Education

1979-1983 University of California, Berkeley. A.B. in geology, Dec. 1983.

1985-1989 University of California, Santa Barbara. Ph.D. in geology, Sep. 1989.

Program Head, Geologic Carbon Sequestration

Research Interests

• Heat and mass transfer in geological systems.
• Dynamic behavior of subsurface systems where convection or gravity-driven flow processes occur (e.g., geothermal systems, gas reservoirs, magmatic systems, groundwater contamination in saturated and vadose zones, landfills ).
• Code development and applications
  • EOS7C Flyer
  • http://www-esd.lbl.gov/TOUGH2
• http://esdtools.lbl.gov/gaseos/
• WebGasEOS
• Injection of CO₂ into natural gas reservoirs for carbon sequestration and enhanced gas recovery (CSEGR)
  http://esd.lbl.gov/CO2GeoStorage/research/westcarb/westcarb.html
• Health, Safety, and Environmental risk assessment framework for geologic CO2 storage
  http://www.westcarb.org
• Simulation of flow, transport, biodegradation, and gas production in landfills
  http://www-esd.lbl.gov/ERT/projects/aerobic.html
• Ferrofluid flow and transport simulation and applications.

Publications

Curt Oldenburg
Staff Scientist

Program Head: Geologic Carbon Sequestration

Hydrogeology Department

Phone: 510-486-7419
Fax: 510-486-5686
Email: cmoldenburg@lbl.gov

ESD Research Summaries '03-'04:

• Carbon Dioxide for Enhanced Gas Recovery and as Cushion Gas
• Coupled Model for CO2 Leakage and Seepage
• Simulating Landfill Biodegradation Pprocesses with T2LBM

'04-'05: (pdf's)

• Screening and Ranking Framework for Geologic CO2 Storage
• Near-Surface CO2 Leakage Migration
• Groundwater Flow Monitoring and Plume Evolution
• Interpretation of Groundwater Velocities from Heat-Based Flow Sensors