Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) is a method used to extract oil beyond primary and secondary techniques. Explore different EOR methods and their economic and environmental impacts.

Microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR) methods rely on microorganisms and their metabolic products to mobilize residual oil in several different ways. MEOR mechanisms include interfacial tension ...

LARAMIE – Enhanced oil recovery could pump billions of dollars into the state’s economy, according to the director of the Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute at the University of Wyoming. EORI Director ...

A simple figure from the study demonstrating the process of enhanced oil recovery with slugs of a formate solution and carbon dioxide. The formate solution is an alternative carbon carrier proposed by ...

In an unlikely collaboration between Skoltech's Petroleum Center and the drug delivery team from the Institute's Neuro Center ...

To sustain long-term oil production from its contract area in Oman, Petroleum Development Oman has turned to diverse methods for enhancing oil recovery from its fields that contain many billions of ...

BISMARCK — North Dakota’s top oil regulator recently issued a warning: the state’s oil production is in danger of falling into “terminal decline” by the mid-2030s without unlocking enhanced oil ...

A new method for enhanced oil recovery proposed by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin is showing promising results in modeling studies—producing more oil, storing more carbon, and doing ...