Prof. Sebastian Geiger-Boschung
CMG Industrial Research Chair
Carbonate Reservoir Simulation

Education:

Biography:

Research:

General:

Publications:

[22] Geiger S, Cortis A, Birkholzer JT, Upscaling solute transport in naturally fractured porous media with the Continuous Time Random Walk Method. Water Resources Research, doi:10.1029/2010WR009133, in press.

[21] Zaretskiy Y, Geiger S, Sorbie KS, Foerster M, Efficient flow and transport simulations in reconstructed 3D pore geometries. Advances in Water Resources, doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2010.08.008, in press.

[20] Geiger S, Emmanuel S, Non-fourier thermal transport in fractured geological media. Water Resources Research, 46, W07504, doi:10.1029/2009WR008671, 2010. AGU Spotlight

[19] Lupi M, Geiger S, Graham C, Hydrothermal fluid flow within a tectonically active rift-ridge transform junction: the Tjornes Fracture Zone, Iceland. Journal of Geophysical Research, 115, B05105, 2010, doi:10.1029/2009JB006640.

[18] Ingebritsen SE, Geiger S, Hurwitz S, Driesner T, Numerical simulation of magmatic hydrothermal systems. Reviews of Geophysics, 48, RG1002, 2010, doi:10.1029/2009RG000287.

[17] Tambue A, Lord GJ, Geiger S, An exponential integrator for advection-dominated reactive transport in heterogeneous porous media. Journal of Computational Physics, 229(10), 3957-3969, 2010, doi:10.1016/j.jcp.2010.01.037.

[16] Crutchley G, Geiger S, Pecher IA, Gorman AR, Henrys SA, Zhu H, The potential influence of shallow gas and gas hydrates on sea floor erosion of Rock Garden, an uplifted ridge offshore of New Zealand. Geo-Marine Letters, 30, 283-303, 2010. doi:10.1007/s00367-010-0186-y.

[15] Holm R, van Dijke MIJ, Geiger S, Three-phase flow modelling using pore-scale capillary pressures and relative permeabilities for mixed-wet media at the continuum-scale. Transport in Porous Media, 81(3), 423-442, 2010. doi:10.1007/s11242-009-9415-0.

[14] Geiger S, Matthäi SK, Niessner J, Helmig R, Black-Oil simulations for three-component - three-phase flow in fractured porous media. SPE Journal, 14, 338-354, 2009.

[13] Coumou D, Driesner T, Geiger S, Paluszny A, Heinrich CA, High-resolution 3D simulations of mid-ocean ridge hydrothermal systems. Journal of Geophysical Research, 114, B07104, 2009.

[12] Coumou D, Matthäi SK, Geiger S, Driesner T, A parallel FE-FV scheme to solve fluid flow in complex geologic media. Computers and Geosciences, 34, 1697-1707, 2008.

[11] Driesner T, Geiger S, Numerical simulations of multiphase fluid flow in hydrothermal systems. In: Fluid-Fluid Interactions, eds., Liebscher A, Heinrich CA. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 65, 187-212, 2007.

[10] Matthäi SK, Geiger S, Roberts SG, Paluzny A, Belayneh M, Burri A, Mezentsev A, Lu H, Coumou D, Driesner T, Heinrich CA, Numerical simulations of multiphase fluid flow in structurally complex reservoirs. In: Structurally Complex Reservoirs, eds., Jolley SJ, Barr D, Walsh JJ, Knipe RJ. Geological Society of London Special Publications, 292, 405-429, 2007

[9] Geiger S, Driesner D, Heinrich CA, Matthäi SK, Multiphase thermohaline convection in the Earth's crust: I. A novel finite element - finite volume solution technique combined with a new equation of state for NaCl-H2O. Transport in Porous Media, 63, 399-434, 2006.

[8] Geiger S, Driesner D, Heinrich CA, Matthäi SK, Multiphase thermohaline convection in the Earth's crust: II. Benchmarking and application of a finite element - finite volume solution technique with a NaCl-H2O equation of state. Transport in Porous Media, 63, 435-461, 2006.

[7] Coumou D, Geiger S, Driesner D, Heinrich CA, Matthäi SK, The dynamics of mid-ocean ridge hydrothermal systems: The splitting plumes and fluctuating vent temperatures. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 245, 218-231, 2006.

