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Research Projects
Active Funded Research Projects
Active Funded Research Projects
Energy Transition Geosolutions Geothermal Energy Production (GEP), Energy Storage (ES), and Carbon Storage and Sequestration (CSS) Potential in Kazakhstan Sedimentary Basins – Geological Baseline Study
Energy Transition Geosolutions Geothermal Energy Production (GEP), Energy Storage (ES), and Carbon Storage and Sequestration (CSS) Potential in Kazakhstan Sedimentary Basins – Geological Baseline Study
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Collaborative Research Grant 2021-2024
Energy Transition Geosolutions:
Energy Transition Geosolutions:
Geothermal Energy Production / geothermal assessment (basin scale), conventional and fractured reservoirs / aquifers (i.e. Oimasha granite) and enhanced geothermal systems
CO2 mineral trapping in sedimentary reservoirs (glauconite and/or UM rock fragments)
CO2 Storage by Adsorption in Coals and Organic-Rich Shales
Hydrogen Co-Production During CO2 Mineralization in Ultramafic Rocks
Hydrogen Production Potential from Deeply Buried Lacustrine (Hydrogen-Rich) Source Rocks
Energy Storage
Reservoir Architecture, Geomodeling, and Geological Controls on Uranium InSitu Recovery (ISR) - Paleocene-Eocene Uranium Bearing Formations - Phase 2 in progress.
Reservoir Architecture, Geomodeling, and Geological Controls on Uranium InSitu Recovery (ISR) - Paleocene-Eocene Uranium Bearing Formations - Phase 2 in progress.
Industry Fund: 2023 - 2025
Industry Fund: 2023 - 2025
Quantifying the relationships between fracture characteristics, facies architecture, and the resultant mechanical stratigraphy: Outcrop analogs for Tengiz and Korolev lower-slope (apron) reservoirs from the Guadalupe & Apache Mountains (USA) and the Bolshoi-Karatau Mountains (Kazakhstan)
Quantifying the relationships between fracture characteristics, facies architecture, and the resultant mechanical stratigraphy: Outcrop analogs for Tengiz and Korolev lower-slope (apron) reservoirs from the Guadalupe & Apache Mountains (USA) and the Bolshoi-Karatau Mountains (Kazakhstan)
Industry Fund: 2023-2025
Chevron Sustainability Grant: “Assessment of Kazakhstan Ultramafic-Mafic Complexes (Ophiolites and Basalts) for CO2 Sequestration: A Mineralogical and Geochemical Investigation for in situ Carbonation Processes and Implications for ex-situ applications
Chevron Sustainability Grant: “Assessment of Kazakhstan Ultramafic-Mafic Complexes (Ophiolites and Basalts) for CO2 Sequestration: A Mineralogical and Geochemical Investigation for in situ Carbonation Processes and Implications for ex-situ applications
Industry Fund: 2023-2024
Industry Fund: 2023-2024
Completed Projects
Completed Projects
Organic Rich Strata: Characterization, Origin, and Implications to Petroleum Exploration in Kazakhstan
Organic Rich Strata: Characterization, Origin, and Implications to Petroleum Exploration in Kazakhstan
Faculty Development Grant 2020 - 2023
Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of Uranium Bearing Formations in Chu-Sarysu Basin - Phase 1 completed, Phase 2 in progress.
Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of Uranium Bearing Formations in Chu-Sarysu Basin - Phase 1 completed, Phase 2 in progress.
Industry Fund: 2020 - 2023