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24 what if we could get more
oil
from the same reservoirs? the research centre at cere has taken up the challenge. the
smartwater
project, which was concluded this year, is an attempt to extract more
oil
from the available reservoirs in the
danish
part of the north sea. the methodology they have developed goes against one of the most widely held understandings in the chemistry of
oil
recovery. water flooding is a standard method used by
oil
companies all over the world in order to extract extra
oil
from mature fields. the ?
smartwater
? project aimed to improve the theoretical understanding of the detailed mechanisms involved in water flooding and it has suggested possible ways to improve recovery rates in the
danish
part of the north sea. industrial partners are maersk
oil
and dong energy. funding is provided by the industry partners, by the
danish
eudp programme under the
danish
energy agency and by the
danish
research councils. the
smartwater
project was inspired by findings in the middle east which suggested that by modifying salinity and ? associate professor philip fosbøl is pouring a sample of
oil
. the
oil
used for experiments within the
smartwater
project was retrieved from two types of sedimentary rocks, chalk and greensand, which occur in the
danish
part of the north sea. photo: thorkild christensen ? ?
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