Clay content in soil potentially has strong influence on soil structure and thereby controls soil physical, hydraulic, and gas transport properties. Only few studies have investigated the effect of clay content on saturated hydraulic conductivity…
The produced fluids in a subsea field development can be transported from the subsea well to a floating production unit using pipelines where they are thereafter offloaded to a tanker (surface ship). The flow direction is reversed in the case of CO2…
This study presents a methodology based on the dual-mode gamma densitometry technique in combination with artificial neural networks to simultaneously determine type and quantity of four different fluids (Gasoline, Glycerol, Kerosene and Fuel Oil) to…
Water and crude oil emulsions can be produced during oilfield operations. Since most oilfields are in the secondary or tertiary recovery stages, the amount of produced water is not negligible. Furthermore, enhanced oil recovery makes use of…
Previous transportation fuel life cycle assessment studies have not fully accounted for the full variability in the crude oil transport stage, for example, transporting a light crude through a high-diameter pipeline, vs transporting a heavy crude…
Fouling in heat exchangers is the unwanted buildup of material on the heat exchange surface which reduces thermal efficiency. The crude preheat train usually consists of a set of heat exchangers which tend to become fouled. Crude oil fouling can be…
Geomechanical evaluation of CO2 underground disposal is complex and can be even more challenging in coal reservoirs due to natural fractures and combined effects of multi-component transport. The objective of the research work presented in this paper…
High-temperature aquifer thermal energy storage (HT-ATES) is a cost-effective and suitable technology to store large amounts of energy. HT-ATES has been demonstrated to be an efficient and stable tool to buffer seasonal imbalances and significantly…
Injection of supercritical CO2 (SCCO2) causes significant changes in the petrophysical properties of shales and affects the integrity of geological storage sites. The alteration of mineralogy and pore structure plays a major role in defining the…
Water and crude oil emulsions can be produced during oilfield operations. Since most oilfields are in the secondary or tertiary recovery stages, the amount of produced water is not negligible. Furthermore, enhanced oil recovery makes use of…
We investigate the potential for extracting heat from produced natural gas and utilizing supercritical carbon dioxide (CO2) as a working fluid for the dual purpose of enhancing gas recovery (EGR) and extracting geothermal energy (CO2-Plume Geothermal…