Sept. 28, 2006


Description

This talk will highlight a forecasting approach that has proven effective in modeling the performance of West Texas CO2 projects. The presented methodology has been used to model the performance of the Wasson Denver Unit, which is the world’s largest miscible CO2 project. The primary use of the program has been for CO2 flooding; however, the same methods can be used for other tertiary processes such as alkaline surfactant flooding.

The approach has been implemented in a computer program that is based upon dimensionless recovery curves that can be either simulation-based or derived from analog project performance. One key attribute of the program is the ability to model the changes in reservoir processing rate that are common in these projects. Predictions are generated for all injected and produced fluids (oil, hydrocarbon gas, NGL yield, water, and CO2).

The program has also proven valuable as a surveillance tool for comparing actual versus predicted performance of an EOR project at the pattern level. Such analysis has identified project areas with good performance that are worthy of larger injected CO2 slugs, and also patterns within projects that are not meeting tertiary recovery targets.

The presentation will include the methodology employed in the program and will demonstrate, with examples from the Permian Basin, how this approach can be used to generate forecasts for field-scale EOR projects. Examples highlighting surveillance applications are also be included.


Featured Speakers

Speaker Jeff Simmons

Manager of Integrated Reservoir Management
Oxy Permian, LTD
Jeff Simmons is the Manager of Integrated Reservoir Management for Oxy Permian, the largest oil producer in the state of Texas, and a leader in the application of miscible CO2 flooding in the Permian Basin of West Texas. In his current role, Jeff provides …

Manager of Integrated Reservoir Management
Oxy Permian, LTD

Jeff Simmons is the Manager of Integrated Reservoir Management for Oxy Permian, the largest oil producer in the state of Texas, and a leader in the application of miscible CO2 flooding in the Permian Basin of West Texas. In his current role, Jeff provides technical leadership for multi-discipline reservoir studies supporting Oxy''s extensive Permian operations, which include 27 active CO2 projects.

Previously, he has managed the operational aspects of CO2 and water floods, served as a Reservoir Engineer for the Denver Unit, worked in supplemental recovery research at Shell Development, and worked as a reservoir and production engineer for Shell Offshore in the Gulf of Mexico.

Jeff has nearly 25 years of oil and gas industry experience. He is the recipient of the Society of Petroleum Engineers Cedric Ferguson Medal (1991) and is the author of 14 scientific and engineering publications. Jeff holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla, and a MS in Petroleum Engineering from Stanford University.

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Organizer

Chuck Wagner


Date and Time

Thu, Sept. 28, 2006

11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
(GMT-0600) US/Central

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Location

Courtyard on St James

1885 St James Place
Houston, TX 77056
USA