Course Description
Course Duration: Five Training Days
Course Language: Arabic or English
Include:
Scientific material with TAB
Workshops
Reception and farewell at the airport
Daily lunch
Coffee Break
Introduction
Enhanced oil recovery, additionally referred to as tertiary recovery, is the extraction of crude oil from an oil subject that can not be extracted otherwise. EOR can extract 30% to 60% or extra of a reservoir`s oil, in comparison to 20% to 40% the use of number one and secondary recovery. According to US Department of Energy, carbon dioxide and water are injected along side one in all 3 EOR strategies: thermal injection, gas injection, and chemical injection. More advanced, speculative EOR strategies are every now and then referred to as quaternary recovery.
Targeted Groups:
Reservoir engineers
Production engineers
Petroleum engineers
Petrol physicists
Geologists
Geoscientists
Whoever is interested in enhanced oil processes.
Course Objectives
Different classifications and mechanisms of different EOR methods
How to screen actual field cases to select the suitable EOR method
Different types and sub-types of current and advanced EOR processes
Maximization of oil recovery using Mobility Ratio (M) and Capillary Number (Nc)
New EOR techniques of MEOR, Enzyme, Seismic, Electric, EM-EOR, chemical-thermal hybrid methods
Unit 1: Oil formation theory
Reservoir rock
Cover rock
Mother rock
Trap concept and types
Production system elements
Reservoir properties
Oil and gas properties
Primary, secondary and tertiary production techniques
Unit 2: EOR
EOR definition
Generic EOR workflow
Main EOR types and related recovery mechanisms
EOR concepts
EOR limitations and challenges
EOR selection
EOR screening criteria for all EOR types
Class exercises illustrating EOR screening for candidate fields
Fundamental science and engineering behind EEOR applications
Participants will learn definition, generic workflow, recovery mechanisms, general concepts, limitations and challenges of commercial EOR types as well as their screening criteria developed over time. This will be followed by class exercises on EOR screening for candidate fields. Discussion of the fundamental science and engineering behind EOR applications.
Unit 3: EOR Processes
Fundamental of chemical EOR
Fundamental of miscible EOR
Fundamentals of thermal EOR and newly developed thermal methods
Different types and sub-types of current and advanced EOR processes
Maximization of oil recovery using Mobility Ratio (M) and Capillary Number (Nc)
Fundamentals Chemical, Miscible and Thermal EOR processes.
Case studies on newly developed thermal EOR will be covered as well.
Unit 4: New EOR techniques
MEOR method
Enzyme method
Seismic method
Electric method
EM-EOR method
Chemical-thermal hybrid method
Unit 5: Current and advanced thermal 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 technique and field application