About the Course

The increasing demand for oil by the global industry develops an excellent opportunity for more applications of current and advanced oil techniques in mature oil fields. This 5-day Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) is designed to provide delegates with a comprehensive understanding of different design aspects, types, screening criteria, and field application of current, advanced, and emerging technologies of Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) processes. 

Its goal is to present basics, problems, advanced solutions, field applications of chemical, miscible, and thermal EOR methods, and emerging technologies of different EOR processes with actual field cases. Today, it is better to apply EOR in a secondary mode. Detailed advanced EOR methods of steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD), Low Salinity (LSW), Vapor Extraction (VAPEX), microbial and enzyme, microwave, electric, and hybrid chemical-thermal-miscible methods will be discussed. These techniques suffer from several problems of accurate reservoir characterisation, arduous screening of severe heterogeneous reservoirs, pilot design, and field implementations. It is designed as an interactive learning environment of lecturing, industry videos, and solved field cases.

The discussions of EOR methods will also highlight physical, chemical, and economic principles, how and where the techniques can be applied, evaluation and performance calculations that can be carried out in a classroom, and environmental issues associated with the numerical simulation of EOR methods.

Core Objectives

The delegates will achieve the following objectives:

• Describe different chemical, miscible, and thermal EOR processes
• Maximise oil recovery using mobility ratio and capillary number
• Apply reservoir characterisation and screening actual fields for EOR
• Understand chemical, miscible, thermal, and hybrid EOR techniques
• Know newly developed EOR methods and compare them with current ones

Training Approach

This training course will utilise various proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented. It is designed as a blended environment of presentation, class exercises, field application/analysis, and several industry videos showing all processes.

The Attendees

Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) methods are currently in use worldwide. Several companies apply EOR processes to increase recovery factors and, ultimately, the overall economics of oil & gas projects. Understanding how EOR is implemented is valuable to everyone in the arena of oil & gas. 

Likewise, it will be valuable to the professionals but not limited to the following:

• Petroleum, Production & Reservoir Engineers
• Processing engineers & other discipline engineers
• Engineers who are new to the profession
• Other individuals who need to know about EOR technologies

Daily Discussion

DAY ONE: DIFFERENT ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY (EOR) PROCESSES AND SCREENING CRITERIA

• Different Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Methods
• Reservoir Concepts, Rock, and Fluid Properties for EOR
• Screening Criteria and Mechanisms of Different EOR Methods
• Maximise Oil Recovery Using Mobility Ratio and Capillary Number
• Limitations, Challenges, and Problems of Different EOR Methods

DAY TWO: RESERVOIR FLUID PROPERTIES AND RESERVOIR CHARACTERISATION

• Reservoir Concepts, Main Rock, and Fluid Properties for EOR
• Advanced Reservoir Characterisation Techniques for EOR Methods
• Water Flooding: Design Requirement, Limitations, and Displacement Theory
• Polymer Flooding: Polymer Types, Properties, and Types of Degradation
• Polymer Flooding: Mobility Ratio (M), Slug Design, and Field Application

DAY THREE: CURRENT CHEMICAL AND MISCIBLE EOR TECHNIQUES

• Alkaline/Polymer and ASP Flooding: Process and Limitations
• Actual Field Results
• Miscible Gas EOR Methods
• Minimum Miscibility Pressure
• Carbon Dioxide Miscible and Immiscible Flooding Processes

DAY FOUR: CONTEMPORARY AND ADVANCED THERMAL ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY (EOR) PROCESSES

• Thermal Processes: Cyclic and Continuous Steam Injection
• Steam-Assisted-Gravity-Drainage (SAGD)
• In-situ Combustion Methods: Forward and Backward
• Toe-to-Heel Air Injection (THAI) and CAPRI Processes
• Steam-CO2 Hybrid EOR Techniques and Field Application

DAY FIVE: SUPPLEMENTARY ADVANCED ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY (EOR) PROCESSES

• Microbial (MEOR) and Enzymes (EEOR) Processes
• Low Salinity Water (LSW) and Pulsed Water Processes
• Seismic, Electric, and Electromagnetic Heating EOR Methods
• Hybrid EOR Applications: CO2-thermal and Chemical-thermal Methods
• Project Selection, Optimisation, and Presentation
• The Way Forward