NATHAN MOODIE

Research Assistant Professor

Civil & Environmental Engineering

RESEARCH INTERESTS

1-Multi-phase flow simulations of carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) focused on geologic carbon storage in deep saline aquifers and depleted oil and gas reservoirs. 2-Developing empirical formulas for determining relative permeability and capillary pressure from laboratory data. 3-Numerical modeling of uncertainty in two- and three-phase relative permeability relationships. 4-Using laboratory-measured fluid-rock interaction data for improving reservoir model resolution.

GRANTS

  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    FOUR CORNERS CARBON STORAGE HUB
    NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECH1 Oct 2024 - 2 Oct 2025
    NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECH
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    FOUR CORNERS CARBON STORAGE HUB-MATCH
    NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECH1 Oct 2024 - 2 Oct 2025
    NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECH
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    UTAH STATEWIDE CARBON STORAGE ASSESSMENT: GEOLOGICAL DATA GATHERING, ANALYSIS, SHARING, AND ENGAGEMENT
    13 Feb 2024 - 5 Dec 2026
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    UTAH STATEWIDE CARBON STORAGE ASSESSMENT: GEOLOGICAL DATA GATHERING, ANALYSIS, SHARING, AND ENGAGEMENT-MATCH
    13 Feb 2024 - 5 Dec 2026