M. Kaydouh, N. E. Hassan, H. Zakhem, A. Davidson, S. Casale, P. Massiani
{"title":"Rh-Ni/SBA-15 prepared by two solvents method as stable catalysts for the dry reforming of methane at high pressure","authors":"M. Kaydouh, N. E. Hassan, H. Zakhem, A. Davidson, S. Casale, P. Massiani","doi":"10.1109/MEDGO.2015.7330335","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MEDGO.2015.7330335","url":null,"abstract":"The effect of Rh addition on the catalytic performance of Ni/SBA-15 catalysts was studied in the dry reforming of methane. The SBA-15 silica support was synthesized in large quantities and the metals were deposited using the two solvents impregnation method. The properties of the calcined, reduced and spent catalysts were studied using the N2 sorption isotherms, XRD, H2-TPR, SEM, TEM and Raman spectroscopy. It was shown that the SBA-15 porous structure was maintained throughout the study with high dispersion of the metals inside the pores. The Ni/SBA-15 catalyst was stable for more than 90h of testing owing to the porous structure of the support that stabilizes the particles and prevents their sintering; thus the promotion with 0.5 wt% Rh showed a minor improvement of the catalytic stability. The 0.5Rh-Ni/SBA-15 catalyst was also stable at 650°C and 9 bars for more than 200 min.","PeriodicalId":343908,"journal":{"name":"2015 International Mediterranean Gas and Oil Conference (MedGO)","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127142837","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Overview of the Oil and Gas exploration in Lebanon","authors":"M. Abdallah, H. Salami","doi":"10.1109/MEDGO.2015.7330329","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MEDGO.2015.7330329","url":null,"abstract":"It is impossible to imagine the modern world without considering the discovery of Oil in the Middle East, which dates back to the beginning of the twentieth century. Recent Oil and Gas discoveries in Lebanese Basin in addition to the promising studies of its onshore have opened the door to Lebanon to enter the club of Oil states. In fact, according to official reports [1] “the current estimate, under a probability of 50 percent, for almost 45 percent of our waters has reached 95.9 trillion cubic feet of Gas and 865 million barrels of Oil”. In this paper, we will present an exhaustive review of the exploration of the Oil and Gas in Lebanon starting from the French mandate and ending with the latest surveys, studies and prospects.","PeriodicalId":343908,"journal":{"name":"2015 International Mediterranean Gas and Oil Conference (MedGO)","volume":"79 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114650894","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Ishac, J. Saab, I. Mokbel, C. Gauoudier, J. Jose, J. Stephan
{"title":"High molecular hydrocarbons characterization for industrial and environmental applications","authors":"H. Ishac, J. Saab, I. Mokbel, C. Gauoudier, J. Jose, J. Stephan","doi":"10.1109/MEDGO.2015.7330324","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MEDGO.2015.7330324","url":null,"abstract":"Oil industry accidents and wastes impose an aquatic environmental threat. Remediation techniques and models neglect the extraction of high molecular hydrocarbons due to their challenging experimental characteristics determination. In this presentation, we are going to talk about the different experimental devices we used for the determination of the vapor pressure, partition coefficient and the aqueous solubility of high molecular weight hydrocarbons.","PeriodicalId":343908,"journal":{"name":"2015 International Mediterranean Gas and Oil Conference (MedGO)","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125152295","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jane Estephane, S. Aouad, H. El Zakhem, C. Gennequin, A. Aboukais, E. Abi-aad
{"title":"Syngas production via the dry reforming of methane reaction over Ni/ZSM5 and Co/ZSM5 catalysts","authors":"Jane Estephane, S. Aouad, H. El Zakhem, C. Gennequin, A. Aboukais, E. Abi-aad","doi":"10.1109/MEDGO.2015.7330337","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MEDGO.2015.7330337","url":null,"abstract":"ZSM5 supported nickel (Ni/ZSM5) and cobalt (Co/ZSM5) catalysts with a 7 wt.% total metal loading were prepared by the wet impregnation method. The CO2 reforming of methane reaction was carried out in the 600 to 800°C temperature range at a gas hourly space velocity GHSV = 60000 mL.g-1.hr-1. Above 650°C, methane and carbon dioxide conversions were slightly higher over the Co/ZSM5 solid. During the dry reforming reaction, a large amount of carbon (46.4 wt.%) was deposited on the Ni/ZSM5 catalyst relatively to the small amount (3.6 wt.