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 […]

Apr

9

Lots More Oil Where It Already Came From

April 9, 2013 | 1 Comment

Technology using natural soil bacteria for enhanced oil recovery now is commercially available and poised to recover the crude oil remaining in thousands of exhausted oil wells. Brian Clement, Ph.D. spoke in New Orleans yesterday April 8, with his report on a process termed microbially enhanced oil recovery (MEOR) that is part of the 245th […]

Nov

29

Making CO2 Better for Oil Extraction

November 29, 2010 | 4 Comments

Researchers have developed a soap-like additive for CO2 that turns it into a viable solvent for commercial-scale enhanced oil recovery to increase the amount of crude oil that can be extracted from oil fields.  This might be a major step in oil field recovery, which could vastly expand the world reserves. At the UK’s University […]

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