Reducing emissions with safe and effective underground carbon storage

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GTI International Deepens Capabilities in Sub-Surface Technologies with the Acquisition of Projeo Corporation

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Geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide (CO2), energy storage, and geothermal resources are vital in the transition to low-carbon energy. Storing CO2 below the earth’s surface helps utilities and power producers integrate more renewables, maintain grid stability, minimize the impacts of climate change, and spur the hydrogen economy.

Projeo’s role in carbon storage technology

Projeo specializes in managing CO2 and gas storage, ground water resources, and geothermal projects. We have built a client-centered culture providing excellent project development and operational results.

Our team leads activities to develop the intelligent use of subsurface carbon management. We perform the services that your project needs to be successful. We have unparalleled expertise, relationships, talent, and track record.

Projeo helps store carbon from:

  • Ethanol fermentation
  • Ammonia production
  • Power production
  • Other industrial processes

Our Services

  • Project management
  • Site management
  • Site operations
  • Seismic studies
  • Test well drilling and equipment installation
  • Government contracting
  • Wellsite supervision
  • Geotechnical management
  • Energy solutions
  • Oil and gas operations
  • Gas storage operations
  • Regulatory reporting and support
  • Vendor contracting and management

 

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Projeo strengthens GTI Energy’s sub-surface technologies to support the low carbon energy transition

Projeo Team

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Nick Malkewicz

President

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Nick Malkewicz

Working on CO2 geologic storage projects for more than 15 years, Nick has international and domestic management and technical expertise. Prior to founding Projeo, Nick was at Schlumberger for over a decade. He started as a wireline field engineer and led efforts to acquire technical data in oil and gas wells for operating companies. He continued on to serve roles in sales, quality engineering, project management, and business development for Carbon Services at Schlumberger.

Nick has been very involved in managing the field work components of projects, including the only operating Class VI well in the U.S. He has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, an MS in Project Management from University of Wisconsin-Platteville, and PMP Certification from the Project Management Institute.

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Manzoor Khan

Petroleum Engineer

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Manzoor Khan

Manzoor is a petroleum engineer with six years of wellsite oil and gas operations experience. He served as a fracturing and stimulation engineer at BJ Services, a reservoir navigation and optimization specialist at Halliburton, a data engineer in drilling & surface well logging at GEOLOG International, and as a well services engineer at National Petroleum Services. Manzoor is also a programmer and data analytics specialist versed in Python, C++, VBA, Power Shell, SQL, and Power BI.

He earned a BS in Petroleum Engineering from Colorado School of Mines, along with a minor in Business and Economics. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers (SASE), and the National Society of Leadership and Success (NSLS).

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Kathleen Davis

Sub-surface Technical Manager

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Kathleen Davis

Kathleen recently joined Projeo Corporation as a Sub-surface Technical Manager. She is an energy and management professional who has experience leading global technical teams. Using her deep energy industry background and broad professional experience, Kathleen is adept at developing and implementing tailored strategy solutions to drive business efficiency and technical excellence.

Kathleen began her career with Shell as a geoscientist and served in various technical roles of increasing responsibility. At Noble Energy, she was a subsurface program manager and coring subject matter expert. She also served in a diverse variety of project management and technical roles with Exxon Mobil, RiverCap Holdings, and NationsBenefits as well as several start-up companies.

Kathleen has a Ph.D. in Geology from University of Michigan, and a B.S. in Geology from Georgia State University. She is a Licensed Project Management Professional (PMP)®.

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Dave Maity

Senior Data Engineer

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Dave Maity

Debotyam (Dave) Maity is a Senior Data Engineer with Projeo corporation. He has a Petroleum and Geoscience background with strong focus on technical research and development work.

Before joining Projeo, he worked with GTI Energy as a Senior Engineer in the Subsurface Technology Group for eight years. At GTI Energy, his work revolved around data analytics and machine learning, reservoir characterization, geophysical techniques, geomechanics, hydraulic fracture completions, as well as fracture diagnostics. He has been involved with various DOE-funded research projects in the hydraulic fracturing and geothermal space.

He has authored more than 30 technical papers and holds four patents in the field of hydraulic fracturing completion techniques and diagnostics.

Dr. Maity holds a Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering from University of Southern California and is a member of Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).

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Elizabeth Gergurich

Geomodeler

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Elizabeth Gergurich

Elizabeth is a Geoscientist with 7 years of Oil & Gas Industry experience. She has a strong background in reservoir characterization and geomodelling. Her time with Noble Energy was spent as a development geologist, geomodeler, and basin modeler; along with roles in project management, hazard identification, and risk analysis. At Chevron, she was the geomodeler and development geologist for the Tamar Field in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Elizabeth has a BS in Geology from the University of Arizona and an MS in Geology from the University of Oklahoma.

