Oil & gas

Oil & gas

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alkaline flooding

Oil & gas; Oilfield

An enhanced oil recovery technique in which an alkaline chemical such as sodium hydroxide, sodium orthosilicate or sodium carbonate is injected during polymer flooding or ...

equation of state

Oil & gas; Oilfield

An equation that specifies fluid density as a function of pressure and temperature. A large body of scientific literature describes these functions for all kinds of hydrocarbons, ...

micellar-polymer flooding

Oil & gas; Oilfield

An enhanced oil recovery technique in which a micelle solution is pumped into a reservoir through specially distributed injection wells. The chemical solution reduces the ...

water alternating gas

Oil & gas; Oilfield

An enhanced oil recovery process whereby water injection and gas injection are alternately injected for periods of time to provide better sweep efficiency and reduce gas ...

CO2 injection

Oil & gas; Oilfield

An enhanced oil recovery method in which carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) is injected into a reservoir to increase production by reducing oil viscosity and providing miscible or partially ...