Gas & Energy Transition Research Centre
Associate Professor Phil Hayes
Chair of Water Resources and Gas Development
Biography
Associate Professor Phil Hayes leads the UQ Gas & Energy Transition Research Centre’s Environment and Decarbonisation themes, with over 25 years' experience as an environmental geoscientist. Phil’s research aims to understand environmental impacts and assess decarbonisation pathways to inform the transition to a net-zero economy.
He focuses on groundwater modelling for impact analysis, gas reservoir modelling, and fugitive emissions quantification to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from energy projects. His research also explores gas migration in the shallow subsurface and carbon capture and storage opportunities.
Phil holds a Ph.D in Engineering and B.Sc.in Physics, and has been a Member of the Federal Government's Independent Expert Scientific Committee (IESC) since 2021.
Associated research themes
Capabilities
- Geological and hydrogeolgical modelling and analysis
- Environmental risk assessment and management
- Water resource management and treatment technologies
- Innovative geoscientific solutions and technologies
Highlighted publications
Hayes, P., Nicol, C., La Croix, A.D., Pearce, J., Gonzalez, S., Wang, J., Harfoush, A., He, J., Moser, A., Helm, L., Morris, R., Gornall, D., 2020. Enhancing geological and hydrogeological understanding of the Precipice Sandstone aquifer of the Surat Basin, Great Artesian Basin, Australia, through model inversion of managed aquifer recharge datasets. Hydrogeol J 28, 175–192. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-019-02079-9
Brennand, S., Hayes, P., Leonardi, C., Brennand, S., Hayes, P., Leonardi, C., 2023. The complexity of identifying and quantifying natural and anthropogenic influences on surface movement in coal seam gas producing regions within the Surat Basin, Queensland. The APPEA Journal 63, 127–143. https://doi.org/10.1071/AJ22143
Hofmann, H., Pearce, J.K., Hayes, P., Golding, S.D., Hall, N., Baublys, K.A., Raiber, M., Suckow, A., 2023. Multi-tracer approach to constrain groundwater flow and geochemical baseline assessments for CO2 sequestration in deep sedimentary basins. International Journal of Coal Geology 104438. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2023.104438
Pearce, J.K., Golding, S.D., Baublys, K., Hofmann, H., Gargiulo, G., Herbert, S.J., Hayes, P., 2023. Methane in aquifers and alluvium overlying a coal seam gas region: Gas concentrations and isotopic differentiation. Science of The Total Environment 861, 160639. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160639
Santiago, V., Rodger, I., Hayes, P., Leonardi, C., Deisman, N., 2023. Understanding Compressibility Coefficients in Heterogeneous Fractured Rocks and Implications for CSG Reservoir Simulation. Presented at the Asia Pacific Unconventional Resources Symposium, OnePetro. https://doi.org/10.2118/217281-MS