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Sam Kazarian

GIS and Data Technician

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Sam Kazarian

Sam is geologist filling the role of GIS and Data Technician for Projeo. They have a background in ore control at the Stillwater Mine, a world class platinum/palladium deposit in Montana. Sam's experience in critical minerals and active field sites brings important technical diversity to the Projeo team. Sam applies their experience in creative problem solving to working with complex teams to find nuanced solutions.

Sam has a Bachelors in Geological Engineering with a focus on mineral and petroleum exploration from Colorado School of Mines.

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Lisa Foster

Treasurer

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Lisa Foster

Lisa serves as Treasurer for Projeo Corporation. In her role, she provides accounting and finance management and is also involved in commercial transactions.

Lisa received a BS in Accountancy from Roosevelt University and an MBA from Northern Illinois University. Lisa is on the steering committee of GTI Energy’s Women’s Professional Network (WPN) and is an active member of Women’s Energy Network—Chicago Chapter (WEN).

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Phillippe Holland

Secretary and General Counsel

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Phillippe Holland

Phil serves as Secretary and General Counsel for Projeo Corporation. In his role, he advises the company on various corporate and commercial matters.

Phil received his Bachelor’s from Georgetown University and his J.D. from the Northwestern University School of Law.

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Brenda Spratling

Office Administrator

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Brenda Spratling

Brenda serves as the Office Administrator for Projeo Corporation and comes with over 30 years of comprehensive experience in both the profit and nonprofit industries. She is committed to serve Projeo’s team and their clients in a courteous and professional manner.  

Brenda holds an associate degree in Computer Science and Accounting from Davenport University in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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Robert Will

Geophysical and Reservoir Engineering Advisor

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Robert Will

Bob began his career in 1981 with Western Geophysical Company where over the ensuing 19 years he held many domestic and international positions largely focused on coordination of research, applied technology, and marine operational groups toward field implementation of new and developmental data acquisition and processing systems. Upon the merger of Western Geophysical and Schlumberger Geco-Prakla Bob left field operations and transitioned to reservoir characterization activities as a Principal Geoscientist where he worked on the application of advanced characterization methods for special projects in water resource management and mining for Schlumberger’s New Ventures group.

In 2011 Bob began work in Schlumberger’s Carbon Services group as Scientific Advisor, contributing to many CCS and CCUS projects in the areas of geomodelling, rock physics, hydrodynamic and geomechanical simulation, and induced microseismicity. After leaving Schlumberger in 2017 Bob held the position of Research Engineer at PRRC/New Mexico Tech where he continued work on CCS and CCUS projects until retirement in December 2021. Bob has a B.A. in Geology from Hope College, M.Sc. in Geophysics from New Mexico Tech, and a Ph.D. in Reservoir Engineering from Texas A&M University.

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Rishabh Pandey

Petroleum Engineer

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Rishabh Pandey

Rishabh is a Petroleum Engineer with Projeo Corporation. Previously he worked as a Research Assistant at the Integrated Core Characterization Center Lab for 2 years. His work focused on experimental investigation of CO2 sequestration on geochemical properties and seal competency for CCUS and UHS. He specializes in core characterization, petrophysical measurement and interpretation. He has handled multiple industrial sponsored research projects on Huff n Puff EOR and surfactant recovery. Additionally, he also has 1.5 years’ experience as a Wireline Field Engineer with Halliburton and as a Subsurface Data Analyst with Larsen & Toubro Infotech.

Rishabh has a Master’s degree in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Oklahoma and a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, India. He is an active member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) and Society of Petrophysics and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA).

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Scott Reeves

Director of Corporate Development

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Scott Reeves

Scott Reeves is Director of Corporate Development at Projeo Corporation, where he is responsible for expanding the business in areas that include CO2 storage, enhanced geothermal systems, hydrogen production and storage, unconventional resource development, and enhanced recovery.

His experience includes 40 years in various technical and leadership roles including with an entrepreneurial consulting firm, government and institutional research organizations, domestic operating companies, a multi-national production corporation, and a global integrated oilfield service company. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University and an MBA from Duke University. He is a former SPE Distinguished Lecturer on the topic of enhanced coalbed methane recovery, a recipient of the SPE Gulf Coast Section Reservoir Engineering Award, and was a United Nations Special Advisor to China on Coalbed Methane Technology.

Our Purpose

Projeo enables the rapid and responsible adoption of emerging technologies in decarbonized energy systems

Our Vision

Enable a clean energy future through sub-surface solutions

Our Mission

A trusted and agile partner that provides best-in-class integrated geotechnical project management advancing disruptive technologies for the sub-surface

Our Values

Projeo is driven by our core values:

  • Absolute dedication to the protection of Health, Safety, and the Environment
  • Honoring Relationships through shared values with our clients, communities, employees, and partners
  • Committed to Disciplined Stewardship of resources
  • Focus on Quality and Execution to do the job right the first time

Learn more about Projeo's sub-surface solutions.

