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Modern Trends in Oil and Gas Industry

A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "H1: Petroleum Engineering".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 6272

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Valentin Morenov

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Department of Petroleum Engineering, Saint Petersburg Mining University, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Interests: the issues of sustainable petroleum production; utilization of petroleum gas; power supply of oil and gas fields; treatment and processing of crudes in the field conditions; carbon capture, use and storage at petroleum fields
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Dear Colleagues,

We would like to invite you to submit articles across the broad topic of modern trends in the petroleum industry to be published in this Special Issue of Energies. We also welcome critical review articles from renowned experts in the industry and academia. Issues of energy efficiency and environmental safety of various operations in the petroleum industry will be considered, from well construction to hydrocarbon refining.

Nowadays, there is a global trend towards “green” industry, which implies the reduction of carbon emissions from various industrial processes. In this regard, power generation is seen as one of the key contributors to the greenhouse effect. Renewable energy is considered to be the main mode of transition to a carbon neutral economy. Although the share of renewables in the global power generation has steadily increased since the beginning of the century, it has accounted only for 13% in 2021. Thus, oil and gas are still the major resources for energy production. Until the renewable energy is able to cope with such problems as the efficient generation and storage of produced energy, oil and gas will provide a steady power supply for consumers. As the sustainable development of modern society is impossible without reliable energy sources, hydrocarbons will be essential for the world energy market for years to come.

At the same time, traditional petroleum fields are being depleted. New deposits of oil and gas are located in remote and hard-to-reach regions, such as the Arctic, with complex geological and rock characteristics. In addition to complicated conditions of petroleum production in these areas, environmental concerns are of great importance. An urgent trend is the reduction of carbon footprint in oil and gas production. In this regard, this Special Issue of Energies “Modern trends in oil and gas industry” will discuss the problems of modern techniques and approaches to the production and use of hydrocarbons.     

Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to:

  • Construction of various-type wells (oil, gas, injection, petrothermal, etc.);
  • Well completion;
  • Well repair;
  • Formation stimulation;
  • Field development
  • Unconventional oil and gas reserves;
  • Low-permeable reservoirs;
  • Gas hydrates;
  • Well and reservoir surveys;
  • Petroleum production;
  • Improved and enhanced oil recovery;
  • Treatment of oil and gas;
  • Associated petroleum gas;
  • Petroleum processing;
  • Transportation and storage of the crude;
  • Underground gas storage;
  • Power supply of oil and gas fields;
  • Automation and digitalizing of petroleum operations;
  • Optimization of energy consumption in petroleum industry;
  • Environmental safety of oil and gas operations;
  • Carbon capture, utilization and storage;
  • Carbon footprint of petroleum production;
  • Energy efficiency of oil and gas operations.

Dr. Valentin Morenov
Guest Editor

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Energies is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

