News tagged with oil reservoir

Discovering oil at micro level

(PhysOrg.com) -- Getting trapped oil out of porous layers of sandstone and limestone is a tricky and costly operation for energy exploration companies the world over. But now, University of Alberta researchers ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Nov 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A better way to pinpoint underground oil reserves

(PhysOrg.com) -- Picture this: an accurate map of a large underground oil reservoir that can guide engineers’ efforts to coax the oil from the vast rocky subsurface into wells where it can be pumped out for storage or transport.

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 14, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 3




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Livestock, not Mongolian gazelles, drive foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks

Wildlife health experts from the Wildlife Conservation Society have published evidence which supports the conclusion that Mongolian gazelles—one of the most populous large land mammals on the planet—are ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists aboard Iberian coast ocean drilling expedition report early findings

(PhysOrg.com) -- Mediterranean bottom currents and the sediment deposits they leave behind offer new insights into global climate change, the opening and closing of ocean circulation gateways and locations ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Metadynamics technique offers insight into mineral growth and dissolution

By using a novel technique to better understand mineral growth and dissolution, researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are improving predictions of mineral reactions and laying the groundwork ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mysterious flotsam in Gulf of Mexico came from Deepwater Horizon rig, study finds

Shortly after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, mysterious honeycomb material was found floating in the Gulf of Mexico and along coastal beaches. Using state-of-the-art chemical forensics and a bit of old-fashioned detective ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The great gas hydrate escape

For some time, researchers have explored flammable ice for low-carbon or alternative fuel or as a place to store carbon dioxide. Now, a computer analysis of the ice and gas compound, known as a gas hydrate, ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Warnings of ecological timebomb after Italy ship wreck

Fears rose of an environmental disaster from a wrecked cruise ship in an area of outstanding natural beauty in Italy on Monday as hopes faded of finding any more survivors on board.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

OU researchers to test 'quad porosity simulation' model for shale gas reservoirs

A University of Oklahoma interdisciplinary research team will field test a newly developed 'quad porosity model' for shale gas reservoirs in the next few months. The three-year, $1.5 million project was funded by the Research ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chemical measurements confirm official estimate of 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill rate

By combining detailed chemical measurements in the deep ocean, in the oil slick, and in the air, NOAA scientists and academic colleagues have independently estimated how fast gases and oil were leaking during ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Test for carbon capture leaks developed

Scientists have developed the first ever fail-safe test to check for carbon dioxide (CO2) leaks from carbon capture and storage sites deep underground.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

How energy analysis can create more bang for the energy research buck

Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) are working on a wide variety of clean energy technologies—from biofuels to batteries to solar energy—but now these disparate efforts ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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