Overview
Background
Professor Suzanne Hurter is the Energi Simulation Industrial Chair in (Unconventional) Onshore Gas Reservoir Modelling. Based at The University of Queensland Centre for Coal Seam Gas (UQ-CCSG), Professor Hurter leads a landmark geoscience and reservoir modelling research program focused on the unconventional onshore gas industry.
Professor Hurter joined UQ-CCSG after a distinguished career in the oil and gas industry in various roles in Shell (Netherlands), Schlumberger (Netherlands and Australia), QGC (BG‐Group) and Arrow Energy (Shell‐PetroChina). Previously she had worked in academia in Germany (Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam and the Leibnitz Institute of Applied Geophysics in Hannover) and Brazil (University of Sao Paulo). She joined UQ in 2015 and was appointed as the Energi Simulation Industrial Research Chair in (Unconventional) Onshore Gas Reservoir Modelling in 2017.
Professor Hurter’s research interests and activities include hydrocarbon maturation and thermal evolution of sedimentary basins, carbon sequestration, coupled modelling of flow, heat in porous and fractured media and using numerical modelling to evaluate and improve onshore gas production.
Availability
- Honorary Professor Suzanne Hurter is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Michigan
Works
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2024
Journal Article
Palynostratigraphy and Bayesian age stratigraphic model of new CA-ID-TIMS zircon ages from the Walloon Coal Measures, Surat Basin, Australia
Sobczak, K., Cooling, J., Crossingham, T., Holl, H.G., Reilly, M., Esterle, J., Crowley, J.L., Hannaford, C., Mohr, M.T., Hamerli, Z. and Hurter, S. (2024). Palynostratigraphy and Bayesian age stratigraphic model of new CA-ID-TIMS zircon ages from the Walloon Coal Measures, Surat Basin, Australia. Gondwana Research, 132, 150-167. doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2024.04.012
2024
Journal Article
Effects of geological heterogeneity on gas mixing during underground hydrogen storage (UHS) in braided-fluvial reservoirs
Bo, Zhenkai, Hörning, Sebastian, Underschultz, Jim R., Garnett, Andrew and Hurter, Suzanne (2024). Effects of geological heterogeneity on gas mixing during underground hydrogen storage (UHS) in braided-fluvial reservoirs. Fuel, 357 129949, 1-18. doi: 10.1016/j.fuel.2023.129949
2023
Conference Publication
Accounting green and blue hydrogen in a net cash flow model for techno-economic assessment on underground hydrogen storage in Australia
Bo, Z., Hurter, S., Hoerning, S., Underschultz, J. and Garnett, A. (2023). Accounting green and blue hydrogen in a net cash flow model for techno-economic assessment on underground hydrogen storage in Australia. Asia Pacific Unconventional Resources Symposium, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 14-15 November 2023. Houston, TX USA: Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi: 10.2118/217336-ms
2023
Journal Article
Impact of experimentally measured relative permeability hysteresis on reservoir-scale performance of underground hydrogen storage (UHS)
Bo, Zhenkai, Boon, Maartje, Hajibeygi, Hadi and Hurter, Suzanne (2023). Impact of experimentally measured relative permeability hysteresis on reservoir-scale performance of underground hydrogen storage (UHS). International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 48 (36), 13527-13542. doi: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2022.12.270
2023
Journal Article
U-Pb detrital zircon geochronology of the middle to upper Jurassic strata in the Surat Basin: new insights into provenance, paleogeography, and source-sink processes in eastern Australia
Andrade, Claudio, Sobczak, Kasia, Vasconcelos, Paulo, Holl, Heinz-Gerd, Hurter, Suzanne and Allen, Charlotte (2023). U-Pb detrital zircon geochronology of the middle to upper Jurassic strata in the Surat Basin: new insights into provenance, paleogeography, and source-sink processes in eastern Australia. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 149 106122, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2023.106122
2022
Journal Article
Experimental investigation of the flow properties of layered coal-rock analogues
