Industry Feature: A new technology of reservoir stimulation through exposure to weak seismic waves

Increasing oil production and its rate of recovery from existing reservoirs is perhaps the main priority of the oil industry worldwide. In this article Oleg V. Dobronravov, director of Seismotechglobe, based in the Netherlands, describes the work of his company in the development of a novel technology originating from Russia. Versions of this presentation have been given at the Technical University of Delft and at the EAGE Research Workshop on Reservoir Rocks held last year in Pau, France.