Fundamentals of Enhanced Oil Recovery Methods for Unconventional Oil Reservoirs
Dheiaa Alfarge, Mingzhen Wei, Baojun Bai
Description
Fundamentals of Enhanced Oil Recovery Methods for Unconventional Oil Reservoirs, Volume 67 offers essential guidance on effective EOR methods for shale and tight oil reservoirs the primary focus of modern EOR. It explains key fluid/rock properties, physical and chemical recovery mechanisms, the influence of complex hydraulic and natural fractures, and parameters affecting oil recovery at microscopic and macroscopic scales in unconventional liquid-rich reservoirs (ULR). The book includes proxy models relating enhanced recovery to operating, rock, and fluid parameters, along with practical workflows for successful EOR projects in shale plays, guidelines for method selection based on reservoir and stimulation characteristics, and clear explanations of why EOR behaves differently in unconventional vs. conventional reservoirs making it a valuable resource for students and academics exploring the unique challenges and potential of EOR in tight and shale oil systems.
Contents:
- Chapter 1: Introduction of shale and tight oil reservoirs
- Chapter 2: CO2-EOR in shale and tight oil reservoirs
- Chapter 3: Comparative analysis between CO2-EOR mechanisms in conventional reservoirs versus shale and tight reservoirs
- Chapter 4: Natural Gases Based EOR Versus CO2-EOR in Shale and Tight Oil Reservoirs
- Chapter 5: Air injection in shale and tight oil reservoirs
- Chapter 6: Water injection in shale and tight oil reservoirs
- Chapter 7: Chemical EOR methods for unconventional reservoirs
- Chapter 8: Selection Criteria for Miscible-Gases Based EOR in ULR
- Chapter 9: Other EOR methods
- Chapter 10: The effects of nanopore confinement on different EOR methods
- Chapter 11: The impacts of geomechanics coupling on different EOR methods
- Chapter 12: Comparative and optimization of the most applicable EOR methods