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2025

[60] Serno, S., Johnson, G., Boyce, A.J. and Gilfillan, S.M.V., Constraining O isotope equilibrium exchange between CO2 and water during fluid cycling in a closed system, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 141, 104314, DOI:10.1016/j.ijggc.2025.104314

2024

[59] ^Ashmore, N.A., Krol., M.M., Gilfillan, S.M.V., Van De Ven, C.J.C., Mumford., K.G. and Molnar, I.L., Simulation of Bench-Scale CO2 Injection Using a Coupled Continuum-Discrete Approach, Science of the Total Environment, Volume 954, 176639 DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176639

[58] ^Todd, F., McDermott, C.I., Fraser-Harris, A., Bond, A. and Gilfillan, S.M.V., Modelling physical controls on mine water heat storage systems, Geoenergy, 2 (1), DOI:10.1144/geoenergy2023-029

[57] ^Receveur, M., McDermott, C.I., Fraser-Harris, A. and Gilfillan, S.M.V., Quantifying vertical borehole heat exchanger sustainability from a geothermal resource perspective in the UK, Geoenergy, DOI:10.1144/geoenergy2023-040

[56] *^Watt, I.D., Butler, I.B., Gilgannon, J., Martins, L., Fusseis, F., Haszeldine, R.S., Molnar, I., Gilfillan, S.M.V., X-ray translucent reaction cell for simulation of carbon mineral storage reservoir environments, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 137, 104195 DOI:10.1016/j.ijggc.2024.104195

[55] Hibbard, L. and Gilfillan, S.M.V. Constraining the hydrogen storage capacity of natural gas storage sites in the United States, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 68, 74-84, DOI:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.03.342

[54] Smedley, P.L., Allen, G., Baptie, B.J., Fraser-Harris, A.P., Ward, R.S., Chambers, R.M., Gilfillan, S.M.V., Hall, J.A., Hughes, A.G., Manning, D.A.C., McDermott, C.I., Nagheli, S., Shaw, J.T., Werner, M.J. and Worrall, F. Equipping for risk: Lessons learnt from the UK shale-gas experience on assessing environmental risks for the future geoenergy use of the deep subsurface, Science of The Total Environment, 921, 171036, DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171036

[53] Holdsworth, C.M., John, C.M., Snæbjörnsdóttir, S.Ó., Johnson, G., Sigfússon, B., Leslie, R., Haszeldine, R.S. and Gilfillan, S.M.V., Reconstructing the temperature and origin of CO2 mineralisation in CarbFix calcite using clumped, carbon and oxygen isotopes, Applied Geochemistry, 162, 105925, DOI:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2024.105925

2023

[52] Ventisky, E. and Gilfillan, S.M.V., Assessment of the onshore storage capacity of hydrogen in natural gas fields in Argentina, Geoenergy, Volume 1, Issue 1, DOI:10.1144/geoenergy2023-017

[51] Chambers, R.M., Johnson, G., Boyce, A.J. and Gilfillan, S.M.V., Constraining the Geochemical Fingerprints of Gases from the UK Carboniferous Coal Measures at the Glasgow Geoenergy Observatories Field Site, Scotland, Earth Science, Systems and Society, 7, DOI:10.3389/esss.2023.10073

[50] Utley, R.E., Martin-Roberts, E., Utting, N., Johnson, G., Györe, D., Zurakowska, M., Stuart, F.M., Boyce, A.J., Darrah, T.H., Gulliver, P., Haszeldine, R.S., Lawton, D. and Gilfillan, S.M.V., Multi-Isotope Geochemical Baseline Study of the Carbon Management Canada Research Institutes CCS Field Research Station (Alberta, Canada), Prior to CO2 Injection, Earth Science, Systems and Society, 3, DOI:10.3389/esss.2023.10069

2022

[49] Monaghan, A.A., Bateson, L., Boyce, A.J., Burnside, N.M., Chambers, R., De Rezende, J.R., Dunnet, E., Everett, P.A., Gilfillan, S.M.V., Jibrin, M.S., Johnson, G., Luckett, R., MacAllister, D.J., MacDonald, A.M., Moreau, J.W., Newsome, L., Novellino, A., Palumbo-Roe, B., Pereira, R., Smith, D., Spence, M.J., Starcher, V., Taylor-Curran, H., Vane, C.H., Wagner, T., and Walls D.B., Time zero for net zero: a coal mine baseline for decarbonising heat, Earth Science, Systems and Society, 9, DOI:10.3389/esss.2022.10054

