Nov. 3, 2011


Description

 

Summary

This course teaches an integrated version of the basics of waterflooding and enhanced oil recovery (EOR). The connection of each process to a few fundamental principles is illustrated. The course then reviews the specifics of thermal and solvent methods, relating basic principles to the results of field cases.

Outline

  • Defining EOR
  • Reviewing Displacement Fundamentals 
  • Understanding Phase Behavior
  • Defining Polymer Flooding 
  • Exploring Micellar-Polymer Flooding 
  • Using Other Chemical Methods 
  • Analyzing Thermal Flooding 
  • Acquiring Solvent Flooding Basics

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for engineers with at least a BS degree in petroleum or chemical engineering. All other engineers, mathematicians, and physicists with at least a BS degree and some experience in reservoir engineering and/or numerical simulation can benefit from this course.

CEUs

0.8 CEUs (Continuing Education Units) awarded for this 1-day course.


Featured Speakers

Speaker Larry Lake


University of Texas



Larry W. Lake is a professor in the Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin where he has taught for 24 years. He was departmental chairman from 1989 to 1997. He is the author of Petroleum and Geosciences. …


University of Texas




Larry W. Lake is a professor in the Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin where he has taught for 24 years. He was departmental chairman from 1989 to 1997. He is the author of Petroleum and Geosciences. Lake is a past SPE Distinguished Lecturer and member of the SPE Board of Directors. He is also the recipient of the SPE Reservoir Engineering Award and the Lucas Gold Medal. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and received the Billy and Claude R. Hocott Distinguished Engineering Research Award from The University of Texas in 1999. Lake earned BSE and PhD degrees from Arizona State University and Rice University, respectively.




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Organizer

Cindy Davis


Date and Time

Thu, Nov. 3, 2011

8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
(GMT-0700) US/Mountain

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Location

SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition


Denver, Colorado
USA