To tackle the intermittency of renewable energy and realize the repurposing of abandoned oil and gas wells, this study proposes a compressed air energy storage (CAES)-based cogeneration system integrated with geothermal energy and abandoned oil and g...
Norwegian oil and gas fields are relatively new and of high quality, which has led, during recent decades, to very high profitability both financially and in terms of energy production. One useful measure for profitability is Energy Return on Investm...
The petroleum industry faces crucial environmental problems that exacerbate business instability, such as climate change and greenhouse gas emission regulations. Generally, governments focus on pricing, environmental protection, and supply security w...
The oil & gas transport and storage (OGTS) engineering, from the upstream of gathering and processing in the oil & gas fields, to the midstream long-distance pipelines, and the downstream tanks and LNG terminals, while using supply chains to...
The necessity of implementing the Sustainable Development Goals and solve the problem of climate change, technological progress and the conscious climate policy of many countries has led to the transformation of the world economy and power industry t...
This study examines the adoption of Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) and Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) as strategic tools for decarbonization in the oil and gas sector. Focusing on the 21 largest oil and gas companies across Europe, North Amer...
The oil and gas industry has large and constant power and heat loads and usually ownership of land resources near oil and gas production, providing opportunities for onsite integration of renewable energy. In the future, a possible decrease in reliab...
In 2021, there was a global energy crisis that affected different parts of the world. In most countries, energy heavily relies on natural gas, including Nigeria, India, and Bangladesh. Several studies have explored the differences in the energy of cr...
Oil and gas are the main sources of energy in the United States. Part of their appeal is the high Energy Return on Energy Investment (EROI) when procuring them. We assessed data from the United States Bureau of the Census of Mineral Industries, the E...
Offshore geothermal energy and the reuse of decommissioned oil and gas platforms are emerging as linked pathways for reducing the carbon intensity of marine energy supply while extending the value of mature offshore assets. This review examines offsh...
The COVID-19 pandemic storm has struck the world economies and energy markets with extreme strength. The goal of our study is to assess how the pandemic has influenced oil and gas prices, using energy market reactions in the United States and Japan....
This study assesses the intrinsic hazards of an energy-integrated gas oil hydrocracking process from a sustainability-oriented process safety perspective. Hydrocracking units are essential in modern refineries for upgrading heavy gas oil fractions in...
The growing demand for clean and efficient fuels, along with the need to reduce environmental impacts and operational risks, has driven the development of sustainability strategies in refining processes such as gas oil hydrocracking. This paper evalu...
Encouraging oil and gas (O&G) companies to develop renewable energy sources (RESs) is crucial for China’s energy strategy and sustainable development. The transition from O&G energy to RESs is a complex and systemic process that require...
The efficiency issue of energy systems in the oil and gas industry is a crucial factor nowadays. Energy share in the production costs of oil and gas can reach 50%. Among the most important energy equipment are the electric drives of the pumps, compre...
In the context of the global energy transition and a strengthening climate agenda, this study provides a comparative assessment of sustainable development strategies adopted by leading national oil and gas companies in China and Russia, focusing on t...
This paper investigates power quality issues in a wind-powered offshore oil and gas platform operating in island mode. Topics of interest are the negative effects that load and wind power variability have on the electrical system frequency and voltag...
This paper presents a literature review in which methodologies employed for the forecast of the price of stock companies and raw materials in the fields of electricity, oil, gas and energy are studied. This research also makes an analysis of which da...
The demand for energy remains a cornerstone of modern civilization, with the oil and gas industry critically meeting the global population’s daily requirements. As energy continues to drive economic growth, propel climate change mitigation, and...
Compared to conventional reservoirs, the abundant nanopores developed in unconventional oil and gas reservoirs influence fluid properties, with nano-confinement effects. The phase behavior, flow characteristics, and solid–liquid interactions of...
Selecting a battery energy storage technology for application on offshore platforms or marine vessels can be a challenging task. Offshore oil and gas platforms (OOGPs) require battery energy storage systems (BESSs) with high volumetric density, high...
Legged robots inspired by animal locomotion require actuators with high power density, fast response, and robust force control, yet traditional valve-controlled hydraulic systems suffer from substantial energy losses and weak regeneration performance...
As the energy sector transitions toward decarbonisation, low-to-intermediate temperature geothermal resources in sedimentary basins—particularly repurposed oil and gas fields—have emerged as promising candidates for sustainable heat and p...
Despite the widespread usage of high-voltage alternating current (HVAC) for the connection of offshore wind farms (OWF), its use to power-from-shore (PFS) offshore oil and gas (O&G) production sites is often not feasible. Its limitations for long...
In this paper, we address the problem of high greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas platforms in Norway. We look at the potential of integrating an energy system composed of wind turbines and battery systems to unload the electrical power generat...