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Using the Magnetic Anisotropy Method to Determine Hydrogenated Sections of a Steel Pipeline
by Victor I. Bolobov, Il’nur U. Latipov, Valentin S. Zhukov and Gregory G. Popov
Energies 2023, 16(15), 5585; https://doi.org/10.3390/en16155585 - 25 Jul 2023
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The paper deals with a non-destructive method of detecting hydrogenated sections of pipelines, which is based on variations of the level of mechanical stresses generated in the surface layers of the steel pipe material during its hydrogenation. The use of a magnetoanisotropic method [...] Read more.
The paper deals with a non-destructive method of detecting hydrogenated sections of pipelines, which is based on variations of the level of mechanical stresses generated in the surface layers of the steel pipe material during its hydrogenation. The use of a magnetoanisotropic method based on the phenomenon of metal magnetoelastic anisotropy development, which consists in the variation of the magnetic properties of ferromagnetic materials in direction and magnitude under the influence of mechanical stresses, is proposed as a way to register that variation. Based on the results of tensile testing of carbon steel plates with measurement of the difference in principal mechanical stresses (DPMS) occurring in metal, as well as experiments on electrolytic hydrogenation of specimens with measurement of the DPMS signal, it was confirmed that when steel structures are saturated with hydrogen, tensile stresses are generated in the surface layers, the magnitude of which increases as the concentration of hydrogen increases in the metal. In this case, it is assumed that the indicated dependence between the hydrogen concentration in the metal and the stresses arising as a result of hydrogenation is linear. For the example of lamellar specimens made of pipe low-carbon steel, the possibility of using the magnetoanisotropic method for registering sections of underground pipelines with a high content of hydrogen is substantiated, which can become the basis for a method of diagnosing sections of pipelines with broken insulation for the possibility of their further operation. The scientific novelty of this article is the establishment of a relationship between the hydrogen content in the metal, the stresses that arise in this case, and the change in the magnetic properties of ferromagnetic materials, characterized by the magnitude of the DPMS signal. This study contributes to the understanding of the process of hydrogenation of metals, and may be useful in detecting and preventing damage to gas and oil pipelines caused by hydrogen embrittlement as a cause of stress corrosion. Full article
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Numerical Simulation of Nonlinear Processes in the “Thruster—Downhole Motor—Bit” System While Extended Reach Well Drilling
by Andrey A. Kunshin, George V. Buslaev, Matthias Reich, Dmitriy S. Ulyanov and Dmitriy I. Sidorkin
Energies 2023, 16(9), 3759; https://doi.org/10.3390/en16093759 - 27 Apr 2023
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The relevance of the application of hydraulic thruster technology is determined by the technological limitations of drilling both vertical and horizontal wells. The existing experimental studies confirm the effectiveness of the technology, but its widespread implementation is hindered by the lack of scientific [...] Read more.
The relevance of the application of hydraulic thruster technology is determined by the technological limitations of drilling both vertical and horizontal wells. The existing experimental studies confirm the effectiveness of the technology, but its widespread implementation is hindered by the lack of scientific foundations for its operation in combination with a downhole motor and bit. Our research methodology includes methods for analyzing scientific and technical information as well as methods of numerical modeling using programming languages and ready-made software packages for CFD calculations. Verification of the simulation results was carried out on the basis of the experimental field studies previously conducted with the participation of the authors of the article. This article presents the results of the analysis of the current state of the problem and computer physical and mathematical modeling of the work of the thruster together with the bit and downhole motor when drilling a deviated section of a well. Based on the simulation results, the expediency of using hydraulic thrusters in the practice of drilling wells with the possibility of predicting and operatively regulating the operation parameters of the “Hydraulic Thrusting Device—Downhole Motor—Bit” system is theoretically substantiated and scientifically confirmed. Full article
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Drilling in Gas Hydrates: Managing Gas Appearance Risks
by Ruslan Gizatullin, Mikhail Dvoynikov, Natalya Romanova and Victor Nikitin
Energies 2023, 16(5), 2387; https://doi.org/10.3390/en16052387 - 2 Mar 2023
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This article provides a detailed analysis of issues related to the complications while drilling in hydrate-bearing rocks of permafrost areas. The goal of the paper is to develop recommendations for preventing gas occurrence while drilling gas hydrate deposits and to eliminate gas leakiness [...] Read more.
This article provides a detailed analysis of issues related to the complications while drilling in hydrate-bearing rocks of permafrost areas. The goal of the paper is to develop recommendations for preventing gas occurrence while drilling gas hydrate deposits and to eliminate gas leakiness of the intercasing space of the well. The results of modeling the effect of drilling mud injection on the temperature field of the well are presented. It is revealed that the most significant role is played by the injection rate of drilling mud and its temperature. The recommended flow rate of the process fluid should be within 0.30–0.45 m3/s, and its temperature should not exceed 20 °C. Controlling the parameters of drilling mud and its flow rate allows for avoiding intensive gas occurrence while drilling in gas hydrates. The presence of gas hydrates may be the cause of gas leakiness of the intercasing space in the permafrost area. One of the ways to eliminate leakiness is colmatation (clogging). A method of preventing leaks in the intercasing space of the gas well is the use of colmatating solution. An aqueous solution of sodium silicate with the addition of 2% polymer is used as a colmatating composition. Full article
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Investigation of the Selectivity of the Water Shutoff Technology
by Victor Duryagin, Thang Nguyen Van, Nikita Onegov and Galiya Shamsutdinova
Energies 2023, 16(1), 366; https://doi.org/10.3390/en16010366 - 28 Dec 2022
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High water-cut oil production is one of the major issues in the petroleum industry. The present study investigates different profile control solutions, with an emphasis on selective methods and materials that mostly decrease the permeability of water-saturated reservoir areas. To achieve the selective [...] Read more.
High water-cut oil production is one of the major issues in the petroleum industry. The present study investigates different profile control solutions, with an emphasis on selective methods and materials that mostly decrease the permeability of water-saturated reservoir areas. To achieve the selective water flow blockage in fractured porous media, the sodium silicate-based gel-forming composition was developed. The test procedure was created to assess selective and strength characteristics of the presented composition. According to the results of this procedure, adding polyatomic alcohols to the mentioned composition enhances its hydrophilic behavior in water-saturated rocks (work of adhesion increases from 117 to 129 mJ/m2) and reduces the hydrophobic behavior in oil-saturated rocks (work of adhesion drops from 110.3 to 77.4 mJ/m2). The selectivity of the composition performance is validated by its higher wettability of water-saturated reservoir rocks compared with oil-saturated; thus, the composition creates a more stable water shutoff barrier when entering the water zone in a formation. As a result of core flooding experiments in natural, fractured, porous core samples, the efficiency of the water blocking capacity of the composition was proved. In addition, these tests showed the selectivity of the composition because the permeability decrease in water-saturated core samples was higher than in oil-saturated ones. The experimental value of the selectivity coefficient was 152.14. Full article
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