EOR databank assembled

Journal Article · Thu Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1981 · Northeast Oil Reporter; ()

OSTI ID:6417077

Ray, R M

Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technology has progressed rapidly in the last few years, and a unique situation is now at hand. The Bartlesville Energy Technology Center (BETC) of the Department of Energy has supported research to survey and collect existing, publicly available data on oil reservoirs, to indentify those reservoirs amendable to EOR technology. The data from these efforts act as a broad base from which simplified models may be derived to predict the amounts of oil reserves technically and economically recoverable by EOR techniques. BETC also has been involved in 2 programs related to EOR technology - the enhanced oil recovery cost-sharing program, and the tertiary incentive crude oil program. These 2 programs have achieved the largest accumulation of data on EOR projects assembled in one place. The data will be used to improve the predictability of the simplified models; this improved predictability, it is hoped, will promote more widespread use for EOR technology and eventually reduce the risk involved in applying this technology to new areas such as the Northeast.

• OSTI ID: 6417077
• Journal Information: Northeast Oil Reporter; (), Journal Name: Northeast Oil Reporter; () Vol. 1:9
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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