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Showing 1 to 20 of 66 for “"Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)"”.
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Application of Foam for Mobility Control in Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Process
… the application of foam for mobility control in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) process. The performance of foam and surfactants was evaluated by systematic laboratory study. This includes the screening and evaluation of surfactant formulations for foam EOR process and the investigation of foam for …
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Digital Rock: Understanding the mechanism of Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Core Floods
Oil companies aim to increase their return on investment by extending the productive life of their existing oilfields. For that purpose, a better understanding of the physical phenomena which occur during waterflooding and enhanced oil recovery (EOR) is needed to optimise the oil recovery. In this …
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Experimental study on enhanced oil recovery (EOR) mechanisms of nanogel combining with low salinity water for carbonate reservoirs
… have been widely studied and applied in the oil and gas industry. Among the developed nanomaterials, nano-sized crosslinked polymeric gel particle (nanogel) has shown great potential in recovering residual oil and improving oil recovery. This dissertation carried out their potential EOR …
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Experimental investigation of the effect of nanoparticles and polymer on interfacial tension between oil and water during Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)
… industries, and the interest in it within the oil industry is increasing, due to its potential to deeply change enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and to improve the mechanism of recovery. With the decline in oil discoveries during the last decades, it is believed that EOR technologies will play a key …
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An Investigation into the Relative Effectiveness of CO2 and Hydrocarbon Gas as an EOR Injectant for a Marginal Onshore USA Sandstone Reservoir
… widely employed and highly successful method for Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) onshore USA. Despite the benefits, there are significant challenges to CO2 injection, including corrosion and adverse rock–mineral interactions. Furthermore, CO2 supply is not always easily available, and gas …
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Mobility control of chemical EOR fluids using foam in highly fractured reservoirs
Highly fractured and vuggy oil reservoirs represent a challenge for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods. The fractured networks provide flow paths several orders of magnitude greater than the rock matrix. Common enhanced oil recovery methods, including gases or low viscosity liquids, are used to …
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Surfactants and enhanced oil recovery
… with a view to their potential usefulness for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) application. Ethoxylated phenols and their sulphonated derivatives were given especially high priority. The surfactants were well-characterised in order to understand their EOR potential. High pressure liquid …
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Potential of CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery and Sequestration in the Golden Pinnacle Reef Reservoir in the Williston Basin, North Dakota
… is developed to determine the feasibility of CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) and CO2 sequestration in the Golden Pinnacle Reef Reservoir in the Williston Basin, North Dakota; with a specific analysis of the Shell Golden #34X-34 (SWSE 34 T161N R87 W) well in Renville County, North Dakota, USA. The …
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Synthesis and comprehensive studies of nanogels for enhanced oil recovery
… have been developed and applied for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) in oil industry. Among the developed nanomaterials, nano-sized crosslinked polymeric gel particles (nanogels) have shown the potential in improving both the macro- and micro-displacing efficiency. This dissertation …
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Design and Optimization of Post-Combustion CO2 Capture
… though there are commercial applications such as enhanced oil recovery (EOR). We employ the latest simulation tools from Aspen Tech to rigorously model, design, and optimize acid gas systems. We extend this modeling approach to leverage Aspen Plus in the .NET framework through Microsoft's …
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Enhanced oil recovery simulation study for Citronelle field, Alabama
… rising fossil fuel need, it is important that enhanced oil recovery (EOR) schemes, which are more efficient hydrocarbon recovery techniques than primary and secondary recovery methods, are used to recover conventional oil reserves from already discovered fields. Continuous CO2 and the Water …
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Building shared knowledge for EOR technologies: Screening guideline constructions, dashboards, and advanced data analysis
<p>"Successful implementation of enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technology requires comprehensive knowledge and experiences based on existing EOR projects. EOR screening guidelines and EOR reservoir analog are served as such knowledge which are considered as the first step for a reservoir engineer to …
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Exploring the value proposition of integrating back-up saline storage into anthropogenic CO₂ supplied EOR operations
Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) through carbon dioxide (CO₂) sequestration from anthropogenic sources has been gaining attention in policy circles. In particular, it is viewed as a potential way to help accelerate the deployment of carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technologies. The interest in …
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Comprehensive evaluation of a novel EOR method-coupling low salinity water flooding and preformed particle gel to enhance oil recovery in fractured reservoirs
<p>"Excess water production in oil fields is becoming a challenging economic and environmental problem as more reservoirs are maturing. Water channeling, one of the primary reservoir conformance problems, is caused by reservoir heterogeneities that lead to the development of high-permeability …
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Updated EOR screening criteria and modeling the impacts of water salinity changes on oil recovery
<p>"Developing technologies for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) from existing oil fields would supply the world's energy needs for several decades. The application of EOR in many major oil-producing countries remains in its conceptual stage. Thermal and gas EOR methods achieve high incremental rates; …
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Dynamic reservoir characterization using 4D multicomponent seismic data and rock physics modeling at Delhi field, Louisiana
… important to detect and quantify for maximizing oil recovery in Delhi Field. Delhi Field is a enhanced oil recovery (EOR) project with active monitoring by 4D multicomponent seismic technologies. Dynamic rock physics modeling integrates the rich dataset of core, well logs, petrographic thin …
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Solid-liquid-liquid Wettability and its role on Targeted Emulsified Solvent Injection (TESI)
… the third largest world reserves of crude oil, mostly in the forms of heavy oil or bitumen in the oil sands. However, 80% are too deep to be mined, requiring in-situ extraction methods. This work involved the design of a chemical enhanced oil recovery (EOR) approach, referred to as Targeted …
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Screening of Microfiltration and Ultrafiltration Ceramic Membranes for Produced Water Treatment and Testing of Different Cleaning Methods
… membranes, discharge into sea or injection into oil wells for enhanced oil recovery (EOR). MF 0.3 m TiO2/ZrO2 and MF 0.1 m SiC membranes were initially tested. The MF 0.1 m SiC membrane was selected based on the permeate flux and rejection performances. The selected MF membrane was used as the …
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Factors impacting the transport and enhanced oil recovery potential of polymeric nanogel in sandstone
"Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) using nanometer-sized particles has drawn great attention in the oil industry because of their various advantages brought by size. However, their applications on a field scale are very limited, especially for deformable nanoparticles. The objective of this research is …
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Investigating the factors impacting the success of immiscible carbon dioxide injection in unconventional shale reservoirs: An experimental study
… to the huge hydrocarbon volumes that they bear. Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) techniques have been suggested to increase recovery from shale reservoirs. One of the most promising EOR methods is gas EOR (GEOR), most notably carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>). Not only can CO<sub>2</sub> increase oil …
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