Koperna, George
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Mr. George Koperna is a Vice President with Advanced Resources International, Inc. (ARI) and has over 15 years of experience conducting and supervising projects within the energy sector, with emphasis on the reservoir and operational aspects of unconventional resources and the use of carbon dioxide for both enhanced recovery and sequestration. He is the technical co-lead for the Southeast Carbon Sequestration Partnership (SECARB) RCSP Phase III Anthropogenic Test to be conducted in Alabama’s Paluxy saline formation. Previously, Mr. Koperna managed the SWP RCSP Phase II Pump Canyon Test Site coal seam injection pilot, was the technical co-lead for the SECARB RCSP Phase II Mississippi Test Site at Plant Daniel and is a co-author of Advanced Resources’ Basin-Oriented Carbon Dioxide Enhanced Oil Recovery studies. Mr. Koperna has represented the Northeastern United States on the Board of Directors for the Society of Petroleum Engineers.
Education:
M.S., Petroleum Engineering, West Virginia University (1994)
B.S., Petroleum Engineering, West Virginia University (1992)
Selected Publications:
Koperna, G. J., Riestenberg, D., Kuuskraa, V., Esposito, R., Rhudy, R.: “SECARB's Mississippi Test Site: A Field Project Update”, presented at the Seventh Annual Conference on Carbon Capture & Sequestration, Pittsburgh, PA, May 5-8, 2008.
Kuuskraa, V. A. and Koperna G. J.: “Assessing and Expanding CO2 Storage Capacity in Depleted and Near-Depleted Oil Reservoirs” presented at GHGT-8, Trondheim, Norway, June 19-23, 2006.