The University of Texas at Austin
University Station, Box X
Austin, Texas 78713-8924
Bo Ren is an improved oil recovery engineer, working for the State of Texas Advanced Resource Recovery (STARR) program at BEG. His research interests include CO2 enhanced oil recovery, geological carbon sequestration, and reservoir optimization and management. Much of his work is focused on understanding and controlling subsurface multiphase flow and reactive transport. He develops and uses full and reduced-physics models to predict flow. These flow models consider geologic constraints and include both physics- and data-driven processes.
Research Interests
Improved Oil Recovery
Geologic Carbon Storage
Reservoir Numerical Simulation
Unconventional Resource Development
Data Analytics
Education
Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, August 2017
Supervisor: Dr. Larry W. Lake, Co-Supervisor: Dr. Steven L. Bryant
M.S. Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), June 2012
B.S. Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), June 2009
Professional History
Research Associate, Improved Oil Recovery Engineer, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, November 2019 – Present
Postdoctoral Fellow, Reservoir Engineer, Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, September 2017 – October 2019
Geomodeler Intern, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, May 2017 – August 2017
Reservoir Engineering Intern, BP America, May 2014 – August 2014
Graduate Research Assistant, Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, September 2012 – May 2017
Graduate Research Assistant, China University of Petroleum (East China), September 2009 – May 2012
Selected Publications
Ren, B., Duncan, I.J. Reservoir Simulation of Carbon Storage Associated with CO2 EOR in Residual Oil Zones, San Andres Formation of West Texas, Permian Basin, USA. Energy. 2019:167, 391-401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2018.11.007
Ren, B., Male, F., Baques, V., Duncan, I.J., Lake, L. W. Oil Saturation in Residual Oil Zones and Its Effects on CO2 WAG Injection Strategies. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 9 September - 2 October, 2019. https://doi.org/10.2118/196230-MS
Ren, B., Bryant, S.L., Lake, L.W. Estimating Local Capillary Trap Volume Capacities using a Geologic Criterion. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control. 2019: 85, 46-57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2019.03.025
Peng, S., Ren, B., Meng, M.M. Quantifying the Influence of Fractures for More-Accurate Laboratory Measurement of Shale Matrix Permeability Using a Modified Gas-Expansion Method. SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering – Formation Evaluation. 2019, preprint. https://doi.org/10.2118/195570-PA
Ren, B., Delaney, J.M., Lake, L.W., Bryant, S.L. Interplay Between Permeability Retardation and Capillary Trapping of Rising Carbon Dioxide in Storage Reservoirs. SPE Journal. 2018:23(5), 1866-1879. https://doi.org/10.2118/187356-PA
Selected Committees
Associate Editor, SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, 2019 – present,
Technical Editor, SPE Journal and SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, 2017 - present
Committee Member, SPE Student Section Award Judging, 2018
Selected Awards
Outstanding Reviewer, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 2018
Shell Research Award, UT-Austin GAIN (Graduate and Industrial Network), 2015
3rd Prize for Research Excellence in Energy & Environment, UT-Austin Energy Week, 2015
Recipient, ConocoPhillips Fellowship, UT-Austin, 2012-2013
Recipient, Roberto Rocca Scholarship, China University of Petroleum (East China), 2010 - 2011