Lionel Esteban
Lionel Esteban is principal petrophysicist at CSIRO (Perth, WA) since 2009. He holds a BSc and MSc in geophysics and a PhD in petrophysics and simulation of radioactive fluids dynamics in shale barriers for the French agency of nuclear waste management (ANDRA) from the University of Toulouse and Institut de Physique du Globe of Strasbourg (France). He develops and tests petrophysical experimental laboratory approaches and integrate them to logs analysis to characterize and understand the physical properties responses of unconventional and conventional reservoirs at different scales using a wide spectrum of petrophysical tools including by instance: X-ray imaging, electrical, nuclear magnetic resonance, mechanical, and core flooding under (or not) HP/HT. His current research focuses on rock physical properties, fluid dynamics and fluid-rock interactions in shales (seal to gas) and conventional reservoir rocks for hydrocarbon, CO2 and hydrogen gas storage.
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