[48] Ju, Y.J., Györe, D., Gilfillan, S.M.V., Lee, S.S., Cho, I., Ha, S-W., Joun, W-T., Kang, H-J., Do, H-W., Kaown, D., Stuart, F.M., Hahm, D., Park, K., Yun, S-T. and Lee, K-K. Constraining the effectiveness of inherent tracers of captured CO2 for tracing CO2 leakage: Demonstration in a controlled release site, Science of the Total Environment, 824, 153835 DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153835

2021

[47] Scott, J.A., Pujol, M., Györe, D., Stuart, F.M. and Gilfillan, S.M.V., Determining static reservoir connectivity using noble gases Chemical Geology, 582, 120410 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2021.120410

[46] Leslie, R., Cavanagh, A.J., Haszeldine, R.S., Johnson, G and Gilfillan, S.M.V., Quantification of solubility trapping in natural and engineered CO2 reservoirs Petroleum Geoscience, 27 (4) DOI: 10.1144/petgeo2020-120

[45] Györe, D., Pujol, M., Gilfillan, S.M.V., Stuart, F.M., Noble gases constrain the origin, age and fate of CO2 in the Vaca Muerta shale in the Neuquen Basin (Argentina) Chemical Geology, 120294 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2021.120294

[44] Ringrose, P., Furre, A.K., Gilfillan, S.M.V., Krevor, S., Landrø, M., Leslie, R., Meckel, T., Nazarian, B., Zahid, A., Storage of Carbon Dioxide in Saline Aquifers: Physicochemical Processes, Key Constraints and Scale-up Potential Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, DOI: 10.1146/annurev-chembioeng-093020-091447

[43] Scafidi, J., Wilkinson, M., Gilfillan, S.M.V., Haszeldine, R.S., A quantative assessment of the hydrogen storage capacity of the UK continental shelf International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 46 (12) 8629-8639 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.12.106

2020

[42] Miocic J.M., Johnson, G., Gilfillan, S.M.V., Stress field orientation controls on fault leakage at a natural CO2 reservoir Solid Earth, 1 (4), 1361-1374 DOI: 10.5194/se-11-1361-2020

[41] Ju, Y.J., Gilfillan, S.M.V., Lee, S.S., Kaown, D., Hahm, D., Lee, S., Park, I.W., Ha, S.W., Application of noble gas tracers to track of CO2 from depth into a groundwater International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 97, 103041 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2020.103041

[40] Ju, Y.J., Lee, S.S., Kaown, D., Lee, K.K. Gilfillan, S.M.V., Hahm, D and Park, K., Noble gases as a proxy to understand path of migrated CO2 in a aquifer Applied Geochemistry, 104609 DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2020.104609

[39] Karolytė, R., Johnson, G., Yielding, G., Gilfillan, S.M.V., Fault seal modelling – the influence of fluid properties on fault sealing capacity in hydrocarbon and CO2 systems Petroleum Geoscience, 26, 481-497 DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2020.104609

2019

[38] Gilfillan, S.M.V., Györe, D., Flude, S., Johnson, G., Bond, C. E., Hicks, N., Lister, R., Jones, D. G., Kremer, Y., Haszeldine, R., Stuart, F. M., Noble gases confirm plume related mantle degassing beneath South Africa Nature Communications, 10 (1), 1-7 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-12944-6

[37] Scafidi, J., Gilfillan, S.M.V., Offsetting CCS cost with CH4 & geothermal energy production with a depleted field coupled with a saline aquifer International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control. 90 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2019.102788

[36] Todd, F., McDermott, C., Harris, A. F., Bond, A., Gilfillan, S.M.V., Coupled hydraulic and mechanical model of surface uplift due to mine water rebound – implications for mine water heating and cooling schemes Scottish Journal of Geology, DOI: 10.1144/sjg2018-028

[35] Karolytė, R., Johnson, G., Györe, D., Serno, S., Flude, S., Stuart, F.M., Chivas, A. R., Boyce, A. & Gilfillan, S.M.V., Tracing the migration of mantle CO2 in gas fields and mineral water springs in SE Australia using noble gas and stable isotopes Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 259, 109-128 DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2019.06.002

