Instituto Superior Técnico
Petroleum Engineering Seminars
2013/2014
Enhanced Oil Recovery Methods
Maria João Pereira
Bruno Melo
1 Lisbon, 29th of May of 2014
• Introduction • Reservoir Depletion
References
Case Study
• Laboratory Instalations
Oil Production
EOR Techniques • Thermal Methods • Gas Methods • Physicochemical Methods
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EOR Techniques MISCIBLE GAS
I • Hydrocarbon Gas Injection
II • Nitrogen Injection
III • Carbon Dioxide Injection
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EOR Techniques PHYSICOCHEMICAL
I
II
III
IV
• Micellar Polymer Injection
• Alkaline Solution Injection
• Polymer Injection
• Microbial Injection (MEOR)
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Case Study LABORATORY STUDIES
Saturation of Samples
Thermo Gravimetric Analysis
Supercritical CO2 Equipment
Gas Chromatography Unit
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Saturation of Samples
Thermo Gravimetric Analysis
Supercritical CO2 Equipment
Gas Chromatography Unit
Case Study LABORATORY STUDIES
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REFERENCES
[1] Apontamentos das aulas de Petróleo e Gás do Professor Costa e Silva. [2] Cerutti A., Bandinelli M., Bientinesi M., Petarca L., De Simni M., Manotti M., Maddinelli G., 2013, A new technique for heavy oil recovery based on electromagnetic heating:system design and numerical modeling, Chemical Engineering Transactions, 32,1255-1260 [3] Gomes J., Alves F., O universo da indústria petrolífera da pesquisa à refinação, 2ª Edição, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa, 2011. [4] E.Tzimas, A.Georgakaki, C. Garcia Costes, S.D. Peteves, EOR using Carbon dioxide in the European Energy System, Institute of Energy, The Netherlands, 2005. [5] Ernest & Young, Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) methods in Russia: time is of the essence, EYGM Limited, 2013. [6] Lim Frank, Raghu ramamoorthy, et all, Has the time come for EOR?, Oilfield Review Winter, 2010/2011. [7] Stosur, G.J.: “EOR: Past, Present and What the Next 25 Years May Bring,” SPE paper 84864, presented at the SPE IOR Conference in Asia Pacific, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 20-21, 2003. [8] Moritis, G.: “CO2, Miscible, Steam Dominate EOR Processes,” Oil and Gas J., April 2010. [9] Class Notes for PETE 609 – Module 1, Dr. Maria Antonieta Barrufet - Fall, 2001 [10] Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology 3rd Edition, vol. 18. Robert A. Meyers Ed., Academic Press (2001) pp 503-518 [11] Awan, A.R., Teigland, R. and Kleppe, J.: “EOR Survey in the North Sea,” SPE paper 99546, presented at the SPE IOR Symposium, Tulsa, OK, April 22-26, 2006. Digital Resources:
[1] http://petrowiki.org/Gas_cap_drive_reservoirs [2] http://petrowiki.org/Water_drive_reservoirs [3] http://www.petrominerales.com/operations/colombia/heavy-oil/thai-process#one [4] http://www.epmag.com/EP-Magazine/archive/Shell-enhances-enhanced-recovery_595 [5] http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/en/Terms/t/thermal_recovery.aspx [6] http://www.verutek.com/Portals/65857/images/water_oil_diagram-resized-600.jpg [7] http://lizinan.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/fig-2-illustration-of-microbial-flooding-recovery.jpg [8] http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1950635&seqNum=2
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