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• Main Author: EDWARD HUMALA (NIM : 12213090), DANIEL
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/21566
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Nowadays, oil and gas world is currently on tough situation. Mainly, the price of oil has experience drastic decline since its peak on early of this decade. In this condition, the best option now is to prepare research to find latest technique that can be used when the oil and gas turn back prime. And because the abundance of heavy oil in this world, then it is not bizzare if the research focused on heavy oil. <br /> <br /> <br /> One of the latest method that currently is focused on, centered on enhanced heavy oil recovery, called electromagnetic heating. Electromagnetic heating refers to thermal process using microwave to enhance oil recovery. Heat source come from electricity, sent from the surface to sub-surface to an electromagnetic induction wave tool. The main effect has been the reduction of the viscosity of heavy and extra heavy crudes and bitumens, with the corresponding increase in production. <br /> <br /> <br /> This research will emphasize on the variation of nano-particle concentration, as one of the parameter that determine the success of enhanced oil recovery in different power. The aim of this research is to find the lowest concentration that can be used in low electrical power. This is done by using artificial core in laboratory scale, and the change of the temperature is observed on this artificial core with different concentration of nano in low power condition. <br /> <br /> <br /> In the end of this study, it is concluded from the lab result that the cut-off of nano particle that we use lies on 14 ppm, that shows its ability to reach cut-off temperature that has been determined by previous study. Apart from that, it needs to be noted that this is a phenomenon that only happen in low power condition. It means that in real condition, the place that receive less electromagnetic power might caught in such condition as well.