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Banagas considers Sitra Third Train Expansion project While Tatweer Petroleum (Tatweer) is increasing its oil and gas production from the Bahrain Field, Bahrain National Gas Company (Banagas) is considering the expansion of its Sitra gas processing facilities with the addition of a third train. Covering 80 percent of Bahrain main island, the Bahrain field was discovered […]
Oman to invest $1 billion in new Chemical EOR Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) is working on the expansion of its Marmul Polymer project with flooding enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technique to maintain and increase the current production of heavy crude oil. Oman is one of the first country in the Middle East to explore and […]
Definition EOR is the acronym of enhanced oil recovery and refers to all the ultimate technologies to compensate the natural depletion of the oil and gas fields Comments In developing a new oil and gas field, the natural pressure of the reservoir is at its maximum. For the oil fields, this natural pressure combined with […]
Definition Oil sands are bitumen deposits which naturally occurred from the mixture of thick, heavy oil, water and sand. Since the heavy oil is classified as bitumen, Oil sands are scientifically named as Bituminous sands. Oil sands may also be called Tar sands where Tar refers to the residue produced from organic material distillation such as bitumen. […]
PetroChina to secure its oil supply chain from Athabasca Fort McMurray to Kitimat, BC Step by step the China National Petroleum Company (CNPC or PetroChina), is putting in place all the pieces of its upstream puzzle from Athabasca, Alberta oil sands fields to Kitimat, BC. In 2011, PetroChina payed $1.9 billion capital expenditure to Athabasca Oil […]
Definition SAGD is the acronym of Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage. The Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage is a process to produce oil from tar-sands. Comments The SAGD process has been developed in Ontario, then in Alberta by Imperial Oil (ExxonMobil) in the years 1970s. Canada holds the most important reserves of extra heavy crude oil, also called […]