[6] Belayneh M, Geiger S, Matthäi SK, Numerical simulation of water injection into layered fractured carbonate reservoir analogues. AAPG Bulletin, 90, 1473-1493, 2006.

[5] Geiger S, Driesner D, Heinrich CA, Matthäi SK, On the dynamics of thermohaline convection in the Earth's crust. Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, B07101, 2005.

[4] Geiger S, Roberts S, Matthäi SK, Zoppou C and Burri A, Combining finite element and finite volume methods for efficient multiphase flow simulations in highly heterogeneous and structurally complex geologic media. Geofluids, 4, 284-299, 2004.

[3] Geiger S, Roberts S, Matthäi SK, Zoppou C, Combining finite volume and finite element methods to simulate fluid flow in geologic media. ANZIAM Journal, 44(E), C180-201, 2003.

[2] Geiger S, Haggerty R, Dilles JH, Reed MH, Matthäi SK, New insights from reactive transport modeling: The formation of the sericitic vein envelopes during early hydrothermal alteration at Butte, Montana. Geofluids, 2, 185-201, 2002.

[1] Eisele J, Geiger S, Rahn M, Chemical Characterization of metabasites from the Turtmann Valley (Valais, Switzerland): Implications for their protolith and geotectonic Origin. Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 77, 403-417, 1997.

Selected conference proceedings

[12] Ahmed Elfeel MO, Couples GD, Geiger S, Ma J, Upscaled multi-phase flow properties of fracture corridors. SPE Paper 139463, 2010.

[11] Tambue A, Geiger S, Lord GJ, Exponential integrators for advection-dominated reactive transport in 3D anisotropic and heterogeneous porous media. In proceedings of the 12th European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery. Oxford, UK, 2010.

[10] Schmid KS, Geiger S, Sorbie KS, Analytical solutions for co- and countercurrent imbibition of sorbing, dispersive solutes in immiscible two-phase flow. In proceedings of the 12th European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery. Oxford, UK, 2010.

[9] Zaretskiy Y, Geiger S, Sorbie KS, Pore-scale modelling of chemically induced effects on two-phase flow. In proceedings of the 12th European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery. Oxford, UK, 2010.

[8] Geiger S, Fricke C, Schmid KS, Zaretskiy Y, Butler I, Elphick S, Sorbie KS, van Dijke MIJ, A combined numerical-experimental approach to study sub-grid transport processes in real carbonate rocks. In proceedings of the 72nd EAGE Conference & Exhibition. Barcelona, Spain, 2010.

[7] Agar SM, Geiger S, Matthai SK, Immenhauser A, Alway R, Tomas S, Shekhar R, Paul J, Benson G, Karcz Z, Kabiri L, The impact of hierarchical fracture networks on flow partitioning in carbonate reservoirs: Examples based on a Jurassic carbonate ramp analog from the High Atlas. SPE Paper 135135, 2010.

[6] Corbett PWM, Geiger S, Borges L, Garayev M, Gonzalez JG, Valdez C, Limitations in numerical well test modelling of fractured carbonate rocks. SPE Paper 130252, 2010.

[5] Weis P, Driesner T, Heirnich CA, Coumou D, Geiger S, Flow of brine and vapour in subaerial and Submarine magmatic hydrothermal systems. 10th Biennial Meeting of the Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits. Townsville, Australia, p. 873-875, 2009.

[4] Geiger S, Huangfu Q, Reid F, Matthäi SK, Coumou D, Belayneh M, Fricke C, Schmid K, Massively parallel sector scale discrete fracture and matrix simulations. SPE Paper 118924, 2009.

[3] Holm R, van Dijke MIJ , Geiger S, Espeda M, Consistent capillary pressure and relative permeability for mixed-wet systems in macroscopic three-phase flow simulation. In proceedings of the 11th European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery. Bergen, Norway, 2008

[2] Holm R, van Dijke MIJ , Geiger S, Espeda M, Three-phase flow modelling using pore-scale capillary pressure and relative permeability for mixed-wet systems. In proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Evaluation of Reservoir Wettability and Its Effect on Oil Recovery. Abu Dhabi, 2008.

[1] Geiger S, Matthäi SK, Niessner J, Helmig R, Black-Oil simulations for three-component - three-phase flow in fractured porous media. SPE Paper 107485, 2007.

Affiliations

Society of Petroleum Engineers
American Geophysical Union
Geological Society of America
Interpore