[34] Miocic, J. M., Gilfillan, S.M.V., Frank, N., Schroeder-ritzrau, A., Burnside, N. M. & Haszeldine, R. S., 420,000 year assessment of fault leakage rates show that CO2 storage is secure Scientific Reports, 9, 1 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-36974-0

2018

[33] Alcalde, J., Flude, S., Wilkinson, M., Johnson, G., Edlmann, K., Bond, C.E., Scott, V., Gilfillan, S.M.V., Ogaya, X., Haszeldine, R.S., Estimating geological CO2 storage security to deliver on climate mitigation Nature Communications, 9(1) 2201 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-04423-1

[32] Kilgallon, R., Gilfillan, S.M.V., Edlmann, K., McDermott, C.I., Naylor, M., Experimental determination of noble gases and SF6 as tracers of CO2 flow through porous sandstone Chemical Geology, DOI:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.09.022

[31] Gilfillan, S.M.V. and Ballentine, C.J. He, Ne and Ar ‘snapshot’ of the subcontinental lithospheric mantle from CO2 well gases Chemical Geology, DOI:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.09.028

[30] Györe, D., McKavney, R., Gilfillan, S.M.V., Stuart, F. M., Fingerprinting coal-derived gases from the UK Chemical Geology, DOI:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.09.016

[29] O’Donnell, M.C., Gilfillan, S.M.V., Edlmann, K., McDermott, C.I., Wastewater from hydraulic fracturing in the UK: assessing the viability and cost of management Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 4(2), 325-355 DOI: 10.1039/C7EW00474E

2017

[28] Roberts, J.J., Gilfillan, S.M.V., Stalker, L., Naylor, M., Geochemical tracers for monitoring offshore CO2 stores International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 65, 218-234 DOI:10.1016/j.ijggc.2017.07.021

[27] Flude, S., Györe, D., Stuart, F.M., Zurakowska, M., Boyce, A.J., Haszeldine, R.S., Chalaturnyk, and Gilfillan, S.M.V. The inherent fingerprint of captured CO2 International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 65, 40-54 DOI:10.1016/j.ijggc.2017.08.010

[26] Serno, S., Flude, S, Johnson, G., Mayer, B., Karolyte, R., Haszeldine, R.S. and Gilfillan, S.M.V., Oxygen isotopes as a tool to quantify reservoir scale CO2 pore-space saturation International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 63, 370-385 DOI:10.1016/j.ijggc.2017.06.009

[25] Ennis-King, J., LaForce, T., Paterson, L., Black, J.R., Vu, H.P., Haese, R.R., Serno, S., Gilfillan, S.M.V., Johnson, G., Freifeld, B., Singh, R. Stepping into the same river twice – field evidence for the repeatability of a CO2 injection test Energy Procedia, 114, 2760-2771 DOI:10.1016/j.egypro.2017.03.1392

[24] Karolyte, R., Serno, S., Johnson, G. and Gilfillan, S.M.V. The influence of oxygen isotope exchange between CO2 and H2O in natural CO2 rich spring waters Applied Geochemistry, 84, 173-186 DOI:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2017.06.012

[23] Johnson, G., Hicks, N., Bond, C.E., Gilfillan, S.M.V., Jones, D.G., Kremer, Y., Lister, R., Nkwane, N., Maupa, T., Munyangane, P., Robey K., Saunders, I., Pearce, J., Shipton, Z.K., Haszeldine, R.S. Detection and understanding of natural CO2 releases in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Energy Procedia 114, 3757-3763 DOI:10.1016/j.egypro.2017.03.1505

[22] Gilfillan, S.M.V., Sherk, G.W., Poreda R. and Haszeldine, R.S., Using noble gas fingerprints at the Kerr Farm to assess CO2 leakage allegations linked to the Weyburn-Midale CO2 monitoring and storage project International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 63, 215-225 DOI:10.1016/j.ijggc.2017.05.015

[21] Bond, C.E., Kremer, Y., Johnson, G., Hicks, N., Lister, R., Jones, D.G., Haszeldine, R.S., Saunders, I., Gilfillan, S.M.V. Shipton, Z.K. Pearce, J., The physical characteristics of a CO2 seeping fault: The implications of fracture permeability for carbon capture and storage integrity International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 61, 49-60 DOI:10.1016/j.ijggc.2017.05.015

