Enhanced oil recovery: focus group results

Technical Report · Tue Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1978

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6283235· OSTI ID:6283235

The focus group research on enhanced oil recovery development prepared for the Department of Energy as part of the commercialization program is reported. The research is devoted to evaluation of the potential for commercialization of enhanced oil recovery, determination of the barriers to development of this resource, and evaluation of actions required by the federal government to promote commercialization. Group agreement with the DOE assessment of EOR with some reasonably predictable difference in emphasis is reported. It was felt that price controls placed a particularly heavy burden on EOR not only because of the disincentive effect of the (then) current price (since the meeting the ERA has recommended a higher price for EOR oil), but because of the dislocation caused by two-tier pricing. Specifically, multi-tier pricing makes it difficult to get companies together for field unitization. Loan guarantees were not favored and environmental constraints were not viewed as a major barrier to EOR development. The existence of an in-place infrastructure was viewed as a major advantage which might be irretrievably lost with undue delay.

• Research Organization: Market Facts, Inc., Washington, DC (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6283235
• Report Number(s): DOE/TIC-10020
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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