%) found in the Co/ZSM5 catalyst. Different carbonaceous species were identified in the spent Ni/ZSM5 solid. The X-ray diffraction spectra revealed that some graphitic carbon was deposited on the Ni/ZSM5 catalyst while such carbon species were absent in the Co/ZSM5 catalyst.","PeriodicalId":343908,"journal":{"name":"2015 International Mediterranean Gas and Oil Conference (MedGO)","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132147079","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The role of universities in HR capacity building for Lebanon's prospective petroleum industry: The case of RHU's MBA in Oil & Gas management","authors":"Rima M. Bizri, Jamil A. Hammoud","doi":"10.1109/MEDGO.2015.7330338","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MEDGO.2015.7330338","url":null,"abstract":"This paper argues that higher education institutions, namely universities, can and should rise to the challenge of meeting the talent shortage in the Oil & Gas industry in Lebanon and the region by playing a significant role in actively building human resource capacity. The study uses the qualitative approach in presenting a case study of the timely initiative undertaken by the College of Business Administration at Rafik Hariri University in launching its own Oil & Gas MBA this coming fall 2015.","PeriodicalId":343908,"journal":{"name":"2015 International Mediterranean Gas and Oil Conference (MedGO)","volume":"173 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123083156","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
N. El Hassan, A. Khansa, E. Challita, H. El Zakhem, S. Casale
{"title":"Comparison of effects of La, Mg and Rh addition on the activity and stability of Ni/SiO2 catalysts in dry reforming of methane at low temperature","authors":"N. El Hassan, A. Khansa, E. Challita, H. El Zakhem, S. Casale","doi":"10.1109/MEDGO.2015.7330319","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MEDGO.2015.7330319","url":null,"abstract":"In this work, a commercial silica nanopowder was used to prepare nickel based catalysts; Ni<sub>x</sub>/SiO<sub>2</sub> (x: 5, 10 and 15 wt. percent), bimetallic catalysts Ni<sub>10</sub>La<sub>10</sub>/SiO<sub>2</sub> and Ni<sub>10</sub>Mg<sub>10</sub>/SiO<sub>2</sub> and rhodium promoted catalysts, Ni<sub>10</sub>Rh<sub>x</sub>/SiO<sub>2</sub> (x: 0.1, 0.225 and 0.5 wt. percent). The catalysts were characterized by N<sub>2</sub> sorption, XRD, HRTEM and TPR and tested in dry reforming of methane at low temperature. NiO<sub>x</sub> nanoparticles were of similar diameter for mono and bimetallic samples. Upon the addition of rhodium and after the second calcination, the diameter of NiO increases from 20 to 70 nm. The presence of the second metal (La) near Ni leads to an increase in the activity. When NiO diameter increases, the activity decreases (Ni<sub>10</sub>Rh<sub>0.1</sub>/SiO<sub>2</sub>). For the Rh<sub>0.5</sub>Ni<sub>10</sub>/SiO<sub>2</sub>, the activity was the higher among the other catalysts. In terms of stability, all the catalysts were stable for 12 hours.","PeriodicalId":343908,"journal":{"name":"2015 International Mediterranean Gas and Oil Conference (MedGO)","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126811677","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Saman Sadaghiani, Karimah Ahmad, J. Rezaei, L. Tavasszy
{"title":"Evaluation of external forces affecting supply chain sustainability in oil and gas industry using Best Worst Method","authors":"Saman Sadaghiani, Karimah Ahmad, J. Rezaei, L. Tavasszy","doi":"10.1109/MEDGO.2015.7330322","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MEDGO.2015.7330322","url":null,"abstract":"The negative impacts of the oil and gas (O&G) industry on the environment and society well-being necessitate research on the integration of sustainability in its supply chain management practices. However, the research on sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) in the O&G industry context are still lacking in terms of understanding the factors that facilitates or hinders its implementation. Therefore, this paper aims at addressing the gap by assessing the importance of the external forces within the O&G operating environment that could affect its SSCM strategy. A literature review was conducted where we identified six external forces namely economic stability, political stability, stakeholder pressure, competition, energy transition and regulations. A multiple-criteria decision making (MCDM) method called Best Worst Method (BWM) was used to assess the importance of the forces based on data collected using a questionnaire sent to academic experts in the fields of SSCM and O&G. It is found that economic stability followed by competition and political stability are the most important external forces and regulations and energy transition are the least important forces influencing the SSCM of the O&G companies. The outcome of this study could help O&G companies to identify external forces that can drive (hinder) their SSCM implementation. Consequently, it enable them to develop a strategy