IBM has developed a "fluid-flow-on-chip" platform that enables researchers to build higher-accuracy simulations that take into account the behaviour of oil droplets at the nanoscale. The technology forms part of a cloud-based enhanced oil recovery adviser service that uses computational three-dimensional representations of actual reservoir rock that will ultimately generate reservoir-specific recovery recommendations. This discovery reveals that the simulation tools and techniques commonly employed by the oil industry do not take into account the increased energy required to extract these oil molecules. "The idea is you can use this data and then have it be used for predictive modelling in real time
IBM has developed a "fluid-flow-on-chip" platform that enables researchers to build higher-accuracy simulations that take into account the behaviour of oil droplets at the nanoscale. The technology forms part of a cloud-based enhanced oil recovery adviser service that uses computational three-dimensional representations of actual reservoir rock that will ultimately generate reservoir-specific recovery recommendations. "The idea is you can use this data and then have it be used for predictive modelling in real time