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Quentin Fisher Prof Quentin Fisher

Professor of Petroleum Geoengineering

Telephone number: +44(0) 113 34 31920
Email address: q.j.fisher@leeds.ac.uk
Room: 7.134

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Publications

  • Jolley, SJ; Fisher, QJ; Ainsworth, RB; Vrolijk, PJ; Delisle, S (2011) Reservoir Compartmentalization,Geological Society of London.
  • Tueckmantel, C; Fisher, QJ; Knipe, RJ; Lickorish, H; Khalil, SM (2010) Fault seal prediction of seismic-scale normal faults in porous sandstone: A case study from the eastern Gulf of Suez rift, Egypt, MAR PETROL GEOL, 27, pp.334-350. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.10.008
  • Angus, DAC; Kendall, J; Fisher, QJ; Segura, JM; Skachkov, S; Crook, AJL; Dutko, M (2010) Modelling microseismicity of a producing reservoir from coupled fluid-flow and geomechanical simulation, Geophysical Prospecting, 58, pp.901-914. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2478.2010.00913.x
  • Angus, DA; Verdon, JP; Fisher, QJ; Kendall, JM (2009) Exploring trends in microcrack properties of sedimentary rocks: An audit of dry-core velocity-stress measurements, GEOPHYSICS, 74, pp.E193-E203. doi:10.1190/1.3183940
  • Al-Hinai, S; Fisher, QJ; Al-Busafi, B; Guise, P; Grattoni, CA (2008) Laboratory measurements of the relative permeability of cataclastic fault rocks: An important consideration for production simulation modelling, MAR PETROL GEOL, 25, pp.473-485. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2007.07.005
  • Hall, SA; Kendall, JM; Maddock, J; Fisher, Q (2008) Crack density tensor inversion for analysis of changes in rock frame architecture, GEOPHYS J INT, 173, pp.577-592. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03748.x
  • Fisher, QJ; Harris, SD; Casey, M; Knipe, RJ (2007) Influence of grain size and geothermal gradient on the ductile-to-brittle transition in arenaceous sedimentary rocks: implications for fault structure and fluid flow, Special Publication Geological Society of London, 289, pp.105-121. doi:10.1144/SP289.7
  • Jolley, SJ; Dijk, H; Lamens, JH; Fisher, QJ; Manzocchi, T; Eikmans, H; Huang, Y (2007) Faulting and fault sealing in production simulation models: Brent Province, northern North Sea, PETROL GEOSCI, 13, pp.321-340.
  • Kendall, JM; Fisher, QJ; Covey-Crump, SJ; Maddock, JS; Carter, AJ; Hall, S; Wookey, J; Valcke, SL; Casey, M; Lloyd, GE; Ben Ismail, W (2007) Seismic anisotropy as an indicator of reservoir quality in siliclastic rocks, In: Jolley, SJ; Barr, D; Walsh, JJ; Knipe, RJ (Ed) Structurally Complex Reservoirs, 292, Geological Society of London, pp.123-136. doi:10.1144/SP292.7
  • Valcke, SLA; Casey, M; Lloyd, GE; Kendall, JM; Fisher, QJ (2006) Lattice preferred orientation and seismic anisotropy in sedimentary rocks, GEOPHYS J INT, 166, pp.652-666. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.02987.x
  • Schmid, S; Worden, RH; Fisher, QJ (2006) Carbon isotope stratigraphy using carbonate cements in the Triassic Sherwood Sandstone Group: Corrib Field, west of Ireland, CHEM GEOL, 225, pp.137-155. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2005.09.006
  • Schmid, S; Worden, RH; Fisher, QJ (2006) Sedimentary facies and the context of dolocrete in the Lower Triassic Sherwood Sandstone Group: Corrib field west of Ireland, SEDIMENT GEOL, 187, pp.205-227. doi:10.1016/j.sedgeo.2005.12.028
  • Al-Busafi, B; Fisher, QJ; Harris, SD (2005) The importance of incorporating the multi-phase flow properties of fault rocks into production simulation models, MAR PETROL GEOL, 22, pp.365-374. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2004.11.003
  • Porter, JR; McAllister, E; Fisher, QJ; Knipe, RJ; Condliffe, DM; Kay, MA; Stylianides, G; Sinclair, IK (2005) Impact of fault damage zones on reservoir performance in the Hibernia Oilfield (Jeanne d'Arc Basin, Newfoundland): an analysis of structural petrophysical and dynamic well-test data, In: Hiscott, R; Pulham, A (Ed) Petroleum Resources and Reservoirs of the Grand Banks, Eastern Canadian Margin, Geological Association of Canada Special Paper , 43, Geological Association of Canada, pp.129-142.
