Polymer Flood Application to Improve #HeavyOil Recovery at East Bodo
This fascinating case study explores how the East Bodo, Llodminster SS heavy oil pool has been exploited using primary recovery and waterflood. After polymer rflood was determine the preferred technique from IOR screeing, coreflood tests indicated that polymer flood could recover 20% OOIP incremental oil, after waterflooding, to a 95% water cut. The data gathered from these coreflood tests was used to fine tune the reservoir simulation model to predict the potential economic reserve capture for a commercial field-wide polymer flood.
This paper reviews the progress of the East Bodo polymer flood, from laboratory concept to working field application, in four major steps:
1) IOR screening using simulations and coreflooding
2) field pilot design/implementation
3) pilot performance
4) next steps
To read the full paper click here
Check out this recent blog post featuring a Q&A with Alex Turta, EOR and Heavy Oil World MENA 2012 speaker, who will be presenting at our event next month on heavy oil waterflooding and polymerflooding.
