Centre for Rock Characterisation

Director: Professor Brian Evans

Incorporating the leading researchers in:


Curtin University
Department of
Exploration Geophysics


West Australian
School of Mines

Curtin University
Department of
Petroleum Engineering


Curtin Reservoir
Geophysics Consortium
 

Centre of Excellence for
High Definition Geophysics

The Centre for Rock Characterisation brings together prominent research groups who have a proven track record of local and international success. The Centre works towards the expansion of existing cross-disciplinary knowledge of rock properties, to maintain Curtin University and the State of Western Australia at the forefront of oil and mining expertise.

 

The Centre’s focus is joint research and the development of synergies in overlapping areas between mining engineering, geophysics, and reservoir engineering.

Understanding rock properties with application to the oil & gas, and mining markets is of immense importance to the resources sector future of the world. Researchers in the group have individually won national and international prizes.

Over the last six years the industrial income from mining and petroleum company research was almost $11,000,000. This is indicative of the level of industrial funding for leading-edge research.
 

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