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What is a formula for calculating recoverable and in place well reserves?
Recoverable reserves= Volume of hydrocarbon * recovery factor Recoverable reserves= [7758* Vf*P*((1-Sw)/FvF)] * R.F Vf:Volume of producing formation(acre-feet) P: Porosity Sw: Water Saturation FvF: Formation Volume Factor R.F: Recovery Factor(Percentage of oil in place thats recoverable)
Is change oil light in a 2009 Grand Caravan work on miles or oil viscosity?
A factor of miles, engine hours, average speed, temperatures. It does not directly measure the oil though.A factor of miles, engine hours, average speed, temperatures. It does not directly measure the oil though.
How do producers use CO2?
Oil producers use carbon dioxide in enhanced recovery operations to recover more oil from depleted formations. To do this they pump carbon dioxide into strategically placed wells to drive the oil towards an extraction well. The oil enhances recovery by driving the oil along and by reducing the viscosity by reducing the average molecular weight of the oil. Thinner oil flows better. The carbon dioxide is obtained from manufacturers, carbon dioxide wells and from the produced oil.
Can the recovery factor of and oil reservoir -term used in oil production- increase with the development of new and better oil extraction technology?
Your question is very broad and not easy to understand. I will answer two questions: 1. Does new technology mean higher recovery factors? Yes. New technology has helped us increase oil recovery. I have included several links. When oil is first discovered, an estimate of the total volume of oil is made. This is called the volumetric estimate of original oil in place. As more wells are drilled, this estimate can be further refined. An estimate of the future production of oil is also made. Not all the oil that is discovered can be produced. An estimate of The fraction of producible oil is called the recovery factor. There are a number of reasons why much of the discovered oil is not discovered. Some of the means to improve oil recovery are through drilling horizontal wells or wells with multiple extents. I have included a link on this form of drilling. It has proved to be very successful in increasing oil recovery. Injection of water to restore pressure and produce "dead oil" has been very successful. Further improvements have been made with carbon dioxide. See link on enhanced oil recovery techniques (EOR). Oil recoveries with heavy oil can be very poor. Today, steam is injected into the wells to improve recovery. See related link. Today, advances in drilling techology are providing new opportunities to drill in deep and ultra deep waters. These wells are being drilled in many places, including the Gulf of Mexico and offshore Brazil and Angola. Once this new prospects are discovered, every effort will be made to maximize oil recovery. A common means of improving oil recovery in the offshore fields is to reinject produced gas, to improve reservoir pressure. Also, deviated or horizontal drilling is used extensively. 2. Will the overall average recovery factor of new fields increase in the future? Perhaps not. New fields are often in geologically complex areas, where enhanced oil recovery techniques are difficult to apply. Some of the large older fields were more amendable to water flooding and other secondary/ EOR processes. Hope this helps. Please see attached links.
How do you get crude oil to surface?
Crude oil is currently removed as "primary recovery", "secondary recovery", and tertiary recovery" In Primary Recovery, all that is required is to sink a well into the reservoir and the pressure of the material above it will force the oil up the well pipe. This is the type of recovery associated with the "gusher well". Even if a well isn't a gusher, it can still be pumped up from the reservoir until the pressure drops too low. In Secondary Recovery, the pressure in the well is increased by injecting something into the well such as steam, liquid water, natural gas, air or carbon dioxide. The injection occurs at the edge and/or bottom of the reservoir so as to cause the pressure to force the oil ahead of it towards the recovery well bore. Depending on what is injected, the injected material can also lower the viscosity of the oil and aid it in migrating towards the recovery well bore (which would actually be more a tertiary recovery method), but if the main purpose of injection is to boost the pressure, it is still considered secondary recovery. In Tertiary Recovery, materials are injected into the well mainly to alter the physical properties of the oil, especially the surface tension, in order to get the oil to not stick as much to the matrix of the reservoir and to move more easily through it towards the recovery well. When steam is injected, the heat lowers the viscosity of the oil to make it flow more easily. Surfactant solutions can also be injected to lower the surface tension of the oil. and un-stick it from the reservoir matrix. Carbon dioxide flooding both thins out the oil (lower viscosity) and lowers the surface tension. A newer method is bio-flooding where specially designed microbes are injected with the water. The microbes attack the heavier molecules in the oil and break them down into smaller molecules, which makes the oil less viscous, and incidentally of greater value - gasoline, which is mostly lower weight hydrocarbons, sells for more than tar and asphalt, which are higher weight hydrocarbons.
What is the difference between enhanced oil recovery and improved oil recovery?
IOR: is any method of producing or injecting (developing) a well (reservoir) that is not on primary production or commingled (not selective) production such as (secondary recovery like water flooding and tertiary like gas injection, chemical injection or microbial injection. EOR: its tertiary recovery techniques for increasing the amount of crude oil that can be extracted from an oil field either by using Gas injection, Chemical injection, Microbial injection or Thermal methods.
What is enhanced oil discovery?
this term doesnt exist. we say enhanced oil recovery not discovery.the enhanced oil recovery is a generic term for techniques, for increasing the amount of oil that can be extracted from an oil field.
When was The Oil Factor created?
The Oil Factor was created in 2004.
What are the release dates for Oil Sweat and Rigs - 2006 The Road to Recovery?
Oil Sweat and Rigs - 2006 The Road to Recovery was released on: USA: 2006
What are the steps of natural oil extraction?
There are many steps to natural oil extraction. The first is location of a oil field using seismic surveys. Once the source is found drilling takes place. Primary recovery refers to when oil is struck and there is enough pressure that the oil just flows out. Over time, this pressure is reduced, and secondary recovery, i.e. active recovery of the oil takes place.
How much oil can the average well produce and how long can a single well last?
Depends on the length and how long it is worked in.
What ways is oil retrieved?
Oil is primarily retrieved through drilling wells into underground reservoirs and then extracting the oil to the surface through pumps. This can be done on land or offshore. Other methods include enhanced oil recovery techniques, such as injecting steam or chemicals into the well to increase the flow of oil.
