Chemical EOR

Online Live Streaming Course

5 sessions ( approx. 4 hours each) , November 10th to 14th, 2025

Duration : 20 hours

Course Outline:

  • Introduction
  • Displacement Fundamentals
  • Polymer Flooding
  • Surfactant/Polymer Flooding
  • Alkaline /Surfactant /Polymer Flooding
  • Conformance Improvement Methods
  • Hybrid Chemical EOR Methods
  • Monitoring and Surveillance
  • Carbonate Reservoirs for CEOR
  • Review of Commercial Simulators for CEOR

Content:

    • Brief overview of different EOR methods for light and heavy oil.
      • Review of fundamental principles of displacement and phase behavior needed to understand chemical EOR methods. 
      • Cover four major types of chemical EOR, specific chemicals in each category, conditions under which they work, and special problems encountered with each.
      • Review of phase behavior and fluid property modeling.

        • This course gives an overview of each method:

1: Polymer Flooding

2: Surfactant/Polymer Flooding

3: Alkaline /Surfactant /Polymer Flooding

4: Conformance Improvement Methods

 

Overview and Polymer Flooding:

  • Introduction                                                    
  • Chemical EOR Overview                              
  • Commercial Reservoir Simulator Options             
  • Polymer Overview & Lab Experiments   
  • Polymer Property Models
  • Polymer Coreflood
  • Heavy oil- Viscous Fingering       
  • Polymer Property Excel Exercise                         
  • Polymer Field Cases                 
  • Polymer Models

 

Conformance Methods Surfactant Flooding:

  • Conformance Methods (polymer/gel and foam)
  • Overview of Surfactant Flooding                             
  • SP Coreflood Tests
  • Surfactant Property Models
  • Surfactant Property Models                      
  • Microemulsion Phase Behavior
  • SP Field Cases

 

Alkaline/Surfactant/Polymer Flooding  Hybrid Methods:

  • Alkaline/Surfactant/Polymer Flooding (ASP)
  • ASP Field Cases
  • ASP Modeling and Pilot Design
  • Field Cases
  • Hybrid Methods
    • Low salinity/polymer
    • Low Tension Gas
  • Monitoring and Surveillance of CEOR project

10 noviembre 2025

Ends: 14 noviembre 2025

20 Hours

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