Matthew T. Reagan

Research Scientist

Building 084, Room 0138

M/S 74R316C

Phone: 510-486-6517

Fax: 510-486-5686

mtreagan@lbl.gov

Curriculum Vitae

Biography

Matthew Reagan is a Research Scientist in the Energy Geosciences Division (EGD) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He specializes in research on the thermodynamics, transport, and chemistry of aqueous systems in the subsurface, including research on the thermodynamics of gas hydrates, methane hydrates as a resource, the coupling of methane hydrates and global climate, data reduction and uncertainty, shale gas and shale oil reservoir simulation and engineering, and the impacts of oil and gas production on the environment.

Research Interests

Fundamental and applied research on the thermodynamics, transport, and chemistry subsurface systems, including:
Developer for the TOUGH family of numerical simulation codes, programming libraries, and public-facing tools for physical property estimation
Research on uncertainty quantification for numerical simulation
Research on the molecular simulation and thermodynamics of multiphase supercritical water solutions
Authored or co-authored 45 peer-reviewed papers, two regulatory studies, and 38 articles and reports
Performed peer review for over 25 journals, scientific publishers, and institutional reports
Gave over 55 technical presentations, including 7 invited talks

Selected Publications

Reagan, M.T., Moridis, G.J., Keen, N.D., Lee, K.J., Natter, M., Bjerstedt, T., Shedd, W.W., “Transport and Fate of Natural Gas and Brine Escaping from a Hydrocarbon Reservoir Through a Failed Deep-Water Well in the Oceanic Subsurface of the Gulf of Mexico,” Transport in Porous Media, 127(2), 459-480. doi: 10.1007/s11242-018-1207-y, 2019.
Reagan, M.T., Moridis, G.J., Keen, N.D., Johnson, J.N., “Numerical Simulation of the Environmental Impact of Hydraulic Fracturing of Tight/Shale Gas Reservoirs on Near-Surface Groundwater: Background, Base Cases, Shallow Reservoirs, Short-Term Gas and Water Transport,” Water Res. Res., 51(4), doi: 10.1002/2014WR016086, 2543-2573, 2015. (Editors’ Choice Award, 2015)
Reagan, M.T., Moridis, G.J., Freeman, C.M., Pan, L., Boyle, K.L., Keen, N., Husebo, J.A., “Field-Scale Simulation of Production from Oceanic Gas Hydrate Deposits,” Transport in Porous Media, 108(1), 151-169, 2015
Reagan, M.T., Moridis, G.J., Elliott, S.M., and Maltrud, M., “Contributions of Oceanic Gas Hydrate Dissociation to the Formation of Arctic Ocean Methane Plumes,” J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 116, C09014, doi: 10.1029/2011JC007189, 2011
Moridis, G.J., T.S. Collett, R. Boswell, S. Hancock, J. Rutqvist, C. Santamarina,T. Kneafsey, M.T. Reagan, M. Pooladi-Darvish, M. Kowalsky, E.D. Sloan, and C. Koh, “Gas Hydrates as a Potential Energy Source: State of Knowledge and Challenges,” in: Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts, J.W. Lee (ed.), 977-1035, Springer, New York, Heidelberg, Dordrecht, London, ISBN 978-1-4614-3347-7, doi: 10.1007/978-1-4614-3348-4, 2013
Reagan, M. T., and G. J. Moridis, “Large-Scale Simulation of Methane Hydrate Dissociation along the West Spitsbergen Margin,” LBNL-2908E, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L23612, doi:10.1029/2009GL041332, 2009
Reagan, M.T. and G.J. Moridis, “The dynamic response of oceanic hydrate deposits to ocean temperature change,” LBNL-01026E, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 113, C12023, doi:10.1029/2008JC004938, 2008
Reagan, M.T. and G.J. Moridis, “Oceanic Gas Hydrate Instability and Dissociation Under Climate Change Scenarios,” LBNL-62999, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L22709, doi: 10.1029/2007GL031671, 2007