Victoria Farcal Rocha Da Costa

Visiting Student

Visiting Student

Current

Location:

Building 5, Level 0, 0874-WS49

Biography

Is a PhD student in Civil Engineering at the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), focusing on Geotechnics, having previously obtained a master’s degree in petroleum Reservoir Simulation and Management with emphasis on well stimulation techniques. She possesses extensive experience in Civil Engineering, working in Experimental Geomechanics, with projects that include the geomechanical evaluation of reservoirs after acid injection in well stimulated fields, as well as Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) in distinct geological formations. Her research also encompasses the numerical simulation of reservoirs for optimizing carbon capture and storage. Currently, she is a Researcher in the important 'Cátedra' Industrial Research Project on Energi Simulation in Reservoir Modeling and Robust Optimization, funded by Energi Simulation-Alberta-Calgary. This collaboration is conducted with the Laboratory of Computational Methods in Geomechanics (LMCG) at UFPE, positioning her at the forefront of applied research in geosciences.

Research Interests

  • Geotechnics.
  • Experimental Geomechanics (including geomechanical reservoir evaluation).
  • Petroleum Reservoir Engineering (with a focus on well stimulation and drilling engineering).
  • Numerical Simulation (applied to reservoir optimization and CCS).
  • Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) in geological formations.
  • Computational Modeling in Geosciences and Engineering.

Selected Publications

Pore scale experimental simulation of water flow in acidified carbonate based on tomographic imaging Guimaraes, L. J. N. ; Costa, V. F. R. CILAMCE, 2023, Porto. XLIV Ibero-Latin American Congress on Computational Methods in Engineering (CILAMCE 2023), 2023. v. 1.

Education

  • B.Sc., Civil Engineering, UFPE, Recife, Brazil, 2021
  • M.Sc., Petroleum, UFPE, Recife, Brazil, 2022

Professional Profile

  • 2022 – 2024: PhD Student fellow, UFPE, Recife, Brazil

KAUST Affiliations

  • Physical Science and Engineering Division (PSE)

Research Interests Keywords

Rock Mechanics Drilling Engineering Geomechanics Reservoir