Best Practices of Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Projects

Day 1: Fundamentals of Enhanced Oil Recovery and Screening Methods

• Understanding the principles and objectives of enhanced oil recovery technologies
• Reviewing the major categories of EOR methods and their applications
• Understanding reservoir rock, fluid properties, and laboratory analysis requirements for EOR evaluation
• Applying reservoir screening techniques to select appropriate EOR methods
• Evaluating recovery efficiency through mobility control and displacement mechanisms
• Identifying operational challenges, uncertainties, and limitations associated with different EOR techniques

Day 2: Reservoir Characterization and Fluid Evaluation

• Understanding reservoir properties influencing EOR performance
• Reviewing routine and advanced core analysis techniques for reservoir evaluation
• Examining reservoir fluid properties and phase behavior relevant to EOR processes
• Understanding downhole fluid sampling methods and reservoir fluid characterization
• Applying laboratory data to support EOR project design and performance prediction
• Utilizing reservoir characterization techniques for selecting optimal recovery strategies

Day 3: Waterflooding and Chemical EOR Technologies

• Understanding waterflood design principles and displacement mechanisms
• Reviewing chemical EOR methods and reservoir screening criteria
• Evaluating polymer flooding technologies, properties, and operational considerations
• Understanding alkaline-polymer and alkali-surfactant-polymer recovery processes
• Identifying operational challenges associated with chemical flooding projects
• Reviewing successful international field applications and lessons learned from chemical EOR projects

Day 4: Gas Injection and Miscible Recovery Processes

• Understanding miscible and immiscible gas injection mechanisms
• Reviewing carbon dioxide and nitrogen injection techniques for improved oil recovery
• Determining reservoir conditions suitable for miscible gas injection projects
• Evaluating field selection criteria for carbon dioxide flooding operations
• Understanding simulation tools used to support gas injection project design and optimization
• Reviewing operational considerations and performance monitoring techniques for gas injection projects

Day 5: Thermal Recovery and Emerging EOR Technologies

• Understanding thermal recovery mechanisms and steam injection techniques
• Reviewing cyclic steam stimulation and continuous steam flooding operations
• Examining Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) principles and applications
• Understanding in-situ combustion methods and air injection recovery processes
• Reviewing advanced thermal recovery technologies and field applications
• Exploring emerging EOR technologies including microbial, enzyme-assisted, and low-salinity water flooding
• Final workshop: Selecting the optimal EOR strategy based on reservoir characteristics and project objectives