Course Details

This course is appropriate for a wide range of professionals but not limited to:

• Petroleum, reservoir, production, and drilling engineers
• EOR project managers and planners
• Field operations personnel and supervisors
• Geoscientists and petrophysicists involved in reservoir evaluation
• Technical consultants and R&D personnel
• Anyone involved in oil field development and optimization

• Expert-led sessions with dynamic visual aids
• Comprehensive course manual to support practical application and reinforcement
• Interactive discussions addressing participants’ real-world projects and challenges
• Insightful case studies and proven best practices to enhance learning

By the end of this course, participants should be able to:

• Understand the principles and classification of EOR methods.
• Evaluate reservoir conditions to select suitable EOR techniques.
• Analyze chemical, thermal, and gas injection methods and their effectiveness.
• Apply screening criteria for EOR field implementation.
• Review successful case studies and lessons learned from field applications.
• Assess project feasibility, performance, and environmental impacts.

DAY 1

Fundamentals of Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) and Reservoir Screening

• Overview of EOR and its role in maximizing field recovery
• Primary, secondary, and tertiary recovery mechanisms
• Reservoir rock and fluid properties relevant to EOR
• Wettability, capillary pressure, and relative permeability
• Recovery, sweep, and displacement efficiency
• Mobility ratio and capillary number considerations
• Classification of thermal, chemical, gas, and hybrid EOR methods
• Reservoir characterization and EOR screening criteria
• Technical, operational, and economic considerations for method selection
• EOR limitations, risks, challenges, and field screening examples
   

DAY 2

Chemical and Gas Injection EOR Methods

• Waterflooding fundamentals, design requirements, and limitations
• Chemical EOR principles and applications
• Polymer flooding and mobility control
• Polymer properties, degradation, and slug design
• Surfactant flooding and interfacial tension reduction
• Alkaline-Surfactant-Polymer (ASP) flooding
• Chemical compatibility and operational constraints
• Miscible and immiscible gas injection processes
• CO₂, hydrocarbon gas, and nitrogen injection
• Minimum miscibility pressure, project evaluation, monitoring, and optimization
   

DAY 3

Thermal, Advanced, and Emerging EOR Technologies

• Thermal EOR fundamentals and reservoir applicability
• Steam-based recovery methods and steam flooding
• Cyclic steam stimulation and SAGD
• In-situ combustion and air injection technologies
• Solvent-based recovery methods including VAPEX
• Advanced EOR technologies including MEOR and EEOR
• Low-salinity water flooding and pulsed water injection
• Electric, electromagnetic, microwave, and seismic-assisted EOR
• Hybrid EOR methods, pilot testing, monitoring, and performance evaluation
• Economics, risk, environmental considerations, case studies, and future EOR trends