Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Methods and Screening

📅 Day 1: Introduction to EOR and Screening Fundamentals

• 09:00–09:45 – Definitions and recovery stages (primary, secondary, tertiary)

• 09:45–10:30 – Overview of EOR categories: gas, chemical, thermal

• 10:30–10:45 – ☕ Coffee Break

• 10:45–11:30 – Displacement efficiency vs. sweep efficiency

• 11:30–12:15 – Key reservoir properties influencing EOR selection

• 12:15–13:15 – 🍽️ Lunch Break

• 13:15–14:00 – EOR screening parameters and classical guidelines (e.g., SPE)

• 14:00–14:45 – Hands-on: using EOR screening charts

• 14:45–15:00 – Recap and Q&A

📅 Day 2: Gas Injection Techniques (CO₂, Nitrogen, Hydrocarbon)

• 09:00–09:45 – Miscible and immiscible gas injection theory

• 09:45–10:30 – Minimum miscibility pressure and phase behavior

• 10:30–10:45 – ☕ Coffee Break

• 10:45–11:30 – CO₂ injection design: solubility, swelling, viscosity

• 11:30–12:15 – Challenges: asphaltene precipitation, corrosion

• 12:15–13:15 – 🍽️ Lunch Break

• 13:15–14:00 – Field case study: miscible gas flood success

• 14:00–14:45 – Hands-on: calculating MMP and miscibility zone

• 14:45–15:00 – Recap and Q&A

📅 Day 3: Thermal EOR (Steam, In-situ Combustion, Hot Water)

• 09:00–09:45 – Thermal recovery principles: viscosity and mobility

• 09:45–10:30 – Steam flooding and cyclic steam stimulation (CSS)

• 10:30–10:45 – ☕ Coffee Break

• 10:45–11:30 – Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD)

• 11:30–12:15 – In-situ combustion: forward and reverse

• 12:15–13:15 – 🍽️ Lunch Break

• 13:15–14:00 – Case study: heavy oil recovery with steam

• 14:00–14:45 – Practical: energy balance and steam-oil ratio

• 14:45–15:00 – Recap and Q&A

📅 Day 4: Chemical EOR (Polymer, Surfactant, Alkaline)

• 09:00–09:45 – Polymer flooding: viscosity control and mobility ratio

• 09:45–10:30 – Surfactant flooding: IFT reduction and microemulsions

• 10:30–10:45 – ☕ Coffee Break

• 10:45–11:30 – Alkaline-surfactant-polymer (ASP) systems

• 11:30–12:15 – Compatibility issues and chemical losses

• 12:15–13:15 – 🍽️ Lunch Break

• 13:15–14:00 – Case study: pilot ASP flood in sandstone

• 14:00–14:45 – Hands-on: designing a basic polymer flood

• 14:45–15:00 – Recap and Q&A

📅 Day 5: EOR Project Design and Economics

• 09:00–09:45 – Pilot testing vs. full-field implementation

• 09:45–10:30 – Risk assessment and uncertainty in EOR projects

• 10:30–10:45 – ☕ Coffee Break

• 10:45–11:30 – EOR project economics and screening tools

• 11:30–12:15 – Simulation support for EOR planning

• 12:15–13:15 – 🍽️ Lunch Break

• 13:15–14:00 – Group project: screen and propose an EOR strategy

• 14:00–14:45 – Team presentations and discussion

• 14:45–15:00 – Wrap-up and course certificates