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- 3Heavy Oil Recovery
- 2Thermal Recovery
- 1Activated Sludge
- 1Air Injection
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- 2Babadagli, Tayfun (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 1Babadagli, Tayfun (Petroleum Engineering)
- 1Babadagli, Tayfun (School of Mining & Petroleum Engineering)
- 1Babadagli, Tayfun (School of Mining and Petroleum Engineering)
- 1Maeda, Nobuo (School of Mining and Petroleum Engineering)
- 1Yang Liu (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
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Spring 2014
Cyclic steam stimulation (CSS) and steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) are the most commonly applied techniques used for heavy oil (HO) and bitumen (B) recovery. However, these methods, especially CSS, suffer from low recovery factor and production of highly viscous oil that requires...
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Fall 2015
With the widespread use of nanoparticles (NPs) in commercial products, it is inevitable that NPs will be released into and accumulated in domestic and industrial waste streams (such as wastewater treatment systems), which might have unknown effects. To determine the effects of Ag NPs on the...
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Generation and Stability of Microemulsion to Improve Heavy Oil Recovery by Waterflooding with Chemical Additives at Cold Conditions
DownloadFall 2018
Thermal methods which are commonly applied to recover heavy oil have many limitations such as heat loss to thin or deep reservoirs due to temperature difference found in different parts of reservoirs, difficulty in recovering oil in low permeability deposits, high energy and water waste, and so...
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Experimental Testing of New Generation Chemicals and Conventional Surfactants as Additives to Steam Injection
DownloadSpring 2019
With the decrease in nonrenewable energy sources, heavy oil and bitumen recovery gains more attention due to their huge potential. The recovery of heavy oil or bitumen requires viscosity reduction where steam is commonly injected to mobilize and displace viscous oil. This application, however,...
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Displacement Mechanics and Stability of Foamy Oil during Secondary Recovery of Heavy Oil Using Methane and Air
DownloadFall 2019
Basilio Meza, Enoc Jeremias Teodoro
Heavy oil and extra-heavy oil (natural bitumen and oil sands) resources represent 70% of the global petroleum reserves and are mostly found in shallow reservoirs with thin pay zones formed by unconsolidated sands. Thermal recovery methods are recognized for being the most efficient; yet, these...
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Spring 2021
Emulsion flooding and heavy oil recovery by in-situ emulsion formation have been reported to show great potential in enhancing heavy oil recovery. Emulsion stability is the key issue controlling the success of this process; conventionally, surfactants were used to facilitate emulsification and...