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Journal of Industrial and Environmental Chemistry | Volume 3
December 02-03, 2019 | Dubai, UAE
Oil & Gas
2nd International Conference and Expo on
allied
academies
Fossil fuel is the life blood of our civilization. It enables
cogs to turn, wheels to roll and effects every aspect of
our lives. It even makes earth’s climate more liveable by
powering technology that moderates temperature extremes.
Alex Epstein eloquently shows that fossil fuels benefit rather
than harm humanity. As such, it is our moral responsibility to
unlock the known 6.4 trillion barrels of unconventional heavy
oil and bitumen deposits. Fulfilling our moral responsibility
faces the headwinds of Intense environmental and political
opposition. Emerging electromagnetic (EM) technology
silences rational environmental protest but not the irrational
political echo chamber support for unsustainable green
energy. EM is a clean technology. It requires no solvents, no
external water, emits no CO2, and has a small environmental
footprint. Present commercial thermal EOR applications limit
themselves to the low frequency (10 Hz to 700 kHz) end of
the radio frequency portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Long wavelength radio frequency emission produces a large
EM field but injects heat slowly. Within the EM field, polar in
situ formation water molecules vibrate and create frictional
heat that ultimately produces a steam chamber. Reservoir
temperature increase is a function of the water molecule
vibration rate. RF technology presently uses EM frequencies
that reduce vibration cycles between 10 to 700 thousand
times per second. Low water vibration rate is the main
limitation of current RF heat injection because the frictional
heat build-up takes years to reduce oil viscosity sufficient for
efficient production. Microwave technology is more effective,
because it vibrates water molecules at 2 to 3 billion times
per second and produces higher frictional heat. However,
the EM field is much smaller than the present commercial
RF technology. Expanding the reach of the Microwave heat
injection involves the thermal runaway principle and pulsed
radiation transmission. Reservoir heat build-up is intense
with a patent pending monopole microwave antennae.
Pulsing microwave transmission dramatically improves
production economics of heavy oil and bitumen. This new
technology can open-up currently immobile reserves and
can help fuel the world’s energy needs for decades to come.
Speaker Biography
Franz O Meyer is an accomplished Senior Executive and Entrepreneur with
demonstrated success spanning oil and geology. He serves as CEO of MwSol.
corp.,astartupwhosemissionisdevelopingcleanandinnovativetechnologies.
Dr. Meyer received his bachelor’s degree in Geology from SUNY at New Paltz,
and his master’s and PhD degrees in geology from the University of Michigan
where he specialized in invertebrate palaeontology under the supervision of
Dr. BruceWilkinson. Franz O. Meyer is a pioneer in the interpretation and use
of Gamma-ray logs and their application in carbonate deposits for sequence
stratigraphy. He was a regular consultant for companies such as Aramco and
ADCO. His recent research activities include electromagnetic radiation to
heat oil reservoirs and dolomite stratigraphy. His work has been featured in
Science, SEPM, and Geo Arabia.
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Franz O Meyer
MwSol Corp., USA
Fueling the future - A quest with electromagnetic radiation
Franz O Meyer, J Ind Environ Chem, Volume:3
DOI: 10.35841/2591-7331-C3-013