that take into account their resources and capabilities to address the external forces as they strive to make their supply chains more sustainable.","PeriodicalId":343908,"journal":{"name":"2015 International Mediterranean Gas and Oil Conference (MedGO)","volume":"318 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115834680","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Oil and gas in Lebanon: Extract or do not extract?","authors":"Abdallah Nassereddine, Mohamed Berjawi","doi":"10.1109/MEDGO.2015.7330326","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MEDGO.2015.7330326","url":null,"abstract":"There is a widespread belief in Lebanon that hydrocarbons extraction can bring substantial benefits to the economy and the standard of living of its citizens. Using Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software (CAQDAS), NVivo10, six experts' opinions are analyzed to identify some crucial issues related to the conditions of achieving potential gains in the hydrocarbon sector in Lebanon. Among the four main principles of conditions of success, only transparency seems to be at work at the moment. Governance is not elaborated, accountability is far from achievable, and investment strategies are not almost inexistent. Based on the above, it might make sense to conclude that the benefits of oil and gas in Lebanon are not certain under the current situation and the cornerstones for the success of SWF are nonexistent so far. It might be preferable that Lebanon improves those conditions before it extracting its oil and gas. After all, the delay might turn up to be beneficial rather than problematic.","PeriodicalId":343908,"journal":{"name":"2015 International Mediterranean Gas and Oil Conference (MedGO)","volume":"142 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116557042","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Heat transfer enhancement in annulus cooling channel subjected to constant heat flux by using Nano-fluid","authors":"Akram W. Ahmed Ezzat, I. Hasan","doi":"10.1109/MEDGO.2015.7330331","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MEDGO.2015.7330331","url":null,"abstract":"The research investigates experimentally and theoretically the thermal behavior of Nano-fluid in annulus channel under forced convection at steady state condition. The Nano-fluid which flows in the test section is consisted from alumina Nano powder of 10nm mixed in distilled water as the cooling media. Heat flux density of (q\"=20693W/m2, q\"=27752W/m2) was subjected to the flowing fluid at different Nano particle volume fraction (0.13, 0.24,1, and 1.7%) during the experiments. Preparing the Nano-fluid is ensured by using ultrasonic probe (750W, 20 kHz) and magnetic stirrer for 6hours. The thermal conductivity of Nano-fluid was measured by Decagon KD2-sensor at the average operation temperature (37.87°C, and 44.23°C) at different Nano particle volume fraction. The thermal behavior of the Nano-fluid based on the heat transfer coefficient, thermal conductivity, pressure drop, safety boiling factor, and effectiveness of system with different Nano particle volume fractions, were recorded. The enhancement in the ratio of heat transfer coefficient and thermal conductivity were evaluated and showed an enhancement of about (1.2 - 4.7%) and (0.3 - 4.5%) respectively.","PeriodicalId":343908,"journal":{"name":"2015 International Mediterranean Gas and Oil Conference (MedGO)","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115486196","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. Jabbour, M. Kaydouh, N. El Hassan, H. El Zakhem, S. Casale, P. Massiani, A. Davidson
{"title":"Compared activity and stability of three Ni-silica catalysts for methane bi- and dry reforming","authors":"K. Jabbour, M. Kaydouh, N. El Hassan, H. El Zakhem, S. Casale, P. Massiani, A. Davidson","doi":"10.1109/MEDGO.2015.7330318","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MEDGO.2015.7330318","url":null,"abstract":"A low weight % of Ni (5 wt %) and the two solvents technique of deposition are used to obtain well-dispersed Ni-species (either particles or species dispersed on the silica surface) and avoid the formation of large particles on three silicas SBA-15, Aerosil 300 and diatoms MN3. Stability tests at 650°C for valorization of methane obtained from natural or shale gas: methane dry reforming and at 800°C for bireforming are compared. For bireforming (steady state, 800°C, 10 h, CH<sub>4</sub>/CO<sub>2</sub>/H<sub>2</sub>O 1:0.4:0.8, 62,700 ml·g<sup>-1</sup>·h<sup>-1</sup>), an unexpected stability of Ni/Aerosil silica is observed and tentatively associated with the pretreatment applied to silica.","PeriodicalId":343908,"journal":{"name":"2015 International Mediterranean Gas and Oil Conference (MedGO)","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132162801","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}