Nathan D. Webb
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M.S. University of Illinois, 2009
B.S. Western Illinois University, 2007
Professional Affiliations:
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Illinois Geological Society
Geological Society of America
Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM)
Leading a team on the US Department of Energy project titled “A Nonconventional CO2-EOR Target in the Illinois Basin: Oil Reservoirs of the Thick Cypress Sandstone”
Building a workflow with geostatisticians, geocellular modelers, and reservoir engineers to investigate EOR and anthropogenic CO2 storage scenarios in Illinois Basin reservoirs
Advising U of I undergraduate students interested in sedimentary and petroleum geology on projects related to and supportive of ISGS projects
Sedimentology of siliciclastic rocks
Mississippian and Pennsylvanian Stratigraphy in the Illinois Basin
Controls on stratigraphy
Petroleum geology and enhanced oil recovery
Reservoir characterization of Paleozoic siliciclastic reservoirs in the Illinois Basin for EOR and storage of anthropogenic CO2
Webb, Nathan D., Grimley, D.A., Phillips, A.C., & Fouke, B.W., 2012, Origin and Sedimentology of Glacial Ridges (OIS 6) in the Kaskaskia Sublobe, SW Illinois, USA, Quaternary Research
Jikich, Sinisha, Grube, John P., Seyler, Beverly, Webb, Nathan. D., and Damico, James R., 2012, Reservoir Characterization Aids Implementation of Alkaline-Surfactant-Polymer in Illinois Basin, American Oil Reporter, June, 2012
ABSTRACTS & PRESENTATIONS
Webb, Nathan D., and Best, James L., 2014, The fluvial sedimentology of Pennsylvanian sandstones in the Illinois Basin, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 46, No. 4, p. 39
Webb, Nathan D., and Best, James L., 2014, Identifying cyclothems in the Pennsylvanian Tradewater Formation in the subsurface of the Illinois Basin, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 46, No. 4, p. 42
Webb, Nathan D., and Grube, John P., 2014, The Mississippian Cypress Sandstone: Geologic characteristics of a potential EOR target in the Illinois Basin, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 46, No. 4, p. 43
Gragg, Evan J.; Butler, Shane K.; and Webb, Nathan D., 2014, Assessing Aux Vases Sandstone heterogeneity in the Illinois Basin for potential EOR projects using clay mineralogy, porosity, and permeability, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 46, No. 4, p. 41
Rehak, Kyle D.; Webb, Nathan D.; Butler, Shane K., 2014, Using clay mineralogy, porosity, and permeability to assess heterogeneity of the Cypress Sandstone in the Illinois Basin for potential EOR projects, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 46, No. 4, p. 41
Webb, Nathan D., Grube, J.P., Blakley, C.S., Seyler, B., 2013, The importance of geologic reservoir characterization in the successful application of CO2 enhanced oil recovery and storage programs: Examples from Carboniferous fluvio-tidal deposits of the Illinois Basin, USA, 10th International Conference on Fluvial Sedimentology, Leeds, UK
Grube, John P., Blakley, Curt S., Damico, James R., Johanek, Philip M., Madhavan, Vineeth, Okwen, Roland T., Seyler, Beverly, and Webb, Nathan D.,2012, Alkaline-surfactant-polymer flood application for enhanced oil recovery has potential for significant recovery of remaining reserves in the mature Lawrence Field, Illinois, Annual Meeting – American Association of Petroleum Geologists, vol. 2012
Webb, Nathan D., Grube, J.P., Blakley, C.S., Seyler, B., Madhavan, V., 2012, Reservoir characterization of Lower Pennsylvanian sandstones for the application of ASP flood technology in Lawrence Field, Illinois, Annual Meeting – American Association of Petroleum Geologists, vol. 2012
Webb, Nathan D., Blakley, C.S., Madhavan, V., 2011, Bridgeport sandstone reservoir characterization applied to alkaline-surfactant polymer project, Lawrence County, IL, Workshop – Illinois Basin Petroleum Technology Transfer Council.
Madhavan, V., Webb, Nathan D., Grube, J.P., Blakley, C.S., Seyler, B., Johanek, P.M., 2011, Reservoir characterization for the application of ASP flood technology in the Bridgeport sandstone in Lawrence Field, Illinois, Annual Meeting – American Association of Petroleum Geologists, vol. 2011
Seyler, B., Grube, J. P., Huff, B.G., Blakley, C.S., Johanek P.M., Madhavan, V., and Webb, Nathan D., 2010, Reservoir characterization for enhanced oil recovery in Middle Mississippian Cypress Sandstones at Lawrence Field, Illinois, Annual Meeting – American Association of Petroleum Geologists, vol. 2010
Blakley, Curt S., Grube, John P., Johanek, Philip M., Madhavan, Vineeth, Webb, Nathan D., and Seyler, Beverly, 2010, Characterization of Pennsylvanian Bridgeport sandstones in the Illinois Basin, Proceedings from Annual Meeting of Eastern Section of American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Program with Abstracts, Kalamazoo, MI, September 25-29, 2010, pg. 41
Webb, Nathan D. and Grimley, D.A., 2009, Sedimentology of the Illinoian Ridged Drift of southwestern Illinois: New ideas about changing processes, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 41, No. 4, p. 58
Webb, Nathan D. and Grimley, D.A., 2009, Factors influencing the distribution of the Illinoian Ridged Drift of southwestern Illinois, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 41, No. 4, p. 14
Webb, Nathan D. and Grimley, D.A., 2008, Mapping of Quaternary deposits and bedrock topography in the Kaskaskia Valley region, southwest Illinois, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 40, No. 5, p. 72
MAPS
Grimley, D. A. and Nathan D. Webb, 2010, Surficial Geology of Red Bud Quadrangle, Randolph, Monroe, and St. Clair Counties, Illinois: Illinois State Geological Survey, IGQ Red Bud-SG, 2 sheets, 1:24,000, report, 12 p.
Grimley, D. A. and Nathan D. Webb, 2009, Surficial Geology of New Athens East Quadrangle, St. Clair County, Illinois: Illinois State Geological Survey, Illinois Geologic Quadrangle Map, IGQ New Athens East-SG, 1:24,000, report, 14p.