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Professor Andrew Hurst
Professor Andrew Hurst

CGeol - Chartered Geologist, Geological Society of London

Chair Of Energy Geoscience

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Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 273713
Office Address
129/131 St. Mary's Building
Old Aberdeen Campus
Elphinstone Road
AB24 3UF

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School/Department
School of Geosciences

Biography

How and why sediment is deposited, the processes by which it consolidates and lithifies, and its micro- and macro-mineralogy fascinate me. I integrate data from global to sub-micro-scale, examining basin evolution, sediment provenance and its relationship to climate change including weathering and erosion and diagenesis. While focussing on understanding process, my research has a strong element of resource evaluation, and its contribution to the inventory of Earth resources.

For more than 25 years, the Sand Injection Research Group (SIRG) studied the natural injection of fluidised sand into actively propagating hydraulic fractures, and their influence on fluid migration and expulsion. This is significant for resource entrapment and recovery, and waste (nuclear, CO2) or resource (hydrogen, CH4) sequestration. Other research includes a) self-sufficient low C energy systems in rural environments, b) the origin, physical characterisation, and climatic significance of loessite, specifically associated with mass extinction events, c) modelling the effect of micro-scale granular features on rock physical characteristics, d) mineral-chemical stratigraphy.

Since 1992 I held the Chair in Production Geoscience (now Energy Geoscience). I am a former Director of MSc IPG and taught MSc IPG, OGEM & Oil & Gas Engineering, as well as level 1 and 4 UG courses. In 2015 I was awarded a Blaustein Professorship at Stanford University.

I was an elected Trustee of the Geological Society of London and served on various GSL committees. I served on senior committees in the AAPG and EAGE and I am an active member of the International Association of Sedimentology. I co-founded and was Chief Editor of Petroleum Geoscience (GSL/EAGE). As part of the Deepwater Horizon Trial between 2011 and 2014, I was engaged as an expert witness for the prosecution during which I was cross examined in court.

Sand Injection Research Group (SIRG)

Sand injectites - Regional development of natural hydraulic fractures in the shallow crust, and concomitant sand fluidisation and injection; their role in the evolution of sedimentary basins.

Loessite – Origin and provenance of loessite and its significance as extra-basinal fill and as an indicator of ancient atmospheric circulation patterns.

Green rural energy – Self-sustainable energy by repurposing domestic waste, integrating agricultural waste with energy crops, and reduction of transport.

Qualifications

  • PhD Geology 
    1981 - University of Reading 
  • BSc Hons Geology & Mineralogy 
    1977 - University of Aberdeen 

Memberships and Affiliations

Internal Memberships

Throughout my career I assiduously avoided serving on University of Aberdeen committees.

External Memberships

I am member of the: Geological Society of London (C Geol), European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE), American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), International Association of Sedimentologists (IAS), and Geoscience Energy Society of Great Britain.

Latest Publications

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Prizes and Awards

1993      William Smith Award (Geological Society of London)

2004      Wegener Medal (European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers)

2007      Distinguished Service Award (American Association of Petroleum Geologists)

2012      Grover E Murray Distinguished Educator Award (American Association of Petroleum Geologists)

2015      Blaustein Professor in Geology, Stanford University

Research

Research Areas

Geology and Geophysics

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Funding and Grants

Since 1998 research on sand injectites became a huge part of my research activity. Chevron UK initiated the first 2-year project in 1998 that in 2000 became the Sand Injection Research Group (SIRG) consortium, which remains active today. Almost 40 energy companies have invested in SIRG consortia

Publications

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  • Benchmarking methods of enhanced heavy oil recovery using a microscaled bead-pack

    Bowden, S. A., Cooper, J. M., Greub, F., Tambo, D., Hurst, A.
    Lab on a Chip, vol. 10, no. 7, pp. 819-823
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Deserts: modern studies influence interpretation of origins and demise of ancient deserts

    Hurst, A., Glennie, K. W.
    Horizons in Earth Science Research. Veress, B., Szigethy, J. (eds.). Nova Science Publishers, pp. 141-162, 22 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Predicting reservoir characteristics from drilling and hydrocarbon-gas data using advanced computational mathematics

    Hurst, A., Tischler, G., Arkalgud, R.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings

  • The Process of Sand Injection: Internal Structures and Relationships with Host Strata (Yellowbank Creek Injectite Complex, California, U.S.A.)

