Considerable potential remains after Daqing polymer flood
Sep 15, 2008
At present, one potential for additional oil recovery from Daqing oil field in northern China is the remaining oil contained in reservoirs that have undergone polymer flooding.
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OGJ Newsletter
Sep 15, 2008
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Area Drilling
Sep 8, 2008
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Conroe field CO2 flood set as Tinsley responds
Sep 1, 2008
Denbury Resources Inc., Dallas, plans to pay $600 million or more to acquire giant Conroe field north of Houston where it intends to begin injecting carbon dioxide within 5 years in a development project itself worth $750 million-1 billion.
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BLACK POWDER—Conclusion: Management requires multiple approaches
Aug 18, 2008
Effective control of black powder usually requires a combination of several management methods varied for each specific case.
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Area Drilling
Aug 18, 2008
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Shell’s experience with a Norwegian semisubmersible
Aug 11, 2008
Norske Shell AS used the Ocean Vanguard semisubmersible, operated by Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. (DODI), to work in Draugen oil field, on Haltenbanken, in the Norwegian North Sea (northeast of Njord and Ormen Lange fields).
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Nexen updates Long Lake SAGD project progress
Aug 11, 2008
Phase 1 of the Long Lake steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) and upgrading project in the Athabasca region of northern Alberta continues its ramp-up, as explained in a recent Nexen Inc. presentation.
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Nuclear heat advances oil shale refining in situ
Aug 11, 2008
Technological advances in producing and refining liquid fuels in situ using high-temperature heat from nuclear reactors can resolve two major problems—dependence on oil from unstable areas of the world and greenhouse gas emissions—says MIT nuclear engineer Charles W. Forsberg.
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US Senate, House groups try to break energy logjam
Aug 11, 2008
Bipartisan groups of US Senate and House members offered new energy proposals as Democratic and Republican leaders continued to trade potshots while a 5-week congressional recess began.
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Cost shift signals changes in energy investment, use
Aug 4, 2008
Industrial energy costs have increased recently relative to industrial construction costs in a shift that will affect energy investment, production, and use.
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OGJ Newsletter
Aug 4, 2008
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Modified cycles, adsorbents improve gas treatment, increase mol-sieve life
Aug 4, 2008
Natural gas treatment often uses adsorbents for contaminant removal. Special materials, such as molecular sieves, remove sulfur-containing impurities like mercaptans, as well as water vapor.
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PUT RIVER – Conclusion: BP’s modeling simplifies Prudhoe reservoir analysis
Jul 28, 2008
BP is using a highly automated workflow to evaluate the PUT River formation, an early Cretaceous sandstone reservoir on Alaska’s North Slope.
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EPA proposes rules covering carbon dioxide storage
Jul 21, 2008
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released proposals July 15 for a category of injection wells for long-term underground carbon dioxide storage as Congress contemplates carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology.
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