Dr. Zachary Paul Alcorn is an interdisciplinary reservoir engineer and geoscientist focused on multiphase fluid flow during CO2 injection processes in subsurface reservoirs. His current research emphasizes bridging the gap between well-observed laboratory phenomena and field performance. He has expertise within special core analysis, reservoir characterization, geologic and reservoir modeling, numerical simulation and field pilot design, with in-depth knowledge of CO2 foam mobility control. He also serves as the Research Director for a Norwegian Petroleum Research Center, NCS2030. He holds a PhD in Reservoir Physics and a Master of Science in Geology.

PTEK 211

ENERGI 365

Lecture

• Lliguizaca Davila, Jorge Rodrigo; Mendoza-Sanz, Jorge; Brattekås, Bergit et al. (2024). An Experimental Investigation of Polymer Enhanced CO2 Foam Flooding: Foam Stabilization and CO2 Mobility Control. (external link)
• Alcorn, Zachary Paul (2023). CO2 Foam for Increasing CO2 Storage Potential. (external link)
• Alcorn, Zachary Paul (2023). CO2 Foam for Increasing CO2 Storage Capacity. (external link)
• Alcorn, Zachary Paul (2022). Laboratory and Field Insights of CO2 Foam. (external link)
• Alcorn, Zachary Paul (2022). CO2 Foam Field Pilot Modeling and Interpretations. (external link)
• Alcorn, Zachary Paul; Føyen, Tore Lyngås; Zhang, Leilei et al. (2020). CO2 Foam Field Pilot Design and Initial Results. (external link)
• Alcorn, Zachary Paul; Fredriksen, Sunniva; Sharma, Mohan et al. (2018). Integrated CO2 Foam EOR Pilot Program with Combined CCUS in an Onshore Texas Heterogeneous Carbonate Field. (external link)
• Alcorn, Zachary Paul; Fredriksen, Sunniva; Sharma, Mohan et al. (2017). CO2 Foam EOR Field Pilot - Pilot Design, Geologic and Reservoir Modelling, and Laboratory Investigations. (external link)
• Sharma, Mohan; Alcorn, Zachary Paul; Fredriksen, Sunniva et al. (2017). Numerical Modelling Study for Designing CO2-Foam Field Pilot. (external link)
• Alcorn, Zachary Paul; Fredriksen, Sunniva; Sharma, Mohan et al. (2017). Upscaling CO2 Foam for EOR and CO2 Storage from Lab to Field Scale. (external link)

Academic anthology/Conference proceedings

• Lliguizaca Davila, Jorge Rodrigo; Landa-Marbán, David; Gasda, Sarah Eileen et al. (2024). Data-Driven Predictions of CO2 EOR Numerical Studies Using MachineLearning in an Open-Source Framework. (external link)
• Sæle, Aleksandra Magdalena; Graue, Arne; Alcorn, Zachary Paul (2023). The Effect of Rock Type on CO2 Foam for CO2 EOR and CO2 Storage . (external link)