    Scott, A., Vigorito, M., Hurst, A.
    Journal of Sedimentary Research, vol. 79, no. 8, pp. 568-583
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Sedimentary flow units in hydrocarbon reservoirs: Some shortcomings and a case for high-resolution permeability data

    Hurst, A.
    The Geological Modelling of Hydrocarbon Reservoirs and Outcrop Analogues. Flint, S. S., Bryant, I. D. (eds.). Wiley, pp. 190-204, 15 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Mass-wasting of ancient aeolian dunes and sand fluidization during a period of global warming and inferred brief high precipitation: the Hopeman Sandstone (late Permian), Scotland

    Hurst, A., Glennie, K. W.
    Terra Nova, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 274-279
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The geometry and emplacement of conical sandstone intrusions

    Cartwright, J., James, D. C., Huuse, M., Vetel, W., Hurst, A.
    Journal of Structural Geology, vol. 30, no. 7, pp. 854-867
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Sand injectites

    Braccini, E., De Boer, W., Hurst, A., Huuse, M., Vigorito, M., Templeton, G.
    Oilfield Review, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 34-49
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Regional-scale subsurface sand remobilization: geometry and architecture

    Vigorito, M., Hurst, A., Cartwright, J., Scott, A.
    Journal of the Geological Society , vol. 165, no. 3, pp. 609-612
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Outcrop characterisation of turbidite reservoir analogues deformed by fluidisation - Implications for reservoir models

    Stanzione, O., Scott, A., Hurst, A., Vigorito, M., Moreau, J., Vettel, W., Cartwrigh, J.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings

  • Outcrop analogues for reservoir-scale conical intrusion

    Vigorito, M., Hurst, A.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings

  • Reservoir analogues of sand injectites - Internal heterogeneities and implications for reservoir modelling

    Scott, A. S. J., Vigorito, M., Hurst, A., Cartwright, J.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings

  • Seismic expression of turbidity-current and bottom-current processes on the Northern Mauritanian continental slope

    Schwab, A. M., Tremblay, S., Hurst, A.
    Geological Society Special Publications , vol. 277, pp. 237-252
    Contributions to Specialist Publications: Articles

  • Transition metal complexes and the B-to-Z DNA transition: Investigating the role of charge, hydrogen bonding and stereochemistry

    Preisler, R. S., Hurst, A., Suleyman, A. M., Wells, A. V., Pribula, A. J.
    51st Annual Meeting of the Biophysical-Society, pp. 411A-412A
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Sand Injectites: Implications for Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production

    Hurst, A., Cartwright, J.
    American Association of Petroleum Geologists. 274 pages
    Books and Reports: Books

  • GASLOG - Numerical modelling of wireline logs from borehole gas and drilling data

    Arkalgud, R., Hurst, A., Cuddy, S., Tischler, G.
    Contributions to Conferences: Papers

  • Meso-scale heterogeneities in reservoir-scale sand injectite complexes

    Vigorito, M., Scott, A., Hurst, A., Cartwright, J.
    Contributions to Conferences: Papers

  • Prediction of petrophysical characteristics from borehole gas and drilling data

    Tischler, G., Arkalgud, R., Hurst, A.
    Contributions to Conferences: Papers

  • Extrusive sandstones (extrudites): a new class of stratigraphic trap?

    Hurst, A., Cartwright, J. A., Huuse, M., Duranti, D.
    Special Publication - Geological Society of London, vol. 254, pp. 289-300
    Contributions to Specialist Publications: Articles

  • Deep-water clastic reservoirs: A leading global play in terms of reserve replacement and technological challenges

    Hurst, A., Fraser, A. J., Fraser, S. I., Hadler-Jacobsen, F.
    Geological Society, London, Petroleum Geology Conference series, pp. 1111-1120, 10 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Aqueous and petroleum fluid flow associated with sand injectites

    Jonk, R., Parnell, J. .., Hurst, A.
    Basin Research, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 241-257
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Origin and timing of sand injection, petroleum migration, and diagenesis in Tertiary reservoirs, south Viking Graben, North Sea

    Jonk, R., Hurst, A., Duranti, D., Parnell, J., Mazzini, A., Fallick, A. E.
    AAPG Bulletin, vol. 89, no. 3, pp. 329-357
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Successful exploration of a large-scale sandstone injection complex, Block 24/9, Norwegian North Sea

    Rawlinson, P. B., De Boer, W., Hurst, A.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings

  • Kilometre-scale sandstone intrusions in the Eocene of the Outer Moray Firth (UK North Sea): migration paths, reservoirs and potential drilling hazards

    Huuse, M., Cartwright, J. A., Gras, R., Hurst, A.
    Petroleum Geology: North-West Europe and Global Perspectives - Proceedings of the 6th Petroleum Geology Conference, pp. 1577-1594, 17 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Sand injectites: An emerging global play in deep-water clastic environments

    Hurst, A., Cartwright, J., Duranti, D., Huuse, M., Nelson, M.
    Petroleum Geology Conference Proceedings, vol. 6, pp. 133-144
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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