News tagged with oil recovery

Offshore oil slug controller is a first

(PhysOrg.com) -- An offshore slug flow control system that could save millions lost in oil production each year has won the 2010 East of England Energy Group (EEEGR) Innovation Award.

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 08, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

OU and MidCon Energy developing cost-effective next generation advanced EOR technologies

University of Oklahoma researchers are developing a new chemical enhanced oil recovery technology to tap the estimated 300 billion barrels of oil left behind in existing U.S. reservoirs after conventional and secondary oil ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 23, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Oil boom possible but time is running out

Oil recovery using carbon dioxide could lead to a North Sea oil bonanza worth £150 billion ($240 billion) – but only if the current infrastructure is enhanced now, according to a new study published ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 14, 2010 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Troubled islands: Hurricanes, oil spill and sea level rise

The islands flanking the outlet of the Mississippi River are not only facing losses due to sea level rise and local subsidence, according to one study, but new unknown impacts from oil recovery operations, say researchers ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 29, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1