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Pedro Pereira completed a degree in Geological Engineering in 2012 from the University of Aveiro, a Master's degree in Geological Resources in 2014 from the University of Aveiro and a PhD in Petroleum Engineering in 2019 from the Instituto Superior Técnico of the University of Lisbon. He also completed the Stanford Online Course with Certificate in Reservoir Geomechanics at Stanford University in 2015/2016, the IBM Data Science with a Professional Certificate online course at IBM Austin Research Laboratory in 2020/06 and an internship at TotalEnergies' CSTJF (Centre Scientifique et Technique Jean Féger) in 2018/2019. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Évora and a researcher in Geo-energy, in particular in the geological storage of carbon dioxide (CO2), with participation in several European projects, and in the geological storage of hydrogen (H2), being the PI of a project in this area funded by FCT. He has published 8 articles in specialised journals and more than a dozen papers at national and international conferences, and has been awarded 8 prizes. Some keywords used to contextualise his scientific and technological production are: reservoir engineering; geophysics; geology; geostatistics; petroleum engineering; hydrogen storage; geological storage; energy storage; CCUS; conventional CO2 geological storage; energy transition; seismic interpretation; seismic attributes; quantitative seismic assessment; dynamic simulation; stochastic modelling; storage capacity; resource maturity; injectivity; Lusitanian Basin; risk assessment; sedimentary basins; trapping mechanisms; 4D seismic; spatial uncertainty assessment; reflection seismic; geostatistical seismic inversion; reservoir characterisation and monitoring; porous media; numerical modelling; sealing rock integrity; Resources and Raw Materials; Environment; Energy; Process & Systems Modelling.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Pedro Pereira

Citation names

  • Pereira, P.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
1C10-0A52-EE5C
ORCID iD
0000-0001-6156-8044
Scopus Author Id
57190945142

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
  • Engineering and Technology - Environmental Engineering - Petroleum Engineering, Energy and Fuels

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Elementary (A2) Upper intermediate (B2) Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/04 - 2020/06
Concluded
 IBM Data Science - Online Course with Professional Certificate (Graduado)
Major in Data science techniques based on python language
IBM Austin Research Laboratory, United States
 Concluded with distinction
2017 - 2019
Concluded
 Engenharia de Petróleos (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2015/03 - 2015/06
Concluded
 Reservoir Geomechanics - Stanford Online Course with Certificate (Graduado)
Major in Reservoir Geomechanics
Stanford University, United States
 Concluded with distinction
2012 - 2014
Concluded
 Geomateriais e Recursos Geológicos (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2008 - 2012
Concluded
 Engenharia Geológica (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2025/01/02 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) Center for Sci-Tech Research in Earth System and Energy, Portugal
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2022/05/01 - 2025/05/31 Contracted Researcher (Research) Instituto de Ciências da Terra, Portugal
Instituto de Ciências da Terra, Portugal
(...)
2020/06/01 - 2022/04/30 Postdoc (Research) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
(...)
2015/02 - 2020/02 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Recursos Naturais e Ambiente, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Recursos Naturais e Ambiente, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/10 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/08/01 - 2019/01/31 Internship TOTAL, France
Centre Scientifique et Technique Jean-Féger TOTAL, France
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/01 - 2025/12 CO2 Transport and Storage directly from a ship: flexible and cost-effective solutions for European offshore storage.
347649
 Norges forskningsråd

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/05/01 - 2026/04/30 CO2 Geological Pilots in Strategic Territories - PilotSTRATEGY
101022664
10.3030/101022664
 European Commission
Ongoing
2023/12/01 - 2025/11/30 Transporte e armazenamento de CO2 diretamente a partir de navio: soluções flexíveis e económicas para o armazenamento offshore na Europa.
CETP/0006/2022
10.54499/CETP/0006/2022
Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Instituto de Ciências da Terra, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2024/12/31 INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS DA TERRA
UIDB/04683/2020
10.54499/UIDB/04683/2020
Researcher
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Instituto de Ciências da Terra, Portugal

Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2024/12/31 INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS DA TERRA
UIDP/04683/2020
10.54499/UIDP/04683/2020
Researcher
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Instituto de Ciências da Terra, Portugal

Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2023/03/01 - 2024/08/31 Armazenamento geológico de hidrogénio e interações em meios porosos da geologia de subsuperfície
2022.10650.PTDC
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019/05/01 - 2022/07/31 STRATEGIC PLANNING OF REGIONS AND TERRITORIES IN EUROPE FOR LOW-CARBON ENERGY AND INDUSTRY THROUGH CCUS
837754
10.3030/837754
 European Commission
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Center for Natural Resources and Environment
UID/ECI/04028/2019
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal

Centro de Recursos Naturais e Ambiente, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Pereira, P.; Caeiro, M.H.; Lopes, A.M.; Santos, M.; Silva, D. Marques da; Revaux, C.; Carneiro, J.. "Learnings from 3D Facies Modelling for CO2 Geological Storage in the Offshore of Lusitanian Basin, Portugal". Paper presented in Fifth EAGE Conference on Petroleum Geostatistics, Porto, 2023.
    10.3997/2214-4609.202335079
  2. Pereira, P.; Caeiro, M.H.; Carneiro, J.; Ribeiro, C.; Casacão, J.; Pina, B.; Revaux, C.; et al. "Assessing Offshore Prospects for CO2 Storage in Portugal: From Pilot-Scale to Commercial Site". Paper presented in The Fourth EAGE Global Energy Transition Conference and Exhibition, Paris, 2023.
    10.3997/2214-4609.202321027
  3. Fortes, P; Fazendeiro, L; Mesquita, P; Pereira, P. "Carbon capture, utilization and storage spillover effects on the Portuguese energy system". Tirana, 2022.
    10.1109/rest54687.2022.10023379
  4. Pereira, P.; Carneiro, J.; Ribeiro, C.. "Risk and ranking assessments of the potential geological storage units for CCUS deployment in Portugal". Paper presented in 2nd Geoscience & Engineering in Energy Transition Conference, Estrasburgo, 2021.
    Published • 10.3997/2214-4609.202121096
  5. Pereira, P.; Carneiro, J.; Ribeiro, C.; Martins, J.M.. Corresponding author: Pereira, P.. "Resource Maturity and Sensitivity Analysis of CO2 Storage Capacity in the Lusitanian Basin, Portugal". Paper presented in 82nd EAGE Conference & Exhibition, Amesterdão, 2021.
    Published • 10.3997/2214-4609.202112547
  6. Pereira, P.; Calçôa, I.; Azevedo, L.; Nunes, R.; Soares, A.. "Improving geological robustness into iterative geostatistical seismic inversion". 2019.
  7. Pereira, Pedro. "Incorporating of Well-log Uncertainties into Iterative Geostatistical Seismic Inversion". 2018.
    10.3997/2214-4609.201800928
  8. Pereira, P.M.M.. "Stratigraphic geostatistical seismic inversion". 2017.
  9. Pereira, P.; Bordignon, F.; Nunes, R.; Azevedo, L.; Soares, A.. "Integration of uncertain well-log data into geostatistical seismic inversion". 2016.
    10.1190/segam2016-13948946.1
  10. Sabeti, H.; Moradzadeh, A.; Ardejani, F.D.; Azevedo, L.; Soares, A.; Pereira, P.; Nune, R.. "Geostatistical seismic inversion for non-stationary patterns using direct sequential simulation and co-simulation". 2016.
    10.1190/segam2016-13771425.1
  11. Pereira, P.; Azevedo, L.; Nunes, R.; Soares, A.. "Impact of integrating initial guess models into geostatistical Seismic inversion". 2016.
  12. Pereira, P.; Nunes, R.; Azevedo, L.; Sabeti, H.; Soares, A.. "Integrating of initial guess models into geostatistical seismic inversion methodologies". 2016.
