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C1. Introduction To EOR
C1. Introduction To EOR
PETROVIETNAM UNIVERSITY
Tam
Tai Pham
Tai Pham
Minh H.,
Nguyen
HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
& Stimulation
Oil Recovery 2
REFERENCES
Must have:
Enhanced Oil Recovery – Don W. Green and G. Paul Willhite
(SPE Textbook series vol. 6)
Additional materials
Thermal Recovery. Michael Prats. SPE. 1982
Waterflooding. Ganesh Thakur. SPE. 2003
The Design Engineering Aspects of Waterflooding.Stephen C. Rose,
John F. Buckwalter, Robert J. Woodhall. SPE. 1989
Reservoir Engineering Aspects Of Waterflooding. Forrest F Craig Jr.
SPE. 1975
Practical Aspects of CO2 Flooding. Perry M Jarrell. SPE. 2002
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Tai Pham
Tai Pham
Minh H.,
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HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
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Oil Recovery 3
TESTING AND EVALUATION
a) Process: 25%
Attendance, exercise, seminar
b) Midterm: 25%
Multiple choice. 45 mins
c) Final test: 50%
Multiple choice. 60 mins
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Tai Pham
Tai Pham
Minh H.,
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HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
& Stimulation
Oil Recovery 4
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Knowledge:
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Tai Pham
Minh H.,
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HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
& Stimulation
Oil Recovery 5
VIETNAM OIL & GAS GROUP
PETROVIETNAM UNIVERSITY
CHAPTER 1
EOR
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Tai Pham
Tai Pham
Minh H.,
Nguyen
HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
& Stimulation
Oil Recovery 7
Introduction to EOR process
Primary recovery
Secondary recovery
Tertiary recovery
IOR
khí trộn lẫn
Gas miscible/
Thermal Chemical & Other
EOR immiscible
Combustion Hydrocarbon Alkaline / Surfactants
Steam soak CO2 Polymer
Steam drive Nitrogen Microbial
Hot water drive Flue gas
khí thải
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Tai Pham
Tai Pham
Minh H.,
Nguyen
HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
& Stimulation
Oil Recovery 8
Introduction to EOR process
Tam
Tai Pham
Tai Pham
Minh H.,
Nguyen
HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
& Stimulation
Oil Recovery 9
Introduction to EOR process
Definitions of EOR
Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) processes include all methods that use
external sources of energy and/or materials to recover oil that cannot be
produced, economically by conventional means.
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Tai Pham
Minh H.,
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HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
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Oil Recovery 11
Introduction to EOR process
Tam
Tai Pham
Tai Pham
Minh H.,
Nguyen
HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
& Stimulation
Oil Recovery 12
Introduction to EOR process
Conventional oil
Distribution of identified petroleum
Heavy Oil resources in 2003
Reserve
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HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
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Oil Recovery 13
Introduction to EOR process
55%
Conventional Crude
Heavy crude produced 1%
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Tai Pham
Minh H.,
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HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
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Oil Recovery 14
Introduction to EOR process
Numbers in
parentheses
give current
reserves in
billion
barrels
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Tai Pham
Minh H.,
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HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
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Oil Recovery 15
Introduction to EOR process
Comparison between different countries’ proven
conventional oil reserves
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Tai Pham
Tai Pham
Minh H.,
Nguyen
HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
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Oil Recovery 16
Introduction to EOR process
Tam
Tai Pham
Tai Pham
Minh H.,
Nguyen
HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
& Stimulation
Oil Recovery 17
Introduction to EOR process
Tam
Tai Pham
Tai Pham
Minh H.,
Nguyen
HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
& Stimulation
Oil Recovery 18
Introduction to EOR process
Tam
Tai Pham
Tai Pham
Minh H.,
Nguyen
HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
& Stimulation
Oil Recovery 19
Introduction to EOR process
prediction in 2001
QBB/yr
- Demand +1.5%/yr
~29-31
Heavy oil, bitumen,
- Less replacement & other sources
- World production peaks in 20
~2006-2008
- Middle East now at 30%,
2006-
50% by 2011
19782008
Campbell and Laherrère
March 1998 Scientific
American, p. 78
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Tai Pham
Tai Pham
Minh H.,
Nguyen
HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
& Stimulation
Oil Recovery 20
Introduction to EOR process
Tam
Tai Pham
Tai Pham
Minh H.,
Nguyen
HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
& Stimulation
Oil Recovery 21
Introduction to EOR process
Tam
Tai Pham
Tai Pham
Minh H.,
Nguyen
HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
& Stimulation
Oil Recovery 22
Introduction to EOR process
Tam
Tai Pham
Tai Pham
Minh H.,
Nguyen
HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
& Stimulation
Oil Recovery 23
Introduction to EOR process
Total = 2930 kbpd
Global EOR production
World wide EOR
production is below 4% of
HC injection 25% N2 Injection 19%
total production.
