Head of Department

Professor of Petrophysics

Geophysics and Borehole Group

Direct contact:

Tel: 0116 252 3798  Email: mike.lovell@le.ac.uk

Research interests

The physical properties of rocks and their interdependence within a geological context, utilising both laboratory measurements on core and downhole measurements (see CALLISTO) in assessing reservoir and repository properties, as well as investigating novel applications of electrical and acoustic properties. Current petrophysics  projects include biologically inspired acoustic systems (a £3.3M Basic Technology consortium grant; www.biasweb.co.uk  ), gas hydrates , and both conventional and unconventional hydrocarbon reservoir characterisation (funded by industry). 

Four recent publications

Long, D., Jackson, P.D., Lovell, M.A., Rochelle, C.A., Francis, T.J.G. & Schultheiss, P.J. 2005. Methane hydrates: problems in unlocking their potential. In: Petroleum Geology: North-West Europe and Global Perspectives - Proceedings of the 6th Petroleum Geology Conference (PGC6) Edited by A.G. Doré & B.A. Vining . Geological Society of London.

Lovell, M .A.,  Jackson P.D., Harvey P.K., Flint R.C.  2006. High-resolution petrophysical characterization of samples from an aeolian sandstone: the Permian Penrith sandstone of NW England.  In: Fluid Flow and Solute Movement in Sandstones: The Onshore UK Permo-Triassic Red Bed Sequence.  Barker R.D., Tellam J.H. (Eds).  Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 263.  pp49-63.

Jackson, P.D., M.A. Lovell, J. Roberts, P.D. Schultheiss, D. Gunn, R. Flint, A. Wood R. Holmes, and T. Frederichs. 2006. Rapid non-contacting resistivity logging of core. In Rothwell, G. (Ed.),  "New Ways of Looking at Sediment Cores and Core Data", Geological  Society of London Special Publication No. 267. 

Hopper, C., Assous, S., Gunn, D., Jackson, P. D., Rees, J., Lovell, M. and Linnett, L., 2008, Biologically-inspired ultrasonic signals for physical characterisation of geological materials, Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics ‘Widening horizons in acoustics research’, 30 (2).

Teaching

• GL1020 Micro to Macro (Physical properties of the Earth at different scales)
• GL1018 Geology and Society: Earthquakes
• GL1021 First Year field Excursion
• GL2003 Hydrocarbon Geophysics
• GL4042 Petroleum Reservoir Petrophysics
• GL4010 MGeol Independent Research Projects