Enhanced Energy Recovery News articles from June 1998

Enhanced Energy Recovery News archives from June 1998

CHEMICAL EOR: Alkaline-Surfactant Polymer Flood
June 1, 1998... United Heritage Corp. (2 N. Caddo St., Cleburne, TX 76031; Tel: 817/447- 5324), sponsored a forum on the proprietary Alkaline-Surfactant- Polymer (A-S-P) oil recovery process as it relates to the Wardlaw Field in south Texas of Surtek, Inc. (1511...

MICROBIAL EOR: Transport and Stability of Bacteria Studied
June 1, 1998... An important parameter for microbial enhanced oil recovery is microorganism transport. For permeability modification to be successful, the microorganisms must be placed in the high permeability zones of the reservoir without causing plugging near...

Retarding Hydrogen Sulfide Formation
June 1, 1998... Many oil reserves have turned sour due to the microbial production of hydrogen sulfide (H2S), corroding the equipment used to recover the oil and thus damaging oil field production and also lowering the commercial value of the recovered crude...

INDUSTRY NEWS: Biodiesel Blend May Get Alternative Fuel Status
June 1, 1998... Legislation to make environmentally preferable biodiesel fuel more readily available to the nation's trucking and bus fleets will be considered by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee in upcoming hearings. The bill--S1141-- would...

Horizontal Ventures Surges Forward
June 1, 1998... The Southern District Court of Indiana has accepted the final accounting and closed the case on Horizontal Ventures, Inc.'s (3540 E. 31st St., Tulsa, OK 74135; Tel: 918/743-4744) bankruptcy protection proceedings, ending nearly a year of...

Motiva Enterprises, Equilon Take Shape
June 1, 1998... Texaco Inc. (2000 Westchester Ave., White Plains, NY 10650-0001; Tel: 914/253-4000), Shell Oil Co. (200 North Dairy Ashford, Houston, TX 77079. Tel: 713/ 544-2121), and Saudi Aramco (P.O. 5000, Dhahran 31311, Saudia Arabia), the state-owned oil...

Texaco, NGC Corp. Join for NGL Pipeline
June 1, 1998... Texaco (2000 Westchester Ave., White Plains, NY 10650-0001; Tel: 914/253-4000) and NGC Corp. (1707 Tidwell Rd., Houston, TX 77093; Tel: 713/691-1193) have signed a memorandum of understanding to create a new joint venture that will own and...

Union Texas Gets EOR Project
June 1, 1998... The State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) has officially signed an agreement in principal with Union Texas Qobustan Ltd., a subsidiary of Union Texas Petroleum Holdings, Inc. (1330 Post Oak Blvd., P.O. Box 2120, Houston, TX...

RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION Geophysical Signature for Methane Hydrate
June 1, 1998... David W. Scholl (Dept. of Geophysics/U.S. Geological Survey, Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA 94305; Tel: 650/723-4439, Fax: 650/329-4762) and Patrick E. Hart (U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd., Menlo Park, CA 94025; Tel: 650/329-5882) have...

Method Evaluates Well Recovery
June 1, 1998... Atlantic Richfield Co. researchers Tak-Sing Lo (Bejing, China) and Jinchi Chu (P.O. Box 260888, Plano, TX 75075; Tel: 972/509-6268) discovered a method for identifying and quantifying the connectivity to well perforations of the regions within...

REFINING: Energy BioSystems Progress Update
June 1, 1998... Energy Biosystems (4200 Research Forest Dr., The Woodlands, TX 77381; Tel: 281/364-6100, Fax: 281/364-6112) reports that in the last few months, substantial progress has been made in tackling the DRM (desulfurization resistant material) issue as...

Aromatics Assist in Heavy Hydrocracking
June 1, 1998... Researchers N. Kelly Benham, Barry B. Pruden, and Michel Roy of Petro-Canada (Box 2844, Calgary, AB T2P 3E3, Canada; Tel: 403/264- 9046) have developed a process for hydrocracking a heavy hydrocarbon oil feedstock, particularly, heavy hydrocarbon...