In a mature area like USA
48 EOR production is CO2 Injection 7%
EOR Target
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Tai Pham
Tai Pham
Minh H.,
Nguyen
HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
& Stimulation
Oil Recovery 25
Introduction to EOR process
Tam
Tai Pham
Tai Pham
Minh H.,
Nguyen
HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
& Stimulation
Oil Recovery 26
Introduction to EOR process
Tam
Tai Pham
Tai Pham
Minh H.,
Nguyen
HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
& Stimulation
Oil Recovery 27
Introduction to EOR process
Tam
Tai Pham
Tai Pham
Minh H.,
Nguyen
HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
& Stimulation
Oil Recovery 28
Introduction to EOR process
Tam
Tai Pham
Tai Pham
Minh H.,
Nguyen
HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
& Stimulation
Oil Recovery 29
Introduction to EOR process
Tam
Tai Pham
Tai Pham
Minh H.,
Nguyen
HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
& Stimulation
Oil Recovery 30
Introduction to EOR process
Tam
Tai Pham
Tai Pham
Minh H.,
Nguyen
HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
& Stimulation
Oil Recovery 31
Introduction to EOR process
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Tai Pham
Tai Pham
Minh H.,
Nguyen
HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
& Stimulation
Oil Recovery 32
SOME REFERENCE NUMBERS
Middle East
10,000 wells
20 MM bbl/day
Reserve 600 Billions bbl
2,000 bbl/day (Averageper well)
60 MM bbl/well reserve
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Tai Pham
Minh H.,
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HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
& Stimulation
Oil Recovery 33
SOME REFERENCE NUMBERS
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Tai Pham
Tai Pham
Minh H.,
Nguyen
HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
& Stimulation
Oil Recovery 34
SOME REFERENCE NUMBERS
U.S.A
580,000 wells
6 MM bbl/day
22 billion barrels reserve
11 bbl/day (Average per well)
37,000 barrels reserve per well
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Tai Pham
Minh H.,
Nguyen
HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
& Stimulation
Oil Recovery 35
Introduction to EOR process
4500
Complex geology,
4000 Low permeability
Heavy oil, fractured
3500 Eg: Al Noor
Qarn Alam (Oman)
Cumulative Oil In Place(bln bbl)
3000
2500
2000
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
RF (%)
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Tai Pham
Tai Pham
Minh H.,
Nguyen
HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
& Stimulation
Oil Recovery 36
Introduction to EOR process
Unique opportunity to
make a sizeable
2000
contribution to
additional reserves
0
Aspiration
for EOR
EOR
Field optimisation
+ Infill Drilling
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Tai Pham
Tai Pham
Minh H.,
Nguyen
HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
& Stimulation
Oil Recovery 37
Introduction to EOR process
Chemical Flooding
Polymer Enhanced Surfactant
Flooding Alkaline (ASP) Flooding
Biological /
MEOR
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Tai Pham
Minh H.,
Nguyen
HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
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Oil Recovery 38
Introduction to EOR process
Tam
Tai Pham
Tai Pham
Minh H.,
Nguyen
HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
& Stimulation
Oil Recovery 39
Introduction to EOR process
Primary
Initial fluids Secondary
Initial Mobility
Field test for geology Detailed Geological model Tertiary
Collecting essential data
Laboratory testing Sweating the asset
Dedicated field tests on options Executing efficiently
Keep track of remaining oil Inventive new solutions & test
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Minh H.,
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HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
