Big Data analytics in oil and gas industry: An emerging trend
December 2020
This paper reviews the utilization of Big Data analytics, as an emerging trend, in the upstream and downstream oil and gas industry. Big Data or Big Data analytics refers to a new technology which can...
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Sand production: A smart control framework for risk mitigation
March 2020
Due to the current global oil price, the sand production is considered undesirable product and the control of sand production is considered as one of the main concerns of production engineers. It can...
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Significant aspects of carbon capture and storage – A review
December 2019
Excessive emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere has resulted in a progressive climate change and global warming in the past decades. There have been many approaches developed to reduce the...
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Solid amine sorbents for CO2 capture by chemical adsorption: A review
March 2017
Amines are well-known for their reversible reactions with CO2, which make them ideal for CO2 capture from several gas streams, including flue gas. In this respect, selective CO2 absorption by aqueous...
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CO2 utilization: Developments in conversion processes
March 2017
Carbon dioxide capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) –including conversion to valuable chemicals-is a challenging contemporary issue having multi-facets. The prospect to utilize carbon dioxide (CO2)...
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Effects of a polyamine inhibitor on the microstructure and macromechanical properties of hydrated shale
December 2022
China is rich in shale gas resources, however, wellbores in shale gas reservoirs are frequently unstable. This has a serious impact on the shale gas drilling cycle. Polyamine, a common additive in water-based...
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Role of biosurfactants in bioremediation of oil pollution-a review
September 2018
The energy resources mainly petroleum and petroleum hydrocarbons are major pollutants of the environment. The oil and oil products contamination may cause severe harm and hence, the attention has been...
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Empirical study of gum ghatti as an alternative thickening agent in hydraulic fracturing
December 2022
Gum ghatti (anogeissus latifolia) is being widely used as an emulsifier, thickener, stabilizer in food, pharmaceutical, and allied industries due to its shelf life, tolerance of heat, and pH stability....
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Effect of ammonium based ionic liquids on the rheological behavior of the heavy crude oil for high pressure and high temperature conditions
December 2022
Heavy crude oil (HCO) production, processing, and transportation forms several practical challenges to the oil and gas industry, due to its higher viscosity. Understanding the shear rheology of this...
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Effects of different gases on the performance of foams stabilized by Cocamidopropyl betaine surfactant and silica nanoparticles: A comparative experimental study
December 2022
Application of CO2 gas in foam enhanced oil recovery (EOR) processes has emerged as a win-win strategy for achieving higher oil recovery factor and reducing greenhouse gas emission, which can significantly...
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A review on casing while drilling technology for oil and gas production with well control model and economical analysis
March 2019
The extraction of petroleum fluids from sub-surface accumulations mandates the drilling of a well into the formation containing the accumulation. The drilling techniques have evolved over time to overcome...
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Solvent effects on the measured bubble-point pressures and pseudo bubble-point pressures of different heavy crude oil−solvent systems
December 2022
In this paper, the bubble-point pressures and pseudo bubble-point pressures of various heavy crude oil−solvent systems were measured and studied by conducting the constant-composition-expansion (CCE)...
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Most common surfactants employed in chemical enhanced oil recovery
June 2017
Chemical enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and particularly surfactant injection has recently received a great deal of attention. The suggested recovery mechanisms after injecting surfactants include wettability...
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Reliability, Availability, Maintainability (RAM) study, on reciprocating compressors API 618
June 2017
The Oil & Gas industry has continuously increased its requirements and together with the high complexity of technological systems and the higher competitiveness of markets, has compelled providers to...
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Review on chemical enhanced oil recovery using polymer flooding: Fundamentals, experimental and numerical simulation
June 2020
The EOR techniques are employed to recover more oil from mature reservoirs after the primary and secondary oil production stages. Polymer flooding as a chemical EOR method involves adding polymer molecules...
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An experimental study of diesel fuel cloud and pour point reduction using different additives
December 2019
An experimental study was conducted to investigate the effects of four different additives on pour point and cloud point temperatures of a diesel fuel. Sample mixtures were prepared in different volumetric...
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Application of anionic surfactant∖engineered water hybrid EOR in carbonate formations: An experimental analysis
December 2022
A hybrid enhanced oil recovery (EOR) method by combining low salinity water (LSW) and low salinity surfactant (LSS) flooding techniques was designed. Different experiments were done to screen the Caspian...
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Effects of graphene oxide/TiO2 nanocomposite, graphene oxide nanosheets and Cedr extraction solution on IFT reduction and ultimate oil recovery from a carbonate rock
December 2022
Increasing the number of depleted reservoirs and global demand for energy have left us with low alternative but to use new ways to extract more hydrocarbon. Amongst different material used for tertiary...
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Artificial lift system optimization using machine learning applications
June 2022
Currently, in the oil industry, artificial lift optimization (ALO) systems are dealing with different applications including well monitor and control, reservoir management, production optimization,...
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A comprehensive review on proppant technologies
March 2016
The main function of traditional proppants is to provide and maintain conductive fractures during well production where proppants should meet closure stress requirement and show resistance to diagenesis...
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Effects of the number of imidazoline ring and the length of alkyl group chain of imidazoline derivatives on corrosion inhibition of carbon steel in HCl solution: Molecular simulation and experimental validation
December 2022
The effects of the number of imidazoline ring and the length of alkyl group chain of imidazoline derivatives were investigated using quantum chemical calculation, molecular dynamics simulation and experimental...
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CO2 storage in depleted gas reservoirs: A study on the effect of residual gas saturation
March 2018
Depleted gas reservoirs are recognized as the most promising candidate for carbon dioxide storage. Primary gas production followed by injection of carbon dioxide after depletion is the strategy adopted...
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A review of recent developments in CO2 mobility control in enhanced oil recovery
September 2022
Carbon dioxide-enhanced oil recovery (CO2-EOR) has gained widespread attention in light of the declining conventional oil reserves. Moreover, CO2-EOR contributes to the reduction of the global emissions...
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Predicting saturated vapor pressure of LNG from density and temperature data with a view to improving tank pressure management
March 2021
Determining the saturated vapor pressure (SVP) of LNG requires detailed thermodynamic calculations based on compositional data. Yet LNG compositions and SVPs evolve constantly for LNG stored in tanks....
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Migration characteristics and profile control capabilities of preformed particle gel in porous media
December 2022
Inspired by the viscoelastic displacement theory, a product called preformed particle gel (PPG) is developed as conformance control agent to enhance oil recovery and control excess water production....
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