[20] Karolyte, R., Johnson, G., Serno, S., Gilfillan S.M.V. Karolyte et al., 2017 The influence of oxygen isotope exchange between CO2 and H2O in natural CO2 rich spring waters Energy Procedia, 114, 3832-3839 DOI:10.1016/j.egypro.2017.03.1515

[19] Györe, D., Gilfillan, S.M.V., Stuart, F. M., Tracking the interaction between injected CO2 and reservoir fluids using noble gas isotopes in an analogue of large-scale CCS Applied Geochemistry, 78, 116-128 DOI:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2016.12.012

2016

[18] Serno, S., Johnston, G.J., LaForce, T.C, Ennis-King, J., Haese, R. Boreham, C., Paterson, L. Friefeld., B.M., Cook, P.J., Kirste, D., Haszeldine, R.S. and Gilfillan, S.M.V. Using O isotopes to assess residual CO2 saturation at Otway 2B extension test International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 52, 73-83 DOI:10.1016/j.ijggc.2016.06.019

[17] Flude, S., Johnston, G.J., Gilfillan, S.M.V. and Haszeldine, R.S. Inherent tracers for CCS in sedimentary formations – composition and applications Environmental Science and Technology, 50 7939-7955 DOI:10.1021/acs.est.6b01548

[16] Miocic, J., Gilfillan, S.M.V., Roberts., J.J., Edlmann, K., McDermott C.I. and Haszeldine, R.S. Controls on CO2 storage security in natural reservoirs and implications for CO2 storage site selection International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 51, 118-125 DOI:10.1016/j.ijggc.2016.05.019

[15] McCraw, C., Edlmann, K., Miocic, J., Gilfillan, S.M.V., Haszeldine, R.S. and McDermott C.I. Experimental investigation and hybrid numerical analytical hydraulic mechanical simulation of supercritical CO2 International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 48, 120-133 DOI:10.1016/j.ijggc.2016.01.002

2015

[14] Györe, D., Stuart, F. M., Gilfillan, S. M. V. & Waldron, S. Tracing injected CO2 in the Cranfield enhanced oil recovery field (MS, USA) using He, Ne and Ar iostopes International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 42, 554-561. DOI:10.1016/j.ijggc.2015.09.009

[13] Kilgallon, R., Gilfillan, S.M.V., Haszeldine, R.S. and McDermott, C.I. Odourisation of CO2 pipelines in the UK: Historical and current impacts of smell during gas transport International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 37, 504–512 DOI:10.1016/j.ijggc.2015.04.010

2014

[12] Gilfillan, S.M.V., Haszeldine, R.S. Stuart, F. Györe, D., Kilgallon, R., Wilkinson, M. The application of noble gases and C stable isotopes in tracing the fate, migration and storage of CO2 Energy Procedia, 63, 4123-4133 DOI:10.1016/j.egypro.2014.11.443

[11] Kilgallon, R., Gilfillan, S.M.V., McDermott, C., Edlmann, K. and Haszeldine, R.S. Investigating the role of noble gases as tracers for CO2 storage Energy Procedia, 63, 4172-4179 DOI:10.1016/j.egypro.2014.11.449

[10] Miocic, J.M., Johnson, G., Gilfillan, S.M.V., Fault seal analysis of a natural CO2 reservoir in the Southern North Sea Energy Procedia, 63, 3364-3370 DOI:10.1016/j.egypro.2014.11.365

2013

[9] Miocic J.M., Gilfillan, S.M.V., McDermott, C. and Haszeldine, R.S. Mechanisms for CO2 leakage prevention – a global dataset of natural analogues Energy Procedia, 40 p 320-328 DOI:10.1016/j.egypro.2013.08.037

[8] Scott, V., Gilfillan, S.M.V., Chalmers, H., Markusson, M. and Haszeldine, R.S. Last chance for Carbon Capture and Storage Nature Climate Change,  3, 105-111

2011

[7] Gilfillan, S.M.V. and Haszeldine, R.S. Report on noble gas, carbon stable isotope and HCO3– measurements from the Kerr Quarter and surrounding area, Goodwater, Saskatchewan In: The Kerr Investigation: Final Report, Findings of the Investigation into the Impact of CO2 on the Kerr Property, ed. Sherk, G.W.

