In the fifth year of the College of Petroleum Engineering at Emirates University, a student devised a new method of oil-subsidized production, using an environmentally friendly energy source, increasing the country's economy, and reducing the risk of gas explosion and equipment corrosion.

The student, Nouf Al-Abdouli, told «Emirates Today» that the idea of ​​the project depends on using unprocessed natural materials and mixing them with sea water, and injecting them within the rock layers containing petroleum ores, to extract oil from the pores of the rocks.

She pointed out that she had formed the «Stream Zayed» company with the expert in the characteristics of the reservoir rocks, Engineer Issa Gerges, in order to provide solutions to the problems facing the oil fields, including a gas explosion that negatively affects the life of field workers, in addition to the erosion of equipment, the low rate of oil produced, and pollution The environment.

She explained that solving these problems contributes to increasing the amount of oil produced from the depleted rock layers by about 70% ؜, reducing carbon dioxide emissions, protecting groundwater from chemical pollution, and reducing risks to workers and production equipment.

She stated that the importance of the project lies in that it meets the requirements of the market in the country and around the world, as it contributes to increasing the percentage of oil production extracted with efficiency of 10% using a new and simple method, and a safe substance that prevents gas explosions and reduces the risk of corrosion of equipment, and injected in one cycle, which helps to reduce Production time.

Al-Abdouli stated that the most important challenges facing her project are the difficulty of obtaining a patent, because there is a patent for a project similar to it, noting that it is working on developing a method and excellence to register a distinct, unique and strong patent.

She stated that her project won first place as the best project for a startup in my competition "from idea to prototype", and "from prototype to market", which was held at the university, and finally won second place in the competition "risk assessment and business sustainability" that was held in the ports Abu Dhabi, last October, also participated in the GITEX exhibition.