AMAR KHOUKHI∗,‡, MUNIRUDEEN OLOSO∗,§, MOSTAFA ELSHAFEI∗,¶, ABDULAZEEZ ABDULRAHEEM†,‖ and ABDULAZIZ AL-MAJED†,∗∗ ∗Systems Engineering Department King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, KSA †Petroleum Engineering Department King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, KSA ‡[email protected] §[email protected] ¶[email protected] ‖[email protected] ∗∗aamajed@...

Horticultural oils are an important component of integrated management programs of several phytophagous arthropods and pathogens affecting fruit, ornamentals and vegetables in greenhouse and field production systems. Although effective against the target pest, their incompatibility with biological control agents can compromise efforts to develop eco-friendly management programs for important ag...

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...

Petroleum prices are increasing day by day and for fueling we are completely dependent on the fossil fuels. Sources of fossil fuels are depleting continuously due to the increasing demand of petroleum products. Renewable carbon neutral transport fuels are necessary for environmental and economic sustainability. There are many options in this area, but unlike solar, nuclear, and fossil fuels, bi...

Phenol formaldehyde (PF) resins are widely used as wood adhesives in the industrial production of exterior-grade plywood panels, oriented strand board panels and particleboards due to their superior performance including high bonding strength, heat resistance, excellent water resistance and chemical stability1. However, phenol, one raw material for the synthesis of PF resins, is a petroleum-bas...

The turbomachinery systems on oil platforms are extremely sensitive, as their failure can cause total shutdown of the platform's production activity. Scheduled stoppages for preventive maintenance are effective, since qualified personnel and replacement parts are available and ready. On the other hand, shutting down a turbo machine ceases petroleum production. Not rarely, maintenance people con...

The US shale exploration and production (E&P) industry has grown since 2007 due to the development of new techniques such as hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling. As a result, the share of shale gas in the US natural gas production is almost 50%, and the share of tight oil in the US crude oil production is almost 52%. Even though oil and gas prices decreased sharply in 2014, the product...

The global petroleum system is undergoing an “oil transition,” shifting from conventionally produced petroleum to a suite of substitutes for conventional petroleum (SCPs). This paper describes the Regional Optimization Model for Emissions from Oil Substitutes, or ROMEO, which models this oil transition. ROMEO models the dynamics of the transition to substitutes for oil and the environmental imp...

There have been several recent studies of the Japanese oil industry, but they have all focused on the impact of the abolition of the Tokusekiho, the Provisional Law relating to the Importation of Specified Petroleum Products, that restricted the importation of specified petroleum products to limited number of companies. The Tokusekiho, was abolished at the end of March 1996. However, despite th...