Session 1

Definitions and needs for Enhanced and Improved Oil Recovery processes
Classifications and screening of different EOR methods
Determination of important rock properties using routine and special core analysis.
Possible enhancement approaches of all EOR techniques
Session 2
Different types of areal, vertical, displacement and volumetric sweep efficiencies.
Conventional and low salinity water (LSW) floods
Process description, limitations and advantages of Conventional and low salinity water
Chemical EOR methods; polymer, surfactant/polymer, and ASP
Lab and numerical determinations of minimum miscibility pressure (MMP).

Session 1
Carbon Dioxide methods; CO2 miscible and immiscible injections
Thermal EOR methods; cyclic and continuous steam
Thermal EOR methods; In-situ combustion methods
Surface facilities requirements, pipelines, and problems for different EOR processes
Steam Assisted-Gravity-Drainage (SAGD) and Toe-to-Heel-Air-Injection (THAI)

Session 2
Hybrid EOR applications; CO2-thermal and chemical-thermal methods
Seismic, Electric, and Electromagnetic heating EOR methods
Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR)
Enzymes EOR (EEOR).

Exercises include;
Lab and field identifications of different types of reservoir fluids.
Calculation of Capillary Number (Nc) and Mobility Ratio (M)
Maximisation approaches of oil recovery using EOR concepts
Screening three-actual field cases worldwide.
Additional Materials
Calculation Exercises and Applications
Explanatory Scientific and Industry Videos about all of the above-listed topics
Five Scientific Publications by Instructor: Dr. Shedid Ali Shedid