PhD fellowship within reservoir engineering (CO2-EOR and storage modelling for sustainable utilization of the subsurface) - SO IV-25/22

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We have a vacancy for a three-year PhD Fellowship at Department of Geoscience and Petroleum (IGP), NTNU within reservoir engineering (CO2 EOR and storage modelling for sustainable utilization of the subsurface). The project should start no later than mid-August 2022. For a position as a PhD candidate, the goal is a completed doctoral education up to an obtained doctoral degree.

The position is part of the activities of the CEORS Gemini-Centre (CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery & Storage, https://www.ntnu.edu/ceors ). Subsurface modelling is traditionally performed using numerical reservoir simulation with challenges in uncertainty analysis, optimization, and decision-making. The objective of the proposed project is to develop new solutions for real-time modelling and optimization of CO2 injection for storage and enhanced recovery purposes. The new techniques can be applied to study the potential of H2 storage.

The successful candidate will be supervised by Associate Professor Ashkan Jahanbani Ghahfarokhi and co-supervised by Professor Curtis Hays Whitson. The position is in reservoir engineering and petrophysics group, and reports to the Head of the Department for employee matters and to the supervisors for project management and supervision.