Sowmya Somanath, Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary [email protected] Nicole Sultanum, Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary [email protected] Jonatas Medeiros, Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary [email protected] Emilio Vital Brazil, Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary [email protected] Sheelagh Carpendale, Dep...

1 Institute of Research and Development of Processes, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country, P.O. Box 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain 2 Department of Mathematical Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology, 150 West University Boulevard, Melbourne, FL 32901, USA 3 Department of Mathematics and Statistics, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi...

China has vast reserves of shale gas. Currently, shale gas is one of the focuses of the unconventional reservoir. Well logs play an import role in shale gas production, and it is the bridge connecting geology, geophysics and petroleum engineering. In the exploration stage, well logs are used to identify lithology, evaluate the parameters of mineral types and compositions, total organic carbon (...

Petroleum reservoir engineering requires solutions to the transient diffusion and convection-diffusion equations. Traditionally these calculations are carried out using finite difference methods. Prior workers have used perturbation-based boundary element methods for single phase flow in heterogeneous media. The current work applies the Dual Reciprocity Boundary Element Method (DRBEM) and the G...

Rising petroleum costs, trade imbalances and environmental concerns have stimulated efforts to advance the microbial production of fuels from lignocellulosic biomass. Here we identify a novel biosynthetic alternative to D2 diesel fuel, bisabolane, and engineer microbial platforms for the production of its immediate precursor, bisabolene. First, we identify bisabolane as an alternative to D2 die...

Fabrication of Functionally Graded Parts Longmei Li, Q. Sun, C. Bellehumeur , and P. Gu 2 Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4, CANADA Abstract Solid Freeform Fabrication technologies have potential to manufacture parts with locally controlled properties (LCP), which would all...

Petroleum exploration and production is an industry that provides researchers with multi-variant challenging “real world” properties. Recently, some petroleum soft computing techniques have gained a greater interest in prediction within the oil industry. This paper is interested in the analysis, classifying, mining and predictions, based on fuzzy as an intelligent system and an intelligent syst...

The advancement of microbial processes for the production of renewable liquid fuels has increased with concerns about the current fuel economy. The development of advanced biofuels in particular has risen to address some of the shortcomings of ethanol. These advanced fuels have chemical properties similar to petroleum-based liquid fuels, thus removing the need for engine modification or infrast...

Different aspects are reviewed of the management of emulsified petroleum products in mechanical engineering industries with reference to the waste problem. Poor quality of make-up water, poor hygienic conditions, inadequate design of feed systems and failure to use a suitable bactericide influence the volume that has to be discarded and then subjected to waste treatment. The inadequacy of the f...

Due to the increasing concerns about limited fossil resources and environmental problems, there has been much interest in developing biofuels from renewable biomass. Ethanol is currently used as a major biofuel, as it can be easily produced by existing fermentation technology, but it is not the best biofuel due to its low energy density, high vapor pressure, hygroscopy, and incompatibility with...