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  1. MEOR APPLICATIONS—1:Microbes enhance oil recovery through various mechanisms

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    Mon, 17 Aug 2009

    Microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR) methods rely on microorganisms ..... employ tertiary recovery or enhanced oil recovery methods to produce residual oil ..... 4 mN/m to have any effect on oil recovery . Table 1 lists such biosurfactants …

  2. Thermal heavy-oil recovery projects succeed in Egypt, Syria

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    Mon, 22 Dec 2008

    To increase oil recovery from existing fields, operators in ..... producing heavy oil with thermal enhanced oil recovery processes. In Egypt’s Issaran oil ..... and 23 wells in Tishrine. Enhanced oil recovery Operators are focusing on redeveloping …

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  1. Special Report: EOR/Heavy Oil Survey: CO 2 miscible, steam dominate enhanced oil recovery processes

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    Mon, 19 Apr 2010

    … injection technologies to enhance oil recovery . Tables showing the projects surveyed ..... s exclusive biennial enhanced oil recovery (EOR) survey, p. 41, account ..... methane, into a reservoir to enhance oil recovery . Operators use the injectants …

  2. OTC: Aramco pursues 70% oil recovery rate

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    Tue, 5 May 2009

    … Saudi Aramco wants to improve its oil recovery rate to 70% from 50% over the next 20 years by focusing on enhanced oil recovery (EOR) techniques and other new ..... d, has a water cut of 35%. Oil recovery from the field is expected to increase …

  3. SPECIAL REPORT: PDO initiates various enhanced oil recovery approaches

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    Mon, 5 Nov 2007

    … to diverse methods for enhancing oil recovery from its fields that contain many ..... Hill estimates a 10% ultimate oil recovery without miscible sour-gas injection ..... PDO estimates only a 4% ultimate oil recovery from the field. But with its thermally …

  5. Shell's interest in enhanced oil recovery grows

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    Thu, 28 Sep 2006

    … Royal Dutch Shell PLC sees enhanced oil recovery (EOR) contributing more to the ..... Shell Canada Ltd. operates thermal oil recovery projects in the Peace River area ..... polymer and surfactant to enhance oil recovery in Marmul field. Barry said a …

  6. Shell’s interest in enhanced oil recovery grows

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    Mon, 20 Nov 2006

    … Barry said the field’s oil recovery factor should increase to 20 ..... polymer and surfactant to enhance oil recovery in Marmul field. Barry said a ..... of polymer injection to increase oil recovery , but low oil prices forestalled …

  7. Program advances oil recovery technology in Brazil

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    Mon, 4 Oct 1999

    … Petrobras launched PRAVAP, an improved oil recovery research and development program ..... technological challenges facing oil recovery in Brazil. About $26 million ..... significance in terms of the target oil recovery and their priority in the exploration …

  8. TECHNOLOGY Economics, new technology improve Danish offshore oil recovery

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    Mon, 10 Jun 1996

    … almost tripled the expected ultimate oil recovery from Danish offshore fields. All ..... geology and rock properties Improved oil recovery methods in chalk Simultaneous oil ..... understood. An improved knowledge of oil recovery mechanisms has resulted in changing …

  9. Technique predicts oil recovery from waterfloods

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    Mon, 25 Jan 1999

    … X-plot technique can predict oil recovery and obtain the permeability ratio ..... linearization of the relationship between oil recovery and water cut. Once obtained ..... cut to obtain the corresponding oil recovery . Before running a linear regression …

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