Advances in Petroleum Technology

Subrata Borgohain Gogoi is professor of petroleum technology at Dibrugarh University, India, since 1994, before which she served as technical services engineer at Bongaigoan Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited, Assam. She obtained her MTech in chemical engineering and PhD in petroleum technology. She successfully completed four major research projects as principal investigator (PI), the most prestigious of which was the Indo–U.S. 21st Century Knowledge Initiative project with the Department of Petroleum Engineering, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA. Currently, she is also working as the Indian PI for three international projects and three national projects funded by the Government of India. Prof. Gogoi is a reviewer for 12 international journals and has authored 1 book. Her current research interests include EOR leading to CO2 sequestration and application of nanotechnology for oilfield-produced water (OFPW) treatment. Her EOR group is engaged in characterising reservoir fluids and rocks for formulating EOR slugs for application in depleted reservoirs, both nationally and globally, and in validating experimental findings of the research through simulation and modelling. Her OFPW group is developing membrane-based treatment technologies and working on bioremediation and the evaluation of the corrosion and scaling potential of OFPW.

• 1. A Preliminary Study on Grain Size Analyses of Reservoir Rocks of the Upper Assam Basin  2. The Depositional Environment and Hydrocarbon Source Potential of the Barail and Disang Group of Rocks along the Tuli–Mokokchung Road Section, Nagaland  3. Characterization of Barail Sandstones of Mizoram: A Sedimentological Approach  4. Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery with Special Reference to the Upper Assam Basin  5. Formulation of a Stable Microemulsion Slug for Enhanced Oil Recovery in the Upper Assam Basin  6. Systematic Study of Low-Cost , High-Performance Chemical Flooding as EOR for Depleted Oil Fields of Upper Assam  7. Characterization of Reservoir Rock and Fluids for CO2 Foam–Enhanced Oil Recovery Application  8. Formulation of an Optimum Surfactant Combination for EOR Applications  9. A Review of Microbial-Origin Biosurfactants for Enhanced Oil Recovery: Prospects and Strategies  10. A Preliminary Theoretical Study of Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery  11. Characterization of Some Crude Oils of the Upper Assam Basin  12. A Study on the Effects of Iron Nanoparticles in Water-Based Drilling Mud  13. Use of Environment-Friendly Additives for Improving the Properties of Water-Based Mud for Drilling Reactive Formations  14. Effect of Different Plant Extracts for Enhancing Rheological Properties of Water-Based Drilling Fluid  15. Effects of Temperature on the Transportation of Assam Crude Oil through the Pipeline  16. Average Angle Method Employed Microsoft Excel for Directional Well Path Planning and Risk Monitoring  17. Using Digital Capabilities in Geoscience Software for the Estimating Resource Volume of a Reservoir Using Map-Based Method: A Quick Evaluation Procedure  18. Chemical Consolidation as a Sand Control Method in the Oil Fields of the Upper Assam Basin  19. A Review of Microbial Degradation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons  20. Evaluation of the Corrosion and Scaling Potential of Oil Field–Produced Water of the Upper Assam Basin  21. A Review of the Treatment and Management of Oil Field–Produced Water  22. Experimental Work to Evaluate the Effects of Disposed Produced Water on the Surrounding Environment: A Case Study in Libya  23. Role of Sand Particle Size in the Retention of Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Heavy Metals  24. A Review of the Characterization and Treatment of Oil Field–Produced Water  25. Application of Membrane Bioreactors for the Modification of Microfiltration Membrane Surface for Enhanced Antibiofouling Capability in Wastewater Treatment