – a state-of-the-art review
Open AccessEvaluation of Geo-Mechanical-Chemical Impacts of Co2 Injection to Depleted Oil Reservoirs
Open AccessCharged Wellbore Casing Controlled Source Electromagnetics (CWC-CSEM) for Reservoir Imaging and Monitoring (Final report)
Open AccessCo-optimizing water-alternating-carbon dioxide injection projects using a machine learning assisted computational framework
Open AccessReactive chemical transport simulations of geologic carbon sequestration: Methods and applications
Open AccessAssessment of CO2 trapping mechanisms in partially depleted oil-bearing sands
Open AccessMachine learning based co-optimization of carbon dioxide sequestration and oil recovery in CO2-EOR project
Open AccessDesign and Optimization of CO2-WAG Projects Using an Artificial-Intelligence Assisted Computational Framework
Open AccessDevelopment and application of a machine learning based multi-objective optimization workflow for CO2-EOR projects
Open AccessCarbon Storage and Enhanced Oil Recovery in Pennsylvanian Morrow Formation Clastic Reservoirs: Controls on Oil–Brine and Oil–CO2 Relative Permeability from Diagenetic Heterogeneity and Evolving Wettability
Open AccessMulti-Objective Optimization of CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery Projects Using a Hybrid Artificial Intelligence Approach
Seismic monitoring of CO2-EOR operations in the Texas Panhandle and southern Kansas using surface seismometers
Open AccessCoupled Geomechanical Modeling to Assess Cap Rock Integrity and Mechanical Fault Stability: Application to Farnsworth Field Unit Project
Open AccessEvaluation of CO2-EOR Performance and Storage Mechanisms in an Active Partially Depleted Oil Reservoir
Coupled Hydrodynamic-Geomechanical Modelling of CO2-WAG Field Development at Farnsworth Unit: A Case Study
Open AccessAssessment of Enhanced Oil Recovery and CO2 Storage Capacity Using Machine Learning and Optimization Framework
Multicomponent reactive transport of carbon dioxide in fluvial heterogeneous aquifers
Three-Phase Compositional Simulation Modeling Coupled with Reactive Transport: Application to Farnsworth Field CO <sub>2</sub> -EOR and Storage Project
Open AccessAssignment and calibration of relative permeability by hydrostratigraphic units for multiphase flow analysis, case study: CO2-EOR operations at the Farnsworth Unit, Texas
Open AccessDiagenetic Capillary Heterogeneity Influences Multiphase Flow, Enhanced Oil Recovery, and CO 2 Storage in a Depleted Brownfield Reservoir
2018Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques
Time-lapse vertical seismic profile for CO2 monitoring in carbon capture, utilization , and sequestration/EOR, Farnsworth project
Surface-seismic monitoring of an active CO2-EOR operation in the Texas Panhandle using broadband seismometers
Heterogeneity-assisted carbon dioxide storage in marine sediments
Open AccessImproving oil recovery and CO2 storage in a mature oil field using CO2 EOR approach
2017Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
Integrated Reservoir Modeling of CO 2 -EOR Performance and Storage Potential in the Farnsworth Field Unit, Texas.
2017Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
Passive seismic monitoring of an active CO2-EOR operation in Farnsworth, Texas
Open AccessCo-optimization of CO2-EOR and Storage Processes under Geological Uncertainty
Open AccessCO2 Sequestration and Enhanced Oil Recovery at Depleted Oil/Gas Reservoirs
Open AccessInjectivity Evaluation for Offshore CO2 Sequestration in Marine Sediments
Open AccessInterpretation of Tracer Experiments on Inverted Five-spot Well-patterns within the Western Half of the Farnsworth Unit Oil Field
Open AccessPerformance assessment of CO2-enhanced oil recovery and storage in the Morrow reservoir
Optimum design of CO2 storage and oil recovery under geological uncertainty
Open AccessNumerical Simulation of CO2-EOR and Storage Potential in the Morrow Formation, Ochiltree County, Texas
Evaluation of CO<sub>2</sub> Storage Mechanisms in CO<sub>2</sub> Enhanced Oil Recovery Sites: Application to Morrow Sandstone Reservoir
Co‐optimization of CO<sub>2</sub>‐EOR and storage processes in mature oil reservoirs
Open AccessCO<sub>2</sub> Accounting and Risk Analysis for CO<sub>2</sub> Sequestration at Enhanced Oil Recovery Sites
Uncertainty analysis of carbon sequestration in an active CO2-EOR field
Open AccessAn Improved Approach for Sandstone Reservoir Characterization
Optimization of CO2-EOR Process in Partially Depleted Oil Reservoirs
Performance of CO2-EOR and Storage Processes Under Uncertainty
Probabilistic Reserves Assessment and Evaluation of Sandstone Reservoir in the Anadarko Basin
An Integrated Approach for Characterizing a Sandstone Reservoir in the Anadarko Basin
Farnsworth Field CO2-EOR Project: Performance Case History
Compositional Simulation of CO2 Storage Capacity in Depleted Oil Reservoirs
Reservoir Fluid Characterization for Miscible Enhanced Oil Recovery
Analysis of Upscaling Algorithms in Heterogeneous Reservoirs with Different Recovery Processes
Uncertainty quantification for CO2 sequestration and enhanced oil recovery
Open AccessComparison of Probabilistic Techniques in the Study of Fluid Effects on Seismic Properties
Uncertainty Quantification for CO2 Sequestration and Enhanced Oil Recovery
Open AccessNumerical Simulation of Carbon Dioxide Injection in the Western Section of the Farnsworth Unit
Open AccessAcademic Metrics
DepartmentDepartment of Petroleum Engineering
Total Publications100
Research Themes12
Open Access Papers56
Department of Petroleum Engineering
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