The main purpose of this study is to assess the potential fate of CO2 when it is injected in the deep subsurface for storage. In the coming year (2008), over 20 field geologic sequestration tests are being designed and scheduled for deployment in the United States. An additional 23 are ongoing or slated for deployment soon in other countries. For large-scale geologic sequestration to be deploye...

Primary oil recovery methods in Saskatchewan’s heavy oil basin extract 5 to 10% of the available resource with the vast majority left in the ground and recoverable only through Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) methods. Traditional EOR generates steam in surface facilities and injects it underground to mobilize the oil for production with considerable energy losses inherent in the process. R.I.I. Nor...

Parachor based expressions (basic and mechanistic) are often used to model the experimentally observed pressure dependence of interfacial tension (IFT) behaviors of complex supercritical carbon dioxide (sc-CO2) and crude oil mixtures at elevated temperatures. However, such modeling requires various input data (e.g. compositions and densities of the equilibrium liquid and vapor phases, and molec...

BTB-zinc finger transcription factors play many important roles in metazoan development. In these proteins, the BTB domain is critical for dimerization and for recruiting cofactors to target genes. Identification of these cofactors is important for understanding how BTB-zinc finger proteins influence transcription. Here we show that the novel but conserved protein EOR-2 is an obligate binding p...

background and objectives: edible parts of pomegranate fruits are a rich source of bioactive compounds. the present research examines the effect of modified atmosphere packaging on the fruit physico-chemical and microbial properties of two commercial pomegranate cultivars grown in iran. materials and methods: the arils were packaged and stored under four different atmospheres. all of the packag...

Production of mature oil fields emits significant amount CO2 related to circulation and handling large volumes gas water. This can be reduced either by (1) using a low-carbon energy source and/or (2) reducing the non-hydrocarbon produced/injected fluids. paper describes how improved recovery techniques designed reduce intensity (kgCO2/bbl oil) production efficient use injectants. It is shown th...

Understanding the solubility of CO2 is critical for implementing CO2-enhanced oil recovery (CO2-EOR). In this work, in n-decane a temperature range between 303.15 K and 353.15 pressures up to 15 MPa was measured using fused silica capillary cell with situ Raman spectroscopy. A semi-empirical prediction model obtained according experimental results. order improve n-decane, co-solvent n-hexane (3...

‘zaferani’ peach, an important native iranian fruit, is a highly perishable fruit of limited shelf life. in the present research, effects of modified atmosphere packaging with three gas combinations (5% co2 + 2% o2, 10% co2 + 2% o2 and air) and two packaging films (polypropylene and low density polyethylene (ldpe)) on physicochemical characteristics and shelf life of 'zaferani' peach ...