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Sustainability in Oil, Gas and Energy Resources

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Resources and Sustainable Utilization".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 October 2020) | Viewed by 13020

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Dr. Mianxiong Dong

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Department of Sciences and Informatics, Muroran Institute of Technology, 27-1 Mizumoto-cho, Muroran 050-8585, Hokkaido, Japan
Interests: wireless networks; cloud computing; cyberphysical systems
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Dr. Amir H. Alavi

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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Interests: structural health monitoring; smart civil infrastructure systems; deployment of advanced sensors; energy harvesting; civil engineering system informatics
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Prof. Dr. Ching-Hsien Hsu

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College of Information and Electrical Engineering, Department of Computer Science, Asia University, Taichung City, Taiwan
Interests: structural health monitoring; smart civil infrastructure systems; deployment of advanced sensors; energy harvesting; civil engineering system informatics
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Dr. Ning Zhang

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Department of Computer Sciences, Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi, 6300 Ocean Dr., Corpus Christi, TX 78412, USA
Interests: next-generation mobile networks; mobile edge computing; security

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Sustainability refers the process of maintaining a certain level of continuous productivity in a community, organization, etc. The term is often used interchangeably in the oil and gas industry with sustainable development, where development meets the current generation’s needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Furthermore, it creates an economic system that simultaneously provides quality and environmental renewal, as well as living within the provided resources without damaging the environment. In this context, the oil, gas, and energy resources have a significant responsibility in sustainability. The balance between all three pillars of sustainable development will be a challenge, but an economic supply of energy is required for sustainable development.

Oil and gas will be an essential part of energy management until an alternative energy source becomes more economical. During the transition stage, the oil and gas industry will play an important role in managing production safety to reduce emissions, discharges, and the ecological impact while providing energy at a reasonable cost. Moreover, the use of fossil fuel, considered an important raw material in the production of oil and gas, is still rising. In addition, companies face complex investment challenges due to a cruel operational environment of exploration and production activities where the workforce regulations aim to provide a safe and secure working environment. Proper analysis and reporting mechanisms are considered key signs of sustainable development at the oil and gas company level. Sustainable energy and renewable energy resources will see massive exploitation before the resources are able to renew themselves. For an energy resource to be considered sustainable, the resource must not be utilized in a way that exceeds its renewal rate. The utilization of the energy and its constituent components should benefit society with economic stability without damaging nature and the environment.

The emergence of sustainable development would achieve a balance of economic development and social progress, and gain more environmental responsibility. In this regard, this Special Issue will focus on sustainability in oil, gas and energy resources by identifying trade-offs and efficiently managing the costs and benefits of the transition to sustainable energy, which will remain competitive and secure, and help improve quality of life and societal progress.

Topics of interest include but are not restricted to:

  • environmental impact assessment with respect to sustainability in oil and gas resources;
  • role of emerging technologies in the rise of renewable energy;
  • sustainable resilience through energy, environment and social systems;
  • products and solutions for the sustainable use of natural resources;
  • mapping of the oil and gas industry to attain sustainable development goals;
  • identifying cost effective benefits in the sustainable energy market;
  • reliability factor and toughness analysis of energy supply networks;
  • future trends towards building a sustainable value chain in the oil and gas industry;
  • role of oil and gas in securing a sustainable energy future;
  • challenges and contributions associated with sustainable development goals in the energy sector;
  • new theories of generation, accumulation and storage of oil, gas and energy resources.

Dr. Mianxiong Dong
Dr. Amir H. Alavi
Dr. Ching-Hsien Hsu
Dr. Ning Zhang
Guest Editors

