Improved oil recovery for independent oil and gas producers

Conference · Mon Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1996

OSTI ID:212463

Sgro, A G; Kendall, R P; Kindel, J M; Webster, R B; Whitney, E M

There are more than fifty-two hundred independent oil and gas producers operating in the US today (based on current IPAA membership figures). Many of these companies have instituted improved oil recovery programs in some form, but very few have had access to the state-of-the-art modeling technology routinely used by major producers to manage these projects. Since independent operators are playing an increasingly important role in production of hydrocarbons in the US, it is important to promote state-of-the-art management practices, including the planning and monitoring of improved oil recovery projects, within this community. This is one of the goals of the Strategic Technologies Council, a special interest group of Independent Oil and Gas producers. This paper describes a project which focuses on the distribution of advanced reservoir management technologies (geological, petrophysical, and engineering) to independent producers. The evolving information highway serves as the distribution medium, specifically the World Wide Web (W3). The procedure for launching petrotechnical applications and retrieving results over the W3 will be presented. A paradigm for the interaction between the independents, the petroleum service sector, and government will also be presented. Of principal concern is the cost of making high-tech modeling applications accessible to independent operators.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 212463
• Report Number(s): LA-UR--96-335; CONF-960427--1; ON: DE96008121
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
ENHANCED RECOVERY
GEOLOGIC MODELS
INTERNET
PETROLEUM
PETROLEUM INDUSTRY
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
RESERVOIR ENGINEERING
SIZE
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER