Power Plant CCS – Latest in CO2 Sequestration at Power Plants

DOE/NETL Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage RD&D Roadmap – December 2010

NETL brochure: (March 2010) - Carbon Dioxide, Enhance Oil Recovery – Untapped Domestic Energy Supply and Long Term Carbon Storage Solution

Scholarly articles for improved oil recovery by surfactant and polymer flooding

Surfactants: Fundamentals and Applications in the Petroleum Industry, L. L. Schramm (editor), 2000, Cambridge University Press; classic volume available (used or new)
from http://www.amazon.com


An optimization methodology of alkaline–surfactant–polymer flooding processes using field scale numerical simulation and multiple surrogates - Venezuela; L. Zerpa, et al. 2005

 

Exploration & Production Technologies Improved Recovery - Enhanced Oil Recovery

University of Wyoming, Enhanced Resources Institute - news and publications

1031 Energy: Small Producers Tax Exemption - sign up for free newsletter

Ethanol Producer Magazine – September 2010 Issue — CO2 Increasingly Important to Ethanol

NETL – Carbon Sequestration Newsletter August 2010 Issue

GWPC CO2 Geosequestration Reference Library

Oil & Gas Journal – EOR/IOR news

Petroleum Science – “Mechanisms of oil displacement by ASP-foam and its influencing factors” March 2010

Journal of Petroleum Technology – “EOR Performance and Modeling” January 2010 

 

IOR Illustrations

 

Listed below are links to cross-sectional illustrations of Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Methods, drawn by Joe. R. Lindley, Publications Specialist at the former National Institute for Petroleum and Energy Research (NIPER) in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. The drawings were published in NIPER's 1986 Enhanced Oil Recovery Information booklet as part of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) EOR research program. Mr. Lindley's technical descriptions of the recovery processes were updated in 2001 and summary descriptions of the various groups of illustrations were added.

 

Click on the links to the EOR Methods illustrations to open the pdf versions 

ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY METHODS

Oil Production

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THERMAL RECOVERY 

Thermal Recovery

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Steamflooding

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Cyclic Steam Stimulation

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In Situ Combustion

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GAS MISCIBLE RECOVERY

Miscible Recovery

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Carbon Dioxide Flooding

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Cyclic Carbon Dioxide Stimulation

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Nitrogen Flooding

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Nitrogen CO2 Flooding

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CHEMICAL FLOODING

Chemical Recovery

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Chemical Flooding (Polymer)

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Chemical Flooding (Micellar-Polymer)

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Chemical Flooding (Alkaline)

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MICROBIAL FLOODING  

Microbial Flooding

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Cyclic Microbial Recovery

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Department of Energy CD/DVD Ordering  http://www.netl.doe.gov/technologies/oil-gas/ReferenceShelf/index.html#cds

 

September 2008: Carbon Dioxide Flooding Project Archive - Results from the 1960's to 2008, a DVD, Version 1.0, DOE/NETL-2008/1328 - A DVD Archive that captures the broad range of CO2 research conducted by the Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory and DOE’s National Institute for Petroleum Energy Research including; field demonstration, laboratory studies of mobility and conformance, simulation, and predictive modeling.

     

May 2008: Oil Program Enhanced Oil Recovery Archive: Program Results from the Mid 70s to 2007 - A DVD archive of nearly three decades of research from the Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory (DOE/NETL) is now available. The archive includes more than 800 documents and includes a comprehensive summary of DOE/NETL Enhanced Oil Recovery research. (Updated Feb. 2009)

 

To Order: http://www.netl.doe.gov/publications/cdordering.html

 

 

ARI Reports prepared for DOE on CO2 EOR Potential in the U.S.

 

Ferguson, R., Van Leeuwen, T., Kuuskraa, V.: “Storing CO2 with Enhanced Oil Recovery”, presented at the Seventh Annual Conference on Carbon Capture & Sequestration, Pittsburgh, PA, May 5-8, 2008.

Kuuskraa, V. A. and Koperna, G. J.; “Evaluating the Potential for 'Game Changer' Improvements in Oil Recovery Efficiency from CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery”, prepared for U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy - Office of Oil and Natural Gas, February, 2006.

