Technical and Non-technical Challenges of Development of Offshore Petroleum Reservoirs: Characterization and Production

Seyyedattar, Masoud; Zendehboudi, Sohrab; Butt, Stephen

doi:10.1007/s11053-019-09549-7

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“…Notably, the utilization of biotechnology in EOR has emerged as a crucial strategy. [8,38] This approach, known as BEOR, leverages the potential of natural and biological materials, including microbes, enzymes, and biosurfactants, to optimize changes that promote more effective oil recovery.…”

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“…Considering the current issues and environmental considerations, it is very important to identify and examine the challenges in EOR methods. [ 38 ] In this regard, according to previous studies, the review and analysis of advantages and disadvantages related to different EOR optimization methods are given in Table 1. Environmental integration in all EOR methods is crucial to avoid irreversible damage and complications.…”

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Bio‐enhanced oil recovery (BEOR) methods: All‐important review of the occasions and challenges

Maleki,

Kazemzadeh,

Dehghan Monfared

et al. 2024

Can J Chem Eng

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Bio‐enhanced oil recovery (BEOR) is an advanced and innovative approach in the oil industry that could be a potential solution to increase oil production from existing reservoirs using technologies based on biological methods. Nevertheless, there has been a lack of comprehensive reviews that elucidate the various aspects and potential of different BEOR methods and processes. This review summarizes the recent progress of various methods employed in BEOR, exploring their applications and highlighting their distinct advantages. BEOR employs different techniques, including microorganisms and biomicrobes microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR), enzymes, biopolymers, bionanomaterials, alkaline, and biosurfactants to increase oil recovery. Microorganisms contribute significantly to BEOR through metabolic processes that result in the production of gases and acids. The role of enzymes is to enhance the fluid flow and thereby facilitate oil production. Biosurfactants reduce the interfacial tension (IFT) between oil and water and mobilize the trapped oil. Biopolymers are obtained from biological sources such as plants, microorganisms, and algae. Biopolymers can interact with oil, which is well‐used in the process of EOR. Bionano processes represent a fusion of biology and nanotechnology, integrate the advantages of both microorganisms and nanoparticles, and provide a synergic effect for EOR. The BEOR revealed an attractive potential to be an effective approach to maximizing the oil recovery considering environmental, economic productivity, and sustainability issues. Also, this review encourages further studies and development in this field for fully exploiting BEOR's capacity and meeting the ever‐increasing needs of energy resources with a sustainable viewpoint.

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Section: Overview Of Eormentioning

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Bio‐enhanced oil recovery (BEOR) methods: All‐important review of the occasions and challenges

Maleki,

Kazemzadeh,

Dehghan Monfared

et al. 2024

Can J Chem Eng

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“…In alleviating problems related to transportation of waxy crude oil through cold seabed via pipelines at offshore fields, the study of the temperature and pressure profiles of the waxy crude oil was reported to be useful as it could save the use of expensive chemical treatments during restarting of flow [23,24]. Remarkably, thermal analysis could help to understand and develop control strategies alleviating flow problems [25][26][27]. Thermal shrinkage experienced during cooling of waxy crude oil produces an intra-gel void, and this reduces the strength of the gel structure [28][29][30].…”

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Artificial Neural Network and Regression Models for Predicting Intrusion of Non-Reacting Gases into Production Pipelines

Chala¹,

Negash

2022

Energies

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Wax deposition and gelation of waxy crude oil in production pipelines are detrimental to crude oil transportation from offshore fields. A waxy crude oil forms intra-gel voids in pipelines under cooling mode, particularly below the pour point temperature. Consequently, intrusion of non-reacting gas into production pipelines has become a promising method to lessen the restart pressure required and clear the clogged gel. A trial-and-error method is currently employed to determine the required restart pressure and restart time in response to injected gas volume. However, this method is not always accurate and requires expert knowledge. In this study, predictive models based on an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and multilinear regression are developed to predict restart pressure and time as a function of seabed temperature and non-reacting gas injected volume. The models’ outcomes are compared against experimental results available from the literature. The empirical models predicted the response variables with an absolute error of below 5% compared to the experimental studies. Thus, such models would allow accurate estimation of restart pressure, thereby improving transportation efficiency in offshore fields.

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“…A major goal of the petroleum industry is to maximize oil production while reducing developmental and operational costs. Maintaining the profitability of old wells and exploiting economically inaccessible new reservoirs are some of the main challenges of petroleum industry [1]. Also, zonal isolation and optimization of the hole size with economic production for both conventional and deep water wells are ongoing problems.…”

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Introductory Chapter: Swelling Elastomers in Petroleum Drilling and Development

Qamar¹,

Akhtar²,

Pervez³

2021

Swelling Elastomers in Petroleum Drilling and Development - Applications, Performance Analysis, and Material Modeling

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Technical and Non-technical Challenges of Development of Offshore Petroleum Reservoirs: Characterization and Production

Cited by 29 publications

References 221 publications

Bio‐enhanced oil recovery (BEOR) methods: All‐important review of the occasions and challenges

Bio‐enhanced oil recovery (BEOR) methods: All‐important review of the occasions and challenges

Artificial Neural Network and Regression Models for Predicting Intrusion of Non-Reacting Gases into Production Pipelines

Introductory Chapter: Swelling Elastomers in Petroleum Drilling and Development

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