  • Worden, RH; Charpentier, D; Fisher, QJ; Aplin, AC (2005) Fabric development and the smectite to illite transition in Upper Cretaceous mudstones from the North Sea: an image analysis approach, In: Shaw, RP (Ed) Understanding the Micro to Macro behaviour of rock-fluid systems, Geological Society of London Special Publication , 249, London: The Geological Society, pp.103-114.
  • Harris, SD; Fisher, QJ; Vaszi, A; Wu, K (2005) Modelling the effects of faults on fluid in petroleum reservoirs: an example of multiscale-multiphysics simulation, In: Ingham, DB; Pop, I (Ed) Transport Phenomena in Porous Media, Elsevier, pp.441-476.
  • Raiswell, R; Fisher, QJ (2004) Rates of carbonate cementation associated with sulphate reduction in DSDP/ODP sediments: implications for the fon-nation of concretions , CHEM GEOL, 211, pp.71-85. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.06.020
  • Schmid, S; Worden, RH; Fisher, QJ (2004) Diagenesis and reservoir quality of the Sherwood Sandstone (Triassic), Corrib Field, Slyne Basin, west of Ireland, MAR PETROL GEOL, 21, pp.299-315. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2003.11.015
  • Schmid, S; Worden, RH; Fisher, QJ (2003) The origin and regional distribution of dolomite cement in sandstones from a Triassic dry river system, Corrib Field, offshore west of Ireland, JOURNAL OF GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION, 78-9, pp.475-479. doi:10.1016/S0375-6742(03)00118-3
  • Fisher, QJ; Casey, M; Harris, SD; Knipe, RJ (2003) Fluid-flow properties of faults in sandstone: The importance of temperature history, GEOLOGY, 31, pp.965-968.
  • Boult, PJ; Fisher, Q; Clinch, SRJ; Lovibond, R; Cockshell, CD (2003) Geomechanical, microstructural, and petrophysical evolution in experimentally reactivated cataclasites: Applications to fault seal prediction: Discussion, AAPG BULL, 87, pp.1681-1683.
  • Fisher, QJ; Cliff, RA; Dodson, MH (2003) U-Pb systematics of an Upper Carboniferous black shale from South Yorkshire, UK , CHEM GEOL, 194, pp.331-347.
  • Sperrevik, S; Gillespie, P; Fisher, QJ; Halvorsen, T; Knipe, RJ (2002) Empirical estimation of fault rock properties, In: Koestler, AG; Hunsdale, R (Ed) Hydrocarbon seal quantification: papers presented at the Norwegian Petroleum Society Conference, 16-18 October 2000, Stavanger, Norway, Norsk Petroleumsforening Special Publication , Elsevier, pp.109-125.
  • Konhauser, KO; Schiffman, P; Fisher, QJ (2002) Microbial mediation of authigenic clays during hydrothermal alteration of basaltic tephra, Kilauea Volcano, GEOCHEM GEOPHY GEOSY, 3, . doi:10.1029/2002GC000317
  • Fisher, QJ; Wignall, PB (2001) Palaeoenvironmental controls on the uranium distribution in an Upper Carboniferous black shale (Gastrioceras listeri Marine Band) and associated strata; England, CHEM GEOL, 175, pp.605-621.
  • Fisher, QJ; Harris, SD; McAllister, E; Knipe, RJ; Bolton, AJ (2001) Hydrocarbon flow across faults by capillary leakage revisited, MAR PETROL GEOL, 18, pp.251-257.
  • Fisher, QJ; Knipe, RJ (2001) The permeability of faults within siliciclastic petroleum reservoirs of the North Sea and Norwegian Continental Shelf, MAR PETROL GEOL, 18, pp.1063-1081.
  • Mallett, MJD; Clennell, MB; Strange, JH; Fisher, QJ (2001) MRI pore size distributions in fault sealing oil reservoir rock core samples by cryopormetric filtering techniques, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 11, pp.577. doi:10.1016/S0730-725X(01)00332-0
  • Raiswell, R; Fisher, QJ (2000) Mudrock-hosted carbonate concretions: a review of growth mechanisms and their influence on chemical and isotopic composition, J GEOL SOC LONDON, 157, pp.239-251.
  • Bottrell, SH; Moncaster, SJ; Tellam, JH; Lloyd, JW; Fisher, QJ; Newton, RJ (2000) Controls on bacterial sulphate reduction in a dual porosity aquifer system: the Lincolnshire Limestone aquifer, England, CHEMICAL GEOLOGY, 169, pp.461-470.
