Editorial

Dear InterPore colleagues,

With the conclusion of InterPore2026 today, we all start with a new cycle of digesting all the impressions from InterPore2026, going back to daily life and daily work and, inevitably, InterPore2027, although that is still a long way away. Meanwhile, the InterPore Journal has produced a new edition. Great reading material when travelling back home.

For those who are travelling, have a good and safe trip home! 

All the best,

Matthijs de Winter
Editor-in-Chief
InterPore News

Thank you!

On behalf of the InterPore Executive Committee, thank you to everyone who was able to join us at InterPore2026!

Wishing everyone safe travels home, and we hope to see you again next year in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for InterPore2027!

We extend our gratitude to our exhibitors and sponsors for their support!

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New Communications Committee Members

InterPore is pleased to announce that Daudi Mrema and Behrad Tabrizipour have joined the InterPore Communications Committee, where they will help promote the visibility and growth of the InterPore Journal within the InterPore community.

Explore the New Issue of InterPore Journal

The 2nd of the year of the InterPore Journal is now available online. This issue covers topics including geological CO₂ storage, subsurface remediation, hydrogen storage, geothermal systems, and advanced imaging methods.

We thank all authors, reviewers, and editors for their valuable contributions to this issue.

2026 Galileo Circle Curie Award

InterPore congratulates Bo Guo, Associate Professor at the University of Arizona and Chair of the InterPore Membership Committee, on receiving the 2026 Galileo Circle Curie Award from the College of Science at the University of Arizona.

The Curie Award recognizes “rising stars” among junior tenured and tenure-track faculty whose innovative work advances science while also contributing to diversity within the scientific community.

Congratulations to Bo Guo on this well-deserved recognition!

Heat-activated epoxy foam for permeability alteration in fractured geothermal fields: proof of concept

Dani Or, Rishi Parashar, Ying Yang, Manish Bishwokarma, Satish Karra, Yutong Cui

A heat-activated epoxy foam is developed that expands inside rock fractures, dramatically reducing permeability. This new approach could improve permeability control in geothermal reservoir engineering.

Effect of fissure drainage on dispersive mixing in porous media gravity currents: an experimental investigation

Mansimran Singh, Saeed Sheikhi, K. S. Bharath, Morris R. Flynn

Dispersion is a fundamental mechanism for mixing in porous media flow. Our study explores dispersion in combination with buoyancy-driven spreading, as arises, for example, when hydrogen is injected into depleted natural gas reservoirs. Findings from our laboratory experiments highlight the interdependence not only of dispersion and spreading but also of fissure drainage, which, along with mixing, accounts for irreversible injectate loss. Importantly, we find that the relative importance of dispersion increases with fissure draining, which underscores the critical importance of caprock integrity in energy storage operations.

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