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Petroleum Science
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ISSN 1995-8226 · Elsevier BV · 270 articles in the index
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Advances in enhanced oil recovery technologies for low permeability reservoirs
Low permeability oil and gas resources are rich and have great potential all over the world, which has gradually become the main goal of oil and gas development. However, after traditional primary and secondary exploitation, there is still a large amount of remaining oil that has not been…
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A review of development methods and EOR technologies for carbonate reservoirs
Abstract Carbonate reservoirs worldwide are complex in structure, diverse in form, and highly heterogeneous. Based on these characteristics, the reservoir stimulation technologies and fluid flow characteristics of carbonate reservoirs are briefly described in this study. The development methods and…
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Effects of direct stray current on the performance of cathodic disbonding epoxy powder coatings
Abstract The influence of the direction and magnitude of direct (DC) stray current on the disbonding performance of epoxy powder coating was studied by using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy technology. The results show that the application of DC stray current…
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Drained rock volume around hydraulic fractures in porous media: planar fractures versus fractal networks
Abstract This study applies the Lindenmayer system based on fractal theory to generate synthetic fracture networks in hydraulically fractured wells. The applied flow model is based on complex analysis methods, which can quantify the flow near the fractures, and being gridless, is computationally…
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Multi-response optimization of MIL-101 synthesis for selectively adsorbing N-compounds from fuels
Abstract In this work, MIL-101, a metal organic framework, has been synthesized and examined in the adsorptive denitrogenation process. Due to the importance of adsorption capacity and selectivity, the effects of synthesis parameters including metal type, reagent ratio, time and temperature on the…
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Synthesis of super high molecular weight copolymer of AM/NaA/AMPS by oxidation–reduction and controlled radical polymerization
Abstract Super high molecular weight copolymers of AM/NaA/AMPS were prepared by oxidation–reduction [OR-P(AM/NaA/AMPS)] and controlled radical polymerization [CR-P(AM/NaA/AMPS)]. The resulting copolymers were fully characterized, and the reaction conditions for their preparation were optimized…
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Kinetic study of methane hydrate formation in the presence of carbon nanostructures
Abstract The effect of synthesized nanostructures, including graphene oxide, chemically reduced graphene oxide with sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), chemically reduced graphene oxide with polyvinylpyrrolidone, and multi-walled carbon nanotubes, on the kinetics of methane hydrate formation was…
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The influence of moisture on the permeability of crushed shale samples
Abstract Shale cuttings and cores recovered from the subsurface and stored for hours to decades tend to dry out and lose moisture and hydrocarbons, leading to an increase in the effective matrix permeability. Moisture loss in shale samples is a fundamental sample preservation problem which can be…
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How important is carbonate dissolution in buried sandstones: evidences from petrography, porosity, experiments, and geochemical calculations
Abstract Burial dissolution of feldspar and carbonate minerals has been proposed to generate large volumes of secondary pores in subsurface reservoirs. Secondary porosity due to feldspar dissolution is ubiquitous in buried sandstones; however, extensive burial dissolution of carbonate minerals in…
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A review of carbonates as hydrocarbon source rocks: basic geochemistry and oil–gas generation
Abstract Carbonates have been known to act as hydrocarbon source rocks, but their basic geochemical and associated hydrocarbon generation characteristics remain not well understood as they occur with argillaceous source rocks in most cases, and the hydrocarbon generation from each rock type is…
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Compatibility evaluation of modified seawater for EOR in carbonate reservoirs through the introduction of polyphosphate compound
Abstract Waterflood-assisted oil recovery with sulfate-spiked seawater would cause incompatibility scaling in carbonate reservoirs and reduce economic benefits. This research investigated the benefits of polyphosphate compounds in reducing scaling potential as well as its effect on oil recovery…
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Enduring effect of permeability texture for enhancing accuracy and reducing uncertainty of reservoir fluid flow through porous media
Abstract Modeling reservoir permeability is one of the crucial tasks in reservoir simulation studies. Traditionally, it is done by kriging-based methods. More rigorous modeling of the permeability results in more reliable outputs of the reservoir models. Recently, a new category of geostatistical…
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Type I kerogen-rich oil shale from the Democratic Republic of the Congo: mineralogical description and pyrolysis kinetics
Abstract The Democratic Republic of the Congo holds important reserves of oil shale which is still under geological status. Herein, the characterization and pyrolysis kinetics of type I kerogen-rich oil shale of the western Central Kongo (CK) were investigated. X-ray diffraction, Fourier-transform…
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Seismic damage zone and width–throw scaling along the strike-slip faults in the Ordovician carbonates in the Tarim Basin
Abstract Understanding the scaling relation of damage zone width with displacement of faults is important for predicting subsurface faulting mechanisms and fluid flow processes. The understanding of this scaling relationship is influenced by the accuracy of the methods and types of data utilized to…
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The rock breaking and ROP increase mechanisms for single-tooth torsional impact cutting using DEM
Abstract Torsional impact drilling is a new technology which has the advantages of high rock-breaking efficiency and a high rate of penetration (ROP). So far, there is no in-depth understanding of the rock-breaking mechanism for the ROP increase from torsional impact tools. Therefore, it has…
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The role of CO2 and ion type in the dynamic interfacial tension of acidic crude oil/carbonated brine
Abstract The effects of CO2 and salt type on the interfacial tension (IFT) between crude oil and carbonated brine (CB) have not been fully understood. This study focuses on measuring the dynamic IFT between acidic crude oil with a total acid number of 1.5 mg KOH/g and fully CO2-saturated aqueous…
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Application of CFD technique to simulate enhanced oil recovery processes: current status and future opportunities
Abstract Nowadays, because of the reduction in oil resources and the passage of the first and second life period of current reservoirs, using enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods is of great importance. In recent years, due to the developments in technology and the advent of powerful computers…
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A novel oil-in-water drilling mud formulated with extracts from Indian mango seed oil
Abstract Drilling muds with less environmental impact are highly desired over conventional diesel-based mud systems, especially in light of the emerging strict environmental laws. In this article, a novel oil-in-water (O/W) emulsion drilling fluid formulated with a methyl ester extracted from…
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Low-salinity-based enhanced oil recovery literature review and associated screening criteria
Abstract A thorough literature review is conducted that pertains to low-salinity-based enhanced oil recovery (EOR). This is meant to be a comprehensive review of all the refereed published papers, conference papers, master’s theses and other reports in this area. The review is specifically focused…
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State of the art of synthetic threshold scale inhibitors for mineral scaling in the petroleum industry: a review
Abstract Inorganic scale deposits are a major water-related problem encountered in producing oil and gas wells. The harshness of scale deposits is dependent on the field operating conditions. Scale deposits can vary from mild scaling tendencies to extreme. In general, the scale deposit will cause a…