About 5-10% of fossil fuels are used for chemical conversion processes. In energy statistics this consumption is called non-energy use. Non-energy use of fossil fuels for the production of chemicals and certain refinery products results in CO2 emissions throughout the life cycle in the industrial production, during product use and during waste treatment
Uranium with an isotopic composition as found in nature, containing 99.3% U-238, 0.7% U-235 and a trace of U-234. Can be used as fuel in heavy water-moderated reactors
Nanotechnology, the control of matter on the atomic and molecular scale, might someday boost the average global recovery factor of oil and gas by 10 percentage points. Some nanotechnology researchers have said that the commercial use of downhole nanosensors which might begin in 5-10 years (2015-2020) have the potential to assess rock and fluid properties from inside the pore spaces of reservoirs
The construction of two or more wellbores into one or more reservoirs for the purpose of managing and optimizing fluid movement within the reservoir(s). These lateral wellbores are connected back to a common main bore that extends to the surface. Various levels of completion systems can be installed in a multilateral well to enable it to produce from several zones simultaneously
