🚀 Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR): Chemical, Miscible & Thermal Techniques for Maximizing Recovery

Overview

🔎 Course Description

This comprehensive course equips reservoir, production, and process engineers with in-depth knowledge of Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) methods, focusing on chemical, miscible gas, and thermal processes. Participants will learn how to screen reservoirs, design and implement EOR projects, evaluate performance, and optimize recovery strategies.

Through detailed technical content and practical examples, attendees will gain the expertise to evaluate and apply EOR options effectively in clastic and carbonate reservoirs.

✅ Learning Objectives

Understand the fundamentals and mechanisms of EOR processes
Differentiate between chemical, miscible, and thermal EOR methods
Screen reservoirs and select appropriate EOR techniques
Design and monitor EOR pilots and full-field projects
Evaluate economic and operational feasibility of EOR methods
Analyze real-world case studies to identify success factors and pitfalls

👥 Who Should Attend

Reservoir, petroleum, and production engineers
Geoscientists involved in reservoir characterization
EOR project managers
Field development planners
Oil company technical staff considering EOR implementation
Professionals in oil and gas regulatory and consultancy roles

🗂️ Training Format

✅ Expert-led lectures
✅ Interactive workshops
✅ Practical calculations and design exercises
✅ Case study analysis
✅ Group discussions and Q&A

📅 Detailed Daily Agenda with Time Breaks

📅 Day 1: Introduction to Enhanced Oil Recovery

Time	Topic
08:30 – 09:00	Welcome, Course Objectives, Introductions
09:00 – 10:30	Overview of Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Recovery
10:30 – 10:45	☕ Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:15	EOR Screening Criteria & Reservoir Selection
12:15 – 13:15	🍽 Lunch
13:15 – 14:45	Fundamentals of Fluid Flow & Displacement
14:45 – 15:00	☕ Coffee Break
15:00 – 16:30	Recovery Mechanisms in EOR Processes

📅 Day 2: Chemical EOR Methods

Time	Topic
08:30 – 10:00	Polymer Flooding: Chemistry & Field Applications
10:00 – 10:15	☕ Coffee Break
10:15 – 12:15	Surfactant and Alkali Flooding Mechanisms
12:15 – 13:15	🍽 Lunch
13:15 – 14:45	Design of Chemical EOR Projects
14:45 – 15:00	☕ Coffee Break
15:00 – 16:30	Case Studies of Successful Chemical EOR

📅 Day 3: Miscible Gas EOR Methods

Time	Topic
08:30 – 10:00	Fundamentals of Miscibility in Reservoirs
10:00 – 10:15	☕ Coffee Break
10:15 – 12:15	CO₂ Injection and WAG Processes
12:15 – 13:15	🍽 Lunch
13:15 – 14:45	Nitrogen and Hydrocarbon Gas Injection
14:45 – 15:00	☕ Coffee Break
15:00 – 16:30	Screening and Economic Evaluation of Miscible EOR

📅 Day 4: Thermal EOR Methods

Time	Topic
08:30 – 10:00	Thermal Recovery Basics: Steam, Hot Water
10:00 – 10:15	☕ Coffee Break
10:15 – 12:15	Cyclic Steam Stimulation & Steam Flooding
12:15 – 13:15	🍽 Lunch
13:15 – 14:45	In-Situ Combustion: Design & Field Experience
14:45 – 15:00	☕ Coffee Break
15:00 – 16:30	Environmental & Operational Challenges in Thermal EOR

📅 Day 5: Project Design & Field Case Studies

Time	Topic
08:30 – 10:00	Integrated EOR Project Planning & Pilot Design
10:00 – 10:15	☕ Coffee Break
10:15 – 12:15	Monitoring and Evaluating EOR Performance
12:15 – 13:15	🍽 Lunch
13:15 – 14:45	Economic Analysis & Risk Assessment for EOR
14:45 – 15:00	☕ Coffee Break
15:00 – 16:30	Real Field Case Studies & Group Presentations

📦 Materials Provided

✅ Comprehensive course manual
✅ EOR design calculation templates
✅ Reservoir screening charts
✅ Case study handouts
✅ Certificate of Completion

Target audiences

Reservoir Engineers, Geologists

$ 5,950

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