Eric James Mackay

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Professor, School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society, Institute for GeoEnergy Engineering
Professor, School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society
Professor, Research Centres and Themes, Energy Academy

EmailE.J.Mackay@hw.ac.uk

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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

111 Paper
75 Conference contribution
73 Article
2 Conference article
9 More

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., 1 Oct 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 Compositional Effects on Global Flow Regimes in CO₂ Near-Miscible Displacements in Heterogeneous Systems

Wang, G., Pickup, G. E., Sorbie, K. S. & Mackay, E. J., Sep 2019, In : Transport in Porous Media. 129, 3, p. 743-759 17 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

File

Recovery

Oils

Computer simulation

Computer systems

Mass transfer

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-MS

Research 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 BV

Research 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

Datasets

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

Dataset