Aenert news. Energy CompaniesOil and gas production from low-permeability plays, like the bituminous oil production that we discussed in our last release, requires solving of complex engineering challenges and additional investments compared to conventional oil and gas production. For the United States, where large-scale commercial production of shale gas and tight oil began about two decades...

Aenert news. Energy CompaniesCanada has immense oil reserves, with volumes well over 160 billion barrels. However, more than 95% of this volume comes from oil sands, which are a special type of unconventional oil that are the extremely difficult to extract and further refine. Canada is one of the five largest oil producing countries in the world, if we consider production of synthetic crude...

Aenert news. Invention analysisPreviously, hydraulic fracturing technologies were briefly addressed in our related articles on unconventional gas (10.03.2021 and 17.03.2021) and Shale oil and gas (Energy, Gas & Water consumption on 29.11.2021 and Ecology & Environment on 04.02.2022). Now we will revise one of the most important aspects of this field of technology – hydraulic fracturing proppants,...

Aenert news. Invention analysisIn our earlier article "2023 Global Gas Flaring Tracker Report: 139 billion m3 gas flared during 2022" (18.05.2023) we have revised the trends in the amount of associated petroleum gas flared globally in 2022, compared to previous years. Also, we have previously analyzed different aspects of small-scale GTL technologies (09.11.2022, 03.11.2022, and 28.10.2022) that...

Aenert news. Invention analysisEarlier in our article dated 07.04.2022, we assessed the scale of methane emissions into the atmosphere from the coal industry. Today, we will consider the latest advancements in coal methane production technologies for its further beneficial use. For this purpose, we have collected more than 10300 patent documents published over the past 20 years to analyze using...

Aenert news. Energy resources and infrastructureThe World Bank, in its the 2023 Gas Flaring Tracker Report, states that global gas flaring decreased by about 3% in 2022. Given that gas flaring has remained virtually unchanged over the past 10 years, this reduction is some progress. However, experts stress the need for greater efforts to end this wasteful and polluting practice. In addition, the report's troubling...

Aenert news. Energy resources and infrastructureThe new edition of the Europe Gas Tracker Report 2023 developed by Global Energy Monitor describes gas infrastructure in the European Union and surrounding nations, including gas pipelines, liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals, gas-fired power plants, and gas fields. 2022 war marked by record high prices on the global natural gas market. That, plus a massive...

Aenert news. Invention analysisPreviously, in a series of articles concerning enhanced oil recovery in general and steam-assisted enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technology in particular, we have revised such topics as chemical stimulation (18.04.2022), gas injection or water flooding (09.05.2022), steam injection (06.08.2022), SAGD approach (06.12.2022), Steam generators (10.02.2023), and use of...

Aenert news. Energy CompaniesThree world leaders with a long history – Halliburton, Schlumberger and Baker Hughes – recently announced their financial results for 2022.  Each of them specializes mainly in the development of highly efficient technologies and equipment for oil and gas exploration and production, decarbonization of the industry, as well as ensuring a sustainable energy...

Aenert news. Invention analysisEarlier we have revised a number of topics related to enhanced oil recovery, such as those related to chemical stimulation (18.04.2022), gas injection or water flooding (09.05.2022), steam injection (06.08.2022), and provided some information on individual aspects of steam-assisted oil recovery – SAGD approach (06.12.2022) and Steam generators (10.02.2023). This...