New technology for future oil production - nanorobot

As the functional molecule device designed and manufactured based on the molecular level biology and operated inside Nano-space, Nano-robot has been widely used in such fields as medical care and military affairs. The substrate among wells, cracks, property of fluid and relevant change generated by oil gas could be understood through oil production Nano-robot during displacement process proposed in the recent several years. The reservoir parameters of oil reservoir, liquid parameters, fluid and spatial distribution of formation interface can be measured. The function of Nano-robot was demonstrated by milestone study progress achieved by Saudi Aramco by injecting Nano-robots in Arab-D formation in June 2010. However, the problems on how to arrange Nano-robot in oil reservoir, remote meter and position Nano-robot in oil reservoir and use Nano-robot to detect the oil gas resources beyond injection (transfusion) channel have been encountered and there will be many challenges during the process. Although there is still a long way to use Nano-robot in oil production engineering technical fields such as reservoir reform, paraffin removal, viscosity reduction, oil layer plug removal, crude oil displacement and sewerage treatment, Nano-robot’s infinite possibility in oil production engineering field is beneficial to extending the exploration time of oil well and reducing the natural reduction of oil field, so Nano-robot would have great application prospect.