Polymer Flooding Essentials Course

Antoine Thomas

This course provides an in-depth view of polymer flooding from the selection of the field to field-wide implementation. We will go through the full polymer flooding implementation workflow and review all the fundamental concepts along the way with a greater look at the details: field analysis, candidate ranking, pilot selection, well selection, data gathering, lab. workflow, polymer selection and characterization, core flooding, simulation, pilot design, equipment, implementation, monitoring, economics, carbon footprint, field-wide deployment, and tendering processes. At the end of the course, participants will have an actionable plan ready for quick field roll-out.Read more...

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Course contents

    Chapter 2 - Polymer Flooding - Practical Overview

    02-01 - Oil Recovery Mechanisms (7 min.)

    02-02 - Polymer Flooding - A Practical Overview (10 min.)

    02-03 - Benefits of Polymer Flooding (7 min.) Quiz

    Chapter 3 - Polymer Flooding - The Mechanisms

    03-01 - Mechanisms Of Polymer Flooding (10 min.)

    03-02 - Video - Crossflow (4 min.)

    03-03 - Video - Post-Flush (9 min.) Quiz

    Chapter 4 - Polymer Flooding: Essential Know-Hows

    04-01 - Chemistries & Product Forms (11 min.)

    04-02 - Viscosity & Rheology (6 min.)

    04-03 - Polymer Degradations (9 min.)

    04-04 - Important Considerations (5 min.) Quiz

    Chapter 5 - Polymer Flooding: Applicability

    05-01 - Where It Applies (14 min.)

    05-02 - When It Applies (18 min.) Quiz

    Chapter 6 - Field & Reservoir Screening

    06-01 - Typical Workflows & Past Failures (21 min.)

    06-02 - Goals And Metrics (5 min.)

    06-03 - Area and Well Selection (18 min.)

    06-04 - Analysis and Baseline (14 min.)

    06-05 - Choosing a Viscosity (5 min.)

    Chapter 7 - Basic Economics of Polymer Flooding

    07-01 - Overview Of Economics (23 min.) Quiz

    Chapter 8 - Laboratory Testing

    08-01 - Polymer Selection & Screening (19 min.)

    08-02 - Polymer Evaluation - Rheology (26 min.)

    08-03 - Polymer Degradation (6 min.)

    08-04 - Polymer Characterization In Porous Media (15 min.)

    08-05 - Propagation (24 min.)

    08-06 - Retention (13 min.)

    08-07 - Summary on Corefloods (9 min.)

    08-08 - Conclusions On Laboratory Testing (12 min.) Quiz

    Chapter 9 - Simulation

    09-01 - EOR Simulation Stages & Tools (26 min.)

    09-02 - Modeling Tips (16 min.) Quiz

    Chapter 10 - Facilities & Operations

    10-01 - Equipment, Facilities & Operations (21 min.)

    Chapter 11 - Monitoring

    11-01 - Monitoring - Injection (24 min.)

    11-02 - Monitoring - Production (4 min.)

    11-03 - Field Examples (15 min.) Quiz

    Chapter 12 - Reservoir Responses

    12-01 - Water-Cut Variations (12 min.)

    12-02 - Pressure & Oil-Cut Variations (10 min.)

    12-03 - When To Stop Polymer Injection (11 min.) Quiz

    Chapter 13 - Injectivity

    13-01 - Injectivity (26 min.) Quiz

    Chapter 14 - Production Challenges

    14-01 - Production Challenges (17 min.) Quiz