MARIETTA — A professor at Marietta College and two other inventors have received U.S. patents for two procedures that increase the hydrocarbon recovery from shale reservoirs and sandstone reservoirs.

The use of microorganisms is based on an unpublished study from the Mexican Oil Institute, led by Dr. Patricia Olguin. The process involved is termed “Technology of Hydrocarbons Recovery using ...

The heterogeneous reaction of thiols with lead oxide to form insoluble lead thiolates is the basis for a new process that separates thiols from a hydrocarbon stream. The process uses inexpensive ...

Halliburton Company today introduced the EquiFlow ® Density autonomous inflow control device (AICD). This first-of-its-kind device addresses reservoir fluid uncertainties and allows the operator to ...

BOGOTA, July 12 (Reuters) - Colombia's majority state-owned energy company Ecopetrol wants to raise the enhanced recovery rate at its operations to 23%, to compensate for lower crude prices and ...

A new hydrocarbon study contradicts conventional wisdom about how methane is trapped in rock, revealing a new strategy to more easily access the valuable energy resource. A new hydrocarbon study ...

Cyclic carbon dioxide injection, also known as "CO2 huff-n-puff," is a multi-phase process in which CO2 is pumped into a reservoir to enhance oil production from naturally occurring rock formations.