Pengrowth has targeted East Bodo (Alberta side) and Cosine (Saskatchewan side) for waterflood optimization and subsequent enhanced oil recovery applications. Currently, the most practical EOR technology for this heavy oil reservoir seems to be the polymer flood technology in combination with horizontal wells. Several investigators(1-4) have demonstrated the potential of the polymer flood techno...

Fluorosurfactants are effective in a variety of Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) techniques including (i) improving subterranean wetting, (ii) increasing foam stability, and (iii) modifying the surface properties of the reservoir formation. While fluorosurfactants have been used in gas and oil exploration for four decades, the increased demand for petroleum and the greater understanding of the benef...

Chemical enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods are alternatives to increase production in mature reservoirs. However, the presence of EOR chemicals produced water may impact separation gas-water systems platforms. The present work aims evaluate polymers, surfactants, inorganic salts, and their interactions on gas holdup a 32.1-cm-diameter semi-batch bubble column over range superficial velocities...

Optimization studies are an important task in reservoir engineering practices such as production optimization and EOR (Enhanced Oil Recovery) assessments. However, they extensive with many simulations that require huge computational effort resources. In terms of EOR, CO2 injection is one the most common methods employed due to a high recovery potential environmental benefits. To assess feasibil...

CO2-based enhanced gas recovery (EGR) is an appealing method with the dual benefit of improving from mature reservoirs and storing CO2 in subsurface, thereby reducing net emissions. However, injection for EGR has drawback excessive mixing methane gas, therefore, quality produced leading to early breakthrough CO2. Although this issue been identified as a major obstacle EGR, few strategies have s...

We use the model described in Piri and Blunt [Phys. Rev. E 71, 026301 (2005)] to predict two- and three-phase relative permeabilities of Berea sandstone using a random network to represent the pore space. We predict measured relative permeabilities for two-phase flow in a water-wet system. We then successfully predict the steady-state oil, water, and gas three-phase relative permeabilities meas...