Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)

EOR Screening Concepts

Sudapet H.Q 12th to 16th May 2013

Khalid Abdulbasit_ RE_ Sudapet

 Contents

 Introduction.
 EOR Screening Methods:
 EOR Technical Screening.
 EOR Commercial Screening.
 Screening Softwares.
 Introduction
EOR Screening will be implemented on the RESERVOIR not the WELL or
the FIELD.

EOR phases are:

1.Selection of the best EOR method (Technical & Commercial).

2.EOR Pilot Design.
3.EOR Study.
4.EOR Full Field Implementation.
 EOR Screening Methods
 EOR screening is the first step to do EOR project
implementation in he field.
 Screening has two sides: Technical screening & Commercial
screening.
 EOR Technical Screening
 EOR technical screening is the process of evaluating of the
available data with the standard criteria to come up with
suitable EOR method(s).

 The technical screening depends on all the available data in the

reservoir to select the best method among the others.

 The below data are required (if available) to do a successful

technical EOR screening.
 Fluid and Rock Properties:
o Reservoir Depth
o Clay Content
o Reservoir Temperature
o Water Hardness & Water Salinity
o Initial Pressure, Pb & Current Pressure
o Solution GOR
o Oil Density (API)
o Oil Viscosity
o Permeability (Kh & Kv)
 Driving Mechanisms
o Active Water Drive Bottom Water
o Gas Cap
o Secondary Injection Rate
 OIIP and Recoverable Reserves:
o Net Pay Thickness
o Pool Area
o Porosity
o Connate Water Saturation
o Oil Formation Volume Factor
o OIIP (Oil Initially In Place)
o Recoverable Reserves Cumulative Produced Oil Remaining Rec.
 EOR Commercial Screening
 EOR Commercial screening is the process of evaluating of the
economical benefits of all EOR methods those have passed the
technical screening.
 It depends on the COST, INCOME & PROFIT where:
o Profit = Income – Cost
o Income is oil production * Oil price
o Cost consists of CAPEX (Capital Expenditure) & OPEX (Operating
Expenditure)

 Cash flow diagram is used to decide which one of the EOR

methods to be used and implemented based on the highest Net
Present Value (NPV).
NPV
 Economical analysis and evaluation is very important to decide
and select which EOR method will be implemented in the
future.
 EOR Screening Softwares
 There are many softwares can do EOR technical screening, the
process in all of them targeting the selection the suitable EOR
method(s)
 All the softwares can do the same objective but in different way.
EOR Screening Softwares:
o EORgui Software
o SPE Format
o IOR Predictive SYS 1.0 Software
o SlectEOR Software
SlectEOR Software

SPE Format EORgui Software IOR Predictive Software