Ce projet fera appel à la modélisation mathématique afin de contribuer à la réalisation d’un modèle géologique de la subsurface de la Terre. On supposera que le modèle est exact lorsque les données sismiques liées au modèle correspondront de manière raisonnable aux données sismiques enregistrées à la surface de la Terre. On utilisera alors le […]

Les réserves de pétrole et de gaz naturel sont cachées dans de profondes structures géologiques qui forment des réservoirs pour ces fluides. La détection de ces réservoirs, le suivi de l'écoulement des fluides dans ces structures et l'extraction des précieuses ressources nécessitent des technologies et algorithmes d'imagerie avancés. Ce projet vise à mettre au point […]

This project will use computer modelling to aid in building a geological model of the earth’s subsurface. The model is assumed to be accurate when seismic data from the model reasonably matches seismic data recorded on the surface of the earth. The movement of wave energy within the model will then be used to aid […]

Oil and gas resources are hidden deep within the earth in geological structures which form reservoirs for these fluids. Finding these reservoirs, and monitoring the flow of fluids within these structures requires advanced imaging technologies and algorithms for the successful recovery of these valuable resources. This project will develop a newly proposed mathematical approach to […]

Delayed coking is an integral process in upgrading heavy, unusable crude oil to lighter, usable products such as gasoline. Coke drums are insulated, vertically oriented cylindrical pressure vessels that facilitate such a process. Due to the process of delayed coking, these drums are subjected to cyclic thermal-mechanical loading and episodes of thermal shock. One of […]

Glacial Isostatic Adjustment (GIA), also known as Postglacial Rebound, describes how the Earth responds to different loading/unloading processes, through deformation and vertical motion. One important loading/unloading process includes the Wisconsinan Glaciation Episode and the last glacial maximum, approximately 21ka BP. The unloading processes since led to vertical motion centered around James Bay/Hudson Bay, Canada, with […]

The proposed research is a multi-disciplinary project, which aims at improving existing theories and developing innovative technologies to unlock Canada’s oil and gas resources in a more sustainable way. Theoretical models derived from physics and mathematics are to be examined with real data, and new approaches will be developed to face the technical challenges. Mentorship […]