Steam injection is the most suitable of Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) methods to recover high viscosity oil. This is due to the capabilities of steam to reduce oil viscosity and increase the sweep capability of oil from the injection well toward the production well. Oil operating conditions in production should be match well with the operating condition target at the bottom of the production well...

A new chemical compound is developed at Petroleum University of Technology to enhance the recovery of the free imbibition process and simultaneously hinder asphaltene precipitation. The compound is tested on heavy oil samples from Marun oil field, Bangestan reservoir. The effects of the chemical compound on viscosity, hydrocarbon composition, and average molecular weight of the heavy oil are in...

Spontaneous imbibition is of special importance to oil recovery from fractured reservoirs. Laboratory measurements of volume of liquid imbibed versus time are often used in the prediction of oil recovery. Imbibition measurements also provide a useful approach to the complex problem of characterizing the wetting properties of porous media. Correlation of a large body of data for imbibition of br...

OVERVIEW OF THE BROOKIAN STRUCTURAL PLAYS THERMAL CONSIDERATIONS STRUCTURAL CLOSURE ANALYSIS BROOKIAN TOPSET STRUCTURAL PLAY PLAY ATTRIBUTES Volumetric Parameters Reservoir thickness Area of closure Porosity and hydrocarbon pore volume Trap Fill Trap depth Number of prospects Oil and Gas parameters Oil recovery factor Non-associated gas recovery factor Oil gravity and sulfur content GOR at medi...

In recent studies, there has been an increasing focus on Nanoparticles Enhanced Oil Recovery (NPEOR). NPEOR is a method that was initially developed to improve microscopic and macroscopic displacement efficiency. some applications NP have assisted the conventional EOR methods such as polymer, surfactant, Co2 flooding, with purpose of oil recovery. this literature, abilities use in are investiga...

April 20, 2010 marked the start of the British Petroleum Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the largest marine oil spill in US history, which contaminated coastal wetland ecosystems across the northern Gulf of Mexico. We used hyperspectral data from 2010 and 2011 to compare the impact of oil contamination and recovery of coastal wetland vegetation across three ecologically diverse sites: Barataria Ba...

Wettability alteration is one of the most important methods for oil recovery from sandstone and carbonate reservoirs. The effects of salinity, pH, temperature, and chemicals such as surfactants and fatty acids on the alteration of the wettability were described in previous studies. In recent years, attention has been directed to nanoparticles as a wettability alteration agent. The effect of som...

resulting in decreased energy consumption and increased Experiments were performed to study bitumen film rupture and bitumen recovery, is the impetus for undertaking a systemdisplacement on model surfaces. Bitumen film on a glass plate atic study of the mechanisms involved in oil–water displacewas found to thin down and rupture in the presence of water ment on a solid surface. Such mechanistic ...

This paper explores the use of acoustics for the recovery of oil in oil-water emulsions. A series of experimental studies were conducted using acoustic standing waves in resonant cavities as means of trapping oil droplets and enhancing oil separation. Several cavity configurations were explored and the frequency range used was between 1 MHz-2 MHz. Oil-water emulsions studied were made using min...