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Pedro Miguel Martins Pereira

Summary

Dr. Pedro Pereira holds a Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering from the Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, and a background in Geological Engineering. He is an expert in Geoenergy, focusing on Carbon, Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) and Underground Hydrogen Storage, with experience in European R&D projects.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
9
9
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Languages

Work History

Researcher/ Integrated Member

Sci
01.2025 - Current
  • The Center of, -Tech Research in Earth
  • System and Energy (CREATE), University of Évora

01.2023 - Current
  • Experience and skills with software tools
  • Proficiency in industry-standard software, such as Petrel, Eclipse, CMG
  • GEM, Aspen SKUA, Aspen SeisEarth, DecisionSpace, Kingdom, OpendTect, and programming skills for spatial data analysis, data science (Matlab
  • Python, R), which are essential for geological modelling and simulation
  • Conducting studies and reports
  • Experience in conducting screening onshore and offshore screening of suitable subsurface geological structures for the development and implementation of CO2 storage in Portugal
  • Experience in performing risk and ranking assessments of the potential storage areas for CO2 storage
  • Participation in the technical and non-technical criteria and subcriteria, including the definition of the classification criteria according to the geological and engineering relevant parameters
  • Participation in the technical decision, based on detailed geo- characterization studies, between the potential of the onshore and offshore areas for CO2 storage, discussing the challenges, risks and opportunities for both pilot- and commercial-scale potential in the long- term
  • Preparation of reports and technical notes
  • STRATEGY CCUS project: o Public project deliverable on key data for characterizing sources, transport options, storage and uses in the promising regions; o Public project deliverable on maturity level and confidence of storage capacities estimates in the promising regions; o Public project deliverable on cost-effectiveness of storage sites and comparison of promising regions; o Public project deliverable on the description of CCUS business cases in eight Southern and Eastern European regions; o Public project deliverable on economic evaluation of CCUS scenarios in eight Southern and Eastern European regions
  • PilotSTRATEGY project: o Internal technical note of the compilation of the available technical data of the project (geophysical and geological data); o Public project deliverable of the development of the conceptual geological models and reservoir and caprock characterization; o Public project deliverable of the 3D static modelling with uncertainties; o Public project deliverable of the 3D static models for the Portuguese region; o Public project deliverable of optimization of injection strategy and storage capacity
  • H2GeoStore project: o Project deliverable of the benchmarking requirements for hydrogen geological storage; o Project deliverable of the conceptual models and parameters for hydrogen storage; o Project deliverable of the well scenarios and flow rates for hydrogen storage; o Project deliverable of the static reservoir properties of synthetic models; o Project deliverable of the dynamic reservoir modelling and interactions of hydrogen in the storage formations; o Project deliverable of the geochemical interactions and retention capacity of caprocks; o Project deliverable of the long-term geomechanical effects in the caprocks
  • Preparation of applications for research projects and study proposals
  • 2022
  • Preparation, elaboration and submission of the H2GeoStore project, funded by FCT
  • 2020
  • Participation in the elaboration and preparation of the PilotSTRATEGY project, particularly in the Work Package 3 (modelling and simulation studies)
  • Participation in committees and working groups, Member of the work group in charge for the innovation and dissemination activities in the Geosciences Department of the University of Évora
  • 2023
  • Member of the Organizing Committee of the 18th National Conference of
  • Geotechnics (18CNG)
  • 2019
  • Organizing and Technical Committee member of the 1st
  • SEG Virtual
  • Student Conference in Europe., H2GeoStore – Hydrogen Geological Storage and Interactions in
  • Porous Media of Subsurface Geology o Principal Investigator (PI) and team member of the exploratory project funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and
  • Technology (FCT)
  • O Responsibilities and participation in the project: Benchmarking requirements for hydrogen geological storage; Development of conceptual models and key storage parameters; Analysis of well configuration scenarios and flow rates for hydrogen storage; Characterization of static reservoir properties in synthetic models; Dynamic reservoir modelling and hydrogen interactions in storage formations; Investigation of geochemical interactions and retention capacity of caprocks; Assessment of long-term geomechanical effects on caprocks.

