__UPDATE (July 2008): __To learn more about the geology of the Bakken petroleum system, check out this study by Flannery and Kraus from 2006. UPDATE (June 2008): I have edited the text from the ...
The exploration of tight oil reservoirs has achieved a big success, especially in the Huahai Depression, Jiuquan Basin, China, but the characteristics and formation mechanisms of the tight oil ...
UPDATE: Bakken in the context of the world’s oil megaprojects. About 7 million barrels per day being added in 2008 and 2009 from about 50 projects per year. The Bakken oil formation is possibly the ...
Oil forms when organic material – the remains of living things – gets compressed and heated under layers of sediment. Some social media users are claiming this process occurs as quickly as the ...
As defined by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), heavy oil is a type of crude oil characterized by an asphaltic, dense, viscous nature (similar to molasses), and its asphaltene (very large molecules ...
Magnolia Petroleum Plc announced a positive update across its portfolio of interests focused on proven and producing US onshore hydrocarbon formations, including the prolific Bakken / Three Forks ...
Scale formation is a critical problem for gas injection-well operators in southern Iranian oil fields. Scale precipitation can restrict gas injection, resulting in complete injection blockage. Scale ...
Cells, the basic unit of life, are surrounded by a limiting membrane called the plasma membrane. Inside cells, there are various membrane-bounded organelles, each of which has various and distinctive ...