Methods for Recovery of More Oil from Known Fields

T. M. Geffen

Indonesian Petroleum Association

.... The solvent-water drive method (micellar-polymer flooding) is the more recent entry into the improved recovery methods picture. A slug of a solution...

The Other 30% Recovery Factor - Workshop Summary

Ned Clayton, David Kilpartick, Iraj Ershaghi, S. Qing Sun, Ravi Krishnamurthy, Don Duttlinger, Mike Dennis, Tex Boratko, Jeff Planck

PTTC

... mechanisms and development strategies. Knowledge of mature analog fields improves prediction of ultimate recovery in new discoveries and new producing...

Evaluation of the Effect of Wettability Alteration on Oil Recovery in Carbonate Reservoirs; #40537 (2010)

J. Sheng, D. Morel, P. Gauer

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... in carbonate reservoirs. The main objective is to quantify different mechanisms of wettability alteration in oil recovery related to chemical EOR. Particularly...

LETC Tar Sand Research—North Asphalt Ridge

N. W. Merriam, L. J. Fahy

Utah Geological Association

... that the mechanisms associated with a hot water flood are part of the steam drive recovery mechanism, Steam drive recovery of oil was also shown to have the added...

Factors Influencing Recovery from Oil and Gas Fields

Mike Shepherd

AAPG Special Volumes

... factors (Levorsen, 1967; Sills, 1992).FIGURE 35. Various mechanisms of natural reservoir drive energy can support reservoir pressures to an extent...

Field Study: Caddo-Pine Island (Vivian Pettet) Field, Caddo Parish, Louisiana

Ann Hirsch

Shreveport Geological Society

...: November 24, 1982 [bottom of page 48] Copyright © 2013 Shreveport Geological Society RESERVOIR DATA DEPTH: 4900'-5200' DRIVE MECHANISMS: SPACING: 80...

Experimental Evaluation of Huff and Puff EOR Mechanisms in Unconventional Rock

Shehab Alzobaidi, Pavel Kortunov, Shreerang Chhatre, Amy Chen, Kyle Guice, Kyle Baier, Mathew Messner, Josh Leiphart, Laura Laverick, Robert Longoria, John Valenza, Steven Meier, Jennifer Rainey

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... fluids using gas chromatography was also employed to understand the thermodynamic behavior. The thermodynamic mechanisms of oil recovery, vaporization...

Importance of Reservoir Description in Evaluating in situ Recovery Methods for Cold Lake Heavy Oil: Part 2 -- in situ Application

D. E. Towson

CSPG Bulletin

... most important in situ recovery mechanisms: steam stimulation, steam drive, combustion and solvent. The reservoir description is then used...

Sherard

Carl E. Jenkins

Wyoming Geological Association

.../Gas Column Unknown Gas/Water Contact Unknown Gas Oil Ratio Dry gas Initial Pressure 900 estimate Present Pressure Unknown Drive Mechanisms Gas...

EOR Potential of Indonesian Reservoirs

Peter Cockcroft, Juni Anli, Jennifer Duignan

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... floods, these methods would be called tertiary recovery methods. Figure 1 (Aalund, 1988) represents the various enhanced oil recovery mechanisms...

A New Approach to Optimizing Recovery: PRTISP Process,#70180 (2015).

Harold Nikipelo

Search and Discovery.com

... with narrow or restricted net pay > 6 meters  Reservoirs with depletion drive mechanisms for heavy oil extraction and light oil as well...

Fralick West

Alfred James III

Kansas Geological Society

.... This was never done, and to date primary recovery has far exceeded the 1968 estimate, probably because the drive mechanisms discussed above are more...

Lost Soldier

Alan J. VerPloeg, Robert Spatz Jr.

Wyoming Geological Association

... Contact +6300 Gas Oil Ratio Unknown Initial Pressure Unknown Present Pressure Unknown Drive Mechanism Probably solution drive w/limited water drive...

Gas Injection for EOR in Organic Rich Shales. Part II: Mechanisms of Recovery

Francisco D. Tovar, Maria A. Barrufet, David S. Schechter

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

...Gas Injection for EOR in Organic Rich Shales. Part II: Mechanisms of Recovery Francisco D. Tovar, Maria A. Barrufet, David S. Schechter URTeC...

Gas Injection: A Promising Future for EOR

K. Madaoui

Southeast Asia Petroleum Exploration Society (SEAPEX)

... specific). World-wide gas injection projects are first reviewed. Then the expected recovery mechanisms are detailed. The three domains where decisive...

Impact of Pore Volume Compressibility on Flow Mechanisms in Shale Hydrocarbon Reservoirs: A Study in the Vaca Muerta Formation, Argentina

Lucas A. Pons, Sebastian Olmos, Matias E. Hoffman, Diego Garcia Acebal

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... and maximizing recovery in hydrocarbon reservoirs. Understanding flow mechanisms is vital for effective reservoir management, optimizing production...

Abstract: PESA Visiting Lecturer: Oil and Gas Reserve Estimation

Dr W. John Lee

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... of methods of estimating oil and gas reserves. Background informa• tion including a coverage of both primary and secondary drive mechanisms, and discussions...

Abstract: Production Methods for a Light Oil in a Cold Reservoir below Freezing Temperature: Umiat Field, National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska, by J. Mongrain, A. Dandekar, V. Bangia, C. Hanks, A. Huckabay, P. McCarthy, and S. Patil; #90096 (2009)

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Abstract: Immiscible Water Alternating Gas (IWAG) Pilot in Mauddud Reservoir, Bahrain Field; #90319 (2018)

Yusuf Y. BuAli, Ali Al-Muftah, Ahmed Mahmoud

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... capacities. An IWAG process is considered for mobility control and improve oil recovery. A sector model of Mauddud reservoir was run using relative...

Impact of Light Component Stripping During CO2 Injection in Bakken Formation

Vanessa A. Fai-Yengo, Hamid Rahnema, Masoud Alfi

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... is a qualitative and quantitative evaluation of basic recovery mechanisms in a fracture/matrix model that have a direct application in the prediction...

Impact of Depositional Environment on Reservoir Quality and Hydrocarbon Production, #11065 (2018).

Kachalla Aliyuda, John A. Howell, Adrian Hartley

Search and Discovery.com

... correlation between recovery factor and drive mechanisms. This plot highlights the low recoveries in the fluvial reservoirs, the wide range...

Estimates of Primary Recovery from Some Typical Glenrose Fields in Northeast Texas

G.J. Loetterle

East Texas Geological Society

..., and Young zones in descending order. There is commonly no effective water drive in any of the Glenrose reservoirs, and the oil recovery mechanism...

Abstract: New Heavy Oil Production Technologies; #90213 (2015)

Maurice B. Dusseault

Search and Discovery.com

... ABSTRACT New production technologies are having a large impact on Canadian heavy oil production and will also increase oil recovery ratios...

Infill Drilling Program in a Strong Water Drive Reservoir - Bekasap Field

Yanto Sianipar, Mariwu Dengah

Indonesian Petroleum Association

...Infill Drilling Program in a Strong Water Drive Reservoir - Bekasap Field Yanto Sianipar, Mariwu Dengah 1991 279 292 Bekasap Field, one of seven...

Aqueous Geochemistry of a Carbon Dioxide-Enhanced Oil Recovery Project in the Sugar Creek Oil Field, Western Kentucky; #90131

Kathryn G. Takacs, E. G. Beck, T. M. Parris, D. Wedding, and R. Locke

Search and Discovery.com

... lobes. Primary recovery was by solution gas  drive, and secondary recovery via waterflood has been in place since 1993. Geochemical  monitoring...