Congratulations to the CCUS 2025 Best of Award Winners! Beginning in 2025, highly ranked papers were selected from the technical program and recognized for their outstanding contribution. We would like to honor the 2025 winners for their participation and technical excellence.
Best Student Oral Paper
Paper Title
The Effect of Capillary Pressure Heterogeneity on Fluid Flow in Porous Media
Authors
Nihal Darraj1, Catherine Spurin2, Sojwal Manoorkar3, Martin Blunt1, Ronny Pini1, Samuel Krevor1
Note* : 1. Imperial College London; 2. Stanford University; 3. Ghent University
Presenter
Nihal Darraj
Best Student Poster
Paper Title
Value of Pore Space for Carbon Capture and Storage
Authors
Roland Diby, Nathan Meehan (Texas A&M University)
Presenter
Roland Diby
Best Oral Paper in Site Characterization and Subsurface Monitoring
Paper Title
Improved Microseismic Monitoring at the Quest CO2 Storage Facility with Cluster Analysis of Trimmed Spectrograms (CATS)
Authors
Wardah Fadil, Serafim Grubas, Mirko van der Baan (University of Alberta)
Presenter
Wardah Fadil
Best Poster in Site Characterization and Subsurface Monitoring
Paper Title
DAS VSP Data Observed from Well Tubing Versus Well Casing on CO2 Injector and Monitor Wells
Authors
Oscar Augusto Barrios, Mark Willis, Whitney Blanchard (Halliburton)
Presenter
Oscar Augusto Barrios
Best Oral Paper in Site Simulation, Design, and Engineering
Paper Title
Enhancing Aqueous Nanobubble Dispersion of CO2 by Organic Carbonate Additives for Enhanced Oil Recovery
Authors
Hao Wang, Ryosuke Okuno (The University of Texas at Austin)
Presenter
Hao Wang
Best Poster in Site Simulation, Design, and Engineering
Paper Title
How to Best Model the Impact of Capillary Heterogeneity on CO2 Flow and Trapping Across Scales
Authors
Hailun Ni1, Nihal Darraj2, Catrin Harris2, Idris Bukar2
Note* : 1. The University of Texas at Austin; 2. Imperial College London
Presenter
Hailun Ni
Best Oral Paper in CCUS Stakeholders, Fiscals, and Data
Paper Title
Delineating Area of Review for Class VI Carbon Sequestration Wells: Lessons from Class I Hazardous Waste Precedents
Authors
Joanna Walker2, Daisy Gallagher1
Note* : 1. Geostock Sandia; 2. WSP
Presenter
Joanna Walker