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Oil Recovery 40
Introduction to EOR process
Current
State
Skills Operations
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Tai Pham
Tai Pham
Minh H.,
Nguyen
HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
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Oil Recovery 41
Introduction to EOR process
Tam
Tai Pham
Tai Pham
Minh H.,
Nguyen
HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
& Stimulation
Oil Recovery 42
Introduction to EOR process
Tam
Tai Pham
Tai Pham
Minh H.,
Nguyen
HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
& Stimulation
Oil Recovery 43
Introduction to EOR process
Tam
Tai Pham
Tai Pham
Minh H.,
Nguyen
HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
& Stimulation
Oil Recovery 44
Introduction to EOR process
Tam
Tai Pham
Tai Pham
Minh H.,
Nguyen
HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
& Stimulation
Oil Recovery 45
Introduction to EOR process
Tam
Tai Pham
Tai Pham
Minh H.,
Nguyen
HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
& Stimulation
Oil Recovery 46
Introduction to EOR process
Tam
Tai Pham
Tai Pham
Minh H.,
Nguyen
HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
& Stimulation
Oil Recovery 47
Introduction to EOR process
Tam
Tai Pham
Tai Pham
Minh H.,
Nguyen
HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
& Stimulation
Oil Recovery 48
Introduction to EOR process
Tam
Tai Pham
Tai Pham
Minh H.,
Nguyen
HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
& Stimulation
Oil Recovery 49
Introduction to EOR process
Tam
Tai Pham
Tai Pham
Minh H.,
Nguyen
HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
& Stimulation
Oil Recovery 50
Introduction to EOR process
Tam
Tai Pham
Tai Pham
Minh H.,
Nguyen
HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
& Stimulation
Oil Recovery 51
Introduction to EOR process
Tam
Tai Pham
Tai Pham
Minh H.,
Nguyen
HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
& Stimulation
Oil Recovery 52
Introduction to EOR process
Tam
Tai Pham
Tai Pham
Minh H.,
Nguyen
HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
& Stimulation
Oil Recovery 53
Introduction to EOR process
Europe 14 3 17 1
Other S.Americ 2 NA NA 17 1
USSR 20 90 50 160 10
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Tai Pham
Tai Pham
Minh H.,
Nguyen
HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
& Stimulation
Oil Recovery 54
Introduction to EOR process
The goal of any improved oil recovery process is to mobilize “remaining” oil.
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Tai Pham
Tai Pham
Minh H.,
Nguyen
HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
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Oil Recovery 55
Introduction to EOR process
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Tai Pham
Tai Pham
Minh H.,
Nguyen
HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
& Stimulation
Oil Recovery 56
Introduction to EOR process
Tam
Tai Pham
Tai Pham
Minh H.,
Nguyen
HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
& Stimulation
Oil Recovery 57
Introduction to EOR process
Tam
Tai Pham
Tai Pham
Minh H.,
Nguyen
HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
& Stimulation
Oil Recovery 58
Introduction to EOR process
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Tai Pham
Tai Pham
Minh H.,
Nguyen
HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
& Stimulation
Oil Recovery 59
Introduction to EOR process
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Tai Pham
Tai Pham
Minh H.,
Nguyen
HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
& Stimulation
Oil Recovery 60
Introduction to EOR process
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Tai Pham
Tai Pham
Minh H.,
Nguyen
HuuM.Eng
MS., M.Eng Well Completion
Enhanced
& Stimulation
Oil Recovery 61