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Elena Mukhina

Leading Research Scientist
World level scientific center "Rational development of liquid hydrocarbon resources of the planet"
Center for Petroleum Science and Engineering

Has a PhD degree in Energy Technology from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, (Stockholm, Sweden).
Works in studying and developing different enhanced oil recovery technologies for conventional and unconventional oil reserves.
Studies in-situ hydrogen generation within hydrocarbon reservoirs.

Main research area:

Experimental and numerical simulation of different enhanced oil recovery processes in conventional and unconventional reservoirs.

R&D Projects:

  • The development of unconventional reserves of Bazhenov formation with the use of different EOR technologies (thermal, gas and chemical)
  • In-situ hydrogen synthesis within hydrocarbon reservoirs (Project supported by RSF)
  • Alternative well stimulation, non-hydraulic fracturing, fluid studies and geomechanics
  • PVT and special PVT studies for oils of conventional and unconventional fields
  • Thermal EOR for Bazhenov Field, numerical simulation of hot water flow in a well
  • Oil-gas diffusion coefficient study
  • etc.

 

Recent selected publications

  • Elena Mukhina, Pavel Afanasev, Aliya Mukhametdinova et al., A Novel Method for Hydrogen Synthesis in Natural Gas Reservoirs, Fuel, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2024.131758
  • Afanasev, T, Alekhina, …, E. Mukhina, An overview of hydrogen production methods: focus on hydrocarbon feedstock, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.06.369
  • Alexandra Scerbacova, Elena Mukhina, et al. Water- and surfactant-based huff-n-puff injection into unconventional liquid hydrocarbon reservoirs: experimental and modeling study, Energy & Fuels, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.3c01344
  • Maria Subbotina, Elena Mukhina, et al. The evolution of reservoir properties of oil shale rocks under hydro-thermal treatment: investigations from micro- to macro-scale, Geoenergy Science and Engineering, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoen.2023.211972
  • Askarova, A. Mukhametdinova, S. Markovic, G. Khayrullina, P. Afanasev, E. Popov, E. Mukhina, An overview of geological CO2 sequestration in oil and gas reservoirs, Energies, 2023, https://doi.org/10.3390/en16062821
  • Mukhina E.D., Cheremisin A.N., Khakimova L.A. et al. Enhanced Oil Recovery Technique Selection for Oil Shales Based on Numerical Simulation, ACS Omega, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.1c01779
  • Mukhina E.D. et al. The lower pT limit of deep hydrocarbon synthesis by CaCO3 aqueous reduction, Nature: Scientific Reports, 2017, https://doi.org/11038/s41598-017-06155-6;
  • PhD in Energy Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
  • Postgraduate Research in Physics, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas, Moscow, Russia
  • Master’s in Chemical technology of natural energy resources and carbon materials, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas, Moscow, Russia
  • Gas and thermal EOR for unconventional reservoirs
  • Hydrogen generation within hydrocarbon reservoirs
  • Hydraulic fracturing, non-aqueous hydraulic fracturing
  • PVT fluid studies
  • Energy technology, gas hydrates, natural gas, LNG technologies.
  • Dynamic reservoir simulations
  • Geology, high-pressure and -temperature experiments, origin of hydrocarbon systems, interdisciplinary approach.
  • High-pressure physics and chemistry