The production rate of many oil fields has been decreased during recent years. Various old chemical methods have been used to exploit oil reservoirs, such as the use of polymers, surfactant-polymer ...

Ever-increasing global energy demand, from one hand and reduced oil initially in place in oil reservoirs due to production and reduced natural reservoir production capacity, on the other hand, has ...

A black powder of spherical carbon nanoparticles with specific properties can be synthesized using the hydrothermal method. Surface modifications can be achieved by chemically bonding organic ...

Flue gas assisted steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) is a frontier technology to enhance oil recovery for heavy oil reservoirs. The carbon dioxide generated from the thermal recovery of heavy oil ...

The next great American oil boom may not come from discovering a new basin. It may come from recovering more oil from fields ...

A new oil boom may not come from new discoveries. Advanced recovery technology could unlock hundreds of billions of barrels ...

Since 2003 prompt and long-term oil prices have been constantly climbing to levels ($70-90/bbl) that have caught many people by surprise. The erosion of large spare capacity in the oil chain and the ...