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    PET 444 - Lecture 1: Introduction and Basic Definitions

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    This document discusses definitions of enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and improved oil recovery (IOR), noting there is no agreement on precise definitions. It provides a brief history of early waterflooding practices in the 1880s and defines the primary recovery drives of water drive, gas cap drive, solution gas drive, and fluid expansion. The document states waterflooding can be used to maintain pressure and recoveries from water drive reservoirs can be in the 70% range.

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    This document discusses definitions of enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and improved oil recovery (IOR), noting there is no agreement on precise definitions. It provides a brief history of early waterflooding practices in the 1880s and defines the primary recovery drives of water drive, gas cap drive, solution gas drive, and fluid expansion. The document states waterflooding can be used to maintain pressure and recoveries from water drive reservoirs can be in the 70% range.

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    PET 444 Lecture

    1
    Introduction and basic definitions

    Waterflooding and EOR


    Two definitions of Enhanced Oil Recovery

    (EOR)
    1. EOR refers to any method used to recover
    more oil from a reservoir than would be
    produced by primary recovery.
    2. Oil recovery by fluids not normally present in
    the reservoir (excludes natural gas injection
    and waterflood)
    But, then there are other definitions
    secondary recovery, tertiary recovery,
    improved oil recovery

    IOR
    Improved Oil Recovery
    Defined by Lake as EOR plus additional

    technologies dealing with drilling, production,


    operations and reservoir characterization.
    But, other definitions say that IOR is secondary
    and tertiary recovery
    Therefore, precise definitions wont be on the
    test since there isnt agreement
    For our purposes, well talk waterflooding and
    some EOR
    Unconventional EOR is EOR techniques applied
    to unconventional reservoirs.

    A very brief history


    First waterfloods were likely accidental
    P&A techniques in the 1880s involved no plugging,
    simply pulling the casing
    Water flowed down from the aquifers into the
    producing intervals
    Production increased
    Injections began not much later
    Injection legalized in Pennsylvania for the

    Bradford sands in 1921


    Slow development in following years due perhaps
    to major discoveries and market demand

    Primary Recovery
    Drives
    Water drive hydraulic connection between
    the reservoir and an aquifer. The aquifer may
    underlie all or part of the reservoir or be at the
    edges.
    Recoveries can be in the 70% range
    Waterflood can be used to maintain pressure

    Primary Recovery Drives


    cont.
    Gas Cap Drive
    Large gas caps not considered good

    candidates for waterflooding


    Recovery in the 20-40% range
    Gas injection into gas cap may be considered

    Primary Recovery
    Drives
    Solution gas drive
    Low recoveries
    (10-30%)
    Depletion drive is
    another term
    Often good
    candidate for
    waterflood

    Primary Recovery Drives


    Fluid expansion - primary drive until bubble

    point is reached in undersaturated reservoir


    Gravity steeply dipping reservoirs or
    reservoirs with good vertical displacement
    seen in some of the heavy oil fields in
    California (not good waterflood candidates)
    Combination Gas cap and underlying water
    zone

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