Biosurfactant EOR Technology
BioEOR is positioned to capitalize on the exploding EOR market on a world wide basis.
Biosurfactant enhance oil recovery is based on the technology surrounding surfactants, a word that is short for "surface active agent". Surfactants work at the boundary layer (the interface) between two materials, in the case of EOR, this would be injected water and the crude oil entrapped in the ground.
GRAPHIC OF BIOURFACTANT MOLECULE
Each surfactant molecule has a hydrophilic (water-loving) head that is attracted to water molecules AND a hydrophobic (water-hating) tail that repels water and simultaneously attaches itself to the crude oil these opposing forces loosen the crude oil and suspend it in the water. The natural pressure of the oil well then pulls the crude oil toward the surface.
BioEOR now makes it possible for the petroleum industry to experience advanced oil recovery levels at a competitive cost while also reducing the environmental impact – a combination never offered before now.
Biosurfactant EOR, Inc.'s technology is superior to other conventional EOR methods:
1. Proven 40% plus release of entrapped oil
2. Excellent surface tension qualities compared to synthetic surfactants
3. All natural, environmentally safe with no residual toxic hazards.
3. Economically priced to compete with synthetics and other EOR technologies
4. Minimal application effort and costs
BioEOR, Inc markets one of the world's highest quality, rhamnolipid based, biosurfactant products ever to be offered on a commercial scale to the Enhance Oil Recovery market.
Field tests have proven that rhamnolipids represents one of the next widely used surfactant technologies in Enhanced Oil Recovery
“Rhamnolipids have been receiving increasing attention as a result of their unique properties, i.e., mild production conditions, lower toxicity, and higher biodegradability compared to their synthetic chemical counterparts”
California Institute of Technology
The research, field tests and producing well applications are indisputable: Rhamnolipid surfactants work!!!
“With just 250mg/L Rhamnolipids…42% of oil otherwise trapped oil was recovered from sand pack…These results are promising towards the application rhamnolipid for the EOR application” U.S. Department Of Energy Study 2004 – 2007 (click for view report)
“Rhamnolipid as a potent natural biosurfactant has a wide range of potential applications, including enhanced oil recovery” Power, Energy and Environment Research (PEER) Center
The U.S. DOE Reservoir Database currently contains more than 600 reservoirs with over 12 billion barrels of unrecoverable oil that are immediate targets for enhanced oil recovery.
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