Santiago, Vanessa, Zabala, Francy Guerrero, Sanchez-Barra, Angel J., Deisman, Nathan, Chalaturnyk, Richard J., Zhong, Ruizhi and Hurter, Suzanne (2022). Experimental investigation of the flow properties of layered coal-rock analogues. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 186, 685-700. doi: 10.1016/j.cherd.2022.08.046
2022
Journal Article
Sustainable dewatering of unconventional gas wells using engineered multiphase flow dynamics
Amani, Pouria, Rudolph, Victor, Hurter, Suzanne and Firouzi, Mahshid (2022). Sustainable dewatering of unconventional gas wells using engineered multiphase flow dynamics. Fuel, 324 (Part B) 124675, 124675. doi: 10.1016/j.fuel.2022.124675
2022
Journal Article
Modeling the initiation of groundwater flash vaporization during mining within an active geothermal system
Zhao, Xinzhe, Xing, Huilin, Ribeiro, Ayrton and Hurter, Suzanne (2022). Modeling the initiation of groundwater flash vaporization during mining within an active geothermal system. Transport in Porous Media, 144 (3), 669-697. doi: 10.1007/s11242-022-01830-3
2022
Journal Article
The roles and seismic expressions of turbidites and mass transport deposits using stratigraphic forward modeling and seismic forward modeling
Wan, Li, Hurter, Suzanne, Bianchi, Valeria, Li, Pan, Wang, Jiao and Salles, Tristan (2022). The roles and seismic expressions of turbidites and mass transport deposits using stratigraphic forward modeling and seismic forward modeling. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 232 105110, 105110. doi: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2022.105110
2022
Journal Article
Modeling and economic analyses of graded particle injections in conjunction with hydraulic fracturing of coal seam gas reservoirs
Santiago, Vanessa, Ribeiro, Ayrton, Johnson, Raymond, Hurter, Suzanne and You, Zhenjiang (2022). Modeling and economic analyses of graded particle injections in conjunction with hydraulic fracturing of coal seam gas reservoirs. SPE Journal, 27 (3), 1633-1647. doi: 10.2118/208404-PA
2022
Journal Article
Comparison between the depositional systems on ramp type and S type of passive margins: Insights from stratigraphic forward models
Wan, Li, Bianchi, Valeria, Hurter, Suzanne, Salles, Tristan, Yuan, Xuanjun and Zhang, Zhijie (2022). Comparison between the depositional systems on ramp type and S type of passive margins: Insights from stratigraphic forward models. Natural Gas Geoscience, 33 (2), 243-255. doi: 10.11764/j.issn.1672-1926.2021.07.009
2022
Journal Article
Combining stratigraphic forward modeling and susceptibility mapping to investigate the origin and evolution of submarine canyons
Wan, Li, Hurter, Suzanne, Bianchi, Valeria, Salles, Tristan, Zhang, Zhijie and Yuan, Xuanjun (2022). Combining stratigraphic forward modeling and susceptibility mapping to investigate the origin and evolution of submarine canyons. Geomorphology, 398 108047, 108047. doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2021.108047
2022
Journal Article
Morphological controls on delta-canyon-fan systems: Insights from stratigraphic forward models
Wan, Li, Bianchi, Valeria, Hurter, Suzanne, Salles, Tristan, Zhang, Zhijie and Yuan, Xuanjun (2022). Morphological controls on delta-canyon-fan systems: Insights from stratigraphic forward models. Sedimentology, 69 (2), 864-890. doi: 10.1111/sed.12930
2021
Conference Publication
The Influence of Formation Dip Angle on Buoyancy-Induced Gas Migration During Coal Seam Gas Production
Sedaghat, Mohammad, Owen, Des, Hayes, Philip, Hurter, Suzanne and Garnett, Andrew (2021). The Influence of Formation Dip Angle on Buoyancy-Induced Gas Migration During Coal Seam Gas Production. SPE/AAPG/SEG Asia Pacific Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Online, 16-18 November 2021. Tulsa, OK United States: Unconventional Resources Technology Conference. doi: 10.15530/AP-URTEC-2021-208388
2021
Conference Publication
Modelling and Economic Analyses of Graded Particle Injections in Conjunction with Hydraulically Fracturing of Coal Seam Gas Reservoirs
Santiago, Vanessa, Ribeiro, Ayrton, Johnson, Raymond, Hurter, Suzanne and You, Zhenjiang (2021). Modelling and Economic Analyses of Graded Particle Injections in Conjunction with Hydraulically Fracturing of Coal Seam Gas Reservoirs. SPE/AAPG/SEG Asia Pacific Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Online, 16–18 November 2021. Tulsa, OK United States: Unconventional Resources Technology Conference. doi: 10.15530/AP-URTEC-2021-208404