    10.1190/segam2016-13954095.1
Journal article
  1. Pereira, Pedro; Ribeiro, Carlos; Carneiro, Júlio. "Identification and characterisation of geological formations with CO2 storage potential in Portugal". Petroleum Geoscience (2021): petgeo2020-123. http://dx.doi.org/10.1144/petgeo2020-123.
    Published • 10.1144/petgeo2020-123
  2. "Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage as a Defense Tool against Climate Change: Current Developments in West Macedonia". Energies 14 11 (2021):
    Published
  3. Koukouzas, N.; Tyrologou, P.; Karapanos, D.; Carneiro, J.; Pereira, P.; de Mesquita Lobo Veloso, F.; Koutsovitis, P.; et al. "Carbon capture, utilisation and storage as a defense tool against climate change: Current developments in west Macedonia (Greece)". Energies 14 11 (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85108515474&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3390/en14113321
  4. Pereira, Pedro. "Iterative geostatistical seismic inversion incorporating local anisotropies". Computational Geosciences (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10596-020-09966-1.
    10.1007/s10596-020-09966-1
  5. Pereira, Pedro. "The impact of a priori elastic models into iterative geostatistical seismic inversion". Journal of Applied Geophysics (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jappgeo.2019.103850.
    10.1016/j.jappgeo.2019.103850
  6. Pereira, Pedro. "Strategies for integrating uncertainty in iterative geostatistical seismic inversion". GEOPHYSICS (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1190/geo2017-0758.1.
    10.1190/geo2017-0758.1
  7. Nunes, R.; Soares, A.; Azevedo, L.; Pereira, P.. "Geostatistical Seismic Inversion with Direct Sequential Simulation and Co-simulation with Multi-local Distribution Functions". Mathematical Geosciences 49 5 (2017): 583-601. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84984620348&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s11004-016-9651-0
  8. Sabeti, H.; Moradzadeh, A.; Ardejani, F.D.; Azevedo, L.; Soares, A.; Pereira, P.; Nunes, R.. "Geostatistical seismic inversion for non-stationary patterns using direct sequential simulation and co-simulation". Geophysical Prospecting 65 (2017): 25-48. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85017332119&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/1365-2478.12502
Newsletter article
  1. Carneiro, J.; Pereira, P.; Ribeiro, C.; Martins, J. M.; Araújo, A.; Moita, P.; Pedro, J.; Marques, F.; Pinho, C.. Corresponding author: Carneiro, J.. "A Geo-Energia em Portugal - O Contributo do Conhecimento Geológico para a Transição Energética", Boletim de Minas: Petróleo - Prospeção e Pesquisa em Portugal, 2022, https://www.dgeg.gov.pt/media/msokyiua/14_boletim_55-2-a-geo-energia-em-portugal_283_299.pdf.
Report
  1. 2019. Stochastic inversion of 4D signal and geobodies propagation.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Integration of geological constraints in geostatistical seismic inversion for reservoir characterization and monitoring". PhD, Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, 2020.

