2008 SPE Forum Series- Offshore EOR: It’s About Time!
26 - 31 Oct 2008
Dominican Republic
Co-chairs: Bob Ligon, Shell
Gary
Teletzke, ExxonMobil
Over time offshore developments have moved toward more and more challenging resources that are in deeper water, contain more viscous oil, and often have poorer quality resource. At the same time, there is a strong desire to improve recovery from these increasingly challenging reservoirs. Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods, which go beyond primary recovery and waterflooding, are being considered to improve recovery. Offshore application of enhanced recovery methods, however, poses a number of challenges. These include facilities design, space allocation and installation, the lead time required for project implementation, delivery of supplies and injectants to the offshore wellhead, and finally, economic viability. This forum will look to the future of EOR in the offshore and identify possible paths to success.
Technical Discipline(s):
- Reservoir Description & Dynamics
- Drilling & Completions
- Projects, Facilities & Construction
- Production & Operations
Topics to be addressed:
- The prize for offshore EOR
- Obstacles to moving EOR offshore
- Methods for forecasting and making EOR decisions, value of information
- Drilling and completion for EOR projects
- Infrastructure, logistics and facilities requirements
- Game changing technologies needed for offshore EOR
Who Should Attend:
Reservoir, production, facilities, drilling and completion engineers, offshore project managers, and research scientists interested in improving recovery in offshore reservoirs.
