Jan

24

New Model For Better Well Fracking

January 24, 2019 | 2 Comments

Los Alamos National Lab’s new computational model could potentially boost efficiencies and profits in natural gas production by better predicting previously hidden fracture mechanics. It also accurately accounts for the known amounts of gas released during the process. Zdeněk Bažant, McCormick Institute Professor and Walter P. Murphy Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, […]

Feb

3

New Catalysts For Heavy Oil Recovery

February 3, 2016 | Leave a Comment

Researchers at Kazan University collaborating with their peers from Stanford University are working on catalysts that provide combustion during the heavy oil recovery process. The catalysts developed by the group have already shown promising results in lab tests, and the work is continuing. Kazan University’s Dr, Andrey Galukhin won a grant for this particular work […]

Apr

29

Algae Designed to Make Asphalt

April 29, 2015 | 1 Comment

Researchers in France have proven for the first time the viability of bioasphalt, demonstrating its close similarity to the “real” asphalt used to pave roads. (The press release is a pdf file) The micro algae offer a highly promising alternative to petroleum products without competing for resources used in the food industry. The group’s research […]

Apr

22

New Fracking Idea for Geothermal and Oil and Gas

April 22, 2015 | Leave a Comment

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has developed a new geothermal stimulation fluid that could make geothermal power production more environmentally friendly and less costly where conventional geothermal doesn’t work. PNNL recently started a now funded study to examine a similar fluid for unconventional oil and gas recovery. The oil and gas extraction fluid being considered […]

Mar

3

Saving A Lot Of Energy Pumping Oil

March 3, 2015 | Leave a Comment

Researchers at Temple University have shown that a strong electric field applied to a section of the Keystone pipeline can smooth oil flow and yield significant pump energy savings in oil transport. Rongjia Tao proposed in 2006 a more efficient way of improving flow rates by applying an electric field to the oil. The idea […]

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