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Dr. Kishore Mohanty

Center for Subsurface Energy and the Environment

Research Areas

Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery

  • Alkaline-Surfactant-Polymer (ASP)
  • Polymer Flooding
  • Alkali–Cosolvent–Polymer Flooding (ACP)
Gas & Foam Enhanced Oil Recovery

  • Miscible and Immiscible Gas/Foam Floods
  • Foams with Wettability Alteration
  • Asphaltene Precipitation and Wettability
Hydraulic Fracturing

  • Proppant Transport via Energized Fluids
  • Acid Treatment of Shales
  • Tracer Eluting Proppants
Enhanced Oil Recovery in Unconventional Resources

  • Chemical EOR in Shales
  • Wettability Alteration
  • Huff-n-Puff Gas Injection
Nanotechnology

  • Nanoparticle-Stabilized Foams
  • Microencapsulation
  • In-Situ Emulsions