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Clients

Projeo delivers geotechnical capacity and operational/management services for oil, gas, geothermal, and CO2 storage projects. Each project—and each client—has unique requirements in the nascent field of geologic storage of CO2.

The company has a history of government-funded project leadership, and a growing client list including federal government and commercial contracts with ADM, CarbonSafe, Illinois State Geological Survey (ISGS) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and others. They leverage vast experience and a wide network of industry experts to deliver client‐specific solutions in every facet of the geotechnical value chain for private and public projects.

Projeo is based out of Champaign, Illinois, and is supporting projects in the Illinois Basin and other locations

  • CO2 storage
  • Gas storage
  • Oil and gas production
  • Waste disposal
  • Groundwater resources

Projects

Executing first-of-a-kind large-scale CO2 injection into a saline formation in the Illinois Basin‒Decatur Project

Over a decade ago, members of the Projeo team played an important role working with the Illinois State Geological Survey (ISGS) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) Company in supporting the Illinois Basin‒Decatur Project (IBDP). Led by the Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium (MGSC) with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy (DOE-FE), the IBDP project confirmed the ability of the Mt. Simon Sandstone to accept and store one million metric tons of carbon dioxide over a period of three years—the equivalent of annual emissions from about 1.2 million passenger cars according to EPA calculations.

The project well was originally regulated through an Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) permit as a CO2 injection well for long-term underground CO2 storage, and was later moved to the federal regulatory framework for a Class VI CO2 injection well. The project is the only completed large-scale injection into a saline formation permitted to operate with the U.S. EPA Class VI injection well permit, which creates a pathway for Mt. Simon Sandstone to be used for commercial CO2 storage.

Supporting the ongoing operations of U.S. EPA Class VI CO2 injection wells in the U.S.

Building on the success of the IBDP project, ADM continues to operate the Illinois Industrial Carbon Capture and Storage (ICCS) project through a DOE-FE grant. This long-term project is demonstrating an integrated system of capturing and processing industrial CO2, then transporting it from an ethanol plant in Decatur, Illinois to the Mt. Simon Sandstone formation for permanent geologic storage in deep sandstone.

The project has showcased CO2 compression technology, explored long-term CO2 utilization options, and gathered crucial scientific and engineering data to increase the understanding of large-scale CO2 storage in saline formations. It has also illustrated the economic viability of implementing CCS at biofuels production facilities. Learnings from this project have been applied to ongoing CCS work to drive successful ongoing outcomes.

Since its inception in 2017, Projeo has played an active role in supporting the safe execution of the ICCS project, providing assistance with regulatory modeling, simulation, groundwater monitoring operations, well maintenance, and seismic studies.

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Developing CarbonSAFE geologic CO2 storage complexes

Partnering with ISGS and others, Projeo is working on multiple DOE-NETL Carbon Storage Assurance Facility Enterprise (CarbonSAFE) initiatives to ensure safe, secure, efficient, and cost-effective CO2 containment in diverse geologic formations throughout the Illinois Basin—including the Illinois East Sub-Basin, the Macon County project, the Wabash Valley Resources project, and the Illinois Storage Corridor project.

Assessments have identified sites and established feasibility of their capability to store more than 50 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) from industrial sources that can be used for commercial-scale CO2 geological storage as permitted U.S. EPA Class VI CO2 injection well sites.

High-level technical evaluations are providing detailed subsurface characterization and identifying risks. Datasets of formation parameters have been developed and are being used in modeling to examine site performance and long-term security.

The initiatives have demonstrated storage (CCS) technology at real-world, commercial-scale facilities for ammonia production, ethanol production, and coal-fired power generation. Efforts support NETL’s mission to develop and advance CCS technologies for widespread commercial deployment in the 2025 to 2035 timeframe.

Assessing feasibility of subsurface heat storage to generate flexible electricity

A project on geothermal energy furthered the understanding of the feasibility of utilizing abandoned oil and gas wells as geothermal heat storage wells. This DOE-funded project addressed the challenges of energy supply intermittency by storing energy from renewable resources in the subsurface to harvest it at a later time during at-peak energy demand, enhancing grid resilience and reliability. Members of the Projeo team worked through a prestigious Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant and participated in the Energy I-Corps training program to work towards the advancement and commercialization of this novel approach.

In this project, Projeo and its research partners assessed the heat storage and hydrogeological characteristics of subsurface reservoirs to determine the temperature profile and used the baseline data for modeling and simulation to determine other well locations.

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News

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GTII Deepens Capabilities in Sub-Surface Technologies with the Acquisition of Projeo

GTI International | January 2022

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Sub-surface CO2 Storage: Building on Success

Hart Energy E&P | March 2022

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Understanding complex geologic systems enables large-scale CO2 storage

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