Gas EOR in Tight Unconventionals
Disciplines: Reservoir
Course Description
Gas-based EOR in tight unconventionals is a growing application to tap the vast unproduced oil and condensate resources in liquid-rich shale basins. The Huff-n-Puff process now involves several hundred wells in the Eagle Ford, and pilots are planned or ongoing in all other liquid-rich basins (Bakken, Permian, and Montney).
The course will discuss the Huff-n-Puff gas EOR process specifically, but will also address relevant fundamentals of displacement-based gas EOR methods (miscibility, vaporization, and displacement) in tight unconventionals.
Topics:
- Introduction to Unconventional gas EOR
- Summary of gas EOR methods and recovery mechanisms
- What makes unconventional gas EOR different than conventional?
- Huff-n-Puff process
- Miscibility, PVT and injection gas selection relevant to H-n-P process
- Review ongoing industry gas EOR projects in North America unconventionals
- Operational considerations including compressor requirements
- Gas containment issues
- Basic gas EOR economics for unconventionals
- Reservoir modeling strategies
- Alternative-to-HnP/Displacement EOR processes in tight unconventionals
- Pre-worked example problems with Q&A and discussion
Learning Level
Intermediate
Course Length
1 day
Why Attend
To learn about and share experiences in gas EOR in tight unconventionals. The course material is made available to registrants. The instructor has worked on a number of commercial gas EOR projects in tight unconventionals.
Who Attends
Reservoir engineers, production and completion engineers, process engineers (facilities), EOR technical management, and regulatory professionals.
CEUs
.8 for 1 day course or 1.6 CEUs (Continuing Education Units) are awarded for a 2-day course.
Additional Resources
This course has a supplemental book located in our SPE Bookstore entitled Unconventional Gas and Tight Oil Exploitation. Please check out this valuable resource!
Cancellation Policy
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Instructor
Mathias Carlsen is General Manager for Americas at Whitson, a company that develops all-in-one, web-based, petroleum engineering platform named Whitson+. After earning his MSc Carlsen joined Whitson and has been a key developer, conceptual driver and product manager of Whitson+ for unconventional reservoir model management.
Through Whitson, Carlsen has also supervised and consulted on projects for more than 50 E&P companies. In addition he researches and teaches industry courses on well performance, advanced pressure, volume and temperature (PVT) studies, phase behavior and gas-based enhanced oil recovery.
Carlsen holds an MSc degree in Petroleum Engineering from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and was a Fullbright Scholar at Stanford University.
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