[6] Gilfillan, S.M.V., Wilkinson, M., Haszeldine, R.S., Shipton, Z., Nelson, S.T. and Poreda, R.J. He and Ne as tracers of natural CO2 migration up a fault from a deep reservoir, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 5, no. 6, p. 1507-1516 DOI:10.1016/j.iggc.2011.08.008

[5] Gilfillan, S.M.V. and Haszeldine, R. S. Comment on “Potential Impacts of Leakage from Deep CO2 Geosequestration on Overlying Freshwater Aquifers” Environmental Science and Technology, 45 (7), p. 3171-3174. DOI:10.1021/es104307h

2009

[4] Wilkinson, M., Gilfillan, S.M.V., Haszeldine, R. S. and Ballentine, C.J. Plumbing the depths – testing natural tracers of subsurface CO2 origin and leakage, Utah, USA in M. Grobe, J. C. Pashin, and R. L. Dodge, eds., Carbon dioxide sequestration in geological media – State of the science: AAPG Studies 59

[3] Gilfillan, S.M.V., Sherwood Lollar, B., Holland, G., Blagburn, B., Stevens, S., Schoell, M. and Cassidy, M., Ding, Z., Zhou, Z., Lacrampe-Couloume and Ballentine, C.J., Solubility trapping in formation water as dominant CO2 sink in natural gas fields Nature, 458, p. 614-618. DOI:10.1038/nature07852

[2] Nelson, S.T., Mayo, A.L., Dutson, S.J. Gilfillan, S.M.V., Shipton, Z., Harris, R.A. and Tingey, D.G. Enhanced fracture permeability and accompanying fluid flow in the footwall of a normal fault: The Hurricane Fault at Pah Tempe Hot Springs, Washington County, Utah GSA Bulletin, 121, no. 1-2, p. 236-246. DOI:10.1130/B26285.1

2008

[1] Gilfillan, S.M.V., Ballentine, C.J., Holland, G., Sherwood Lollar, B., Blagburn, D., Stevens, S., Schoell, M. and Cassidy, M. The noble gas geochemistry of natural CO2 gas reservoirs from the Colorado Plateau and Rocky Mountain provinces, USA Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 72, p. 1174-1198. DOI:10.1016/j.gca.2007.10.009

Book Chapters

2017

[3] McDermott, C.I., Miocic, J.M., Edlmann, K. and Gilfillan, S.M.V.,Natural Analogue Studies In: Geological Storage of CO2 in Deep Saline Formations, Volume 29 of the series Theory and Applications of Transport in Porous Media by  pp 473-520 DOI: 10.1007/978-94-024-0996-3

2012

[2] Holland, G. and Gilfillan, S.M.V. Application of Noble Gases to the Viability of CO2 Storage In: The Noble Gases as Geochemical Tracers, Advances in Geochemistry Series, Springer-Earth Sciences

2008

[1] Bushby, Y.E., Gilfillan, S.M.V. and Haszeldine, R.S. Carbon Capture and Storage in the UK In: Energy and the Natural Heritage, ed by C.A. Galbraith and J.M. Baxter. TSO Scotland, Edinburgh. p. 117-134.

Consultancy Reports

2024

[3] Chen, B., Watt, I.D. and Gilfillan, S.M.V. Technical Red Flag Review of Technology Risk and Injectivity Rates at Carbfix’s CODA Terminal, Prepared for I Squared Capital.

[2] Watt, I.D., Keenan, H., Gilfillan, S.M.V., Cavanagh, A.J. and Haszeldine, R.S. NearShore CO2 storage Lybster, Report prepared for Carbon Capture Scotland.

2020

[1] *Gilfillan, S.M.V. and Stuart, F.M. Conceptual study of helium in the Renergen Virginia area, South Africa: Report prepared for Marani, S. Chief Executive Officer, Renergen.

Scientific Reports

2012

[1] Gilfillan, S.M.V. and Haszeldine, R.S. Report on noble gas, carbon stable isotope and HCO3– measurements from the Kerr Quarter and surrounding area, Goodwater, Saskatchewan. In: The Kerr Investigation: Final Report, Findings of the Investigation into the Impact of CO2 on the Kerr Property, ed. Sherk, G.W.