Course Details

This course is appropriate for a wide range of professionals but not limited to:

• Petroleum, reservoir, production, and drilling engineers
• EOR project managers and planners
• Field operations personnel and supervisors
• Geoscientists and petrophysicists involved in reservoir evaluation
• Technical consultants and R&D personnel
• Anyone involved in oil field development and optimization

• Expert-led sessions with dynamic visual aids
• Comprehensive course manual to support practical application and reinforcement
• Interactive discussions addressing participants’ real-world projects and challenges
• Insightful case studies and proven best practices to enhance learning

By the end of this course, participants should be able to:

• Understand the principles and classification of EOR methods.
• Evaluate reservoir conditions to select suitable EOR techniques.
• Analyze chemical, thermal, and gas injection methods and their effectiveness.
• Apply screening criteria for EOR field implementation.
• Review successful case studies and lessons learned from field applications.
• Assess project feasibility, performance, and environmental impacts.

DAY 1

Fundamentals of Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) and Reservoir Screening

• Overview of Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) and its role in field development 
• Primary, secondary, and tertiary recovery mechanisms 
• Reservoir concepts relevant to EOR 
  Rock properties and reservoir heterogeneity 
  Fluid properties and phase behavior 
  Wettability, capillary pressure, and relative permeability 
• Recovery efficiency concepts 
  Mobility ratio 
  Capillary number 
  Sweep and displacement efficiency 
• Classification of EOR methods 
  Thermal methods 
  Chemical methods 
  Gas and miscible flooding methods 
  Hybrid EOR technologies 
• Reservoir characterization for EOR applications
• EOR screening criteria and method selection 
  Technical, operational, and economic considerations for EOR implementation 
• Limitations, challenges, and risk factors associated with various EOR methods 
• Review of field screening examples and lessons learned from industry applications

DAY 2

Chemical and Gas Injection EOR Methods

• Waterflooding fundamentals, design requirements, and limitations 
• Chemical EOR processes 
  Polymer flooding principles and applications 
  Polymer types, properties, and degradation mechanisms 
  Mobility control and polymer slug design 
  Surfactant flooding mechanisms 
  Alkaline-Surfactant-Polymer (ASP) flooding 
  Chemical compatibility and operational constraints 
• Miscible and immiscible gas injection processes 
  CO₂ flooding 
  Hydrocarbon gas injection 
  Nitrogen injection 
• Minimum miscibility pressure (MMP) concepts and determination methods 
• Design and evaluation of gas flooding projects 
• Reservoir performance monitoring and optimization 
• Case studies of polymer flooding, ASP flooding, and CO₂ injection projects 
• Comparative evaluation of chemical and gas EOR methods 
• Operational challenges and troubleshooting techniques 

DAY 3

Thermal, Advanced, and Emerging EOR Technologies

• Thermal EOR fundamentals and reservoir applicability 
• Steam-based recovery methods 
  Cyclic steam stimulation 
  Steam flooding 
  Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) 
• In-situ combustion processes 
  Forward combustion 
  Reverse combustion 
  Toe-to-Heel Air Injection (THAI) 
  CAPRI technology 
• Solvent-based recovery methods 
  VAPEX 
  CO₂-steam and solvent-assisted processes 
• Advanced and emerging EOR technologies 
  Microbial EOR (MEOR) 
  Enzyme EOR (EEOR) 
  Low-salinity water flooding 
  Pulsed water injection 
  Electric and electromagnetic heating 
  Microwave and seismic-assisted EOR 
  Hybrid chemical-thermal-miscible methods 
• Pilot testing and field implementation strategies 
• Monitoring, surveillance, and performance evaluation of EOR projects 
• Economic evaluation, cost-benefit analysis, and risk assessment 
• Environmental and sustainability considerations in EOR operations 
• Industry case studies, technology selection guidelines, and future trends in EOR development