  • Porter, JR; Knipe, RJ; Fisher, QJ; Farmer, AB; Allin, NS; Jones, LS; Palfrey, AJ; Garrett, SW; Lewis, G (2000) Deformation processes in the Britannia Field, UKCS, PETROL GEOSCI, 6, pp.241-254.
  • Bolton, AJ; Maltman, AJ; Fisher, Q (2000) Anisotropic permeability and bimodal pore-size distributions of fine-grained marine sediments, MAR PETROL GEOL, 17, pp.657-672.
  • Fisher, QJ; Knipe, RJ; Worden, RH (2000) Microstructures of deformed and non-deformed sandstones from the North Sea: implications for the origins of quartz cement in sandstones, Quartz cementation in sandstones, 29, pp.129-146.
  • Fisher, QJ; Casey, M; Ben Clennell, M; Knipe, RJ (1999) Mechanical compaction of deeply buried sandstones of the North Sea, MAR PETROL GEOL, 16, pp.605-618.
  • Fisher, QJ; Raiswell, R; Marshall, JD (1998) Siderite concretions from nonmarine shales (Westphalian A) of the Pennines, England: Controls on their growth and composition , J SEDIMENT RES, 68, pp.1034-1045.
  • Konhauser, KO; Fisher, QJ; Fyfe, WS; Longstaffe, FJ; Powell, MA (1998) Authigenic mineralization and detrital clay binding by freshwater biofilms: The Brahmani River, India , GEOMICROBIOL J, 15, pp.209-222.
  • Fisher, QJ; Knipe, RJ (1998) Fault sealing processes in siliciclastic sediments, Faulting and fault sealing in hydrocarbon reservoirs, 147, pp.117-134.
  • Peacock, DCP; Fisher, QJ; Willemse, EJM; Aydin, A (1998) The relationship between faults and pressure solution seams in carbonate rocks and the implications for fluid flow, In: Jones; G; Fisher; J, Q; Knipe; J, R (Ed) Faulting, fault sealing and fluid flow in hydrocarbon reservoirs, Geological Society Special Publication , 147, London: Geological Society, pp.105-116.
  • Knipe, RJ; Jones, G; Fisher, QJ (1998) Faulting, fault sealing and fluid flow in hydrocarbon reservoirs: an introduction, In: Jones; G; Fisher; J, Q; Knipe; J, R (Ed) Faulting and fault sealing and fluid flow in hydrocarbon reservoirs, Geological Society Special Publication , 147, London: Geological Society, pp.vii-xxi.
  • Jones, G; Fisher, QJ; Knipe, RJ (1998) Faulting and fault sealing and fluid flow in hydrocarbon reservoirs,Geological Society Special Publication , London: Geological Society.
  • Ottesen Elleveset, O; Knipe, RJ; Svava Olsen, T; Fisher, QJ; Jones, G (1998) Fault controlled communication in the Sleipner Vest Field, Norwegian Continental Shelf: detailed quantitative input for reservoir simulation and well planning, In: Jones; G; Fisher; J, Q; Knipe; J, R (Ed) Faulting and fault sealing and fluid flow in hydrocarbon reservoirs, Geological Society Special Publication , 147, London: Geological Society, pp.283-297.
  • Knipe, RJ; Fisher, QJ; Jones, G; Clennell, MB; Farmer, AB; Harrison, A; Kidd, B; McAllister, E; Porter, JR; White, EA (1997) Fault seal analysis: successful methodologies, applications and future directions, In: Moller-Pederson, P; Koestler, AG (Ed) Hydrocarbon seals: importance for exploration and production, Norwegian Petroleum Society Special Publication , 7, Elsevier, pp.15-40.
  • Leveille, GP; Knipe, RJ; More, C; Ellis, D; Dudley, G; Jones, G; Fisher, QJ; Allinson, G (1997) Compartmentalisation of Rotliegendes gas reservoirs by sealing faults, Jupiter Fields Area, Southern North Sea, In: Ziegler; K; Turner; P; Daines; R, S (Ed) Petroleum geology of the Southern North Sea: future potential, Geological Society of London Special Publication , 123, Bath: Geological Society Publishing House, pp.87-104.
  • Fisher, QJ; Harris, SD; Casey, M; Knipe, RJ (Not yet published) The ductile-to-brittle transition in sandstone: the influence of burial rate, geothermal gradient and grain-size, In: (Ed) Geological Society of London Special Publication , .
  • Gourmelen, N; Shepherd, A; Angus, DA; Fisher, QJ; Gouldson, A (Not yet published) Quantifying the success of onshore CO2 capture and storage, Nature Geoscience, .