Best Practices of Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Projects

Course overview

Course outline

1. 1Day 1: Fundamentals of Enhanced Oil Recovery and Screening Methods

   • Understanding the principles and objectives of enhanced oil recovery technologies
   • Reviewing the major categories of EOR methods and their applications
   • Understanding reservoir rock, fluid properties, and laboratory analysis requirements for EOR evaluation
   • Applying reservoir screening techniques to select appropriate EOR methods
   • Evaluating recovery efficiency through mobility control and displacement mechanisms
   • Identifying operational challenges, uncertainties, and limitations associated with different EOR techniques
2. 2Day 2: Reservoir Characterization and Fluid Evaluation

   • Understanding reservoir properties influencing EOR performance
   • Reviewing routine and advanced core analysis techniques for reservoir evaluation
   • Examining reservoir fluid properties and phase behavior relevant to EOR processes
   • Understanding downhole fluid sampling methods and reservoir fluid characterization
   • Applying laboratory data to support EOR project design and performance prediction
   • Utilizing reservoir characterization techniques for selecting optimal recovery strategies
3. 3Day 3: Waterflooding and Chemical EOR Technologies

   • Understanding waterflood design principles and displacement mechanisms
   • Reviewing chemical EOR methods and reservoir screening criteria
   • Evaluating polymer flooding technologies, properties, and operational considerations
   • Understanding alkaline-polymer and alkali-surfactant-polymer recovery processes
   • Identifying operational challenges associated with chemical flooding projects
   • Reviewing successful international field applications and lessons learned from chemical EOR projects
4. 4Day 4: Gas Injection and Miscible Recovery Processes

   • Understanding miscible and immiscible gas injection mechanisms
   • Reviewing carbon dioxide and nitrogen injection techniques for improved oil recovery
   • Determining reservoir conditions suitable for miscible gas injection projects
   • Evaluating field selection criteria for carbon dioxide flooding operations
   • Understanding simulation tools used to support gas injection project design and optimization
   • Reviewing operational considerations and performance monitoring techniques for gas injection projects
5. 5Day 5: Thermal Recovery and Emerging EOR Technologies

   • Understanding thermal recovery mechanisms and steam injection techniques
   • Reviewing cyclic steam stimulation and continuous steam flooding operations
   • Examining Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) principles and applications
   • Understanding in-situ combustion methods and air injection recovery processes
   • Reviewing advanced thermal recovery technologies and field applications
   • Exploring emerging EOR technologies including microbial, enzyme-assisted, and low-salinity water flooding
   • Final workshop: Selecting the optimal EOR strategy based on reservoir characteristics and project objectives