10月31日下午，埃克森美孚公司油藏模拟研发部主任John Kuzan博士应邀来到澳门太阳娱乐网站官网，作了题为“The Outlook for Energy: Reservoir Management Technology”的报告，澳门太阳娱乐网站官网2011级全体本科生出席。

 

 

John Kuzan博士

 

    能源问题一直是人们关注的焦点，其中石油、天然气是最主要的能源来源。然而未来几十年内人类可能会面临石油枯竭的窘境，因此如何发现新的石油储藏，如何开采过去无法开采的油藏就成了非常有价值的问题。Kuzan博士的团队用非常先进的油藏管理技术寻找这些问题的答案。

 

    Kuzan博士首先介绍了石油公司的三种类型，简介了埃克森美孚公司的基本情况，分析了国际能源需求的变化趋势，并对未来30年的能源供求情况进行了展望。随后他详细介绍了石油、天然气形成的原因与存在条件，油藏的探测与开采中遇到的建模计算与模拟仿真技术，以及基于这些技术所研发出来的油藏管理工具与系统。Kuzan博士用现实的例子说明了新技术对石油、天然气开采带来的巨大改进，和对缓解世界能源危机的显著作用。

 

    报告过程中，Kuzan博士认真回答了在场师生提出的问题，并就传统能源与新能源的关系等问题展开了深入讨论。

 

 

John began his career with ExxonMobil in 1990 as a reservoir engineer working at the Upstream Research Center in special core analysis, which means making fluid mechanics measurements on rock samples from reservoirs.  He has held a variety of positions within ExxonMobil that include leading one of the teams that developed ExxonMobil's next-generation reservoir simulator -- known as EM ^{power --  and supervising various reservoir engineering sections.  John also served as the Transition Manager for ExxonMobil's partnership with the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company in Zakum field.} 

 

John is currently the Manager for reservoir simulation research and development and has a portfolio that includes merging geoscience and engineering approaches to modeling.

John is a Chemical Engineer by training and his PhD is from the University of Illinois, where his primary work was in turbulent fluid mechanics.  He retired from the U.S. Army in 2002 with 17 years in the Reserve and 4 years of active duty.  He held Company and Battalion command positions and spent a significant period at the Ballistic Research Laboratory working in supersonic flow and rocket dynamics.  John and his wife, Gail, live in Houston.