Jared Freiburg
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- Ph.D. (2020) Geology,Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University, Greifswald, Germany
- M.S. Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- B.S. Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Microscopy Laboratory
- Sedimentology
- Sedimentary petrography (diagenesis)
- Reservoir characterization (clastic and carbonate)
- Cambrian-Ordovician geology
- Carbon capture and storage
- Mineralogy
- Mississippi Valley-type deposits
- Illinois Basin Decatur Project (CCS)
- Center for Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide (GSCO2)
Freiburg, J.T., Kehoe, K.S., and Ritz, R.W. (in review), Depositional and Diagenetic Controls on Porosity within a Deeply Buried CO2 Storage Reservoir—the Cambrian Mt. Simon Sandstone, Illinois Basin,
Freiburg, J.T., Best, J., Dominic, D., Kohanpur, A., Reesink, A., Ritzi, R., Tudek, J., Pendleton, J., Valocchi, A., Webb, N., 2015, Characterizing Depositional Facies and Pore Network Modeling in Context of Carbon Capture Storage: An Example from the Cambrian Mt. Simon Sandstone in the Illinois Basin, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco (17 December, 2015)
Ritzi, R.W., Freiburg, J.T., and Webb, N.D., submitted (2015), Understanding the (co) Varience in Petrophysical Properties of CO2 Reservoirs Comprising Fluvial Sedimentary Architecture, International Journal of Greenhouse Gases Control
Freiburg, J.T., Tudek, J.K., Butler, S.K., Berger, P.M., Grathoff, G.H., 2015, Clay Mineralogy and Pore-Scale Characterization After CO2 Flow and Sturation in the Mt. Simon Sandstone, Illinois Basin, USA, Euroclay, Edinburgh (5-10 July 2015)
Freiburg, J.T., Leetaru, H.E., and Monson, C.C., 2015, The Argenta Formation: A Newly Recognized Cambrian Stratigraphic Unit in the Illinois Basin, GSA, North-Central Section, 49th Annual Meeting (19-20 May 2015)
Labotka, D.M., Panno, S.V., Locke, R.A., Freiburg, J.T., 2015, Isotopic and Geochemical characterization of fossil brines of the Cambrian Mt. Simon Sandstone and Ironton-Galesville Formation from the Illinois Basin, USA, Geochemica et Cosmochimica Acta 165: 342-360
Freiburg, J.T., Morse, D.G., Leetaru, H.E., Hoss, R.P., and Yan, Q., 2014, A depositional and diagenetic characterization of the Mt. Simon Sandstone at the Illinois Basin - Decatur Project (IBDP) carbon capture and storage (CCS) site: Decatur, Illinois, USA: Illinois State Geological Survey, Circular 583 , p. 59
Leetaru, H.E. V. Smith, R. Will, J. Freiburg, and A.L. Brown, 2014, The application of an integrated earth model in reservoir management of a CO2 plume: Energy Procedia
Will, R. V. Smith, H.E. Leetaru, J.T. Freiburg, D.W. Lee, 2014 Microseismic monitoring, event occurrence, and the relationship to subsurface geology: Energy Procedia, https://www.eventspro.net/iea/viewpdf.esp?id=1090067&file=%5C%5Cdata%5Cmo%24%5CEventwin%5CPool%5COffice109%5Cdocs%5Cpdf%5Cghgt-12Final00514%2Epdf
Leetaru, H.E., V. Smith, Y. Adushita, and J.T. Freiburg, 2014, An integrated approach to evaluating the suitability of the Potosi Dolomite as a carbon sequestration target: Interpretation, V. 2, No. 3, p. 125-133.
Leetaru, H.E., and Freiburg, J.T., 2014, Litho-facies and reservoir characterization of the Mt. Simon Sandstone at the Illinois Basin – Decatur Project, Greenhouse Gas Sci Technol. 4:580-595
Yoksoulian, L.E., Freiburg, J.T., Butler, S.K., Berger, P.M., andRoy, W.R., 2013, Mineralogical Alterations During Laboratory-scale Carbon Sequestration Experiments for the Illinois Basin: Energy Procedia, V. 37, Pg. 5601-5611
Freiburg, J.T. and Leetaru, H.E. 2012. Controls on Porosity Development and the Potential for CO2 Sequestration or Waste Water Disposal in the Cambrian Potosi Dolomite (Knox Group): Illinois Basin. Eastern Section, AAPG, Best Paper Award
Freiburg J.T., Butler S.K., Yoksoulian L.E., Berger P.M., Roy W.R., 2012 Alteration of clay minerals in the Mt. Simon Sandstone during laboratory-scale carbon sequestration. Abstracts with Programs – Geol Soc Am 2012; 44:9.
Freiburg, J.T., Fouke, B.W., Lasemi, Z., 2012. New Insights on Mississippi Valley Mineralization Based on Solution Cavities in the Ordovician Galena Group at the Conco Mine, North Aurora, Illinois, USA. Illinois Sate Geological Survey, Circular 581, p. 1-46