Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)
Techniques &Applications
Duration: 5 Days
Target Audience: Reservoir Engineers, Production Engineers, EOR Specialists, Asset Managers
Delivery Mode: Classroom / Virtual with Hands-On Exercises and Case Studies
Level: Intermediate to Advanced
Course Overview
This course covers the principles, methods, and field applications of enhanced oil recovery (EOR) techniques. Participants will gain a solid understanding of screening, design, implementation, and optimization of thermal, gas, and chemical EOR processes to maximize oil recovery from mature fields.
Day-by-Day Outline
Day 1 – Fundamentals of EOR Processes
- EOR vs. primary and secondary recovery
- Reservoir displacement efficiency and sweep concepts
- Overview of EOR categories: thermal, gas, chemical, microbial
- Screening criteria for EOR method selection
- Exercise: Match EOR techniques to different reservoir types
Day 2 – Thermal EOR Methods
- Steam injection: steam flooding and cyclic steam stimulation
- In-situ combustion fundamentals
- Heat transfer and reservoir considerations
- Case studies of thermal EOR projects
- Workshop: Evaluate steamflood feasibility in heavy oil reservoirs
Day 3 – Gas-Based EOR Techniques
- Miscible and immiscible gas flooding (CO₂, hydrocarbon gases, N₂)
- Minimum miscibility pressure (MMP) and displacement mechanisms
- Water-alternating-gas (WAG) processes
- Challenges of gas EOR: conformance, cycling, breakthrough
- Exercise: Design a WAG scheme for a candidate reservoir
Day 4 – Chemical EOR Techniques
- Polymer flooding principles and viscosity control
- Surfactant and alkaline-surfactant-polymer (ASP) floods
- Mobility ratio improvement and sweep enhancement
- Laboratory evaluation and scale-up considerations
- Workshop: Screen polymer and surfactant options for a field case
Day 5 – Implementation, Monitoring, and Field Optimization
- EOR pilot design and scale-up to full-field development
- Monitoring techniques: tracers, production logging, 4D seismic
- Economic evaluation and project risk analysis
- Case studies of successful and unsuccessful EOR projects
- Capstone Project: Develop an EOR implementation plan for a mature oil field
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Understand principles and mechanisms behind thermal, gas, and chemical EOR
- Evaluate reservoirs for EOR potential and select suitable methods
- Design EOR injection schemes and pilot projects
- Monitor EOR performance and optimize injection strategies
- Apply best practices and lessons learned from field case studies
Customizable Add-ons
Tailored content for local geology (e.g. Nile Delta, Western Desert)
Lab visit or simulation hands-on demo
Integration with economics or production courses
Special Customization for Regional NOCs
- Includes legal and fiscal case examples from MENA (Egypt, Libya, Iraq, Algeria)
- Arabic-English bilingual delivery available
- Tailored licensing round simulation exercises
- Optional site visits to local oilfields or regulatory agencie
Trainer Profile
- Senior reservoir and exploration engineers from IOCs and NOCs
- Former advisors to government ministries
- Experts in petroleum contracts and economic modeling
Certification
Participants will receive a Certificate of Completion and a performance report including assessment outcomes and instructor feedback.
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