Polymer Flooding Essentials Course

Antoine Thomas

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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.

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Course contents

    Chapter 2 - Polymer Flooding - Practical Overview

    02-01 - Oil Recovery Mechanisms

    02-02 - Polymer Flooding - A Practical Overview

    02-03 - Polymer Flooding - Benefits

    Chapter 3 - Polymer Flooding - The Mechanisms

    03-01 - Mechanisms Of Polymer Flooding

    03-02 - Video 3.2

    03-03 - Video 3.3

    Chapter 4 - Polymer Flooding: Essential Know-Hows

    04-01 - Chemistries & Product Forms

    04-02 - Viscosity & Rheology

    04-03 - Polymer Degradations

    04-04 - Important Considerations

    Chapter 5 - Polymer Flooding: Applicability

    05-01 - Where It Applies

    05-02 - When It Applies

    Chapter 6 - Field & Reservoir Screening

    06-01 - Typical Workflows & Past Failures

    06-02 - Goals And Metrics

    06-03 - Area And Well Selection

    06-04 - Gathering & Analyzing Field Data

    06-05 - Analysis & Baseline

    06-06 - Choosing A Viscosity

    Chapter 7 - Basic Economics of Polymer Flooding

    07-01 - Overview Of Economics

    Chapter 8 - Laboratory Testing

    08-01 - Polymer Selection & Screening

    08-02 - Polymer Evaluation - Rheology

    08-03 - Polymer Degradations

    08-04 - Polymer Characterization In Porous Media

    08-05 - Propagation

    08-06 - Retention

    08-07 - Summary On Corefloods

    08-08 - Conclusions On Laboratory Testing

    Chapter 9 - Simulation

    09-01 - EOR Simulation Stages & Tools

    09-02 - Modeling Tips

    Chapter 10 - Facilities & Operations

    10-01 - Equipment & Facilities

    10-02 - Operational Aspects

    Chapter 11 - Monitoring

    11-01 - Monitoring - Injection

    11-02 - Monitoring - Production

    11-03 - Examples

    Chapter 12 - Reservoir Responses

    12-01 - Water-Cut Variations

    12-02 - Pressure & Oil-Cut Variations

    12-03 - When To Stop Polymer Injection

    Chapter 13 - Injectivity

    13-01 - Injectivity

    Chapter 14 - Production Challenges

    14-01 - Production Challenges