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Yongan (Peter) Gu

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Ph.D., P.Eng.
Professor
Energy Systems Engineering

Contact Info

Office Number: 306-585-4630
6R 201.2

Research Interests

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) and Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), Vapour Extraction (VAPEX) and Joint Implementation of Vapour Extraction (JIVE), Post-cold Heavy Oil Production (CHOP) and Chemical EOR, Reservoir Characterization; Carbon Dioxide (CO2) EOR Monitoring and Modeling, Solvent-based EOR and In-situ Enhanced Heavy Oil Recovery (EHOR), Asphaltene Precipitation, Flocculation, and Deposition during Solvent-based EOR

Education

Ph.D. (University of Alberta)
M.Sc. (Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China)
B.Sc. (Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China)

Publications

  1. Temporal and spatial temperature distributions and heavy oil production performances in hot-water flooding processes at different water temperatures and injection rates
    J Yao, W Zou, Y Gu
    CASE STUDIES IN THERMAL ENGINEERING 73
  2. Optimum timing of CO2-cyclic solvent injection (CO2-CSI) in the heavy oil reservoirs
    W Zou, J Yao, Y Gu
    Geoenergy Science and Engineering 239, 212931
  3. Solvent Exsolution and Liberation from Different Heavy Oil–Solvent Systems in Bulk Phases and Porous Media: A Comparison Study
    W Zou, Y Gu
    Energies 17 (10), 2287
  4. Application of nanoparticle to enhance foamy oil performance
    Y Li, Z Du, H Qing, Y Gu, F Zeng
    SPE/AAPG/SEG Latin America Unconventional Resources Technology Conference
  5. A Novel Multi-Phase Strategy for Optimizing CO2 Utilization and Storage in an Oil Reservoir
    J Yao, W Yuan, X Peng, Z Chen, Y Gu
    Energies 16 (14), 5289