One of the greatest challenges for the production of petroleum in deepwater is flow assurance. In fact, knowledge about the transient cool down behavior of the produced fluid is necessary to prevent the formation of hydrates and solid deposits during shutdown periods, which could result in a pipeline blockage and could result in large financial losses. In a typical subsea petroleum production s...

Fluorosurfactants are effective in a variety of Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) techniques including (i) improving subterranean wetting, (ii) increasing foam stability, and (iii) modifying the surface properties of the reservoir formation. While fluorosurfactants have been used in gas and oil exploration for four decades, the increased demand for petroleum and the greater understanding of the benef...

Fossil fuel has been the primary source of fuel ever since it was discovered and comes in the form of coal, petroleum and natural gas. Discovery of fossil fuel dates back to prehistoric time where caveman discovered how to burn coal for heat source. Coal which is also part of fossil fuel and is developed over millions of years can even extend up to 650 million years. With excessive usage of fos...

Technological Change, Depletion and the U.S. Petroleum Industry*** A common claim in the nonrenewable resource literature is that improvements in technology may largely offset the effects of increasing scarcity over time. This study provides perhaps the first empirical evidence on this issue by analyzing the determinants of the average finding cost for additional petroleum in the U.S. over the ...

The AKSIO project is developing a process-enabled knowledge management system to support operations of offshore oilfields. The system will provide timely and contextual knowledge for work processes. Experiences will be processed and annotated by experts and linked to various resources and specialist knowledge networks. AKSIO will allow discovery of experiences through the support of a domain on...

The understanding of the phylogenetic diversity, metabolic capabilities, ecological roles, and community dynamics taking place in oil reservoir microbial communities is far from complete. The interest in studying microbial diversity and metabolism in petroleum reservoirs lies mainly but not only on providing a better comprehension of biodegradation of crude oils, since it represents a worldwide...

This study examines the influence of factors responsible for work stress among the employees in the manufacturing industries in Kerala, India. The sample size of the subjects selected for the study consists of 75 Engineers, 110 Supervisors and 675 Workers in the selected manufacturing industries in Kerala ,India. Seven factors were identified with the existing literatures, and in consultation w...