Grant: Canada Research Chairs
University of Calgary
$200,000.00
Petroleum Geology
FY 2017-18
Summary
The research program will perform petroleum geological and geochemical research to develop understanding and practical applications in the areas of A) the carbon efficient recovery of fossil fuels, and B) the study of the deep biosphere processes in fossil fuel reservoirs. Specific objectives are 1) to develop usage of new mass spectrometry advances in petroleum geochemistry and the development of methods for dating how long oil has been reservoired to better understand the origin of the oil sands in Alberta and 2) to investigate the processes of coal microbial biodegradation in the subsurface and examine the feasibility of accelerating microbial methane production from coal as an alternative to conventional coal use for energy generation.
Program
Canada Research Chairs
Recipient
Location
Alberta, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
1000223064-2010
Name nom
Larter, Stephen
Department département
Geoscience/Science
Organization id
11
Institution établissement
University of Calgary
Province en
Alberta
Province fr
Alberta
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2017
Competition year année de concours
2010
Award amount
200000
Program id
CRC
Program name en
Canada Research Chairs
Program name fr
Chaires de recherche du Canada
Group en
Discovery grants programs
Group fr
Programmes de subventions à la découverte
Committee code
9998
Committee name en
Canada Research Chair Selection Committee
Committee name fr
Comité de sélection des Chaires de recherche du Canada
Area of application code
9999
Area of application group en
Not available
Area of application group fr
Non disponible
Area of application en
Not available
Area of application fr
Non disponible
Research subject code
4000
Research subject group en
Earth science
Research subject group fr
Sciences de la terre
Research subject en
Earth science (see also marine geology 4604)
Research subject fr
Sciences de la terre (voir aussi géologie marine, 4604)
Partie
0
Application title
Petroleum Geology
Keyword
CRC
Application summary
The research program will perform petroleum geological and geochemical research to develop understanding and practical applications in the areas of A) the carbon efficient recovery of fossil fuels, and B) the study of the deep biosphere processes in fossil fuel reservoirs. Specific objectives are 1) to develop usage of new mass spectrometry advances in petroleum geochemistry and the development of methods for dating how long oil has been reservoired to better understand the origin of the oil sands in Alberta and 2) to investigate the processes of coal microbial biodegradation in the subsurface and examine the feasibility of accelerating microbial methane production from coal as an alternative to conventional coal use for energy generation.
