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Submit a ProposalEconomically and Environmentally Sustainable Enhanced Oil Recovery
 | By M. R. Islam Copyright: 2020 | Status: Published ISBN: 9781119479093 | Hardcover | 808 pages Price: $279 USD  |
One Line Description
The only book available that leads the petroleum industry toward sustainable Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) practices.
Audience
Petroleum engineers, chemical engineers, chemists, environmental engineers, environmental scientists, material scientists, geologists, students and professors of petroleum/petrochemical/ material science disciplines
Petroleum engineers, chemical engineers, chemists, environmental engineers, environmental scientists, material scientists, geologists, students and professors of petroleum/petrochemical/ material science disciplines
Description
There have been many books on the topic of Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) over the last 100 years. They all, however, focus on how to recover more oil faster, taking a rather myopic approach. The solutions presented all work fantastically in theory and even in the laboratory, but each fails to produce results in the field with long-term success. The petroleum industry is almost resigned to the belief that for an EOR technique to be successful, it must be propped up with public funds or must compromise environmental integrity. In line with modern engineering practices, previous books discuss how existing technologies can be tweaked to accommodate for any shortcomings that just came to light. This book is unlike any other book on the topic of recovery in particular and engineering in general.
This groundbreaking volume is a continuation of the author’s and his research group’s work that started publishing on the subject of global sustainability involving energy and the environment, dating back to early 2000s. Starting with a paradigm shift in engineering that involves a long-term focus, rather than looking for short-term solutions, the methods and theories presented here delve into applying green engineering and zero waste principles to EOR.
Historically, EOR has received mixed success, mainly because innovations in these disciplines relied heavily on processed materials, which are both uneconomical and toxic to the environment. This book explains how engineers missed entirely the causes of unsustainability in these technologies due to the prevalence of many myths that are embedded in modern engineering. Once these myths are deconstructed, the appropriate technologies emerge and the merits of them both in terms of economic and environmental benefits become clear.
The book reveals how previous practices in EOR can be replaced with their sustainable versions while saving in material costs. A number of innovative technologies are introduced that can render well known technologies, such as steam flood, in situ combustion, chemical flooding, and microbial EOR environmentally sustainable and economically attractive. A triple dividend is received once these technologies are applied in otherwise marginal reservoirs, unconventional plays and even abandoned formations. The overall reserve, which reflects recoverable oil with new technologies, goes up drastically. Further benefits are drawn when processes such as value addition of waste material is performed.
Overall this book shows how EOR can be rendered green while increasing the profitability. This is in stark contrast to the past practices that considered environmental integrity as a drain on profitability. This book proves that a paradigm shift can turn a “technological disaster” into a technological marvel.
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There have been many books on the topic of Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) over the last 100 years. They all, however, focus on how to recover more oil faster, taking a rather myopic approach. The solutions presented all work fantastically in theory and even in the laboratory, but each fails to produce results in the field with long-term success. The petroleum industry is almost resigned to the belief that for an EOR technique to be successful, it must be propped up with public funds or must compromise environmental integrity. In line with modern engineering practices, previous books discuss how existing technologies can be tweaked to accommodate for any shortcomings that just came to light. This book is unlike any other book on the topic of recovery in particular and engineering in general.
This groundbreaking volume is a continuation of the author’s and his research group’s work that started publishing on the subject of global sustainability involving energy and the environment, dating back to early 2000s. Starting with a paradigm shift in engineering that involves a long-term focus, rather than looking for short-term solutions, the methods and theories presented here delve into applying green engineering and zero waste principles to EOR.
Historically, EOR has received mixed success, mainly because innovations in these disciplines relied heavily on processed materials, which are both uneconomical and toxic to the environment. This book explains how engineers missed entirely the causes of unsustainability in these technologies due to the prevalence of many myths that are embedded in modern engineering. Once these myths are deconstructed, the appropriate technologies emerge and the merits of them both in terms of economic and environmental benefits become clear.
The book reveals how previous practices in EOR can be replaced with their sustainable versions while saving in material costs. A number of innovative technologies are introduced that can render well known technologies, such as steam flood, in situ combustion, chemical flooding, and microbial EOR environmentally sustainable and economically attractive. A triple dividend is received once these technologies are applied in otherwise marginal reservoirs, unconventional plays and even abandoned formations. The overall reserve, which reflects recoverable oil with new technologies, goes up drastically. Further benefits are drawn when processes such as value addition of waste material is performed.
Overall this book shows how EOR can be rendered green while increasing the profitability. This is in stark contrast to the past practices that considered environmental integrity as a drain on profitability. This book proves that a paradigm shift can turn a “technological disaster” into a technological marvel.
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Supplementary Data
• Breaks from centuries of engineering practices of deciding on a technology based on economics, then justifying its environmental impact
• Introduces an array of technologies that are simultaneously environment-friendly and economically attractive
• Critically reviews existing practices and identifies the pivotal departure points in the recent history of engineering from environmental and economic sustainability
• Shows how existing know-how in EOR can be properly utilized to initiate practices that are most beneficial to the corporate bottom line while conforming to environmental constraints and regulations, thus changing environmental conformance from a liability to an asset and strength of the corporation.
• Deconstructs myths that are prevalent and deeply rooted in the industry and reconstructs logical solutions
• Breaks from centuries of engineering practices of deciding on a technology based on economics, then justifying its environmental impact
• Introduces an array of technologies that are simultaneously environment-friendly and economically attractive
• Critically reviews existing practices and identifies the pivotal departure points in the recent history of engineering from environmental and economic sustainability
• Shows how existing know-how in EOR can be properly utilized to initiate practices that are most beneficial to the corporate bottom line while conforming to environmental constraints and regulations, thus changing environmental conformance from a liability to an asset and strength of the corporation.
• Deconstructs myths that are prevalent and deeply rooted in the industry and reconstructs logical solutions
Author / Editor Details
M. R. Islam, Ph.D. is known as the most published engineer in the world. He has coined terms such as “green petroleum,” “sustainable petroleum development,” “economics of intangibles,” “zero waste engineering,” and others. His work has created a paradigm shift in a wide range of applications, spanning various disciplines. His most notable contribution is in the areas sustainability, environmental integrity, the greening of petroleum and pharmaceutical industries, and knowledge modeling, on which topic he has written dozens of books and nearly 800 research papers. His latest work is captured in his latest books: The Science of Climate Change and Economics of Sustainable Energy, both available from Wiley-Scrivener.
M. R. Islam, Ph.D. is known as the most published engineer in the world. He has coined terms such as “green petroleum,” “sustainable petroleum development,” “economics of intangibles,” “zero waste engineering,” and others. His work has created a paradigm shift in a wide range of applications, spanning various disciplines. His most notable contribution is in the areas sustainability, environmental integrity, the greening of petroleum and pharmaceutical industries, and knowledge modeling, on which topic he has written dozens of books and nearly 800 research papers. His latest work is captured in his latest books: The Science of Climate Change and Economics of Sustainable Energy, both available from Wiley-Scrivener.
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BISAC SUBJECT HEADINGS
TEC031030 : TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Power Resources / Fossil Fuels
SCI024000 : SCIENCE / Energy
POL068000 : POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Energy Policy
BIC CODES
THF: Fossil fuel technologies
RNU: Sustainability
TQ: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
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