Multi-Scale Characterization of Petrophysical and Geomechanical Properties of Unconventional (Shale) Petroleum Geosystems
Micro-/Nanoscale-Resolution Imaging with Correlative X-ray and Electron Microscopy
Advanced Image Analysis and Modeling of Porous Media
Transport Phenomena in Porous Media
Digital Rock Physics
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, University of Utah
M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, University of Utah
M.Sc. in Mining Engineering, University of Utah
M.Sc. in Energy Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology
B.Sc. in Environmental Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology
Journal Papers:
Goral, J., P. Panja, M. Deo, M. Andrew, S. Linden, J. Schwarz, and A. Wiegmann, 2020, Confinement Effect on Porosity and Permeability of Shales, Nature Scientific Reports, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-56885-y
Goral, J., M. Deo, J. McLennan, E. Mattson, and H. Huang, 2020, Macro- and Micro-Compression Testing of Shales, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2020.107034
Xia, Y., A. Blumers, Z. Li, L. Luo, Y. Tang, J. Kane, Goral, H. Huang, M. Deo, and M. Andrew, 2020, A GPU-Accelerated Package for Simulation of Flow in Nanoporous Source Rocks with Many-Body Dissipative Particle Dynamics, Computer Physics Communications, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2019.106874
Goral, J., I. Walton, M. Andrew, and M. Deo, 2019, Pore System Characterization of Organic-Rich Shales using Nanoscale-Resolution 3D Imaging, Fuel, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2019.116049
Goral, J., M. Andrew, T. Olson, and M. Deo, 2019, Correlative Core- to Pore-Scale Imaging of Shales, Marine and Petroleum Geology, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.08.009
Xia, Y., Goral, H. Huang, I. Miskovic, P. Meakin, and M. Deo, 2017, Many-Body Dissipative Particle Dynamics Modeling of Fluid Flow in Fine-Grained Nanoporous Shales, Physics of Fluids, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4981136
Book Chapters:
Conference Papers:
Goral, J., M. Andrew, and M. Deo, 2019, Correlative Multiscale Imaging of Mancos Shale, International Petroleum Technology Conference (IPTC) in Beijing, China, DOI: https://doi.org/10.2523/IPTC-19056-MS
Goral, J., M. Deo, J. McLennan, E. Mattson, and H. Huang, 2018, Micro- and Macro-Scale Geomechanical Testing of Woodford Shale, 52ndUS Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium in Seattle, Washington, USA, DOI: ARMA-2018-1220
Goral, J., I. Miskovic, and M. Deo, 2017, Modeling and Simulation of Transport Phenomena in Organic-Rich Marcellus Shale Rock Matrix, Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (ATCE) in San Antonio, Texas, USA, DOI:https://doi.org/10.2118/187141-MS
Goral, J., I. Miskovic, J. Gelb, and M. Andrew, 2015, Correlative XRM and FIB-SEM for (Non)Organic Pore Network Modeling in Woodford Shale Rock Matrix, International Petroleum Technology Conference (IPTC) in Dubai, UAE, DOI: https://doi.org/10.2523/IPTC-18477-MS
Goral, J., I. Miskovic, J. Gelb, and J. Kasahara, 2015, Pore Network Investigation in Marcellus Shale Rock Matrix, Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Asia Pacific Unconventional Resources Conference and Exhibition in Brisbane, Australia, DOI: https://doi.org/10.2118/176988-MS
**Goral, J.**and I. Miskovic, 2015, A Workflow for Multi-Scale Modeling and Simulation of Transport Phenomena in Woodford Shale Rock Matrix, Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTeC) in San Antonio, Texas, USA, DOI: https://doi.org/10.15530/URTEC-2015-2152959
Other Publications:
Goral, J., 2019, Nanoscale-Resolution Large-Area SEM Imaging and Characterization of Unconventional Reservoir Rocks, Energy & Geoscience Institute (EGI) Project Report
Goral, J., M. Deo, and M. Andrew, 2018, Pore Network Modeling of Marcellus Shale using Digital Rock Analysis with Machine Learning Image Segmentation, ZEISS Application Note





