An impending energy crisis is looming globally, which has led to the use of effluents from paper mills for enhanced oil recovery (EOR), CO2 flooding and wastewater treatment by biosurfactants, and the current market demand for cost-competitive and environment-friendly alternatives to synthetic chemicals. This up-to-date book on petroleum technology provides a comprehensive review of the background and recent advances in the field of petroleum technology and highlights various facets of the fascinating world of upstream, midstream and downstream petroleum technologies. It comprises 25 chapters, each representing the progress, prospects and challenges in petroleum research, and focuses on the tremendous progress made by the scientific community in this research field. The book covers in detail EOR processes, reservoir engineering, production operation and optimisation, pipeline transportation and storage, CO2 capture and sequestration, wastewater management and innovative treatment, refining technologies, environmental chemistry, and biochemistry and biotechnology for the petroleum industry.
Preface
Chapter 1 : A Preliminary Study on Grain Size Analyses of Reservoir Rocks of the Upper Assam Basin
Chapter 2 : The Depositional Environment and Hydrocarbon Source Potential of the Barail and Disang Group of Rocks along the Tuli–Mokokchung Road Section, Nagaland
Chapter 3 : Characterization of Barail Sandstones of Mizoram : A Sedimentological Approach
Chapter 4 : Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery with Special Reference to the Upper Assam Basin
Chapter 5 : Formulation of a Stable Microemulsion Slug for Enhanced Oil Recovery in the Upper Assam Basin
Chapter 6 : Systematic Study of Low-Cost , High-Performance Chemical Flooding as EOR for Depleted Oil Fields of Upper Assam
Chapter 7 : Characterization of Reservoir Rock and Fluids for CO2 Foam–Enhanced Oil Recovery Application
Chapter 8 : Formulation of an Optimum Surfactant Combination for EOR Applications
Chapter 9 : A Review of Microbial-Origin Biosurfactants for Enhanced Oil Recovery : Prospects and Strategies
Chapter 10 : A Preliminary Theoretical Study of Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery
Chapter 11 : Characterization of Some Crude Oils of the Upper Assam Basin
Chapter 12 : A Study on the Effects of Iron Nanoparticles in Water-Based Drilling Mud
Chapter 13 : Use of Environment-Friendly Additives for Improving the Properties of Water-Based Mud for Drilling Reactive Formations
Chapter 14 : Effect of Different Plant Extracts for Enhancing Rheological Properties of Water-Based Drilling Fluid
Chapter 15 : Effects of Temperature on the Transportation of Assam Crude Oil through the Pipeline
Chapter 16 : Average Angle Method Employed Microsoft Excel for Directional Well Path Planning and Risk Monitoring
Chapter 17 : Using Digital Capabilities in Geoscience Software for the Estimating Resource Volume of a Reservoir Using Map-Based Method : A Quick Evaluation Procedure
Chapter 18 : Chemical Consolidation as a Sand Control Method in the Oil Fields of the Upper Assam Basin
Chapter 19 : A Review of Microbial Degradation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons
Chapter 20 : Evaluation of the Corrosion and Scaling Potential of Oil Field–Produced Water of the Upper Assam Basin
Chapter 21 : A Review of the Treatment and Management of Oil Field–Produced Water
Chapter 22 : Experimental Work to Evaluate the Effects of Disposed Produced Water on the Surrounding Environment : A Case Study in Libya
Chapter 23 : Role of Sand Particle Size in the Retention of Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Heavy Metals
Chapter 24 : A Review of the Characterization and Treatment of Oil Field–Produced Water
Chapter 25 : Application of Membrane Bioreactors for the Modification of Microfiltration Membrane Surface for Enhanced Antibiofouling Capability in Wastewater Treatment
Index