Academic article

• Benali, Benyamine; Fernø, Martin; Halsøy, Hilde et al. (2024). A Pore-Level Study of Dense-Phase CO<inf>2</inf> Foam Stability in the Presence of Oil. (external link)
• Tripathi, Rishabh; Alcorn, Zachary Paul; Graue, Arne et al. (2024). Combination of non-ionic and cationic surfactants in generating stable CO<inf>2</inf> foam for enhanced oil recovery and carbon storage. (external link)
• Benali, Benyamine; Sæle, Aleksandra Magdalena; Liu, Na et al. (2023). Pore-level Ostwald ripening of CO<inf>2</inf> foams at reservoir pressure. (external link)
• Alcorn, Zachary Paul; Sæle, Aleksandra Magdalena; Karakas, Metin et al. (2022). Unsteady-state CO2 foam generation and propagation: laboratory and field insights. (external link)
• Karakas, Metin; Alcorn, Zachary Paul; Aminzadeh, Fred et al. (2022). Pressure Measurements for Monitoring CO<inf>2</inf> Foam Pilots. (external link)
• Benali, Benyamine; Føyen, Tore Lyngås; Alcorn, Zachary Paul et al. (2022). Pore-scale bubble population dynamics of CO2-foam at reservoir pressure. (external link)
• Sæle, Aleksandra Magdalena; Graue, Arne; Alcorn, Zachary Paul (2022). Unsteady-state CO2 foam injection for increasing enhanced oil recovery and carbon storage potential. (external link)
• Alcorn, Zachary Paul; Karakas, Metin; Graue, Arne (2022). CO2 Foam Pilot in a Heterogeneous Carbonate Reservoir: Analysis and Results. (external link)
• Sæle, Aleksandra Magdalena; Benali, Benyamine; Føyen, Tore Lyngås et al. (2021). Hybrid Nanoparticle-Surfactant Stabilized Foams for CO2 Mobility Control at Elevated Salinities. (external link)
• Alcorn, Zachary Paul; Føyen, Tore Lyngås; Zhang, Leilei et al. (2020). CO2 foam field pilot design and initial results. (external link)
• Karakas, Metin; Alcorn, Zachary Paul; Graue, Arne (2020). CO<inf>2</inf> foam field pilot monitoring using transient pressure measurements. (external link)
• Føyen, Tore Lyngås; Alcorn, Zachary Paul; Fernø, Martin et al. (2020). CO2 mobility reduction using foam stabilized by CO2- and water-soluble surfactants. (external link)
• Alcorn, Zachary Paul; Fernø, Martin; Graue, Arne (2020). Upscaling co2 foam for eor as ccus from on-to offshore. (external link)
• Alcorn, Zachary Paul; Føyen, Tore Lyngås; Gauteplass, Jarand et al. (2020). Pore-and core-scale insights of nanoparticle-stabilized foam for CO2-enhanced oil recovery. (external link)
• Jian, Guoqing; Alcorn, Zachary Paul; Zhang, Leilei et al. (2020). Evaluation of a Nonionic Surfactant Foam for CO2 Mobility Control in a Heterogeneous Carbonate Reservoir. (external link)
• Alcorn, Zachary Paul; Fredriksen, Sunniva; Sharma, Mohan et al. (2020). Core-scale sensitivity study of CO2 foam injection strategies for mobility control, enhanced oil recovery, and CO2 storage. (external link)
• Sharma, Mohan; Alcorn, Zachary Paul; Fredriksen, Sunniva et al. (2019). Model calibration for forecasting CO2-foam enhanced oil recovery field pilot performance in a carbonate reservoir. (external link)
• Rognmo, Arthur Uno; Al-Khayyat, Noor Muneer Nadheer; Heldal, Sandra et al. (2019). Performance of Silica Nanoparticles in CO2-foam for EOR and CCUS at Tough Reservoir Conditions. (external link)
• Rognmo, Arthur Uno; Fredriksen, Sunniva; Alcorn, Zachary Paul et al. (2019). Pore-to-core EOR upscaling for CO2-foam for CCUS. (external link)
• Fredriksen, Sunniva; Alcorn, Zachary Paul; Frøland, Anders et al. (2019). Surfactant Prefloods During Carbon Dioxide Foam Injection for Integrated Enhanced Oil Recovery in Fractured Oil-Wet Carbonates. (external link)
• Alcorn, Zachary Paul; Fredriksen, Sunniva; Sharma, Mohan et al. (2019). An integrated carbon-dioxide-foam enhanced-oil-recovery pilot program with combined carbon capture, utilization, and storage in an onshore Texas heterogeneous carbonate field. (external link)
• Eide, Øyvind; Fernø, Martin; Alcorn, Zachary Paul et al. (2016). Visualization of carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery by diffusion in fractured chalk. (external link)

Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

• Alcorn, Zachary Paul; Halsøy, Hilde; Sæle, Aleksandra Magdalena et al. (2023). CO2 Foam Flow Dynamics at Reservoir Conditions . (external link)
• Rognmo, Arthur Uno; Fredriksen, Sunniva; Alcorn, Zachary Paul et al. (2018). Pore-to Core EOR Upscaling for CO2-foam for CCUS. (external link)
• Alcorn, Zachary Paul; Fredriksen, Sunniva; Sharma, Mohan et al. (2018). Integrated CO2 Foam EOR Pilot Program with Combined CCUS in an Onshore Texas Heterogeneous Carbonate Field. (external link)
• Sharma, Mohan; Alcorn, Zachary Paul; Fredriksen, Sunniva et al. (2017). Numerical Modelling Study for Designing CO2-foam Field Pilot. (external link)
• Alcorn, Zachary Paul; Fredriksen, Sunniva; Sharma, Mohan et al. (2017). CO2 Foam EOR Field Pilot - Pilot Design, Geologic and Reservoir Modeling, and Laboratory Investigations . (external link)

