Invitation

Professor John Kaszuba

University of Wyoming
will give a talk on



"Fluid-Rock Interactions between Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid and Unconventional (Shale Oil & Gas) Reservoirs, Powder River Basin, Wyoming,USA"



Monday, January 26th, 2015
10.00 a.m.
Building H, Lecture Room 2 and 3
 
John Kaszuba is Associate Professor for Geochemistry at the University of Wyoming and since November 2014 as DAAD Guest Scientist at the Centre for Geological Storage at the GFZ. He is specialised on water-rock interactions spanning a wide range of disciplines in a variety of geologic environments. His research primarily focusses on fundamental problems regarding the geochemistry of fluid-rock interactions in the shallow to middle crust and to apply these fundamentals to understanding problems of societal relevance. His current research topics include i) fresh water aquifers and brine formations, thermal waters and springs, natural CO2 reservoirs, and carbon storage systems to expand our understanding of the architecture of crustal basins, ii) drinking water resources and interactions with energy development (including oil & gas fields and geologic carbon sequestration), iii) CO2 in geothermal systems, and iv) unconventional petroleum systems. These research topics are complemented by his long-term research interest in contact metamorphism, quartz and carbonate veins and textures, redox equilibria in crustal-scale (deep) aquifers, and mass and energy transfer in the crust. During his stay at the GFZ John Kaszuba looked at the organic geochemistry of water-rock systems and evaluated fluid-rock interactions in black shales by using autoclave experiments.