Koperna, G. J., Kuuskraa, V. A.; “Technical Oil Recovery Potential from Residual Oil Zones: Big Horn Basin”, prepared for U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy - Office of Oil and Natural Gas, February, 2006.

Koperna, G. J., Kuuskraa, V. A.; “Assessing Technical and Economic Recovery of Oil Resources in Residual Oil Zones”, prepared for U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy - Office of Oil and Natural Gas, February, 2006.

Koperna, G. J., Kuuskraa, V. A.; “Technical Oil Recovery Potential from Residual Oil Zones: Permian Basin”, prepared for U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy - Office of Oil and Natural Gas, February, 2006.

Koperna, G. J., Kuuskraa, V. A.; “Technical Oil Recovery Potential from Residual Oil Zones: Williston Basin”, prepared for U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy - Office of Oil and Natural Gas, February, 2006.

Advanced Resources International; “Basin Oriented Strategies for CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery: Illinois & Michigan Basins”, prepared for U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy - Office of Oil and Natural Gas, February, 2006.

Advanced Resources International; “Basin Oriented Strategies for CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery: Williston Basin”, prepared for U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy - Office of Oil and Natural Gas, February, 2006.

Advanced Resources International; “Basin Oriented Strategies for CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery: Rocky Mountain Region”, prepared for U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy - Office of Oil and Natural Gas, February, 2006.

Advanced Resources International; “Basin Oriented Strategies for CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery: Onshore Gulf Coast”, prepared for U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy - Office of Oil and Natural Gas, February, 2006.

Advanced Resources International; “Basin Oriented Strategies for CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery: Permian Basin”, prepared for U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy - Office of Oil and Natural Gas”, February, 2006.

Advanced Resources International; “Basin Oriented Strategies for CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery: Mid-Continent Region”, prepared for U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy - Office of Oil and Natural Gas, February, 2006.

Advanced Resources International; “Basin Oriented Strategies for CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery: East & Central Texas”, prepared for U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy - Office of Oil and Natural Gas, February, 2006

Advanced Resources International; “Basin Oriented Strategies for CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery: Alaska”, prepared for U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy - Office of Oil and Natural Gas, April, 2005.

Advanced Resources International; “Basin Oriented Strategies for CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery: California”, prepared for U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy - Office of Oil and Natural Gas, April, 2005.

Reeves, S. R.: “Development of an Advanced Approach for Next-Generation Integrated Reservoir Characterization” Final Report, DOE Contract No. DE-FC26-01BC15357, April, 2005.

 

SPE Monographs and Books

 

Underground Storage of CO2 http://store.spe.org/Underground-Storage-of-CO2-P358.aspx

Practical Aspects of CO2 Flooding http://store.spe.org/Practical-Aspects-of-CO2-Flooding-P48.aspx

Reservoir Engineering Aspects Of Waterflooding http://store.spe.org/Reservoir-Engineering-Aspects-Of-Waterflooding--P68.aspx

Waterflooding http://store.spe.org/Waterflooding--P81.aspx

Enhanced Oil Recovery http://store.spe.org/Waterflooding--P81.aspx

Thermal Recovery http://store.spe.org/Thermal-Recovery-P78.aspx

Heavy Oil Recovery http://store.spe.org/Heavy-Oil-Recovery-P31.aspx

2008 SPE/DOE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium http://store.spe.org/2008-SPEDOE-Improved-Oil-Recovery-Symposium--P209.aspx (Prior years also available)

 

Other References:

Enhanced Oil Recovery Scoping Study, 1999 by EPRI, 148 pages

http://www.energy.ca.gov/process/pubs/electrotech_opps_tr113836.pdf

 

Coupling the Alkaline-Surfactant-Polymer Technology and

The Gelation Technology to Maximize Oil Production, Topical Report

Translation of Laboratory Data to Field Alkaline-Surfactant-Polymer Projects

http://www.osti.gov/bridge/purl.cover.jsp;jsessionid=473C6089C8E9D54B64499499EE461597?purl=/887243-q3tVRh/

 

 United States Environmental Agency Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program;  Discussion on rulemaking for regulating wells drilled for Geological Sequestration of CO2   http://www.epa.gov/ogwdw000/uic/wells_sequestration.html