CV

Professional Experience

Shell

• Reservoir Engineer Intern, June 2024 - September 2024

  • Project overviews: machine learning for CO2 storage and flow assurance

ExxonMobil Technology & Engineering Company

• Reservoir Engineer Intern, June 2023 - September 2023

  • Compositional reservoir simulation using INTERSECT (IX) for fluid flow along fault lines with applications to carbon capture & sequestration

Chevron Technical Center

• Simulation Engineer Intern, June 2022 - September 2022

  • Physical mechanism validation for hydrogen-brine interactions in INTERSECT (IX) for hydrogen storage simulation

  • Developed the first edition of the simulation practitioners' manual for hydrogen simulation in IX

• Reservoir Engineer, December 2018 - September 2021

  • Coordinated gas EOR projects related to CO2 foams, hydrocarbon gas injection, and sequestration.

  • Delivered regular updates to project owners and stakeholders. Responsibilities included balancing project budgets (> $1MM annually), experimental design, construction, execution, and interpretation.

  • Performed high-pressure, high-temperature coreflooding experiments to study CO2 and natural gas foam behavior in porous media.

  • Worked with simulation teams to build foam modeling capability using in-house simulation software and conducted foam simulations for upscaling laboratory data to pilot design.

  • Oversaw the commission and execution of Chevron’s first lab-scale H2S unit for assessing surfactant performance in sour conditions at reservoir temperature and pressure.

Service & Honors

Honors

1. Henry J. Ramey Jr. Fellowship Award, 2024

   • The Ramey Fellowship recognizes the most prominent research student in the Department of Energy Science & Engineering. It is awarded annually to a person selected by the faculty.

2. Chevron Fellowship in Energy, 2022

3. Jack L. Thurber Memorial Endowed Presidential Scholarship, 2017

Service

1. Reviewer, SPE Journal, 2023 - Present

2. President, Society of Petroleum Engineers Stanford Student Chapter, 2022 - 2023

3. Student Mentor, Energy Science & Engineering, 2022 - Present

Invited Talks & Presentations

1. Intercomparison of Numerical Simulation Codes for Underground Hydrogen Storage. Stanford Hydrogen Initiative Monthly Seminar, 12 January 2024

2. Fluid Migration Along Faults: Implications for CCS. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 15 December 2023

3. Thermodynamics of Hydrogen-containing Mixtures. Stanford Hydrogen Initiative Monthly Seminar, 9 June 2023

4. Hydrogen Storage in Porous Media. Stanford Civil Engineering Atmosphere & Energy Seminar, 25 April 2023

5. Intercomparison of Numerical Simulation Codes for Underground Hydrogen Storage. Stanford Center for Carbon Capture and Storage Annual Meeting, 26 January 2023

Refereed Publications

1. Zhou, J.D., Jessen, K., Kovscek, A.R. 2023. The Role of Gravity and Temperature on Hydrogen-containing Mixtures in the Subsurface. Journal of Energy Storage 85(2024): 111025. 

2. Okoroafor, E.R., Sampaio, L., Gasanzade, F., Perez Claro, Y., Zhou, J.D., Saltzer, S.D., Bauer, S., Kovscek, A.R. 2023. Intercomparison of numerical simulation models for hydrogen storage in porous media using different codes. Energy Conversion and Management 292(2023): 117409.

3. Wang, X., Zhou, J., Pang, J., Mohanty, K.K. 2023. Nanoparticle-Surfactant Stabilized Strong Foam for Enhanced Oil Recovery in High-Salinity Fractured Carbonate Reservoirs. SPE Journal.

4. Valluri, M.K., Zhou, J., Mishra, S., et al. 2020. CO2 Injection and Enhanced Oil Recovery in Ohio Oil Reservoirs – An Experimental Approach to Process Understanding. Energies 13(23), 6215.

Conference Proceedings

1. Zhou, J.D., Kovscek, A.R. 2024. Hydrogen Storage in Saline Aquifers: Experimental Observations of Viscous-dominated Flow. SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California. SPE-218944-MS.

2. Zhou, J.D., Likanapaisal, P., Lun, L.S., Krishnamurthy, P. 2024. Fluid Migration Along Faults: Implications for CCUS. SPE Western Regional Meeting, Palo Alto, California. SPE-218855-MS.

3. Jin, J., Zuo, L., Pinnawala, G., Linnemeyer, H., Griffith, C., Zhou, J., Malik, T. 2022. Development of Bio-Based Surfactant Foams for Hydrocarbon Gas Disposal Applications. SPE Improved Oil Recovery Conference, Virtual. SPE-209386-MS.

4. Griffith, C., Linnemeyer, H., Kim, D.H., Hahn, R., Zhou, J., Upchurch, E., et al. 2022. Lab and Pilot-Scale Evaluation of Stable Foam for Drilling in High Temperature Environment. SPE Improved Oil Recovery Conference. Virtual. SPE-209379-MS.

5. Zhou, J., Srivastava, M., Hahn, R., et al. 2020. Evaluation of an Amphoteric Surfactant for CO2 Foam Applications: A Comparative Study. SPE Improved Oil Recovery Conference, Virtual. SPE-200315-MS.

6. Zhou, J., Sharma, H., Mohanty, K. 2018. Improved Gravity Drainage by Gas in Fractured, Oil-wet Carbonate Rocks Using Mobility Control Agents. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas. SPE-191487-MS.

Teaching (Graduate-Level)

• Thermodynamics of Equilibria, Stanford University, Autumn 2023

• Fundamentals of Energy Processes, Stanford University, Winter 2023

• Advanced Reservoir Engineering, UT Austin, Fall 2018

Patents

• Methods for Foam Stimulation. Patent No. US 11,905,461 B2. Granted 20 Feb. 2024.