Enhanced Oil Recovery Fundamentals
Disciplines: Reservoir
Course Description
This course teaches an integrated version of the basics of waterflooding and enhanced oil recovery (EOR), illustrating the connection of each process to a few fundamental principles. It reviews the specifics of thermal and solvent EOR by relating basic principles to the results of cases from the field.
Topics:
- Definitions of EOR and polymer flooding
- Fundamentals of displacement
- Phase behavior, micellar-polymer flooding, and chemical methods
- Thermal flooding and the basics of solvent flooding
Learning Level
Intermediate
Course Length
2 Days
Why Attend
Every oilfield eventually relies on some form of enhanced oil recovery. Some require it from the start. This information can be crucial for continued productivity.
Who Attends
This course is designed for engineers with at least a bachelor’s degree in petroleum or chemical engineering. All other engineers, mathematicians, and physicists with at least a bachelor’s degree and some experience in reservoir engineering or numerical simulation can benefit from this course.
CEUs
1.6 CEUs (Continuing Education Units) are awarded for this 2-day course.
Additional Resources
This course has a supplemental book located in our SPE Bookstore entitled Fundamentals of Enhanced Oil Recovery. Please check out this valuable resource!
Cancellation Policy
All cancellations must be received no later than 14 days prior to the course start date. Cancellations made after the 14-day window will not be refunded. Refunds will not be given due to no show situations.
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We reserve the right to substitute course instructors as necessary.
Instructor
Larry W. Lake is a professor in the Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. He holds BS and PhD degrees from Arizona State University and Rice University, respectively. Lake is the author or co-author of more than 100 technical papers, four textbooks, and the editor of three bound volumes. He has served on the SPE Board of Directors, as a Distinguished Lecturer, won the 1996 Anthony F. Lucas Gold Medal of the AIME, the DeGolyer Distinguished Service Award in 2002, and has been a member of the National Academy of Engineers since 1997.
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