Contact:

NM Petroleum Recovery Research Center

801 Leroy Place

Socorro, New Mexico 87801

Tel: 575 835-5403

Email:  reid@prrc.nmt.edu

Dr. Reid Grigg is a Principal Investigator with the SWP.  He heads the Gas Flooding Processes and Flow Heterogeneities Group at the Petroleum Recovery Research Center (PRRC) at New Mexico Tech where he is also an Adjunct Professor in the Petroleum and Chemical Engineering Department.  His research interests include: high-pressure gas flooding processes; phase behavior; fluid properties of high-pressure injection gas and reservoir fluid for improved oil recovery and/or carbon sequestration; and their effect on flow in porous media.  Prior to joining PRRC in 1992, Dr. Grigg worked for Conoco Production Research as a research scientist for ten years and Core Laboratories for two years. 

Education:

Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, Brigham Young University 

Selected Publications:

Yin, G; Grigg, R.B.; and Svec, Y.: “Oil Recovery and Surfactant Adsorption during CO₂-foam Flooding,” paper OTC 19787 presented at eh 2009 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, 4-7 May 2009.

Grigg, R.B.: Final Report for “Improving Gas Flooding Efficiency” DOE Award No.: DE-FC26-04NT15532, July 15, 2008

Zeng, Z; Jakupi, A; Bigelow, T; Grigg, R.B.; Kringstad, J; Belobraydic, M; and Zhou, X.: “Laboratory Observation of CO₂ Phase transition Induced Seismic Velocity Change,” paper ARMA 08-329 presented at the 42^nd SU Rock Mechanics Symposium and 2^nd US-Canada Rock Mechanics Symposium, San Francisco, 29 June -2 July 2008.

Grigg, R.B. and Svec, R.K.: “Injectivity Changes and CO₂ Retention for EOR and Sequestration Projects,” paper SPE 110760 presented at the 2008 SPE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, Tulsa, 19-23 April.

Grigg, R.B. and Svec, R.K.: “CO₂ Retention and Injectivity Changes: Laboratory Tests,”  Paper 145 presented at the Sixth Annual Conference on Carbon Capture and Sequestration – DOE/NETL, Pittsburgh, 7-19 May 2007.

Grigg, R.B.: “Technologies Hold Key to Improving Recovery Efficiency,” The American Oil & Gas Reporter, February 2007, 106.

Grigg, R.B. and Svec, R.K.: “CO₂ Transport Mechanisms in CO₂/Brine Coreflooding,” paper SPE 103228 presented at the 2006 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Sep. 24-27.

Zeng, Z-W., Grigg, R.B., and Bai, B.: “Experimental Development of Adsorption and Desorption Kinetics of CO₂-Foaming Surfactant onto Berea Sandstone,” paper SPE 103117 presented at the 2006 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Sep. 24-27.

Pawar, R.J., Warpinski, N.R., Lorenz, J.C. Benson, R.D., Grigg, R.B., Stubbs, B.A., Stauffer, P.H., Krumhansl, J.L., Cooper, S.P., and Svec, R.K.: “Overview of a CO₂ Sequestration Field Test in the West Pearl Queen Reservoir, New Mexico,” Environmental Geosciences, V.13, No. 3 (September 2006), pp. 163-180.

Grigg, R.B. and Svec, R.K.: “CO₂ Saturations and Transport Mechanisms in Frio Sandstone,” Paper 157 presented at the Fifth Annual Conference on Carbon Capture and Sequestration – DOE/NETL, Washington, D.C., 8-11 May 2006.

Grigg, R.B. and Svec, R.K.: “Laboratory and Model Tests at Reservoir Conditions for CO₂-Brine-Carbonate Rock Systems Interactions,” prepared and presented at The Fifth Annual DOE Carbon Sequestration Conference, Washington, D.C., 8-11 May 2006.

Zeng, Z-W. and Grigg, R.: “A Criterion for Non-Darcy Flow in Porous Media,” Transport in Porous Media, (2006) 63: 57-69.

Liu. Y., Grigg, R.B., and Svec, R.K..: “Foam Mobility and Adsorption in Carbonate Core,” paper SPE 99756 presented at the 2006 SPE/DOE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery, Tulsa, 22–26 April.

Bai, B., Grigg, R.B., Liu, Y., and Zeng, Z-W.: “Adsorption and Desorption of a CO₂-Foam-Forming Surfactant onto Berea Sandstone,” paper SPE 95920 presented at the 2005 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, 9 – 12 October.

Grigg, R.B., Svec, R.K., Peter C. Lichtner, P.C., Carey, W., and Lesher, C.E.: “CO₂/Brine/Carbonate Rock Interactions: Dissolution and Precipitation,” prepared and presented at the Fourth Annual Conference on Carbon Capture & Sequestration, Alexandria, 2-5 May 2005.

Liu, Y., Grigg, R.B., and Svec, R.K.: “CO₂ Foam Behavior: Influence of Temperature, Pressure, and Concentration of Surfactant,” paper 94307 presented at the 2005 SPE Production and Operations Symposium, Oklahoma City, 17-19 April.

Grigg, R.B.: “Long-term CO₂ Storage: Using Petroleum Industry Experience,” Carbon Dioxide Capture for Storage in Deep Geologic Formations, Volume 2, Chapter 11, C.C. Thomas and S.M. Benson (Eds.), 2005 Elsevier Ltd.