CO2 injection into geological formations is a crucial means for carbon sequestration on a climate-impact scale. Nevertheless, the storage capacity in subsurface porous rocks is limited by the poor sweep and trapping efficiency of the gas injected. Foam is a promising technology for improved gas sweep and trapping, which enhances the storage capacity and safe trapping of CO2. One key to success of foam applications for large-scale carbon sequestration lies on long-distance placement of foam into formations. The goal of this project is to determine the conditions for long-distance propagation of CO2 foam in porous media and quantify the impact of influential factors. The results are expected to demonstrate the feasibility of CO2 foam for large-scale carbon sequestration on lab scale.

An appropriate educational degree supplemented with documented evidence to support the following: • a PhD degree in reservoir engineering, petroleum engineering, hydrology or any discipline closely related to multi-phase flow through porous media. • Experiences in conducting complex coreflood experiments • Excellent writing and oral communication skills in English • Acceptable to travel to collaborating institutions • Good spirit in team work

• background in physics of foam in porous media, foam for enhanced oil recovery or foam for CCS. • Experienced with commercial reservoir simulators, e.g. STARS module for foam simulation in CMG • Programming skills with Matlab or Python • Experienced with foam coreflooding experiments

31/05/2025