An Appraisal of Soil Pollution in Oil and Gas Production Environment: A Case Study of Heavy Metals Concentration in Ebocha and Akri Oil Fields

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.I. Ossai ◽  
Ugochukwu Ilozurike Duru ◽  
Ijeoma Angela Ossai ◽  
Tesi Isaac Marcus Arubi
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Soil Pollution ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Oil Fields ◽  
Production Environment ◽  
Oil And Gas Production

scholarly journals A REVIEW OF NANOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRIES

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
B.M. Das ◽  
D. Dutta
Keyword(s):  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Minimum Cost ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Oil Fields ◽  
Drilling Fluids ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
Exploration And Production ◽  
Exploration Drilling

Nanotechnology encompasses the science and technology of objects with sizes ranging from 1 nm to 100 nm. Today, exploration and production from conventional oil and gas wells have reached a stage of depletion. Newer technologies have been developed to address this problem. Maximum oil production at a minimum cost is currently a huge challenge. This paper reviews nanotechnology applications in the oil and gas production sector, including in the fields of exploration, drilling, production, and waste management in oil fields, as well as their environmental concerns. The paper reviews experimental observations carried out by various researchers in these fields. The effect of various nanoparticles, such as titanium oxide, magnesium oxide, zinc oxide, copper oxide, and carbon nanotubes in drilling fluids and silica nanoparticles in enhanced oil recovery, has been observed and studied. This paper gives a detailed review of the benefits of nanotechnology in oil exploration and production. The fusion of nanotechnology and petroleum technology can result in great benefits. The physics and chemistry of nanoparticles and nanostructures are very new to petroleum technology. Due to the greater risk associated with adapting new technology, nanotechnology has been slow to gain widespread acceptance in the oil and gas industries. However, the current economic conditions have become a driving force for newer technologies.

Onshore Petroleum Centre of Excellence—collaboration by industry partners, government and TAFE to deliver trained staff for an expanding onshore petroleum industry

2015 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 496
Author(s):  
Venner Bettina ◽  
Wood Chris ◽  
Welsh Kevin ◽  
Mossman Fiona ◽  
Goiak Paul ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gas Flow ◽  
Joint Venture ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Petroleum Industry ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Mechanical Equipment ◽  
Production Environment ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
Training Facility ◽  
Set Up

Santos, Beach Energy and Senex Energy are collaborating with the SA Government and TAFE SA to set up a hub for onshore oil and gas training in Adelaide. The training facility provides a fully immersive simulated oil and gas production environment, as well as static equipment displays for demonstration and educational purposes. It is used for technical training, including safety, environmental and sustainable operational principles and key maintenance activities. The simulated production environment includes different pump types, gas compressors, a pig launcher and receiver, gas metering skid, field separator and small tanks, as well as associated pressure safety valves, flow valves and other instruments. Water is used to simulate oil and air is used to simulate gas flow. The static equipment display includes various valve types, flanges and a wellhead. Santos, as operator of the SA Cooper Basin joint venture (of which Beach Energy is a member), has committed significant oil and gas production and mechanical equipment, engineering design, transportation and installation of the training facility’s equipment. The SA Government, Senex Energy and Beach Energy have committed funding for fit-out, capital works and the running of the facility for the first two years. Industry partners GPA Engineering, Fyfe Engineering, Logicamms, Veolia Environmental Services, Toll Energy, Transfield Services, Ottoway Engineering, Bureau Veritas, MRC Group, Max Cranes, Whitham Media Australia, Inductabend, Toyota Australia, James Walker Australia, Coventry Fasteners, Centralian Controls and Central Diesel are providing expertise and services. The training facility officially opened on 16 February 2015

Technology road map for the low-carbon production of hydrocarbons

2020 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 583
Author(s):  
Clare Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Intergovernmental Panel ◽  
Hydrocarbon Production ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
Road Map ◽  
Net Zero

The Paris Agreement, signed in 2016, has the objective of limiting the global temperature rise to 1.5°C to substantially reduce the effects of climate change. To achieve this objective, significant and unprecedented deep cuts in carbon emissions are required, as set out in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s special report on Global Warming of 1.5°C released in October 2018. To enable this ambitious target, global reductions in carbon emissions will need to be markedly reduced to an average of net zero by 2050 and, as such, will have profound effects on hydrocarbon (oil and gas) production in the coming decades. This paper presents a road map of opportunities for the reduction of carbon emissions from hydrocarbon production, specifically natural gas. It includes technologies for reducing carbon emissions from process streams and utility streams. A case study is used to illustrate the opportunities, along with a discussion on technology readiness for several options.

scholarly journals Abandonment of an Iraqi Well, justifications and feasibility study

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 85-94
Author(s):  
Dr. Kareem A. Alwan ◽  
Hayder A. AlAttaby
Keyword(s):  
Fresh Water ◽  
Water Contamination ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Petroleum Industry ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Oil Well ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
Current Time

At the beginning of petroleum industry evolving the regulation did not focus on environmental issues, it was, mainly, looking to natural resources (oil and gas) production and protection. By the time, environmental and safety implications started to be the highest priority, as a result of undesirable impact of oil operations on plant. Huge numbers of dry wells were abandoned according to environmental regulations to prevent side effects which involved contamination of shallow water aquifers, surface seepage of hydrocarbon (whether oil or gas) or salty water, potential hazardous of explosion or soil contaminations, and water contamination at offshore unplugged wells. Based on the hazards above, the main objectives of plugging and abandonment operations is to achieve isolation and protection of all fresh and near fresh water zones, and all future commercial zones, as well as prevent leaks in perpetuity from or into the well and remove surface equipment and cut pipe to a mandated level below the surface. In this paper, an Iraqi oil well was studied as a case study of abandonment processes. The well represents a danger to people, environment and subsurface fresh water; due to unusual raised pressure in different annuluses and copious surface leak from wellhead components while production. Worthily to say that, it is seldom in Iraq to abandon the wells in current time, according to good reservoirs situation. The reasons and justifications of this well plugging, depending on economic analysis and investigation were studied, and explained, according to international practices and procedures of such treatments. The workover option is most economic option, but it was eliminated due to failure in ensuring the well safety and severe environmental impact which expected. According to investigation, pressure and laboratory tests were revealed that P&A is mandatory for this well as soon as possible.

scholarly journals Cargo scheduling decision support for offshore oil and gas production: a case study

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 991-1008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elham Mardaneh ◽  
Qun Lin ◽  
Ryan Loxton ◽  
Nicola Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
Offshore Oil And Gas ◽  
Offshore Oil

THE EFFECT OF TAXES ON THE PROFITABILITY OF U.S. OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION: A CASE STUDY OF THE OCS RECORD

1982 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-29
Author(s):  
WALTER J. MEAD ◽  
DENNIS D. MURAOKA ◽  
PHILIP E. SORENSEN
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Oil And Gas Production
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