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Prevention of Barite Sag in Water-Based Drilling Fluids by A Urea-Based Additive for Drilling Deep Formations
by Abdelmjeed Mohamed, Saad Al-Afnan, Salaheldin Elkatatny and Ibnelwaleed Hussein
Sustainability 2020, 12(7), 2719; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12072719 - 30 Mar 2020
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Barite sag is a challenging phenomenon encountered in deep drilling with barite-weighted fluids and associated with fluid stability. It can take place in vertical and directional wells, whether in dynamic or static conditions. In this study, an anti-sagging urea-based additive was evaluated to [...] Read more.
Barite sag is a challenging phenomenon encountered in deep drilling with barite-weighted fluids and associated with fluid stability. It can take place in vertical and directional wells, whether in dynamic or static conditions. In this study, an anti-sagging urea-based additive was evaluated to enhance fluid stability and prevent solids sag in water-based fluids to be used in drilling, completion, and workover operations. A barite-weighted drilling fluid, with a density of 15 ppg, was used with the main drilling fluid additives. The ratio of the urea-based additive was varied in the range 0.25–3.0 vol.% of the total base fluid. The impact of this anti-sagging agent on the sag tendency was evaluated at 250 °F using vertical and inclined sag tests. The optimum concentration of the anti-sagging agent was determined for both vertical and inclined wells. The effect of the urea-additive on the drilling fluid rheology was investigated at low and high temperatures (80 °F and 250 °F). Furthermore, the impact of the urea-additive on the filtration performance of the drilling fluid was studied at 250 °F. Adding the urea-additive to the drilling fluid improved the stability of the drilling fluid, as indicated by a reduction in the sag factor. The optimum concentration of this additive was found to be 0.5–1.0 vol.% of the base fluid. This concentration was enough to prevent barite sag in both vertical and inclined conditions at 250 °F, with a sag factor of around 0.5. For the optimum concentration, the yield point and gel strength (after 10 s) were improved by around 50% and 45%, respectively, while both the plastic viscosity and gel strength (after 10 min) were maintained at the desired levels. Moreover, the anti-sagging agent has no impact on drilling fluid density, pH, or filtration performance. Full article
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A Novel Low-Temperature Non-Corrosive Sulfate/Sulfide Scale Dissolver
by Hany Gamal, Salaheldin Elkatatny, Dhafer Al Shehri and Mohamed Bahgat
Sustainability 2020, 12(6), 2455; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12062455 - 20 Mar 2020
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The oil and gas production operations suffer from scale depositions. The scale precipitations have a damaging impact on the reservoir pores, perforations, downhole and completion equipment, pipeline network, wellhead chokes, and surface facilities. Hydrocarbon production possibly decreased because of the scale accumulation in [...] Read more.
The oil and gas production operations suffer from scale depositions. The scale precipitations have a damaging impact on the reservoir pores, perforations, downhole and completion equipment, pipeline network, wellhead chokes, and surface facilities. Hydrocarbon production possibly decreased because of the scale accumulation in the well tubular, leading to a well plugging, this requires wells to be shut-in in severe cases to perform a clean-out job. Therefore, scale deposition is badly affecting petroleum economics. This research aims to design a scale dissolver with low cost, non-damaging for the well equipment and has a high performance at the field operating conditions. This paper presents a novel non-corrosive dissolver for sulfate and sulfide composite scale in alkaline pH and works at low-temperature conditions. The scale samples were collected from a production platform from different locations. A complete description of the scale samples was performed as X-ray diffraction (XRD) and X-ray fluorescence (XRF). The new scale dissolver was prepared in different concentrations to examine its dissolution efficiency for the scale with time at low temperatures. The experimental design studied the solid to fluid ratio, temperature, solubility time, and dissolution efficiency in order to achieve the optimum and most economic performance of solubility in terms of high dissolution efficiency with the smallest possible amount of scale dissolver. A solubility comparison was performed with other commercial-scale-dissolvers and the corrosion rate was tested. The experimental work results demonstrated the superior performance of the new scale dissolver. The new scale dissolver showed a solubility efficiency of 91.8% at a low temperature of 45 °C and 79% at 35 °C. The new scale dissolver showed a higher solubility ratio for the scale sample than the ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) (20 wt. %), diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA) (20 wt. %), and HCl (10 wt. %). The corrosion rate for the new non-corrosive dissolver was 0.01357 kg/m2 (0.00278 lb./ft²) which was considered a very low rate and non-damaging for the equipment. The low corrosive effect of the new dissolver will save the extra cost of adding the corrosion inhibitors and save the equipment from the damaging effect of the corrosive acids. Full article
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Sustainable Production from Shale Gas Resources through Heat-Assisted Depletion
by Saad Alafnan, Murtada Aljawad, Guenther Glatz, Abdullah Sultan and Rene Windiks
Sustainability 2020, 12(5), 2145; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12052145 - 10 Mar 2020
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Advancements in drilling and production technologies have made exploiting resources, which for long time were labeled unproducible such as shales, as economically feasible. In particular, lateral drilling coupled with hydraulic fracturing has created means for hydrocarbons to be transported from the shale matrix [...] Read more.
Advancements in drilling and production technologies have made exploiting resources, which for long time were labeled unproducible such as shales, as economically feasible. In particular, lateral drilling coupled with hydraulic fracturing has created means for hydrocarbons to be transported from the shale matrix through the stimulated network of microcracks, natural fractures, and hydraulic fractures to the wellbore. Because of the degree of confinement, the ultimate recovery is just a small fraction of the total hydrocarbons in place. Our aim was to investigate how augmented pressure gradient through hydraulic fracturing when coupled with another derive mechanism such as heating can improve the overall recovery for more sustainable exploitation of unconventional resources. Knowledge on how hydrocarbons are stored and transported within the shale matrix is uncertain. Shale matrix, which consists of organic and inorganic constituents, have pore sizes of few nanometers, a degree of confinement at which our typical reservoir engineering models break down. These intricacies hinder any thorough investigations of hydrocarbon production from shale matrix under the influence of pressure and thermal gradients. Kerogen, which represents the solid part of the organic materials in shales, serves as form of nanoporous media, where hydrocarbons are stored and then expelled after shale stimulation procedure. In this work, a computational representation of a kerogen–hydrocarbon system was replicated to study the depletion process under coupled mechanisms of pressure and temperature. The extent of production enhancement because of increasing temperature was shown. Moreover, heating requirements to achieve the enhancement at reservoir scale was also presented to assess the sustainability of the proposed method. Full article
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