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Email

stephan.matthai@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Professor in Reservoir Engineering
Department of Infrastructure Engineering
ORCID

0000-0001-7470-8026

Stephan Matthai

Professor in Reservoir Engineering
Department of Infrastructure Engineering

171 Scholarly works
10 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    A novel method for estimating rock joint roughness considering morphological spatial heterogeneity and shear contact characteristics
    DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2026.108736
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Influence of fluid rheology on fluid flow in a natural fracture network
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jrmge.2026.03.001
  • 2026

    Journal article

    A multiscale simulation method for natural rough rock joint morphologies using frequency domain analysis
    DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2025.108473
  • 2025

    Journal article

    A comprehensive review of experimental techniques for determining crack propagation in caprock during underground hydrogen storage
    DOI: 10.1016/j.est.2025.118021
  • 2022

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Proppant Transport in Non-Darcy Fracture Flow for Reservoir Integrity/Yield
  • 2017

    Research Contracts

    Quantifying CO2 Trapping Mechanisms and Capacity in Open Saline Aquifers - The Role of Reservoir Heterogeneity
  • 2016

    Research Grant

    CCS-Rd: Australian Subsurface Carbon Sequestration Simulator
Stephan Matthai

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Fracture Displacement Basis Function (FDBF) method for efficient geomechanical calculations of fractured rock
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2025.106219
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Prior Aperture Realizations From Far-Field Stress Approximation for Ensemble-Based Data Assimilation in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs
    DOI: 10.1029/2023WR036417
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Alternative dissolution-rate controlled model and time adaptive, high resolution scheme for site-scale subsurface carbon sequestration simulation
    DOI: 10.1007/s10596-025-10367-5
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Dynamics of fluid flow in natural fracture networks
    DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2025.104979
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Influence of fluid dynamics on flow and transport in natural fracture networks
    DOI: 10.1007/s10596-025-10361-x
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Particle transport in fractured geo-energy reservoirs considering the effect of fluid inertia and turbulent flow: A review
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jrmge.2024.04.006

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2023

    Internal Research Grant

    Integrated Facility for Underground Hydrogen Storage Research
  • 2023

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Integrated Facility for Underground Hydrogen Storage Research

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