Oilfield Technology

Optimising hydrocarbon recovery in unconventional oil sands through AI-driven systems and operational discipline

An interview with Rahul Jha, US Upstream Materials Operations Manager at ExxonMobil, on advancing hydrocarbon recovery, ...
JSTOR Daily

3D experimental investigation on enhanced oil recovery by flue gas assisted steam assisted gravity drainage

Flue gas assisted steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) is a frontier technology to enhance oil recovery for heavy oil reservoirs. The carbon dioxide generated from the thermal recovery of heavy oil ...
Oil

Acoustic waves improve oil recovery in Permian basin

Hydroacoustics Inc. (HAI) installed a single oil recovery tool (ORT) in the Permian basin’s Turner Gregory Unit #912W injection well (TGU 912W) to improve recovery. Hydroacoustics Inc. (HAI) installed ...
AZoNano

The Role of Organic Nanoparticles in Enhanced Oil Recovery

A black powder of spherical carbon nanoparticles with specific properties can be synthesized using the hydrothermal method. Surface modifications can be achieved by chemically bonding organic ...
E&E

How oil companies could tap the climate law to pump more crude

President Joe Biden’s landmark climate law could help the fossil fuel industry pump more oil out of existing wells. A boosted tax credit for enhanced oil recovery, or EOR, aims to encourage oil ...
The Washington Post

Companies capture a lot of CO2. Most of it is going into new oil.

Every year, companies around the United States capture around 18 million metric tons of carbon dioxide from natural gas processing plants, oil refineries and power plants. As long as that CO2 — ...
Oil

Study compares C2-recovery for conventional turboexpander, GSP

Among the various ethane-recovery processes, the turboexpander process is the most widely used. Proponents of the gas subcooled process (GSP), however, claim it achieves higher recovery than the ...