Abstract Nearly 70% of the global oil reserves are made up unconventional oils such as heavy oils, bitumen, and tar sand. However, they yet to be fully exploited a result capital-, energy-, water-, wastewater-, carbon-intensive nature their development. To in consistent with current goals climate crisis mitigations, technologies that more environmentally friendly high efficiencies needed. This ...

in this work, the potential of auto-ignition of heavy oil during in-situ combustion (isc) process was studied. kinetic studies were carried out using thermo gravimetric analyzer (tga), differential scanning calorimetry (dsc) and accelerating rate calorimetric (arc) techniques. effects of oxygen partial pressure, reservoir pressure and clay on auto ignition condition were investigated on a numbe...

Executive Summary The objective of Reservoir Monitoring Consortium (RMC) is to develop new methods for dynamic reservoir monitoring. We will carry out a number of focused applied research projects in reservoir monitoring that are directly pertinent to the current and future needs of our industry sponsors. We will develop specific workflows for different types of reservoirs. This will include th...

in the 1970 s, regulations in some counries forced usersof heavy residue to limit pollutant emissions at industrial sites, also forced producers to up grade their heavy products for export and domestic use. for this reason iran as a producer, exporter and consumer has to develop mew upgrading processes.the most common processes for upgrading heavy oil are catalytic processes, but existence of h...

Oil-accumulating microalgae have the potential to enable large-scale biodiesel production without competing for arable land or biodiverse natural landscapes. High lipid productivity of dominant, fast-growing algae is a major prerequisite for commercial production of microalgal oil-derived biodiesel. However, under optimal growth conditions, large amounts of algal biomass are produced, but with ...

Heavy oil is one of the most serious pollutants in marine ecosystem. The poisonous influences of the chemical substances contained in heavy oil on many kinds of marine organisms are widely studied. However, the influence of the chemical compounds in heavy oil on our health has not been cleared yet. In order to reveal the poisonous influences of these chemical compounds on mammalian reproductive...