Nov
13
Fracking Fluid Chemicals May Be Safer Than Thought
November 13, 2014 | 2 Comments
Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder collected fracking fluid samples in five states finding the “surfactant” chemicals were no more toxic than substances commonly found in homes. The University of Colorado Boulder research is a first-of-its-kind analysis. It is also not a particular surprise to people familiar with the industry. The results will be […]
Aug
19
Researchers Find How Foam Enhances Oil Production
August 19, 2014 | Leave a Comment
A Rice University laboratory has provided proof that foam may be the right stuff to maximize enhanced oil recovery (EOR) increasing production. With over half of all the oil found so far still in the ground this may develop into very important news. The Rice team demonstrated that foam may be a superior means to […]
Dec
19
New Process Takes Wet Algae Straight to Crude Oil
December 19, 2013 | 3 Comments
Engineers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have created a continuous chemical process that produces useful crude oil minutes after they pour in harvested algae. The new design could bring algae to a more market ready status. The research results have been published in the journal Algal Research. A biofuels company, […]
Aug
20
Oil Recovery Research Now at 85% of Oil In Place
August 20, 2013 | 6 Comments
A team at Canada’s University of Regina (UR) is researching and developing an enhanced heavy oil recovery (EHOR) process called Cyclic Production with Continuous Solvent Injection (CPCSI). Hydrocarbon solvent-based enhanced oil recovery techniques, such as cyclic solvent injection (CSI) and vapor extraction (VAPEX), have shown great potential to recover heavy oil reserves. But VAPEX suffers […]
Aug
13
Trucks Trains or Pipelines
August 13, 2013 | 7 Comments
The U.S. is the most fully developed petroleum transport nation – we have crude oil, natural gas, gasoline, and diesel and jet fuel in transit 24/7/365 – mostly in pipelines. Lives lost are rare and environmental damage while awful at leak locations is a tiny amount of the total product moved. The horrible truth, and […]
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