Chemical Engineering for Non – Chemical Engineers ( CENCE)

Chemical Engineering for Non – Chemical Engineers ( CENCE)

OBJECTIVES

• Evaluate benefits and limitations of different chemical EOR processes
• Select laboratory tests and perform scoping simulations for pilot and field designs
• Screen these techniques for particular fields
• Set expectations on incremental oil recoveries and the economics
• Determine impact of these recovery techniques on production facilities and personnel training

WHO SHOULD ATTEND ?

Engineers, geoscientists, management personnel or other technical personnel with at least a B.S. degree and some experience in reservoir engineering. The course benefits individuals who are responsible for the design, implementation and management of chemical EOR projects. However, the contents of this course are also beneficial for other technical personnel involved in numerical simulation studies, screening, and planning of EOR applications. This course may interest new recruits as well as experienced professionals who want to gain a better understanding of the concepts, practices, benefits, and limitations of chemical EOR methods.

COURSE OUTLINE

• Review of areal and vertical sweep efficiencies
• Heterogeneity and vertical sweep efficiency
• Residual oil saturation
• Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) methods
• Chemical EOR methods
• Polymer flooding – polymers and their properties
• Laboratory screening
• Polymer flood field design and example field results
• Overview of reservoir simulators for polymer flooding
• Example simulations
• Surfactant/polymer (SP) methods
• Surfactant-brine-oil phase behavior
• Microemulsion properties
• Capillary desaturation and oil mobilization
• Laboratory screening
• Field examples and designs
• Reservoir simulators for SP
• Example simulations
• Alkaline/Surfactant/Polymer (ASP) methods
• Effect of alkali on phase behavior
• Laboratory screening
• Field examples and designs
• Reservoir simulators for ASP
• Example simulations
• Performance Control/Water Shutoff Methods
• Overview of conformance control options (i.e. bulk gel, CDG, PPG, Bright Water)
• Gel properties
• Laboratory screening
• Field examples and designs
• Reservoir simulators for conformance control methods