Principal Investigators

Dr. Pedro Pereira Almao
Centre Director; Alberta Ingenuity Scholar

Phone: (403) 220-4799
Fax: (403) 284-4852
ppereira@ucalgary.ca

Specializes in development of catalysts and processes using steam or hydrogen for heavy oils and residual upgrading.

 

Dr. Brij Maini, P. Eng
Principal Investigator
Professor, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering

Phone: (403) 220-8777
bmaini@ucalgary.ca

Specializes in enhanced in situ recovery of heavy oil, "cold" production of heavy oil and VAPEX bitumen recovery processes.

 

Dr. Gordon R. Moore, P. Eng
Principal Investigator
Professor, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering

Phone: (403) 220-7217
moore@ucalgary.ca

Specializes in in situ chemical and combustion processes and technologies to improve recovery of light, conventional and heavy oils.

 

Dr. Ronald Spencer, P. Eng
Principal Investigator
Professor, Department of Geosscience

Phone: (403) 220-6447
spencer@ucalgary.ca

Current research focuses on long-term changes in fluid flow regimes within the crust (meteoric versus hydrothermal), driven by mantle convection, and the influence on seawater chemistry, global climate and digenesis, including aspects of hydrocarbon migration and degradation.

 

Dr. Stephen Larter
Principal Investigator

Phone: (403) 220-7484
slarter@ucalgary.ca

 

Petroleum geologist specializing in reactive reservoir characterization; biological recovery of energy assets

 

Dr. Raj Mehta, P. Eng
Principal Investigator

Phone: (403) 220-4804
mehta@ucalgary.ca

 

Specializes in oil and gas engineering with special emphasis on high-pressure and temperature processes as well as environmental applications.

 

Dr. John Chen
Principal Investigator

Phone: (403) 220-8777
zhachen@ucalgary.ca

Specializes in the areas of reservoir modeling and simulation, parallel computing, linear and nonlinear solvers, and numerical analysis (including partial differential equations, finite volume and finite element methods