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PRONUNCIATION OF ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY

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Enhanced oil recovery is a noun.
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WHAT DOES ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Enhanced oil recovery

Enhanced Oil Recovery is a generic term for techniques for increasing the amount of crude oil that can be extracted from an oil field. Enhanced oil recovery is also called improved oil recovery or tertiary recovery. Sometimes the term quaternary recovery is used to refer to more advanced, speculative, EOR techniques. Using EOR, 30 to 60 percent or more of the reservoir's original oil can be extracted, compared with 20 to 40 percent using primary and secondary recovery. There currently are several different methods of enhanced oil recovery including steam flood and water flood injection and hydraulic fracturing.

Definition of enhanced oil recovery in the English dictionary

The definition of enhanced oil recovery in the dictionary is any of several techniques that make it possible to recover more oil than can be obtained by natural pressure, such as the injection of fluid or gases into an oilfield to force more oil to the surface.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY

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Synonyms and antonyms of enhanced oil recovery in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «enhanced oil recovery» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY

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Translator English - Chinese

强化油采收
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

recuperación mejorada de petróleo
570 millions of speakers

English

enhanced oil recovery
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बढ़ाया तेल वसूली
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الاستخلاص المعزز للنفط
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

повышения нефтеотдачи пластов
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

recuperação avançada de petróleo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বর্ধিত তেল পরিশোধন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la récupération assistée du pétrole
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pemulihan minyak yang dipertingkatkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Enhanced Oil Recovery
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

原油の二次回収
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

향상된 오일 복구
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pamulihan lenga
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

tăng cường thu hồi dầu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மேம்படுத்தப்பட்ட எண்ணெய் மீட்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वर्धित तेल पुनर्प्राप्ती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Geliştirilmiş yağ kurtarma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

recupero degli idrocarburi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zwiększenie wydobycia ropy naftowej
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

підвищення нафтовіддачі пластів
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

de recuperare a petrolului
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

βελτιωμένη ανάκτηση πετρελαίου
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

verbeterde olie herstel
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

förbättrad oljeutvinning
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

økt oljeutvinning
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of enhanced oil recovery

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about enhanced oil recovery

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY»

Discover the use of enhanced oil recovery in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to enhanced oil recovery and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Modern Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery: Theory and Practice
This book is about the recent developments in the area as well as the technology for enhancing oil recovery. The book provides important case studies related to over one hundred EOR pilot and field applications in a variety of oil fields.
James Sheng, 2010
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Enhanced Oil Recovery: Field Planning and Development Strategies
In this book, the authors propose workflows for EOR evaluations that account for different volumes and quality of information.
Vladimir Alvarado, Eduardo Manrique, 2010
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Enhanced Oil Recovery Field Case Studies
This book aids that effort, providing valuable case studies from more than 250 EOR pilot and field applications in a variety of oil fields.
James Sheng, 2013
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Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery
This volume provides a comprehensive review that consolidates all of the pertinent information available. Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) involves many scientific disciplines, many different approaches, and many different countries.
T.F. Yen, 1989
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Enhanced Oil Recovery, II: Processes and Operations
Written by foremost experts in the field, and formulated with attention to classroom use for advanced studies in reservoir characterization and processes, this book reviews and summarises state-of-the-art progress in the field of enhanced ...
E.C. Donaldson, G.V. Chilingarian, T.F. Yen, 1989
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Enhanced Oil Recovery, I: Fundamentals and Analyses
An in-depth study of the fundamental aspects of enhanced oil recovery (EOR), this book brings together detailed analyses of proven techniques.
E.C. Donaldson, G.V. Chilingarian, T.F. Yen, 1985
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Application of Optimal Control Theory to Enhanced Oil Recovery
The aim of this book is to develop an optimal control theory for the determination of operating strategies that maximize the economic attractiveness of enhanced oil recovery processes.
W. Fred Ramirez, 1987
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Efficient Simulation of Thermal Enhanced Oil Recovery Processes
In this work, we explore novel and efficient simulation techniques to solve thermal enhanced oil recovery problems.
Zhouyuan Zhu, 2011
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Enhanced oil recovery: Proceedings of the third European ...
Enhanced oil recovery
F. John Fayers, 1981
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Numerical Methods with Reduced Grid Dependency for Enhanced ...
The interest of this thesis is the development of numerical techniques that reduce grid dependency for these processes.
Jeremy Edward Kozdon, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term enhanced oil recovery is used in the context of the following news items.
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Oman goes solar for oil extraction
Consultant group Wood Mackenzie finds that, for North American shale basins, enhanced oil recovery could result in a 100 percent increase in ... «Al-Bawaba, Jul 15»
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County releases landmark plan to streamline oil and gas permitting
... document, including exploration and drilling; well reworks; and fracking, cyclic steaming and other forms of enhanced oil recovery, she said. «The Bakersfield Californian, Jul 15»
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INDUSTRY BRIEFS
Resolute shifted field activity from enhanced oil recovery to horizontal drilling in the Turner and Parkman formations. The three horizontal ... «Oil & Gas Financial Journal, Jul 15»
4
Denbury Resources (DNR) Marked As A Dead Cat Bounce Stock
The company primarily focuses on enhanced oil recovery utilizing carbon dioxide. The stock currently has a dividend yield of 4.5%. DNR has a ... «TheStreet.com, Jul 15»
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Large Inflow of Money Witnessed in Kinder Morgan, Inc.
The Company is a provider of carbon dioxide (CO2), for enhanced oil recovery projects in North America. Large Inflow of Money Witnessed in ... «Money Flow Index, Jul 15»
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Whiting Petroleum Corporation Announces Second Quarter 2015 …
... in the Bakken and Three Forks plays in North Dakota, the Niobrara play in northeast Colorado and its Enhanced Oil Recovery field in Texas. «Stockhouse, Jul 15»
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Global enhanced oil recovery market is poised to reach USD 283 …
Global Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Market is expected to reach USD 283 billion by 2020, according to a new study by Grand View Research ... «WhaTech, Jul 15»
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Propell Announces Additional $9750000 Strategic Equity Investment …
... the U.S. provider of a plasma pulse based enhanced oil recovery technology, today announces it has received an additional investment of ... «PennEnergy, Jul 15»
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Propell Technologies Attracts $9.75 Million For Its Plasma Pulse …
Traditional “enhanced oil recovery” (EOR) techniques include injecting water, CO2, or chemicals into an oil well to increase pressure and ... «OilPrice.com, Jul 15»
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Budget 2015: Industry reacts
... allowance should apply to infrastructure in the North Sea and to materials such as polymers, which could be applied Enhanced Oil Recovery. «Energy Voice, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Enhanced oil recovery [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/enhanced-oil-recovery>. Apr 2024 ».
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