Potentials of Solar Energy Use in Upstream Petroleum Industry

Solar Energy Potentials and Radiation Map of Lorestan Province

Solar energy is the most unique renewable energy source in the world and is the main source of all energy on Earth. Solar energy can be converted into other forms of energy directly and indirectly. In general, the energy given off by the sun about 3. 8 two 1023 kW per second. In the present study, the potential of solar energy in the province of surveillance data 9 synoptic stations located in ...

How to use Big Data technologies to optimize operations in Upstream Petroleum Industry

Big Data is the oil of the new economy” is the most famous citation during the three last years. It has even been adopted by the World Economic Forum in 2011. In fact, Big Data is like crude! It’s valuable, but if unrefined it cannot be used. It must be broken down, analyzed for it to have value. But what about Big Data generated by the Petroleum Industry and particularly its upstream segment? ...

Energy Efficiency Improvement in the Petroleum Refining Industry

Information has proven to be an important barrier in industrial energy efficiency improvement. Voluntary government programs aim to assist industry to improve energy efficiency by supplying information on opportunities. ENERGY STAR supports the development of strong strategic corporate energy management programs, by providing energy management information tools and strategies. This paper summa...

Biological monitoring of benzene exposure for process operators during ordinary activity in the upstream petroleum industry.

This study characterized the exposure of crude oil process operators to benzene and related aromatics during ordinary activity and investigated whether the operators take up benzene at this level of exposure. We performed the study on a fixed, integrated oil and gas production facility on Norway's continental shelf. The study population included 12 operators and 9 referents. We measured persona...

Possibilities and challenges for biosurfactants use in petroleum industry.

Biosurfactants are a group of microbial molecules identified by their unique capabilities to interact with hydrocarbons. Emulsification and de-emulsification, dispersion, foaming, wetting and coating are some of the numerous surface activities that biosurfactants can achieve when applied within systems such as immiscible liquid/liquid (e.g., oil/water), solid/ liquid (e.g., rock/oil and rock/wa...

Microbiology in the petroleum industry.