Researcher

My Expertise

  • CO₂ sequestration
  • Carbon Capture Utilization and Sequestration (CCUS)
  • Laboratory investigation of CO₂ injection into oil reservoirs and aquifers

Keywords

Fields of Research (FoR)

Petroleum and reservoir engineering, Carbon sequestration science

Biography

Hang Yin specializes in CO₂ geosequestration in aquifers and hydrocarbon reservoirs, focusing on enhancing its feasibility in heterogeneous and low-pressure formations to maximize CO₂ storage capacity. As a researcher in the GeoSequestration Research Lab, he led efforts that uncovered the potential of water-saturated CO₂ injection to simultaneously enhance oil recovery and improve CO₂ storage efficiency.


My Qualifications

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Hang Yin specializes in CO₂ geosequestration in aquifers and hydrocarbon reservoirs, focusing on enhancing its feasibility in heterogeneous and low-pressure formations to maximize CO₂ storage capacity. As a researcher in the GeoSequestration Research Lab, he led efforts that uncovered the potential of water-saturated CO₂ injection to simultaneously enhance oil recovery and improve CO₂ storage efficiency.


My Qualifications

  • ​​​​​Doctor of Philosophy, Petroleum Engineering, University of New South Wales, Australia 
  • Master of Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, University of New South Wales, Australia  
  • Bachelor of Engineering, Resource Exploration Engineering, China University of Geoscience (Beijing), China

My Awards

  • 2024 Dean of Graduate Research Award for Outstanding PhD Thesis
  • 2020 Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship (RTP)

My Teaching

I am currently teaching the following courses:

  • Reservoir Engineering B (PTRL 3001, 5007)
  • Numerical Reservoir Simulation (PTRL 3040, 5004, 6004)
  • Engineering Design & Innovation (DESN 1000)
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Location

265C, Level 2, Tyree Energy and Technology Building (H6)