2002 02 06
ARC’s
Enhanced Gas and Oil Recovery (EGOR) Program Current Status and New
Directions
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Nexen Canada Ltd. and the Alberta Research
Council invite you to attend 2 consecutive industry information
meetings on ARC’s EGOR program. EGOR projects cover a range of oil
and gas industry activities of interest to both producing and service
companies. Discussions on progress and future perspectives for
technological development in the areas of improved oil & gas
production will be initiated.
Date:  |
Wednesday, February 6, 2002
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Session 1:
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Enhanced Oil Recovery Projects at
ARC
This will be of interest to oil & gas
operators who are involved in alternative waterflood methods,
reservoir characterization, and CO2 utilization
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| Time: |
9:30 –
11:00 a.m. (Breakfast provided) |
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2: |
Enhanced Natural
Gas Production at ARC
The ultimate goal of this
research program is to improve the economic recovery of natural
gas |
| Time: |
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
(Lunch provided between 11:00 – 11:30 am)
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| Location: |
Nexen Theatre, +15 Level,
801 – 7th Avenue S.W., Calgary, Alberta
(North side of 7th
Avenue – See Nexen security for further direction)
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Background
EGOR was
unveiled in 2001 as a five year research and technology development
program focused on Gas Flooding, Primary and Secondary Oil Recovery, and
Enhanced Natural Gas Production. These research projects have
already enjoyed success from laboratory testing to field
applications.
Scope of Session 1 – Enhanced Oil Recovery
Projects at ARC
- Overview of Strategic
Area
- Current Research Projects and
Objectives
1. “Screening of Alberta Pools for CO2
injection”. The screening program determines which Alberta pools are
amenable to CO2 EOR and storage.
2. “CO2 WAG
Flooding”. The CO2 WAG Flooding project involves the optimization of
WAG operations.
3. “Gravity Stable
Waterflooding”. Optimum parameters for field implementation of
gravity stable water floods are determined in this project
4. “Improved Formation Evaluation of Carbonate Reservoirs”.
Improved prediction methods are developed to determine irreducible water
saturation, hydrocarbon reserves and permeability in carbonate
reservoirs. New Potential Projects (Open Forum):
utilizing wormholes in IOR, dump floods, high pressure air injection,
reservoir surveillance aids for the management of waterfloods,
conformance control technologies, “suggestions invited from the
audience”, etc.
Scope of Session 2 – Enhanced Natural
Gas Production
- Overview of Strategic Area
- Current
Research Projects and Objectives
1. “Water Abatement in Gas
Wells”: To design, optimize, and field test technologies to reduce
excessive water production in gas wells
2. “Regain Permeability in
Tight Gas Reservoirs”: To regain permeability to gas in tight-gas
reservoirs experiencing aqueous phase trapping formation damage
3. “Gas Recovery from Methane Hydrates”: To develop a technique
which uses carbon dioxide to accelerate methane production from natural
gas hydrate reservoirs
New
Potential Projects: open forum with suggestions invited from
audience.
The Opportunity
EGOR is an industry-driven program to develop
technologies focused on improving oil and natural gas recovery.
Industry Members, the Alberta Energy Research Institute (AERI), and ARC
jointly fund this program. For an annual fee, participating companies are
entitled to play a major role in directing the focus of the research
program, gain direct access to the experimental results relating to their
field operations, and receive a royalty free license to use the
developed/improved technologies.
Registration
To register, please contact
Kerri Markle via phone: (403) 218-7711, fax: (403) 920-0054, or
email: kmarkle@ptac.org no later than
January 31, 2001.
Please check one
:
_____ I will attend the Enhanced Oil Recovery Session (9:30
a.m. – 11:00 a.m.)
_____ I will attend the Enhanced Natural Gas
Production Session (11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.)
_____ I will attend
both sessions
Name:
_______________________________ Title:
____________________________
Company:
____________________________ Email:
___________________________
Phone:
_______________________________ Fax:
_____________________________
Mailing address:
________________________________________________________
Unable
to attend, please send information:
___________________________________
Reminder:
Session is being
held at the Nexen Theatre and lunch is available from 11:00
– 11:30 a.m.
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