01.2021 - Current
  • PilotSTRATEGY – CO₂ Geological Pilots in Strategic Territories
  • EU Horizon 2020 Programme
  • O Technical and scientific leader of the Portuguese team on Work
  • Package 3 (WP3) – Simulation, and team member on Work
  • Package 2 (WP2) – Geocharacterization
  • O Team member (UEVORA) of the Portuguese region, and cooperation with numerous national and international partners/
  • R&D institutions, including BRGM, IGME, IFPEN, CERTH, GIG, ICS-
  • UL, Galp, among others
  • O Responsibilities and participation in the project: Compilation and analysis of geophysical and geological technical data; Onshore and offshore seismic interpretation, structural mapping and screening of potential storage sites; Characterization and ranking for site selection for CO2 injection; Contribution in the collection of rock samples from the
  • Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous in several field work trips for laboratory analyses of the reservoir and caprock geological formations; Contribution in the analysis and characterization of the rock samples from the cuttings and cores of the petroleum exploration wells at the National Core Storage (LNEG); Contribution in the development of conceptual geological models and reservoir/caprock characterization; Generation of 3D static models for the Portuguese region; 3D static modelling and simulation with uncertainty analysis; Optimization of injection strategies and storage capacity assessment.

Supervisor of M

Geosciences Department
01.2024 - 01.2025
  • Sc
  • Research grant holder Augusto Mazezo in the
  • H2GeoStore project, , University of Évora
  • Research Work: Long-term geomechanical simulation for integrity analyses of several caprock types for hydrogen storage
  • Co-supervisor of Melito Espírito Santo do Rosário Soares, Master in Mining and Geological Engineering, IST, University of Lisbon
  • Thesis: Efficiency assessment and dynamic interactions in hydrogen geological storage in saline aquifers
  • Of Cephas Messie Moussa, International Master on CO₂
  • Geological Storage, University of Évora | Sapienza University of Rome
  • Thesis: Structural uncertainty assessment of the static model for CO₂ storage in the offshore Lusitanian Basin, Portugal
  • 2023

Assistant Professor

Energy, University of Évora
01.2021 - 01.2024
  • Resources, M.Sc
  • Course in Geological
  • Engineering

Researcher/ integrated

01.2021 - 01.2024

CTS
01.2020 - 01.2022
  • CO2 Transport and Storage directly from a ship: flexible and cost-effective solutions for European offshore storage
  • CETPartnership and EU financial support
  • O Team member (UEVORA) of the Portuguese region in the Work
  • Package 2 (WP2) – Screening, Work Package 3 (WP3) – LCA-TEA, and cooperation with international partners/ R&D institutions, including NORCE, GeoEcoMar, NEMO Maritime AS, Brevik
  • Engineering, among others
  • O Responsibilities and participation in the project: Contribution on the creation of clusters, particularly involving the storage module in the CCS technological value chain, for the Atlantic coast case study (Portuguese region); Contribution on the discussions in linking the CTS and
  • PilotSTRATEGY projects, mainly in respect to the offshore potential CO2 storage complex; Contribution on developing techno-economic evaluations; Contribution on addressing the techno-economic drivers and challenges for direct ship injection including replicability analysis; Contribution on the life-cycle analyses of CTS deployment in selected project regions
  • 2021-2023
  • HySTORIES – Hydrogen Storage in European Subsurface
  • EU Horizon 2020 Programme
  • O Collaborator (ICT/UEVORA) of the Portuguese region in the Work
  • Package 1 (WP1) – Geological assessment, and cooperation with numerous international partners/ R&D institutions, including
  • Geostock, IGME, CERTH, GIG, NORCE, University of Zagreb, among others
  • O Responsibilities and participation in the project: Contribution to compilation of data available; Contribution to the geophysical data importing in the geoscience software, including wells and seismic reflection data; Contribution in the analysis of scientific reports, structural maps, and geological characterization; Contribution in the screening promising areas/ structures suitable for hydrogen storage in saline aquifers
  • StrategyCCUS – Strategic planning of regions and territories in
  • Europe for low-carbon energy and industry through CCUS
  • EU Horizon 2020 Programme
  • O Team member (UEVORA) of the Portuguese region in the Work
  • Package 2 (WP2) – Methods, Work Package 5 (WP5) - Economics, and cooperation with numerous national/ international partners/
  • R&D institutions, including BRGM, IGME, IFPEN, CERTH, GIG, FCT
  • NOVA, CIMPOR, NORCE, DGEG, among others
  • O Responsibilities and participation in the project: Characterization of key data for CO₂ sources, transport options, storage, and utilization in promising regions; Assessment of the maturity level and confidence of storage capacity estimates; Evaluation of cost-effectiveness of storage sites and regional comparisons; Development of CCUS business cases for eight Southern and Eastern European regions; Economic evaluation of CCUS deployment scenarios in target regions.

