Archive for the ‘IOR EOR’ Category
Equinor fast tracks Visund Nord IOR
September 5th, 2018 by Latest News
Equinor started production from an improved oil recovery project in Visund Nord field in the Norwegian North Sea, adding an anticipated 13.3 million bbl at a development cost of 1.3 billion kroner. The additional production is 6% more than originally e…
CNRL to buy idle Joslyn oil sands project
August 31st, 2018 by Latest News
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (CNRL), Calgary, has agreed to buy the suspended Joslyn oil sands mining project in Alberta from Total SA and its partners for $100 million in cash on closing and $25 million/year for 5 years.
Imperial sees cuts in oil sands emissions
August 29th, 2018 by Latest News
Imperial Oil Ltd. expects technical improvements to trim emissions of greenhouse gases from its oil sands projects in Canada by 10% during 2016-23. Along with “continuous improvements in energy efficiency,” the company said in a press release, improvem…
Denbury Resources Inc., Plano, Tex., has sanctioned a carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery project at Cedar Creek Anticline, which extends across Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Denbury has interest in about 175,000 acres.
Occidental Petroleum Corp. and White Energy agreed to evaluate the feasibility of a carbon capture, utilization, and storage project that would capture carbon dioxide at White Energy’s ethanol infrastructure in Hereford and Plainview, Tex.
Equinor completes acquisition of interest in Brazil’s Roncador oil field
June 15th, 2018 by Latest News
Equinor and Petrobras have completed their transaction reported late last year, whereby Equinor has acquired a 25% non-operated interest in Roncador oil field in Brazil’s Campos basin. This follows all conditions being met, including government and reg…
DeGolyer & MacNaughton to study Priobskoye EOR
May 31st, 2018 by Latest News
Gazprom-Neft has entered an agreement with DeGolyer & MacNaughton Corp., Dallas, on the selection and use of enhanced oil recovery methods for giant Priobskoye field in the Khanti-Mansi Autonomous District of West Siberia.
Enhanced oil recovery is the best option for putting carbon dioxide to commercial use, Charles D. McConnell, executive director of Rice University’s Energy and Environment Initiative, told the Society of Petroleum Engineers’ Improved Oil Recovery confe…
Grieve field starts EOR flood
April 18th, 2018 by Latest News
Elk Petroleum Ltd. said enhanced oil recovery flooding has started at Grieve field’s carbon dioxide EOR project near Casper, Wyo. Initially water is being produced, which will be followed by oil production that is anticipated to ramp up to about 2,100 …
Enhanced oil recovery is the best option for putting carbon dioxide to commercial use, Charles D. McConnell, executive director of Rice University’s Energy and Environment Initiative, told the Society of Petroleum Engineers’ Improved Oil Recovery confe…