Case History of Reservoir Simulation and Resulting Development of an Enhanced Oil Recovery Project, Henry Enhanced Recovery Unit, Uinta County, Wyoming

1993 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.B. Warren ◽  
J.C. Mullarkey ◽  
V.J. Grass ◽  
V.S. Breit
Keyword(s):  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Reservoir Simulation ◽  
Case History ◽  
Enhanced Recovery ◽  
Recovery Unit ◽  
History Of

scholarly journals Recovery rates, enhanced oil recovery and technological limits

2014 ◽  
Vol 372 (2006) ◽  
pp. 20120320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann Muggeridge ◽  
Andrew Cockin ◽  
Kevin Webb ◽  
Harry Frampton ◽  
Ian Collins ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Comprehensive Overview ◽  
Oil Reserves ◽  
The North ◽  
History Of ◽  
The North Sea ◽  
Giant Fields ◽  
Broad Consensus

Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) techniques can significantly extend global oil reserves once oil prices are high enough to make these techniques economic. Given a broad consensus that we have entered a period of supply constraints, operators can at last plan on the assumption that the oil price is likely to remain relatively high. This, coupled with the realization that new giant fields are becoming increasingly difficult to find, is creating the conditions for extensive deployment of EOR. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the nature, status and prospects for EOR technologies. It explains why the average oil recovery factor worldwide is only between 20% and 40%, describes the factors that contribute to these low recoveries and indicates which of those factors EOR techniques can affect. The paper then summarizes the breadth of EOR processes, the history of their application and their current status. It introduces two new EOR technologies that are beginning to be deployed and which look set to enter mainstream application. Examples of existing EOR projects in the mature oil province of the North Sea are discussed. It concludes by summarizing the future opportunities for the development and deployment of EOR.

scholarly journals Nanotechnology Applied to Thermal Enhanced Oil Recovery Processes: A Review

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (24) ◽  
pp. 4671 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oscar E. Medina ◽  
Carol Olmos ◽  
Sergio H. Lopera ◽  
Farid B. Cortés ◽  
Camilo A. Franco
Keyword(s):  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Enhanced Recovery ◽  
Thermal Recovery ◽  
Wettability Alteration ◽  
Crude Oils ◽  
Recovery Processes ◽  
Heavy Crude ◽  
Eor Processes

The increasing demand for fossil fuels and the depleting of light crude oil in the next years generates the need to exploit heavy and unconventional crude oils. To face this challenge, the oil and gas industry has chosen the implementation of new technologies capable of improving the efficiency in the enhanced recovery oil (EOR) processes. In this context, the incorporation of nanotechnology through the development of nanoparticles and nanofluids to increase the productivity of heavy and extra-heavy crude oils has taken significant importance, mainly through thermal enhanced oil recovery (TEOR) processes. The main objective of this paper is to provide an overview of nanotechnology applied to oil recovery technologies with a focus on thermal methods, elaborating on the upgrading of the heavy and extra-heavy crude oils using nanomaterials from laboratory studies to field trial proposals. In detail, the introduction section contains general information about EOR processes, their weaknesses, and strengths, as well as an overview that promotes the application of nanotechnology. Besides, this review addresses the physicochemical properties of heavy and extra-heavy crude oils in Section 2. The interaction of nanoparticles with heavy fractions such as asphaltenes and resins, as well as the variables that can influence the adsorptive phenomenon are presented in detail in Section 3. This section also includes the effects of nanoparticles on the other relevant mechanisms in TEOR methods, such as viscosity changes, wettability alteration, and interfacial tension reduction. The catalytic effect influenced by the nanoparticles in the different thermal recovery processes is described in Sections 4, 5, 6, and 7. Finally, Sections 8 and 9 involve the description of an implementation plan of nanotechnology for the steam injection process, environmental impacts, and recent trends. Additionally, the review proposes critical stages in order to obtain a successful application of nanoparticles in thermal oil recovery processes.

Case History of South Belridge, California, In-Situ Combustion Oil Recovery

1992 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.J. Ramey ◽  
V.W. Stamp ◽  
F.N. Pebdani ◽  
J.E. Mallinson
Keyword(s):  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Case History ◽  
In Situ Combustion ◽  
History Of

scholarly journals Overview and methods in Enhanced Oil Recovery

2021 ◽  
Vol 2070 (1) ◽  
pp. 012061
Author(s):  
Aashima Khan ◽  
Shaivya Saxena ◽  
Srishti Baloni ◽  
Mudita Sharma ◽  
Jagadeeshwar Kodavaty
Keyword(s):  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Enhanced Recovery ◽  
Porous Rock ◽  
Oil Reserves ◽  
Rock Structure ◽  
Recovery System ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Conventional Oil

Abstract After the conventional oil recovery system, it was estimated that huge amount of oil reserves is still remaining un-extracted. Because of tremendous demand for oil and established facilities at the oil exploration sites after conventional recovery got significant attention. Since the oil is entrapped in the porous rock structure and is difficult to evacuate, focus was made on tertiary recovery of oils. Many methods have been suggested by various researchers with different techniques to mobilize the entrapped oil in the well. The classification of the techniques will give different methods of recovery. The rheology, surface tension, mobility ratio are the important parameters that were considered during the enhanced recovery. The review that is presented here gives the overall methods for recovery and various materials and important parameters to be considered for the enhanced oil recovery. A new substitute for the sand pack column is suggested to conduct the bench top experimental set up that would ease the work of flooding with alkaline, surfactant and polymers.

A Case History of the Postle Area-Computer Production Control and Reservoir Simulation

1972 ◽  
Vol 24 (07) ◽  
pp. 775-784
Author(s):  
R.A. Irwin ◽  
C.W. Tucker ◽  
H.E. Schwartz
Keyword(s):  
Reservoir Simulation ◽  
Case History ◽  
Production Control ◽  
History Of

Case History: Lesson Learnt from Enhanced Oil Recovery Screening Method in Handil Field

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Farid Hadiaman ◽  
Julfree Sianturi ◽  
Emmanuel Cassou ◽  
Win Zaw Naing
Keyword(s):  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Case History ◽  
Screening Method
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