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Professor Quentin Fisher

Professor Quentin Fisher

  • Position: Professor of Petroleum Geoengineering
  • Areas of expertise: geology; geomechanics; petrophysics; petroleum engineering; fault and top seal analysis
  • Email: Q.J.Fisher@leeds.ac.uk
  • Phone: +44(0)113 343 1920
  • Location: 7.134 School of Earth and Environment

Profile

I'm currently Professor of Petroleum Geoengineering at the University of Leeds and CEO of PETRIVA, which is a recently established spin-out company providing consultancy services and data-mining/visualization software. I was awarded a PhD in low temperature geochemistry in 1993. I then worked for Rock Deformation Research Ltd (now Schlumberger) where I spent around 15 years conducting research and consultancy work on the impact of faults on fluid flow in petroleum reservoirs. In the last 15 years, I have become involved in research projects that integrate workflows and software in the geology, petrophysics, geophysics, geomechanics and petroleum engineering disciplines, which I apply to problems such as CO2 storage. 

Responsibilities

  • Director of Wolfson multiphase flow laboratory

Research interests

  • Unconventional gas (petrophysics, geophysics, geomechanics of shale & tight gas sandstone)
  • Faulting, Fault Sealing and Fluid Flow.
  • Data visualization and data mining
  • CO2 storage
  • Up-scaling fault rock properties for reservoir simulation
  • Top seal integrity prediction
  • Multi-phase flow in low permeability porous media
  • Geomechanics of petroleum systems
  • Seismic anisotropy
  • Diagenesis and reservoir quality of siliciclastics.
  • Reservoir compaction.
  • Microseismicity.
  • Compaction of siliciclastic reservoirs as a result of fluid withdrawal
<h4>Research projects</h4> <p>Some research projects I'm currently working on, or have worked on, will be listed below. Our list of all <a href="https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/dir/research-projects">research projects</a> allows you to view and search the full list of projects in the faculty.</p>

Qualifications

  • PhD, Geology, University of Leeds
  • BSc, Geology, University of Sheffield

Professional memberships

  • Society of Petroleum Engineers
  • European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers

Research groups and institutes

  • Institute of Applied Geoscience

Current postgraduate researchers

<h4>Postgraduate research opportunities</h4> <p>We welcome enquiries from motivated and qualified applicants from all around the world who are interested in PhD study. Our <a href="https://phd.leeds.ac.uk">research opportunities</a> allow you to search for projects and scholarships.</p>