Other

Other output
  1. "Hydrogen geological storage and interactions in porous media of subsurface geology". Oral presentation in the "8th ICT Conference", Braga, Portugal. 2023. Pereira, P.; Carneiro, J.; Abdoulghafour, H.; Canhoto, Paulo. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/35676.
  2. Economic Evaluation of Eight Regional Scenarios for the Deployment of Carbon Capture, Use and Storage in Southern and Eastern Europe to 2050. 2023. Coussy, P.; Canteli, P.; Dumas, C.; Carneiro, J.; Gravaud, I.; Guichet, X.; Nermoen, A.; et al. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85146064421&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2021/12/16 Iterative geostatistical seismic inversion incorporating local anisotropies SEG Workshop - Advances in reservoir characterization for better understanding of reservoir properties
Society of Exploration Geophysicists
2021/11/23 Risk and ranking assessments of the potential geological storage units for CCUS deployment in Portugal 2nd Geoscience & Engineering in Energy Transition Conference
EAGE (Estrasburgo, France)
2021/10/21 Resource maturity and sensitivity analysis of CO2 storage capacity in the Lusitanian basin 82nd EAGE Conference & Exhibition
European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers (Amesterdão, Netherlands)
2021/06/18 Opportunities and challenges in the geological storage of hydrogen Knowledge sharing session in Energy Transition - Emerson & Universidade de Évora
Universidade de Évora (Évora, Portugal)
2021/03/25 Closing the Carbon Loop: the role of CCS in the energetic transition and the symbiotic relationship with the oil and gas industry Earth Sciences Webinars or Not
Instituto de Ciências da Terra (Évora, Portugal)
2021/02/18 Geological storage solutions in Portugal Workshop Subsurface Storage
Universidade de Évora
2019/09/02 Improving Geological Robustness into Iterative Geostatistical Seismic Inversion 4th EAGE Conference on Petroleum Geostatistics 2019
EAGE (Florença, Italy)
2018 Strategies for integrating uncertainty in iterative geostatistical seismic inversion 80th EAGE Annual Conference and Exhibition 2018
EAGE (Copenhagen, Denmark)
2017 Stratigraphic geostatistical seismic inversion 79th EAGE Conference and Exhibition Paris 2017
EAGE (Paris, France)
2016/06 Geostatistical seismic inversion with direct sequential simulation and cosimulation with multi-local distribution functions 11th geoENV conference
geoEnvia (Lisboa, Portugal)
2016 Impact of integrating initial guess models into geostatistical seismic inversion 78th EAGE Conference and Exhibition Vienna 2016
EAGE (Vienna, Austria)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023 - 2023 Structural uncertainty assessment of the static model for CO2 storage in the offshore Lusitanian Basin, Portugal.
Co-supervisor
 International Master on CO2 Geological Storage (Master)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Italy
2023 - 2023 Geostatistical seismic inversion for CO2 reservoirs characterization: an application example of the northern sector of Lusitanian Basin, Portugal.
Co-supervisor
 Master in Energy Resources Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/05/14 - 2023/05/17 The Portuguese Geotechnical Society (SPG) and the Department of Geosciences of the School of Science and Technology of the University of Évora (DGEO - ECT - UÉ) organised the 18th National Geotechnical Congress (18CNG), to be held in Évora from 14 to 17 May 2023 at the University of Évora's Espírito Santo College. (2023/05/14 - 2023/05/17)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2017 - 2017 1st PetroSummit involved both SEG and SPE Student Chapters of Instituto Superior Técnico. The new developments and challenges in Petroleum Engineering were the subject of the talks in the lectures given by professionals from five national and international companies: ENI, Subsea 7, Galp Energia, Technip FMC and Beicip-Franlab. (2017 - 2017)
Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2021/09/24 - Current Participação como membro da equipa de investigação na Noite dos Investigadores Europeus 2021 - "Ciência para o Clima" com a realização da atividade intitulada "Captura e Armazenamento Geológico de CO2 - Retorno do Carbono à sua Origem", incluída num projeto do Instituto de Ciências da Terra (ICT) da Universidade de Évora.
Other
 Noite Europeia dos Investigadores 2021
Instituto de Ciências da Terra, Portugal
2019/09 - 2019/09 The SEG EVOLVE program offers students direct experience in conducting multidisciplinary subsurface integration projects using real-world seismic, wireline, core, production, and other data. Project management, teamwork skills, and business values are honed within the context of exploration, reservoir appraisal, field development planning, and production enhancement scenarios. The program also links experienced Mentors to student teams, empowering the participants to solve realistic challenges.
Call
 2019 SEG EVOLVE Program
Society of Exploration Geophysicists, United States
2018 - 2018 AAPG's Imperial Barrel Award Program (IBA) is global competition for geoscience graduate students from universities around the world. The program is rigorous and contributes to AAPG's mission of promoting petroleum geoscience training and advancing the careers of geoscience students. Each team delivers their results in a 25-minute presentation to a panel of industry experts.
Call
 AAPG's Imperial Barrel Award Program
American Association of Petroleum Geologists, United States
2017/09/23 - 2017/09/24 The SEG / Chevron Student Leadership Symposium aims to develop leadership skills which include an address by the SEG President, best practices presentations from selected Student Chapters, professional leadership coaching, an organized team building activity and a Strategic Problem Solving Session with the SEG Executive Committee.
Symposium
 SEG / Chevron Student Leadership Symposium
Society of Exploration Geophysicists, United States

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2016 - Current Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) Membership
2015 - Current European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers (EAGE) Membership

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2021/10 - 2021/12 Recursos Energéticos Engenharia Geológica (Master) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2019 "Best Integrated Team" in the 2019 SEG EVOLVE Program
Society of Exploration Geophysicists, United States
2019 "Best Investment Opportunity in Gulf of Mexico" in the 2019 SEG EVOLVE Program
Society of Exploration Geophysicists, United States
2019 2019 Summit Student Chapters, SEG Student Chapter Excellence Program
Society of Exploration Geophysicists, United States
2018 2018 Summit Student Chapters, SEG Student Chapter Excellence Program
Society of Exploration Geophysicists, United States
2017 2017 Summit Student Chapters, SEG Student Chapter Excellence Program
Society of Exploration Geophysicists, United States

Other distinction

2018 Travel Grant for 80th EAGE Conference & Exhibition 2018
European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, Netherlands
2018 Travel Grant for 2018 IBA Competition, Europe Region, AAPG
American Association of Petroleum Geologists, United States
2017 Travel Grant for 2017 SEG/ Chevron Student Leadership Symposium
Society of Exploration Geophysicists, United States