2021
Conference Publication
A modelling study on the application of the bentonites in plugging carbon dioxide injection wells
Dashti, Hossein, Sedaghat, Mohammad, Firouzi, Mahshid and Hurter, Suzanne (2021). A modelling study on the application of the bentonites in plugging carbon dioxide injection wells. SPE/AAPG/SEG Asia Pacific Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Virtual, 16-18 November 2021. Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC). doi: 10.15530/AP-URTEC-2021-208366
2021
Conference Publication
Understanding the nature of the transition between Late Jurassic formations of the Surat Basin through borehole image logs using cumulative dip plots
Claudio Luiz de Andrade Vieira Filh, Kasia Sobczak, Heinz-Gerd Holl, Suzanne Hurter and Paulo Vasconcelos (2021). Understanding the nature of the transition between Late Jurassic formations of the Surat Basin through borehole image logs using cumulative dip plots. Australian Earth Sciences Convention 2021, Virtual, 2021. Geological Society of Australia.
2021
Journal Article
Influences of negative pressure on air-leakage of coalseam gas extraction: Laboratory and CFD-DEM simulations
Wang, Zhiming, Hurter, Suzanne, You, Zhenjiang, Honari, Vahab, Sun, Yuning and Zhang, Shuo (2021). Influences of negative pressure on air-leakage of coalseam gas extraction: Laboratory and CFD-DEM simulations. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 196 107731, 107731. doi: 10.1016/j.petrol.2020.107731
2020
Journal Article
Dynamics of interfacial layers for sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate solutions at different salinities
Amani, Pouria, Miller, Reinhard, Ata, Seher, Hurter, Suzanne, Rudolph, Victor and Firouzi, Mahshid (2020). Dynamics of interfacial layers for sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate solutions at different salinities. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 92, 174-183. doi: 10.1016/j.jiec.2020.09.002
2020
Journal Article
Comparison of flow dynamics of air-water flows with foam flows in vertical pipes
Amani, Pouria, Hurter, Suzanne, Rudolph, Victor and Firouzi, Mahshid (2020). Comparison of flow dynamics of air-water flows with foam flows in vertical pipes. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 119 110216, 110216. doi: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2020.110216
Funding
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Optimisation of Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage in an ultra-shallow heavy oil reservoir
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Ray Johnson
Completed supervision
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Stress-dependent flow behaviour in coal seam gas reservoirs: Implications for gas production and reservoir stimulation
Principal Advisor
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Integrating Stratigraphic Forward Modelling and Synthetic Seismic to Understand Deepwater Sedimentary Systems on a Passive Margin
Principal Advisor
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Extending the life of gas fields by re-purposing for hydrogen storage to support Australia's energy transition
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jim Underschultz, Dr Sebastian Hoerning
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Evolution of the Surat Basin: Calibrating the chronostratigraphic framework of the Jurassic formations for coal seam gas appraisal
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Paulo Vasconcelos
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Numerical modelling of transient water-steam phase change in geothermal process
Associate Advisor
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Investigation of the dynamic foam flow in vertical pipes for sustainable production of unconventional gas
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Mahshid Firouzi
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Automated Microseismic Event Detection with Machine Learning
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Lutz Gross
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