2 PhD. Research fellowships
Primary migration and multiphase flow in very low permeability rocks
The Center of Excellence for the Physics of Geological Processes (PGP) at the University of Oslo is seeking two Ph.D. candidates to investigate the formation and migration of hydrocarbon fluids in source rocks, and their injection into secondary migration pathways. The goal is to better understand the complex coupling between hydrocarbon generation, pore pressure build-up, fracturing and fluid migration in source rocks, and escape of the fluids towards the reservoir.
Computational fellowship
The Ph.D. project will involve the application of discrete element methods, particle methods (dissipative particle dynamics and smoothed particle hydrodynamics) and continuum methods to simulate source rock maturation. The project will require code development based on existing code, and experience with high performance computing would be a distinct asset. The fellow will be expected to travel occasionally to Idaho National Laboratory (INL) to work with professor Paul Meakin.
For further information, contact: Professor Anders Malthe-Sørenssen, malthe@fys.uio.no
Experimental fellowship
The Ph.D. project involves development of new laboratory experiments to investigate source rock maturation, quantitative characterization of experimental and field samples using high resolution X-ray tomography and more standard microscopy techniques, and some numerical work to analyze experimental data. The fellow will be expected to travel occasionally to Grenoble to perform experiments at ESRF and to work with professor Francois Renard.
For further information please contact: Professor Dag K. Dysthe, dagkd@fys.uio.no
For further information visit our web site: www.fys.uio.no/pgp and follow the links to the formal announcements.
The successful candidates, who already have Masters degrees in physics, geoscience, material science, applied mathematics or equivalent education, will work in a lively cross-disciplinary and international environment (fourteen nationalities are currently represented in PGP). PGP is a new cross-disciplinary science centre at the interface between physics and geology where geological processes are approached by integrated field, experimental, theoretical, and computer modeling studies. The two successful candidates will be enrolled in the Ph.D. program at the Department of Physics at the University of Oslo and they will work closely together.
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