CURRENT PROJECTS

• Regional variations in Carboniferous lithofacies and their links to basin and structural evolution within the Irish Zn-Pb Orefield (Facies)
• Fault system evolution during crustal hyperextension in the Porcupine Basin (Hyperextension)
• Compression-based modelling of the Ross Formation (3D Turbidites)
• The impact of fault geometry on predictions of fault reactivation (Reactivation)
• CO2 Hydrate Sealing potential for Carbon Capture and Storage (HydSeal) (CCS Hydrates)
• Unlocking the CO2 storage potential of the Cretaceous succession in the North Celtic Sea Basin (offshore Ireland) (CCS Celtic Sea)
• Investigation of geothermal potential in UCD Campus (UCDGeothermal)
• Quantitative analysis of the structural controls of faults on induced seismicity magnitude - FINSEIS (Induced Seismicity)
• Fault growth on short timescales and the role of fault geometries and interactions on earthquake behaviour (Interactions)
• Identification and Assessment of Deep GEOthermal Heat Resources in Challenging URBAN Environments: Geo-Urban (GeoUrban)

RECENT PROJECTS

• QUAFF2: Quantification of 3D fault zone geometries and their incorporation in modelling practice (Quaff2)
• Structural evolution of Lower Carboniferous faulting and its links to fluid flow and mineralization (3DModelZn-Pb)
• Impact on Ireland's hydrocarbon potential of Cenozoic deformation and faulting (Cenozoic_Reactivation)
• Modelling of joint patterns within multi-layered rock masses (3D Joints)
• Modelling CO2 sequestration in faulted aquifers (CO2)
• 3D modelling of faults and landslides (Ptolemais)
• Quantitative analysis of fracture systems and their impact on flow pathways in Irish bedrock aquifers (Groundwater)
• Upscaling methods for inclusion of 3D fault zone structure in flow simulation models (Geometric Upscaling)
• Fault growth, tectonic evolution and petroleum migration in the Southern Taranaki Basin, New Zealand (South Taranaki)
• Modelling sandstone connectivity in deep-marine environments (Connectivity)
• Quantitative parameterisation of Fault zones in outcrop for inclusion in reservoir Flow models (QUAFF)
• The origin and nature of Cenozoic faulting in north-east Ireland (Tertiary)
• InSAR analysis and 3D numerical models of active (restless) caldera volcanoes (InSAR)
• The evolution of Tertiary normal faults in the Taranaki Basin, New Zealand (Taranaki)
• A numerical investigation of the relationship between rock properties and the angle of internal friction (Friction)
• Discrete element modelling of the growth and scaling of joint systems within geological multi-layers (Joints)
• DEM modelling of the onset and kinematic evolution of caldera collapse (Caldera)
• Modelling of the combined effects of faults and sedimentology on fluid flow within turbidites (FIFTII)
• Incorporation of the single and multi-phase flow properties of faults into production simulation models (Multiphase)
• Fault growth on earthquake and geological timescales (TimeScales)
• Numerical modelling of fault zone geometry and growth: implications for the sub-seismic structure and the hydraulic properties of seismically imaged faults (FaultZone)
• Investigation of fault system growth by distinct element modelling (FaultSystem)
• Earthquake clustering over geological timescales (Earthquake)
• Earthquake clustering in the Taupo Rift, New Zealand (Clustering)
• <Analysis and modelling of Cenozoic faulting in offshore basins West of Ireland (Cenozoic)
• Modelling the growth of tectonic faults in layered sequences (3D_DEM)
• Inclusion of hydrodynamics in quantitative seal assessment
• Structural evolution of Zn-Pb deposits of south-central Ireland
• Structural evolution of the Lisheen mineral deposit, Ireland
• Sensitivity analysis of the impact of geological uncertainties on production forcasting in clastic hydrocarbon reservoirs (SAIGUP)
• Incorporation of fault properties in hydrocarbon migration models (INFAMI)
• Quantitative characteristics of faults and fault zones and their impact on flow within deep water turbidites, onshore New Zealand (FIFT)
• The implementation of methods for the inclusion of fault zone geometries and two-phase properties in reservoir production flow simulators (TransGen)
• Improved methods for the analysis and stochastic modelling of faults and for geometric refinement of faulted reservoir models (TransGen II)
• The properties of critically connected faulted volumes: implications for the growth of fault systems
• Analysis and modelling of the structure and growth of fault zones
• Growth of active faults in the Taupo Region, New Zealand
• The inclusion of two phase fault properties in hydrocarbon production simulation
• Numerical modelling of relay zones and its implications for the sub-seismicstructure and hydraulic properties of seismically imaged faults (Relay)
• Sequence stratigraphy and structure of East PennineCoalfield (CHANEL)
• Detection of overpressured zones from seismic data (ODS)
• Modelling two-phase flow in fractured carbonate reservoirs:a field scale demonstration (FRACARES)
• FaMOUS Link
• Production forecasting with Uncertainty Quantification (PUNQ)

• The Software Toolkit for AnalysingFaults Project (STAF)

• Quantitative analysis of the geometry and kinematics of fault systems (Kinematics)

• Equivalent volume modelling of dual porositydual permeability hydrocarbon reservoirs (Dual Poroperm)

• Secondary Migration of petroleum through Caprock & Carrier Sequences (SMaCCers)

• Quantification of fault related diagenetic variationof reservoir properties at outcrop (Utah)

• Integrated structural imaging of seismic data (ISI)

• Faulted reservoir analysis system (FRAS)

• Reservoir Engineering (RES.ENG.)

• Fault systematics and development of a half graben (ROPA)

• Fluid flow in dual permeability hydrocarbon reservoirs (DUAL. PERM.)

• Managing Reservoir Uncertainty Programme (Juniper)