Omer Gurpinar, director of enhanced oil recovery at Schlumberger, talks about how EOR has transformed, and can transform the oil and gas industry
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US energy department to invest up to $39mn in EOR and natural gas research and development
The nation has grown to become a leader in hydrocarbon production, in large part thanks to its unconventional resources
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ADNOC moving ahead with plans to expand its CO2 capture to boost oil recovery
By 2025, modifications to either the Shah ultra-sour gas plant or Habshan-Bab gas complex to enable the capture of around 2mn tons of CO2 per year
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Q&A: Enhanced oil recovery specialists talk about the outlook for EOR
SGS’s Mike Gunningham, principal production technologist, and Joop de Kok, senior reservoir engineer, say the future is bright for EOR
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EOR will grow and change in an era of recovery and technological advancement
In the midst of recovering oil prices, EOR is set for a big boost thanks to Big Data
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Research and development: Four enhanced oil recovery game changers
From mushroom biopolymers to aloe vera solutions and rock-heating radio frequencies, these are some innovative techniques for enhanced oil recovery.
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How the region’s NOCs are tackling enhanced oil recovery
David Branson, Executive Advisor with Strategy&, part of the PwC network, says the Middle East’s NOCs are in the early stages of EOR development.
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Opinion: Gas and enhanced oil recovery advances offer paths to lower carbon
The rise of renewable energy, leveraging gas as the ‘greenest’ fossil fuel and greener enhanced oil recovery (EOR) are on the still-exploratory list.
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Oil sands extraction innovator Acceleware gets $10mn funding for pilot test
The company’s low-carbon EOR technology uses radio frequencies to heat water particles in reservoirs
