Subodh Gupta

Chief, Research and Development Cenovus Energy

Subodh Gupta, SPE, is the founder and technology adviser at Heretech Energy, a Calgary-based consultancy firm advising on various surface and subsurface technologies for decarbonization of oil. He has worked in the process and petroleum industry for more than 35 years. Previously, Gupta headed research and development efforts for organizations including Cenovus Energy and its predecessor companies, EnCana and PanCan Petroleum. He is a member of the Canadian Photonic Industry Consortium Board of Directors and the Technology Alberta Advisory Board. Gupta has been an SPE Distinguished Lecturer as well as a member of the Distinguished Lecturer Selection Committee. He holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and MS and PhD degrees from the University of Calgary. He is a member of the JPT Editorial Review Committee.

Decarbonization

Decarbonization-2023

Because the basics of CCS and CCUS are mostly familiar to a large part of the readership, I am choosing to bring to your attention the summary of those articles that are devoted to approaches other than or beyond CCS, even if they have to climb further on the development ladder. These include bio-based approaches, geothermal, and use of hydrogen as a substitute fuel.

July 1, 2023 • Subodh Gupta • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Enhanced recovery

EOR Modeling-2022

Statistics are important in knowing where the sharp minds of SPE members are investing their energies. Typically, this is also in proportion to what those members need. Hence, it is noteworthy that more than a fifth of the papers were about CO2-based EOR, indicating not only renewed interest but also the motivation for carbon capture, use, and storage.

January 1, 2022 • Subodh Gupta • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Enhanced recovery

EOR Modeling-2021

The enhanced-oil-recovery literature produced in the past several months was dominated by reservoir modeling and characterization; flood enhancements; machine learning; and, more notably, relative permeability estimation. This last one needs to be understood further.

January 1, 2021 • Subodh Gupta • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Enhanced recovery

EOR Modeling-2020

The bulk of the literature on enhanced oil recovery from the past year has been devoted to an improved understanding of trends started more than a decade ago with physical and numerical modeling.

December 31, 2019 • Subodh Gupta • Journal of Petroleum Technology