ENVIRONMENT: Contaminated Drill Cuttings Disposal
June 1, 1998... The waste disposal of mineral oil-contaminated cuttings continues to be an environmental problem. Researchers with Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien (Henkelstrasse 67, (W-4000) Duesseldorf 13, Federated Republic of Germany; Tel: 0211/ 7...

DOE Selects Greenhouse Projects
June 1, 1998... The Dept. of Energy (1000 Independence Ave., S.W., Washington, D.C. 20858; Tel: 202/586-6503) has selected an initial group of research projects that could ultimately determine global fossil fuel use--the inexpensive capture and permanent...

NON-VERTICAL DRILLING Selective Release Tool Unveiled
June 1, 1998... A new heavy-duty addressable release tool (ART) has been developed by Maxim Technology, Ltd. (Vale Business Park, Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan, CF71 7PF, United Kingdom; Tel: 44-1446-775775, Fax: 44- 1446-772992). Activated by a surface control...

Sensor Tightens Directional Control
June 1, 1998... Sperry-Sun (3000 North Sam Houston Parkway East, Houston, TX 77032; Tel: 281/871-5100), a division of Dresser Industries, Inc. (P.O. Box 718, Dallas TX 75221; Tel: 214/740-6757), has announced the official introduction of a new sensor, which is...

Improved System for Deviated Wells
June 1, 1998... Randal Harold Pustanyk (403/955-7606) and Laurier Emilo Comeau (Tel: 403/955-7606) of Dresser Industries, Inc. (3000 N. Sam Houston Parkway E., Houston, TX 77032; Tel: 281/871-5900) originally developed a system for enabling a drilling operator...

HEAVY OIL: Selective Excitation of Heating Electrodes
June 1, 1998... Jack E. Bridges of EOR International, Inc. (Ste., 1580, 727 7th Ave., SW, Calgary, AB T2P OZ5, Canada; Tel: 403/263-8904) has developed a control for an electrical heating system that enhances production from a heavy oil reservoir, especially if...

GAS UPGRADING Improved Natural Gas Processing Plant
June 1, 1998... Amoco's (Mail code 1207, 200 E. Randolph Dr., Chicago, IL 60601; Tel: 312/856-5111) new state-of-the-art Hugoton Jayhawk natural gas processing plant in Ulysses, Kansa recently began operations. The plant can process 450 million cubic feet of...

Removal of Hydrogen Sulfide from Gases
June 1, 1998... Researchers with The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. (Osaki, Japan) and Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, Japan) have developed a method for the removal of hydrogen sulfide from various gases containing hydrogen sulfide. To remove...

GAS FLOOD EOR: Shell Focuses on Kansas
June 1, 1998... Shell CO2 Co., Ltd. (P.O. Box 576, Houston, TX 77001; Tel: 281/544-3840, Fax: 281/544-3841), an affiliate of Shell Continental Companies, reported that Kansas oilfields have the potential of producing an additional 25,000 to 50,000 barrels of oil...

Non-Cryogenic Nitrogen for Drilling and EOR
June 1, 1998... Keith Michael of MG Nitrogen Services, Inc. (3 Great Valley Parkway, Malvern, PA 19355; Tel: 610/695-7400) has developed a method for using nitrogen rich gas during drilling, to remove drill cuttings, and for enhancing gas or oil production. The...

RESOURCES: Software Aids Economic Analysis
June 1, 1998... A new approach to the creation of complex economic modeling is offered by a software package from MAI Consultants LTD. (The School House, Hook Road, Epsom, Surrey KTI9 8TQ, United Kingdom.; Tel: 011.44.1372.745959, Fax: 011.44.1372.727091). It...

MMS' Automated Pipeline Mapping
June 1, 1998... The Dept. of the Interior's Minerals Management Service (MMS,1849 C St., N.W., LMS-4230, Washington, DC 20240; Tel: 202/208-3985) has announced the availability of digital coordinate data of all natural gas and oil pipelines in the Gulf of...