During well operations such as injection and production a string of tubing with packers is used. The system usually contains multiple packers and ports. The number of packers can be up to 20. Tubing is exposed to severe loads caused by string weight, pressures inside and outside [....] » Read More
Crude oils and refinery streams such as naphtha, gasoline, kerosene, diesel, light cycle oil (LCO), vacuum gas oil (VGO), heavy residue oil (HRO), Foots Oil, visbreaking Tar (Vistar) streams contain Sulfur-Containing Heterocyclic Aromatic compounds (SCHAC). These SCHACs are respo [....] » Read More
The development of unconventional reservoirs has led to the generation of multitude of data which can be used efficiently to make effective decisions for reservoir management. Data-driven techniques have lower turn-around times and can be used efficiently for production forecasti [....] » Read More
In the analysis of a hydrocarbon production performance, empirical techniques have been applied over time; extrapolating the historical behavior of the observations under the assumption that the past, present and future continue under the same trend, not subject to interventions. [....] » Read More
During the last few years, heavy crude oil production in Colombia has been increasing, becoming an important part of the national hydrocarbon supply basket. Therefore, the recovery of this type of crude oil represents important challenges for the industry, mainly associated to it [....] » Read More
Title : Concept of carbon capture from natural gas wells and its storage and reuse in deep rock reservoirs
Marco Ludovico-Marques, Polytechnic Institute of Setubal, Portugal
The innovative systems shown intend to carry out CCS from natural gas extracted on cement completions of gas wells by absorbent selective nanoporous materials forming conducting channels on linked pores. CO2 fluids are transported upwards and then injected and stored in upper non [....] » Read More
Title : Turpentine as a biofuel
Katarzyna Chruszcz-Lipska, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Due to the demand for the replacement of petroleum-based products, especially in transport, there is an increasing need for alternative fuels. In this context, natural terpenes from plants have been proposed as a renewable source of biofuels. Turpentine is a fluid obtained from l [....] » Read More
Title : Improved statistical models of influence of selected air pollutants on all-cause death and pneumonia related in selected Polish agglomerations
Piotr Oskar Czechowski, Gdynia Maritime University, Poland
Poland has one of the worst air quality in the European Union, particularly regarding concentrations of particulate matter (PM). This study aimed to evaluate short-term effects of air pollution and weather conditions on all-cause mortality and pneumonia-related hospitalizations [....] » Read More
Title : Modelling the deformation behavior of a hydraulically fractured reservoir rock under a monolayer arrangement of proppants
Kamel Fahmi Bou Hamdan, Phoenicia University, Lebanon
Hydraulic fracturing is a technique for increasing the productivity of low-permeability rocks like unconventional reservoirs. It makes extensive use of proppants to keep the fractures open. The placement of proppants within the fracture is determined by numerous characteristics s [....] » Read More
Title : Utilization of carbon dioxide in some organic synthesis
Shahab Zomorodbakhshazad, Coimbra University, Portugal
Short Carbon dioxide, a natural molecule, has been utilized in the synthesis of chemicals for several decades. Its innocuous chemical properties make it a favorable substance to incorporate in such synthetic processes. The conversion of carbon dioxide into profitable chemicals su [....] » Read More
Title : Acoustic sensing for fuel quality assessment
Aparna Aravelli, Florida International University, United States
The scope of adding an ultrasonic sensor to analyze and monitor the behavior, characteristics, and properties of any liquid is of high importance in several industries particularly in the oil, gas, and aerospace sectors. Industries typically working with petroleum and hydrometall [....] » Read More
Title : Factors affecting in biomass gasification and Hydrogen-Rich gas production
Nezihe Ayas, Eskisehir Technical University, Turkey
Energy is a key tool that acts as catalyst for the economic and social development of a nation, and today, the main source of the energy for global energy supplies is based on fossil fuels, i.e., oil, natural gas and coal. However, the exploitation of this primary sources of ener [....] » Read More
Title : Deep learning models for history matching and forecasting reservoir performance
Shruti Malik, Kaunas University of Technology - KTU, Lithuania
Advances in new technologies particularly artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have now made it possible to use AI and ML based approaches for building reservoir models, which do not rely on conventional simulation tools for history matching and production forec [....] » Read More
Title : Solar Combined System, SCS, integrated in Tunisian residential applications: Energetic and exergoeconomic investigations
Majdi Hazami, Energy Reseach and Technology Center, Tunisia
Nowadays the cheaper and simple kinds of these converting solar energy system systems is the Solar Combisystem (SCS) which use thermal part of solar energy to provide domestic hot water and hot water for space heating. The primary energy source of a SCS is solar energy while the [....] » Read More
Title : Tube wells pouring of rare gas in rocks of vindhyan super group around sagar, south ganga basin, bundelkhand region M.P. India
A.K Shandilya, Dr.H.S.G.University Sagar, India
The tube wells are pouring the of the Helium gas& petroleum gas in the rocks of the Vindhyan Super Group around Sagar, South Ganga Basin, Bundel khand region, M.P. is carried out in the detail with joint collaboration of Deptt. of Applied Geology and O [....] » Read More
Title : Techno-Economic analysis of methanol and ammonia production as a sustainable fuel from green hydrogen
Kadir Aydin, Cukurova University, Turkey
In this study, two different power-to-fuel solutions for sustainable fuel synthesis are investigated from the energetic, environmental, and economic standpoints. Both the solutions consider a 10 MW alkaline electrolysis section, fed by renewable wind energy, where high purity gre [....] » Read More
Title : Equipment-manufacturing technology
Sam Malik, Global Engineering Director Project Management Office, United States
As the science is making strides towards innovative and Artificial Intelligence (AI) we have to move at the ferocious speed to adept to the new inventions and development in equipment manufacturing technology. The leaders in future manufacturing industry would need to be s [....] » Read More
Title : Theory of reversible hydrogen storage in metal decorated 2D nanomaterials beyond graphene
Vikram Mahamiya, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Italy
By applying density functional theory (DFT) and ab-initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) simulations, we predict the ultrahigh hydrogen storage capacity of alkali metal (AM), alkali-earth metal (AEM), and transition metal (TM) decorated single-layer carbon nanomaterials, including, ho [....] » Read More
Title : Prediction of rate decline by machine learning in bakken shale oil wells
Subhrajyoti Bhattacharyya, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
Discrete mass-balance equations must be solved using commercial reservoir simulators. More grid blocks can be employed when the reservoir is heterogeneous and complex, which calls for precise reservoir data, like porosity and permeability that are usually unavailable in the field [....] » Read More
Title : Biosurfactant production using egyptian oil Fields indigenous bacteria for microbial enhanced oil recovery
Hamed Aboelkhair, London South Bank University, United Kingdom
The US Energy Information Agency (EIA) predicts that hydrocarbons will remain the primary energy source to satisfy the surging energy demands in the near future. Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery MEOR is a cost-effective and ecofriendly technique that exhibits many advantages compa [....] » Read More