Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) and Sustainability with Zero Emission Technology

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Disciplines: Health, Safety, Environment, and Sustainability | Reservoir

Course Description

Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) has drawn a global attention to reduce the global warming. The best way to use the captured carbon dioxide is to inject into the aquifers, deep oceans, or depleted oil/gas reservoirs to improve the oil recovery as the CO₂ Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) technique. The participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of the various capture technologies, storage options, mechanisms and the potential of CO₂ for enhanced oil recovery and other uses.

Participants will have a thorough understanding of the technology and concepts of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) plus safe geological storage, storage options, and the potential use of CO₂ for Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR). Large amounts of oil deposits remain unrecovered after application of traditional primary and secondary oil recovery methods. The CO₂ as an Enhanced Oil Recovery (CEOR) has been proven as an efficient oil recovery technique to recover bypassed oil and residual oil trapped in the reservoir. Different techniques have been applied to utilize CO2 such as; CO₂-EOR, Water-Alternating-Gas (WAG), and carbonated water in the oil industry.

Different miscibility conditions of super-critical, miscible, near-miscible and immiscible and their mechanisms will be covered for the CO₂-EOR techniques with actual field cases. Determination of Minimum Miscibility Pressure (MMP) using lab methods and industry correlations will be covered. The course also provides types of industry simulators for the CCS and CO₂-EOR (ECLIPSE, E100 and E300)) and steps to design a simulation study. The participants will be equipped with required knowledge and skills to master the technology to reduce carbon emissions while enhancing oil recovery. The course delivery method is a blended environment of lectures, open discussion, in-class exercises and industry videos.

Learning Level

Intermediate to Advanced

Course Length

3 Days

Why Attend

After attending the course, the participants will have deep understanding of the followings:

• Gain a thorough understanding of CCS, CCUS and CO₂ EOR technologies
• Understand the frameworks of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) methods
• Understand variations and mineralogy alteration in rocks due to CO₂ Storage
• Screen potential sites for safe carbon storage and apply screening criteria
• Evaluate CO₂-EOR processes and main challenges of field applications
• Screen, design, evaluate and analyze of different CO₂-EOR field projects
• Determine Minimum Miscibility Pressure (MMP) using lab and math correlations
• Main steps of applying and design carbon dioxide flooding technology
• Steps to design a simulation study and types of industry simulators
• New trends for improved gas-hybrid EOR processes.

Who Attends

This course provides reals needs for various professionals involved in CO₂ capture, utilization, sequestration, and enhanced oil recovery projects. The course is very helpful for the followings;

• Reservoir engineers
• CO₂ and CCS project engineers
• Petroleum engineers
• Geologists and Geophysicists
• Production engineers
• Petrophysicists,
• EOR project engineers
• Workover engineer
• Subsurface engineers
• Well engineers

Cancellation Policy

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