Jose Alvarez
Contact
ATS Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Science - Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
- alvarez1@ualberta.ca
Overview
About
I'm a principal researcher and the lead of the steam processes team at InnoTech Alberta. I joined InnoTech Alberta (previously known as AITF and Alberta Research Council) in 2005. Before that, I worked for the Venezuelan national oil company PDVSA-INTEVEP (research arm of PDVSA) for almost 20 years, obtained M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in petroleum engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1996 and 1998, respectively.
Research
Research Areas:
Enhanced oil recovery (EOR): SAGD, Steam plus additives, Solvent injection, Heavy-oil waterflooding, Foam injection.
Research Interests:
Impact of geology on SAGD, expanding SAGD to challenging reservoirs (e.g. reservoirs with lean zones, top/bottom water, IHS) impact of geology and operating parameters on recovery mechanisms such as capillary pressure in heavy-oil waterflooding, developing post-CHOPS processes by exploiting the wormholes generated in CHOPS.
Teaching
Courses Taught:
IPG 516 (Petroleum Production)
PET E473 (Fundamental Reservoir Engineering)
PET 477 (Modelling in Petroleum Engineering)
Courses
IPG 516 - Petroleum Production
Overview of petroleum production in a modern industrial setting. Topics include relationships between geology, basic reservoir rock properties, surface and interfacial phenomena, fluid flow through porous media, classification of oil and natural gas reservoirs, and an introduction to reserve estimation principles and oil recovery strategies. [Faculty of Science]