| Autor: |
Sayyouh, M.H., Al-Blehed, M.S., Hemeida, A.M. |
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Journal of King Saud University - Engineering Sciences; January 1993, Vol. 5 Issue: 2 p291-301, 11p |
| Abstrakt: |
Large quantities of residual oil will remain in the Arab oil reservoirs after the primary recovery and water-flooding stages. Because of the large sizes of the Saudi oil fields (in particular), the amount of the residual oil will be enormous. According to the latest published data, the original oil in-place in Saudi Arabia is about 700 billion barrels. Only around 250 billion barrels, 35% of total oil in-place, can be produced by conventional production methods. More than 90 billion barrels, as much as twice the proven reserve of the U.S. and Canada combined, can be added to the country’s proven reserve if only 20% out of the 450 billion barrels left in-place are produced through enhanced oil recovery methods. Any method that can recover a significant part of this residual oil would be of great importance and should be investigated. Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) has been recognized as a potentially cost-effective recovery method. |
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