Academic lecture

• Alcorn, Zachary Paul; Sæle, Aleksandra Magdalena; Halsøy, Hilde et al. (2023). CO2 Foam Mobility Control for Increasing Oil Recovery and CO2 Storage Capacity. (external link)
• Halsøy, Hilde; Brattekås, Bergit; Graue, Arne et al. (2023). CO2 Foam Mobility Control for Enhanced Oil Recovery and CO2 Storage . (external link)
• Alcorn, Zachary Paul; Halsøy, Hilde; Sæle, Aleksandra Magdalena et al. (2023). CO2 Foam Flow Dynamics at Reservoir Conditions. (external link)
• Alcorn, Zachary Paul (2022). CO2 Foam from Laboratory to Field Scale. (external link)
• Alcorn, Zachary Paul; Graue, Arne (2021). Results from East Seminole CO2 Foam EOR Field Pilot . (external link)
• Sæle, Aleksandra Magdalena; Benali, Benyamine; Føyen, Tore Lyngås et al. (2021). Hybrid Nanoparticle-Surfactant Stabilized Foams for CO2 Mobility Control at Elevated Salinities.. (external link)
• Alcorn, Zachary Paul; Graue, Arne (2021). Design and Results of a CO2 Foam Field Pilot, Permian Basin USA. (external link)
• Alcorn, Zachary Paul; Graue, Arne (2021). CO2 Foam Field Pilot Results. (external link)
• Fernø, Martin; Eide, Øyvind; Føyen, Tore Lyngås et al. (2019). Silica Nanoparticles to Stabilize CO2-foam for Efficient CCUS in Challenging Reservoirs. (external link)
• Fredriksen, Sunniva; Alcorn, Zachary Paul; Frøland, Anders et al. (2018). Surfactant Pre-floods during CO2 Foam for Integrated Enhanced Oil Recovery in Fractured Oil-Wet Carbonates, SPE . (external link)
• Rognmo, Arthur Uno; Fredriksen, Sunniva; Eide, Øyvind et al. (2018). Pore-to Core EOR Upscaling for CO2-foam for CCUS. (external link)
• Rognmo, Arthur Uno; Noor, Al-Khayyat; Sandra, Heldal et al. (2018). Performance of silica nanoparticles in CO<inf>2</inf>-foam for EOR and CCUS at tough reservoir conditions. (external link)
• Alcorn, Zachary Paul; Sharma, Mohan; Fredriksen, Sunniva et al. (2018). CO2 Foam Field Pilot Test for EOR and CO2 Storage in a Heterogeneous Carbonate Reservoir: Operational Design, Data Collection and Pilot Monitoring Program. (external link)
• Alcorn, Zachary Paul; Sharma, Mohan; Fredriksen, Sunniva et al. (2017). CO2 Foam EOR Field Pilots as CCUS. (external link)
• Alcorn, Zachary Paul; Fredriksen, Sunniva; Rognmo, Arthur Uno et al. (2017). CO2 Foam for Mobility Control for EOR and CO2 Storage in Heterogeneous Reservoirs. (external link)
• Alcorn, Zachary Paul; Sharma, Mohan; Fredriksen, Sunniva et al. (2017). CO2 Foam Enhanced Oil Recovery Field Pilots. (external link)

Poster

• Halsøy, Hilde; Alcorn, Zachary Paul (2023). CO2 Foam for EOR and Storage on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. (external link)
• Sæle, Aleksandra Magdalena; Graue, Arne; Alcorn, Zachary Paul (2022). CO2 Foam for EOR and CO2 Storage. (external link)
• Benali, Benyamine; Alcorn, Zachary Paul; Fernø, Martin (2021). Pore-Scale CO2-Foam Texture at Reservoir Pressure. (external link)
• Alcorn, Zachary Paul; Sharma, Mohan; Fredriksen, Sunniva et al. (2018). CO2 Field Pilots. (external link)
• Alcorn, Zachary Paul; Sharma, Mohan; Fredriksen, Sunniva et al. (2017). CO2 Foam Field Pilot for Mobility Control for EOR in a Heterogeneous Carbonate Reservoir; Pilot Design, Geologic and Reservoir Modeling, Numerical Modeling, and Laboratory Investigations. (external link)
• Alcorn, Zachary Paul; Fernø, Martin; Graue, Arne (2016). Workflow for Optimal Injection of CO2 to Enhance Oil Recovery in Mature Oil Fields: A Preliminary Study for a Field Pilot Program. (external link)

Doctoral dissertation

• Alcorn, Zachary Paul; Graue, Arne; Fernø, Martin (2018). Upscaling CO2 Foam for Enhanced Oil Recovery and CO2 Storage from Laboratory to Field Scale: An Integrated Approach to Designing a Field Pilot Test . (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

NCS2030 - National Center for Sustainable Subsurface Utilization of the Norwegian Continental Shelf

Optimizing CO2 Foam Mobility Control for Field Pilots

In-situ Quantification of CO2 Flow and Mobility Control for Improved Carbon Utilization and Storage