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Research interests
Oilfield scale
CO2 storage
Application of numerical simulation to reactive transport problems, from pore scale to reservoir scale
Main research interest is in oilfield scale as a Principal Investigator with the Flow Assurance and Scale Team ().FAST
Also work on projects on CO2 capture and storage with the Scottish Carbon Capture and Storage (SCCS).
Other research topics have included:
pore-scale modelling of gel formation and transport in porous media
the engineered depressurisation of waterflooded reservoirs
in situ combustion for heavy oil recovery
comparison of EOR techniques vs. infill well drilling for incremental production
Biography
Eric Mackay holds the Foundation CMG Chair in Reactive Flow Simulation in the Institute of Petroleum Engineering at Heriot-Watt University, where he has worked since 1990. His research interests include the study of fluid flow in porous media, such as the flow of oil, gas and water in subsurface geological formations. He has over 100 publications related primarily to maintaining oil production when faced with mineral scale deposition, but since 2005 he has also worked on Carbon Capture and Storage. He is involved in projects identifying methods for calculating secure CO2 storage potential in saline formations and depleted hydrocarbon reservoirs. As well as his research interests, Eric is involved in extensive consultancy activities, he delivers short courses for the oil industry and is a technical editor for a number of journals. He has also taught Reservoir Simulation to the residential and distance learning MSc classes at Heriot-Watt University since 1990. Eric holds a BSc in Physics from the University of Edinburgh and a PhD in Petroleum Engineering from Heriot-Watt University.
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Research Output 1996 2019
Acorn: Developing full-chain industrial carbon capture and storage in a resource- and infrastructure-rich hydrocarbon province
Alcalde, J., Heinemann, N., Mabon, L., Worden, R. H., de Coninck, H., Robertson, H., Maver, M., Ghanbari, S., Swennenhuis, F., Mann, I., Walker, T., Gomersal, S., Bond, C. E., Allen, M. J., Haszeldine, R. S., James, A., Mackay, E. J., Brownsort, P. A., Faulkner, D. R. & Murphy, S., 13 Jun 2019, In : Journal of Cleaner Production. 233, p. 963-971 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Carbon capture
Carbon dioxide
carbon dioxide
Hydrocarbons
infrastructure
Analysis of near-miscible CO2-WAG displacements: The distinction between compositional and interfacial tension effects
Wang, G., Pickup, G., Sorbie, K., Mackay, E. & Skauge, A., 10 Apr 2019, SPE Reservoir Simulation Conference 2019. Society of Petroleum Engineers , SPE-193907-MSResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Interfacial Tension
Surface tension
Oils
oil
preferential flow
Analytical and numerical solutions of chemical flooding in a layered reservoir with a focus on low salinity water flooding
Al-Ibadi, H., Stephen, K. & Mackay, E., 8 Apr 2019, 20th European Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery. EAGE Publishing BVResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Well flooding
flooding
Recovery
Flow of fluids
Water
Automatic optimization of oilfield-scale-inhibitor squeeze treatments delivered by diving-support vessel
Vazquez, O., Ross, G., Jordan, M. M., Baskoro, D. A. A., Mackay, E., Johnston, C. & Strachan, A., Feb 2019, In : SPE Journal. 24, 1, p. 60-70 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
support vessel
diving
inhibitor
Costs
cost
Barium sulphate scaling and control during polymer, surfactant and surfactant-polymer flooding
Al Kalbani, M. M., Jordan, M. M., Mackay, E. J., Sorbie, K. S. & Nghiem, L., 8 Apr 2019, Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE International Conference on Oilfield Chemistry 2019. Society of Petroleum Engineers , SPE-193575-MSResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Barium Sulfate
Barium
Surface-Active Agents
Polymers
Surface active agents
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The Analysis of Compositional Effects on Global Flow Regimes in CO2 Near-Miscible Displacements in Heterogeneous Systems
Wang, G. (Creator), Pickup, G. E. (Creator), Sorbie, K. S. (Creator), Mackay, E. J. (Creator), Heriot-Watt University, 19 Jan 2019
DOI: 10.17861/fc1c90bb-9d3f-4a6c-9170-7b7fe10ec7b9
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