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1 - Introduction of EOR Methods

The document discusses enhanced oil recovery (EOR) techniques for improving oil field production. It provides an overview of primary, secondary, and tertiary (EOR) recovery phases. EOR methods cause physical, chemical, compositional and thermal changes in the reservoir rock and fluids to improve recovery beyond secondary levels. Common EOR techniques include miscible gas, chemical, thermal, and microbial enhanced oil recovery. The document explains the mechanisms of various EOR methods and the main objectives of increasing oil displacement and sweep efficiencies.

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1 - Introduction of EOR Methods

The document discusses enhanced oil recovery (EOR) techniques for improving oil field production. It provides an overview of primary, secondary, and tertiary (EOR) recovery phases. EOR methods cause physical, chemical, compositional and thermal changes in the reservoir rock and fluids to improve recovery beyond secondary levels. Common EOR techniques include miscible gas, chemical, thermal, and microbial enhanced oil recovery. The document explains the mechanisms of various EOR methods and the main objectives of increasing oil displacement and sweep efficiencies.

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Dr. Ir. Dedy Kristanto, M.

Sc

IMPROVEMENT STRATEGY
OF OIL FIELD PRODUCTION
USING ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY
Course Content
 Introduction
 Reservoir Engineering Aspects in IOR and EOR
 Waterflooding
 Miscible Flooding
 Chemical Flooding
 Thermal Injection
 Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR)
 Guidelines for Selecting IOR and EOR Methods
 Reservoir Management Approach in IOR and EOR
 Waterflood Reservoir Management
 Case Study (Design and Implementation of EOR Method)
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Dr. Ir. Dedy Kristanto, M.Sc

INTRODUCTION
HOW IF THE OIL PRODUCTION FROM
THE WELL OR FIELD WAS DECREASES ?
OIL RECOVERY PHASES

Primary Recovery

Secondary Recovery
(Waterflood or
Immiscible Gas Flooding)

Tertiary Recovery (EOR)

Miscible Gas Chemical Thermal MEOR

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Natural or Primary Recovery

 Solution gas drive

 Gas cap drive

 Water drive
Gas

 Gravity drainage Oil

 Combination drive Water

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Secondary Recovery

 Waterfloods and Immiscible gas


floods

 No compositional or
temperature changes take place
in the reservoir except pressure Injector
and displacement

 Suitable for light oil, low


viscosity oil and low pressure
reservoirs Producer

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Enhanced Oil Recovery

 Cause physical, chemical,


compositional and thermal
changes in the reservoir rock
and fluids

 Improve recovery beyond


secondary level Injector

 Appropriate selection and


design are important
Producer

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Typical Recovery Factors
 Natural or Primary Methods
Heavy oil 5 - 15 %
Light oil: solution gas drive 10 - 25%
water drive, gas cap 20 - 40%
gravity drainage 30 - 45%

 Secondary Methods
Waterflood 20 - 45 %
Immiscible Gas flood 15 - 40 %

 Tertiary or EOR Methods


Laboratory tests 70 - 90 %
Field applications 45 - 75 %

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Incremental Recovery Factor

Incremental
Secondary
Qo, Recovery Incremental
BOPD Tertiary /
EOR
Extrapolated
primary
Extrapolated
secondary

Primary phase Secondary phase EOR phase

Time or Cum. Production


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ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY (EOR)

 EOR methods involve injection of substances


which cause changes in compositions,
temperature and rock-fluid interactions in the
reservoir.
 Aim at increasing the oil recovery over its primary
and secondary potential.
 Sometimes called Tertiary Recovery Methods. This
does not mean that EOR Methods have to be
applied after Secondary Recovery.
 In some cases, EOR Methods could be applied
after Primary or even at discovery.

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IOR AND EOR MECHANISMS

Waterflood Thermal Chemical Miscible Gas

Maintains reservoir Reduces Sorw by steam Reduces Sorw by Reduces Sorw by


pressure & physically distillation and reduces lowering water-oil developing miscibility
displaces oil with oil viscosity. interfacial tension, and with the oil through a
water moving through increases volumetric vaporizing or condensing
the reservoir from sweep efficiency by gas drive process.
injector to producer. reducing the water-oil
mobility ratio.

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IOR AND EOR MAIN OBJECTIVES
 Goal of IOR and EOR processes is to mobilize
remaining oil reserves
 Achieved by enhancing oil displacement and
volumetric sweep efficiencies
- Oil displacement efficiency is improved by reducing oil
viscosity (e.g., thermal floods) or by reducing capillary
forces or interfacial tension (e.g., miscible floods)
- Volumetric sweep efficiency is improved by developing
more favorable mobility ratio between injectant and
remaining oil reserves (e.g., chemical floods, WAG
processes)
 Important to identify remaining oil reserves and
mechanisms necessary to improve recovery before
implementing IOR and EOR DK - 13 -

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