ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY

Screening Criteria

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 EOR Classifications
Improved Waterflooding Methods
• alcohol miscible solvent flooding
• micellar/ polymer (surfactant) flooding
• low interfacial waterflooding
• alkaline flooding
• alkaline/surfactant/polymer (ASP) flooding
• polymer flooding
• gel for water shutoff
• microbial injection

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 EOR Classifications
Thermal Methods
▪ insitu combustion
➢ standard forward combustion
➢ wet combustion
➢ O2-enriched combustion
➢ reverse combustion
▪ Steam and hot water injection
➢ hot water flooding
➢ steam stimulation
➢ steamflooding
▪ Surface Mining and Extraction
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 EOR Classifications
Gas/ Solvent Process
• inert gas injection
➢ nitrogen injection
➢ flue gas injection
• hydrocarbon gas (and liquid) injection
including:
➢ high pressure gas drive
➢ enriched gas drive
➢ miscible solvent (LPG or propane) flooding
• carbon dioxide flooding

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 Quick Classification of EOR Methods
by Oil Viscosity

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 EOR Method from API Gravity

API gravity range of oil that is most effective for EOR methods.
Relative production (b/d) is shown by size of type.
-From Taber, Martin, and Seright (1996)
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 Depth and API gravity of producing EOR
projects in the US

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 Depth and API gravity of producing EOR
projects outside the US

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Taber, Martin, and Seright (1996)
 Criteria for EOR Gas/ Solvent

-From Taber, Martin, and Seright (1996)

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 Superiority of CO2-Slug Injection over
Carbonated Water

Oil recovery from CO2-Slug and carbonated water floods (after

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 Reservoir Depth for Miscible Gas Flood

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 Depth vs. Oil Gravity Screening
Criteria for CO2 Flooding

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 SUMMARY OF SCREENING CRITERIA FOR EOR METHODS
(adapted from Taber et al., 1997)

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 UTC/ RTC EOR Screening Software

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 UTC/ RTC EOR Screening Software

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 UTC/ RTC EOR Screening Output

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 EORgui Screening Software

EOR Screening Criteria Revisited" by Taber,

Martin, and Seright.
Once the user has input all the necessary data, then press the Calculate
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button to calculate the relative Criteria fit to the input data.
 EORgui Screening Output

EORgui is a Graphical User Interface for the United States of

America, Department of Energy, National Energy Technology
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 EORgui Screening Output

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 Terima Kasih

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