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Annex III-evaluation of past and ongoing enhanced oil recovery projects

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10115915· OSTI ID:10115915
The Infill Drilling Predictive Model (IDPM) was developed by Scientific Software-Intercomp (SSI) for the Bartlesville Project Office (BPO) of the United States Department of Energy (DOE). The model and certain adaptations thereof were used in conjunction with other models to support the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission`s (IOGCC) 1993 state-by-state assessment of the potential domestic reserves achievable through the application of Advanced Secondary Recovery (ASR) and Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) techniques. Funding for this study was provided by the DOE/BPO, which additionally provided technical support. The IDPM is a three-dimensional (stratified, five-spot), two-phase (oil and water) model which uses a minimal amount of reservoir and geologic data to generate production and recovery forecasts for ongoing waterflood and infill drilling projects. The model computes water-oil displacement and oil recovery using finite difference solutions within streamtubes. It calculates the streamtube geometries and uses a two-dimensional reservoir simulation to track fluid movement in each streamtube slice. Thus the model represents a hybrid of streamtube and numerical simulators.
Research Organization:
USDOE Bartlesville Project Office, OK (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI ID:
10115915
Report Number(s):
DOE/BC--95/2/SP; ON: DE95000119; NC: NONE
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English