Heavy Oil Properties & Processing Research Program
Faculty, Staff & Students
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| Dr. Harvey Yarranton | Professor, Principle Investigator for Heavy Oil Properties & Processing (HOPP) | hyarrant@ucalgary.ca |
| Florian Schoeggl | PVT Lab Manager | fschoegg@ucalgary.ca |
| Kaveh Shaygan | Ph.D. Candidate | kaveh.shaygan@ucalgary.ca |
| Benjamin Zuluaga Diaz | Ph.D. Candidate | benjamin.zuluaga@ucalgary.ca |
| Jose Beleno | Ph.D. Candidate | jose.beleno@ucalgary.ca |
| Alejandra Gomez | M.Sc. Student | maria.gomezrodriguez@ucalgary.ca |
| Carolina Tamayo Duran | M.Sc. Student | leidy.tamayodurn@ucalgary.ca |
| Keyner Nunez Mendez | M.Sc. Student | Keyner.Nunez@ucalgary.ca |
| Nicolas Tellez Duran | M.Sc. Student | freider.tellezduran@ucalgary.ca |
| Camilo Lopez Lagos | M.Sc. Student | camilo.lopez1@ucalgary.ca |
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| Who | Position | Contact Information | Web Page Link |
| Dr. Apostlos Kantzas | Professor | akantzas@ucalgary.ca | Department web page |
| Dr. Giovanni Natale | Assistant Professor | gnatale@ucalgary.ca | Department web page |
| Dr. William Svrcek | Professor Emeritus | svrcek@ucalgary.ca | |
| Dr. Brij Maini | Professor Emeritus | bmaini@ucalgary.ca | |
| Dr. Murray Gray | Professor Emeritus, University of Alberta | Murray.Gray@albertainnovates.ca | Alberta Innovates |
| Dr. John M. Shaw | Professor, Petroleum Thermodynamics | jmshaw@ualberta.ca | University of Alberta, Chemical & Materials Eng, Dept web page |
Find out more about us and what
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Research Associate and HOPP PVT Lab Manager Research: Investigations into the properties of bitumen by PVT including viscosity, density and phase behaviour of heavy oils with various solvents. Other project are visbreaking bitumen and heavy oil. Florian manages the PVT laboratory, is builder for many apparatus in the PVT lab, trains graduate students and is technologist for various projects at HOPP. Education & Experience: Florian was involved in the design and commissioning of pumps and compressors in industry for 12 years before joining HOPP. He is also a pilot and has instructed at and operated flight schools in Canada. Hometown: Calgary, Alberta |
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Thesis Subject: Kaveh's project looks at gravity drainage with solvent film flow over inclined bitumen in a porous media. Education & Experience: M.Sc. in Drilling Engineering (2019) and B.Sc. in Petroleum Engineering (2017), Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran. Hometown: Iran |
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Benjamin Zuluaga Thesis Subject: Benjamin's project studies the phase behaviour of mixtures of bitumen, steam and condensable solvents. This is a PVT study to measure viscosity, density and precipitation of asphaltenes in bitumen/steam/condensable solvent mixtures. Education & Experience: M.Sc. in Engineering in Materials and Processes (2018) and B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering (2013), Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Facultad de Minas). Hometown: Colombia |
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Jose Beleno Thesis Subject: Jose's project investigates the effect of combinations of visbreaking and deasphalting bitumen on the density, viscosity and stability of the products. This involves design and commission of a new induction heating continuous reactor to compare to previous work from a continuous visbreaking reactor. Education & Experience: M.Sc. in Engineering (2019), University of the Andes; B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering (2016), National University of Colombia, Bogota, Colombia. Before joining our group, Jose was an Industrial Planning Analyst at Tenaris TuboCaribe, Colombia. Conference Presentations: * Beleno Alcazar, J.A., Schoeggl, F.F. and Yarranton, H.W., "Equivalent Resident Time (ERT) As a Potential Correlation Parameter for Bitumen Visbreaking," 2023 AIChE Spring Meeting & 19th Global Congress on Process Safety, Houston TX, USA., March 2023. Hometown: Colombia |
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M.Sc. Student - Defending June, 2023 Thesis Subject: Alejandra's research project examines the deposition of asphaltenes during flow at high temperatures. Education & Experience: B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Universidad Industrial de Santander (2019), Colombia. Before joining us, Alejandra interned at EcoPetrol. Conference Presentations: * Gomez Rodriguez, M.A., Schoeggl, F.F., and Yarranton, H.W. "Asphaltene Deposition in Vertical Open Flow," 2023 AIChE Spring Meeting & 19th Global Congress on Process Safety, Houston TX, USA., March 2023. Hometown: Colombia |
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M.Sc. Student - Defending June, 2023 Thesis Subject: Carolina has developed a method of non-aqueous extraction of bitumen from oilsands. Her project will determine if the emulsion stabilizer content of the asphaltenes varies across a variety of oil sand ores and if it differs between traditional aqueous (BEU) and non-aqueous extraction methods. Education: B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Universidad Industrial de Santander, 2019. Hometown: Colombia |
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M.Sc. Student Thesis Subject: Keyner's project looks at gravity drainage of bitumen in porous media at temperatures above 20 C. Education: B.Sc. in Petroleum Engineering from Universidad Industrial de Santander, 2020. Hometown: Bucaramanga, Colombia |
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M.Sc. Student Thesis Subject: Nicolas' project looks at the density and viscosity of mixtures of bitumen, steam and condensable solvents. This work is in parallel with the PVT project that Benjamin is working on. Education: B.Sc. in Petroleum Engineering (2018) and B.Sc. in Civil Engineering (2021) from Universidad Industrial de Santander. Hometown: Bucaramanga, Colombia |
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M.Sc. Student Thesis Subject: Camilo's project looks at visbreaking bitumen feeds from different sources with a continuous induction heating batch reactor. Education: M.Sc. in Process Design (2020), University of the Andes; B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering (2016) from National University of Colombia. Before joining us, Camilo was also a researcher in chemistry for four years a the United Nations. Hometown: Bogota, Colombia |
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