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\n Best of CCUS 2025<\/span><\/i>\n <\/div>\n

\n 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. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Best Student Oral Paper <\/h3>\n
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Paper Title<\/h4>\n

The Effect of Capillary Pressure Heterogeneity on Fluid Flow in Porous Media<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Authors<\/h4>\n

Nihal Darraj1<\/sup>, Catherine Spurin2<\/sup>, Sojwal Manoorkar3<\/sup>, Martin Blunt1<\/sup>, Ronny Pini1<\/sup>, Samuel Krevor1<\/sup><\/p>\n

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\n Note* : 1. Imperial College London; 2. Stanford University; 3. Ghent University <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Presenter<\/h4>\n

Nihal Darraj <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Best Student Poster <\/h3>\n
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Paper Title<\/h4>\n

Value of Pore Space for Carbon Capture and Storage\u202f<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Authors<\/h4>\n

Roland Diby, Nathan Meehan (Texas A&M University)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Presenter<\/h4>\n

Roland Diby<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Best Oral Paper in Site Characterization and Subsurface Monitoring <\/h3>\n
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Paper Title<\/h4>\n

Improved Microseismic Monitoring at the Quest CO2 Storage Facility with Cluster Analysis of Trimmed Spectrograms (CATS)\u202f <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Authors<\/h4>\n

Wardah Fadil, Serafim Grubas, Mirko van der Baan (University of Alberta)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Presenter<\/h4>\n

Wardah Fadil <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Best Poster in Site Characterization and Subsurface Monitoring <\/h3>\n
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Paper Title<\/h4>\n

DAS VSP Data Observed from Well Tubing Versus Well Casing on CO2 Injector and Monitor Wells <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Oscar Augusto Barrios, Mark Willis, Whitney Blanchard (Halliburton)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Presenter<\/h4>\n

Oscar Augusto Barrios<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Best Oral Paper in Site Simulation, Design, and Engineering <\/h3>\n
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Paper Title<\/h4>\n

Enhancing Aqueous Nanobubble Dispersion of CO2 by Organic Carbonate Additives for Enhanced Oil Recovery<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Authors<\/h4>\n

Hao Wang, Ryosuke Okuno (The University of Texas at Austin)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Presenter<\/h4>\n

Hao Wang<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Best Poster in Site Simulation, Design, and Engineering <\/h3>\n
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Paper Title<\/h4>\n

How to Best Model the Impact of Capillary Heterogeneity on CO2 Flow and Trapping Across Scales<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Authors<\/h4>\n

Hailun Ni1<\/sup>, Nihal Darraj2<\/sup>, Catrin Harris2<\/sup>, Idris Bukar2<\/sup><\/p>\n

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\n Note* : 1. The University of Texas at Austin; 2. Imperial College London <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Presenter<\/h4>\n

Hailun Ni<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Best Oral Paper in CCUS Stakeholders, Fiscals, and Data <\/h3>\n
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Paper Title<\/h4>\n

Delineating Area of Review for Class VI Carbon Sequestration Wells: Lessons from Class I Hazardous Waste Precedents<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Authors<\/h4>\n

Joanna Walker2<\/sup>, Daisy Gallagher1<\/sup><\/p>\n

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\n Note* : 1. Geostock Sandia; 2. WSP <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Presenter<\/h4>\n

Joanna Walker<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-156","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ccusevent.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ccusevent.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ccusevent.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ccusevent.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ccusevent.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/test.ccusevent.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":693,"href":"https:\/\/test.ccusevent.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/156\/revisions\/693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ccusevent.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}