Economies are fueled by energy produced in excess of the amount required to drive the energy production process. Therefore any successful society’s energy resources must be both abundant and exploitable with a high ratio of energy return on energy in...
The rapid accumulation of polymer waste presents a significant environmental challenge, necessitating innovative waste management and resource recovery strategies. This study investigates the potential of chemical recycling via pyrolysis of plastic w...
The oil and gas sector remains pivotal in supplying energy globally. The COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia–Ukraine crisis intertwined the energy supply and demand, incurred the volatility of energy prices and disrupted the world economic order w...
The purpose of this paper is to calculate the energy return on financial investment (EROFI) of oil and gas production in the ultra-deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GoM) in 2009 and for the estimated oil reserves of the Macondo Prospect (Mississippi Canyon B...
The mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions necessitates a shift from fossil fuel to environmentally friendly energy, such as geothermal energy. It is advantageous to retrofit end-of-life oil/gas wells for geothermal energy extraction. Prior to repurp...
The “One Belt and One Road” strategy provides a new opportunity for deepening oil and gas energy cooperation between China and Central-North Asian countries. This paper systematically studies the supply and demand characteristics, interde...
The pollution caused by gas flaring is hazardous to the health of flora, fauna, and humans settled around the flaring site. Gas flaring also incurs economic loss as natural gas, an energy source, is wasted in flares. Furthermore, the unreliable elect...
The increasing demand for industrial resource optimization has driven the creation of integrated methodologies for the technical assessment of complex operations such as gas oil hydrocracking. This study examines the technical performance of a mass a...
The challenges posed by climate change and global warming loom large, necessitating a critical initial step towards the long-term growth and the enhancement of both environmental and operational efficiency. Within the energy sector, renewable energy...
To address the complexity of siting and sizing for the renewable energy and energy storage (ES) of offshore oil–gas platforms, as well as to enhance the utilization of renewable energy and to ensure the power-flow stability of offshore oil&ndas...
Decarbonizing industrial energy consumption is critical for global sustainability. This study evaluates renewable energy alternatives to replace fossil-fuel power generation at an oil and gas facility in Khurais, KSA. A comparative thermodynamic and...
Driven by China’s carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals and the low-carbon transition of offshore oil and gas operations, the integration of offshore oil and gas with wind, solar, marine, and hydrogen energy is emerging as an important pat...
Many oil/gas wells are abandoned or approaching their end-of-life. Converting them into geothermal wells can significantly improve the economics of oil/gas field operations and reduce carbon emissions. While such conversion has proven viable in some...
In a future where a large portion of power will be supplied by highly intermittent sources such as solar- and wind-power, energy storage will form a crucial part of the power mix ensuring that there is enough flexibility in the system to cope with th...
Although nano SiO2 exhibits excellent application potential in the field of oil and gas exploration and development, such as drilling fluid, enhanced oil/gas recovery, etc., it is prone to agglomeration and loses its effectiveness due to the action o...
The oil and gas trade is one of the main ways to promote regional economic development by improving the effectiveness of resource allocation. While regional energy cooperation could lead to growth in the energy trade, blind investment will reduce eff...
In the future, there will be more and more abandoned oil-gas wells with the exploitation of onshore oilfield resources. However, the large height difference in abandoned oil-gas wells can be used as building blocks for gravity power generation, thus...
Global dependence on fossil fuels remains high despite the rapid expansion of renewable energy initiatives, and fossil fuels extracted from the earth’s crust are major contributors to greenhouse gasses. Unlike greenhouse gas studies in the down...
The production of shale gas and oil is associated with the generation of substantial amounts of wastewater. With the growing emphasis on sustainable development, the energy sector has been intensifying efforts to manage water resources while diversif...
The pressure at the natural gas wellhead typically ranges from tens to hundreds of atmospheres. Traditionally, the wellhead pressure must be throttled into a low level to satisfy the requirement of gathering pipelines, in which a large amount of pres...
Economic growth, urbanization, and financial market development (FMD) may increase energy demand in any economy. Non-renewable sources of energy consumption, i.e., oil consumption and natural gas consumption (NGC), could have environmental consequenc...
In the face of increasing climate concerns and the intensive development of the renewable energy sector, oil and gas companies need to develop strategies to not only comply with the new rules of the game, but to also benefit from them. This study inc...
According to the forecasts made by IEA, BP, and Total in early 2021, the demand for hydrocarbons will continue for decades, and their share in the global energy balance will remain significant. Russia, as a key player in the energy market, is interes...
European energy markets have experienced significant instability as a result of consecutive global systemic shocks, particularly the COVID-19 pandemic and the geopolitical conflict in Ukraine. This paper analyses the development of crude oil and natu...
The inconsistency of arguments regarding the value of diversification strategies means that there is a lack of a unified methodological approach and a method for evaluating the impact on efficiency and competitive ability of companies. Research shows...
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