Summary
biography
Chair in Geological Fluid Mechanics, Imperial College London, 2016-date
TOTAL Chair in Geological Fluid Mechanics, Imperial College London, 2011-2016
Senior Lecturer, Imperial College London, 2006-2011
Lecturer, Imperial College London, 2002-2006
Research Associate, Imperial College London, 1997-2002
PhD, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Liverpool, 1993-1997
BSc, Physics, Imperial College, 1990-1993
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Investigation, prediction, quantification, and measurement of transport processes in heterogeneous geological porous media, using field, experimental, mathematical and numerical techniques.
Research Groups and Laboratories
Novel methods for reservoir monitoring, modelling and simulation (NORMS)
NORMS Laboratory for Reservoir Physics
Recent Measures of Esteem
2011-2016 Chair sponsored by TOTAL
2015 EAGE Norman Falcon Award
2012 Invited committee member, session chair and presenter, joint AAPG-SPE-SEG Hedburg conference on Fundamental Controls on Flow in Carbonates, 8-13 July, Provence, France
2011 SPE Regional Outstanding Achievement Award
2010-2011 AAPG Distinguished Lecturer
Invited conference presentations
2018 'Measurements of zeta potential in intact natural carbonates with application to Controlled Salinity Waterflooding', 80th EAGE Conference and Exhibition, Copenhagen, Denmark
2018 'Zeta potential changes at mineral-brine and oil-brine interfaces control improved oil recovery during ‘smart’ waterflooding', Annual IOR Norway Meeting, Stavanger, Norway
2017 'Zeta potential in oil-water-carbonate systems and its impact on recovery during controlled salinity waterflooding', 9th International Conference on Porous Media (Interpore 2017), Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2017 'Escaping the Tyranny of the Grid - Reservoir Modelling and Simulation Using Adaptive Unstructured Meshing', workshop on 'Do you believe your data? Or uncertainties in our geoscience workflows' 79th EAGE Conference and Exhibition, Paris, France
2015 'What outcrops can tell us about reservoir behaviour', Norwegian Petroleum Society conference on Reservoir Characterisation: From Appraisal to Tail Production
2014 'Representing small- to intermediate-scale heterogeneities in reservoir models', CSPG-AAPG Oil Sands & Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Canada
2014 'Feedback Control of Intelligent Completions Yields Improved Production', SPE Workshop on Integrated Intelligent Completions, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2013 'Opportunities and challenges for the application of SP measurements to monitor subsurface flow', Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), San Francisco
2009 ‘Fluid flow monitoring in hydrocarbon reservoirs using downhole measurements of streaming potential’, General Assembly of the European Geoscience Union (EGU), Vienna.
2009 Keynote presentation on ‘From mantle to magma chamber: melt segregation as a mechanism for chemical differentiation’, Annual Meeting of the Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group of the Geological Society.
Other Significant Activities
2018-19, Local Area Committee, 81st EAGE Conference and Exhibition, London, UK
2017 Co-convenor, session chair and speaker, Royal Society Theo Murphy International Scientific Meeting on 'Magma Reservoir Architecture and Dynamics', Kavli Royal Society Centre, UK
2017 Co-convenor, workshop on 'Geoscience & Reservoir Integration in Studies: Tools and Methods, 79th EAGE Conference and Exhibition, Paris, France
2014 - 2017, Co-Chair, AAPG Distinguished Lecture Committee
2015 Invited committee member and session chair, SPE Forum on How Can We Double Carbonate Reservoir Recovery?, 23-26 Feb, Istanbul
2013 Invited committee member, second EAGE Workshop on Permanent Reservoir Monitoring, 2-5 July, Stavanger, Norway
2011 Invited committee member and session chair, SPE Applied Technology Workshop on Integrated Characterisation and Development of Fractured Reservoirs, 28-30 November, Abu Dhabi
2009-2011 Lead convenor, session EMRP10 at the EGU General Assembly
Plenary Lectures
2018, 'Wettability Across Scales', International Wettability Symposium, Austin, Texas, USA
2013, 'Reservoir Modeling for Flow Simulation Using Surfaces, Adaptive Unstructured Meshes and Control-Volume-Finite-Element Methods' presented in the Plenary Session of the Society of Petroleum Engineers Reservoir Simulation Symposium, Houston, USA
Selected Publications
Journal Articles
MacAllister DJ, Jackson MD, Butler AP, et al., 2018, Remote Detection of Saline Intrusion in a Coastal Aquifer Using Borehole Measurements of Self-Potential, Water Resources Research, Vol:54, ISSN:0043-1397, Pages:1669-1687
Saunders JH, Jackson MD, Pain CC, 2008, Fluid flow monitoring in oilfields using downhole measurements of electrokinetic potential, Geophysics, Vol:73, ISSN:0016-8033
Jackson MD, Al-Mahrouqi D, Vinogradov J, 2016, Zeta potential in oil-water-carbonate systems and its impact on oil recovery during controlled salinity water-flooding, Scientific Reports, Vol:6, ISSN:2045-2322
Jackson MD, Percival JR, Mostaghiml P, et al., 2015, Reservoir Modeling for Flow Simulation by Use of Surfaces, Adaptive Unstructured Meshes, and an Overlapping-Control-Volume Finite-Element Method, SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, Vol:18, ISSN:1094-6470, Pages:115-132
Solano JMS, Jackson MD, Sparks RSJ, et al., 2014, Evolution of major and trace element composition during melt migration through crystalline mush: Implications for chemical differentiation in the crust, American Journal of Science, Vol:314, ISSN:0002-9599, Pages:895-939