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This book aims at presenting, describing, and summarizing the
latest advances in polymer flooding regarding the chemical
synthesis of the EOR agents and the numerical simulation of
compositional models in porous media, including a description of
the possible applications of nanotechnology acting as a booster of
traditional chemical EOR processes. A large part of the world
economy depends nowadays on non-renewable energy sources, most of
them of fossil origin. Though the search for and the development of
newer, greener, and more sustainable sources have been going on for
the last decades, humanity is still fossil-fuel dependent. Primary
and secondary oil recovery techniques merely produce up to a half
of the Original Oil In Place. Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) processes
are aimed at further increasing this value. Among these, chemical
EOR techniques (including polymer flooding) present a great
potential in low- and medium-viscosity oilfields. * Describes
recent advances in chemical enhanced oil recovery. * Contains
detailed description of polymer flooding and nanotechnology as
promising boosting tools for EOR. * Includes both experimental and
theoretical studies. About the Authors Patrizio Raffa is Assistant
Professor at the University of Groningen. He focuses on design and
synthesis of new polymeric materials optimized for industrial
applications such as EOR, coatings and smart materials. He
(co)authored about 40 articles in peer reviewed journals. Pablo
Druetta works as lecturer at the University of Groningen (RUG) and
as engineering consultant. He received his Ph.D. from RUG in 2018
and has been teaching at a graduate level for 15 years. His
research focus lies on computational fluid dynamics (CFD).
This book is a compilation of selected papers from the 2nd
International Petroleum and Petrochemical Technology Conference
(IPPTC 2018). The work focuses on petroleum & petrochemical
technologies and practical challenges in the field. It creates a
platform to bridge the knowledge gap between China and the world.
The conference not only provides a platform to exchanges experience
but also promotes the development of scientific research in
petroleum & petrochemical technologies. The book will benefit a
broad readership, including industry experts, researchers,
educators, senior engineers and managers.
Oil and gas well completion and stimulation technologies to develop
unconventional hydrocarbon resources in the United States have
evolved over the past several decades, particularly in relation to
the development of shale oil and shale gas. Shale oil and shale gas
resources and the technology associated with their production are
often termed "unconventional" because the oil and gas trapped
inside the shale or other low-permeability rock formation cannot be
extracted using conventional technologies. Since about 2005, the
application of these technologies to fields in the U.S. have helped
produce natural gas and oil in volumes that allowed the country to
reduce its crude oil imports by more than 50% and to become a net
natural gas exporter. The regional and national economic and energy
advances gained through production and use of these resources have
been accompanied, however, by rapid expansion of the infrastructure
associated with the development of these fields and public concern
over the impacts to surface- and groundwater, air, land, and
communities where the resources are extracted. The intent of the
first day of the workshop of the National Academies of Sciences,
Engineering, and Medicine's Roundtable on Unconventional
Hydrocarbon Development was to discuss onshore unconventional
hydrocarbon development in the context of potential environmental
impacts and the ways in which the risks of these kinds of impacts
can be managed. Specifically, the workshop sought to examine the
lifecycle development of these fields, including decommissioning
and reclamation of wells and related surface and pipeline
infrastructure, and the approaches from industry practice,
scientific research, and regulation that could help to ensure
management of the operations in ways that minimize impacts to the
environment throughout their active lifetimes and after operations
have ceased. This publication summarizes the presentations and
discussions from the workshop. Table of Contents Front Matter 1
Introduction 2 Understanding Legacy Issues and Managing Risk 3
Infrastructure Inventories, Environmental Restoration, and
Management 4 Observations, Monitoring, and Technology Evolution and
Revolution for Legacy Issues 5 Intersection of Technology and
Regulation: Smoothing the Interface Through Time 6 Plenary Remarks
and Discussion References Appendix A: Workshop Agenda Appendix B:
Biographies of the Workshop Planning Committee Appendix C:
Biographies of the Workshop Moderators and Presenters Appendix D:
Members of the Roundtable on Unconventional Hydrocarbon Development
Appendix E: Workshop Participants
This book focuses on the underlying mechanisms of lost circulation
and wellbore strengthening, presenting a comprehensive, yet
concise, overview of the fundamental studies on lost circulation
and wellbore strengthening in the oil and gas industry, as well as
a detailed discussion on the limitations of the wellbore
strengthening methods currently used in industry. It provides
several advanced analytical and numerical models for lost
circulation and wellbore strengthening simulations under realistic
conditions, as well as their results to illustrate the capabilities
of the models and to investigate the influences of key parameters.
In addition, experimental results are provided for a better
understanding of the subject. The book provides useful information
for drilling and completion engineers wishing to solve the problem
of lost circulation using wellbore strengthening techniques. It is
also a valuable resource for industrial researchers and graduate
students pursuing fundamental research on lost circulation and
wellbore strengthening, and can be used as a supplementary
reference for college courses, such as drilling and completion
engineering and petroleum geomechanics.
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