Technology – NTNU
01.2016 - 01.2020
  • Member of the SEG Técnico Student Chapter

ICT

Évora
01.2015 - 01.2020
  • University of, Research grant holder at the Center of Natural Resources and Environment (CERENA), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), University of Lisbon
  • Participation in international R&D projects, Member of the work groups in charge for the innovation and dissemination activities, including through the student chapters, in the
  • Mining Department of the IST, University of Lisbon.

Co

TotalEnergies' CSTJF, Scientifique et Technique
01.2018 - 01.2019
  • Jean Féger)
  • R&D project on 4D reservoir characterization and monitoring based on time-lapse seismic reflection data and seismic inversion methods
  • O Responsibilities and participation in the project: Geological and geophysical reservoir characterization; Integration of two 3D seismic monitors (time-lapse seismic volumes) in the modelling workflow; Perform seismic inversion of 4D signal and uncertainty assessments; Development and testing the propagation of geobodies to transfer the information from the 4D seismic anomalies to the dynamic domain (history matching)
  • Supervision experience, supervisor of Stela Sofia Gurova de Brito, Master in Energy Resources
  • Engineering, IST, University of Lisbon.

Dr, Norwegian University
01.2017 - 01.2019
  • Organizing Committee member of the SEG Europe Regional Advisory
  • Committee
  • 2018
  • Organizing Committee member for the application preparation and reception at IST of a one-day event for the 2018 SEG Europe Honorary
  • Lecturer Dr
  • Ivan Vasconcelos (Utrecht University, Organizing Committee member of 1st
  • PetroSummit involving both SEG and SPE Student Chapters of IST, University of Lisbon, inviting national and international companies: ENI, Subsea 7, Galp, Technip FMC and Beicip-
  • Franlab
  • 2017
  • Organizing Committee member for the application preparation and reception at IST of a one-day event for the 2017 SEG Europe Honorary
  • Lecturer

01.2016 - 01.2019
  • Member of the work group in charge to translate the quarterly newsletter of the SEG Near-surface Views for the non-English reading community (mainly Latin America countries).

Education

Ph.D. - Petroleum Engineering

Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), University of Lisbon
01.2017 - 01.2020

M.Sc. - Geological Resources

University of Aveiro
01.2012 - 01.2014

B.Sc. - Geological Engineering

University of Aveiro
01.2008 - 01.2012

Skills

    Critical thinking

    Data analysis

    Attention to detail

    MS office

    Documentation and reporting

    Scientific writing

    Qualitative research

    Research planning

    Quantitative research

    Qualitative and quantitative research

    Delivering presentations

    Research presentation

    Data collection and organization

    Data modeling

    Statistical methodologies

    Research grants

    Fieldwork experience

    Interpreting results

    User testing

    Data compilation

    Research program planning

    Driving decision making

    Knowledge sharing

    Digital research tools

    Proposal preparation

    Team collaboration

    Problem-solving

Orcid

0000-0001-6156-8044

Scopus Author Id

57190945142

Ciência Id

1C10-0A52-EE5C

Supervision Experience

  • Supervisor, Augusto Mazezo, H2GeoStore project, 01/01/24, 12/31/25
  • Co-supervisor, Melito Espírito Santo do Rosário Soares, Master in Mining and Geological Engineering, IST, University of Lisbon, 01/01/24, 12/31/24
  • Supervisor, Cephas Messie Moussa, International Master on CO₂ Geological Storage, 01/01/23, 12/31/23
  • Co-supervisor, Stela Sofia Gurova de Brito, Master in Energy Resources Engineering, IST, University of Lisbon, 01/01/23, 12/31/23

Timeline

Researcher/ Integrated Member

Sci
01.2025 - Current

Supervisor of M

Geosciences Department
01.2024 - 01.2025

01.2023 - Current

01.2021 - Current

Assistant Professor

Energy, University of Évora
01.2021 - 01.2024

Researcher/ integrated

01.2021 - 01.2024

CTS
01.2020 - 01.2022

Co

TotalEnergies' CSTJF, Scientifique et Technique
01.2018 - 01.2019

Dr, Norwegian University
01.2017 - 01.2019

Ph.D. - Petroleum Engineering

Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), University of Lisbon
01.2017 - 01.2020

Technology – NTNU
01.2016 - 01.2020

01.2016 - 01.2019

ICT

Évora
01.2015 - 01.2020

M.Sc. - Geological Resources

University of Aveiro
01.2012 - 01.2014

B.Sc. - Geological Engineering

University of Aveiro
01.2008 - 01.2012

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