Selection of reservoirs amenable to micellar flooding. First annual report, October 1978-December 1979

Technical Report · Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6630388· OSTI ID:6630388

Goldburg, A.; Price, H.

The overall project objective is to build a solid engineering base upon which the Department of Energy (DOE) can improve and accelerate the application of micellar-polymer recovery technology to Mid-Continent and California sandstone reservoirs. The purpose of the work carried out under these two contracts is to significantly aid, both DOE and the private sector, in gaining the following Project Objectives: to select the better micellar-polymer prospects in the Mid-Continent and California regions; to assess all of the available field and laboratory data which has a bearing on recovering oil by micellar-polymer projects in order to help identify and resolve both the technical and economic constraints relating thereto; and to design and analyze improved field pilots and tests and to develop a micellar-polymer applications matrix for use by the potential technology users; i.e., owner/operators. The report includes the following: executive summary and project objectives; development of a predictive model for economic evaluation of reservoirs; reservoir data bank for micellar-polymer recovery evaluation; PECON program for preliminary economic evaluation; ordering of candidate reservoirs for additional data acquisition; validation of predictive model by numerical simulation; and work forecast. Tables, figures and references are included.

• Research Organization: Gary Energy Corp., Englewood, CO (USA); INTERCOMP Resource Development and Engineering, Inc., Houston, TX (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC19-78BC00048; AC19-78BC00051
• OSTI ID: 6630388
• Report Number(s): DOE/BC/00048-20; DOE/BC/00051-20
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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