What will attendees learn by attending #EOR & #HeavyOil World conference?
We asked Alex Turta|Project Leader EOR; Light, Heavy & Extra-Heavy Oils | Alberta Innovates Technology Futures the following question:
What will attendees learn by attending your sessions at the EOR & Heavy Oil World conference?
Session 1: New Technologies in Alberta: Heavy Oil Waterflooding and Polymerflooding
The presentation will provide delegates with essential information on development and field testing of the novel Toe-to-Heel Waterflooding (TTHW) process. TTHW process is a process in which a vertical injector and a horizontal producer are used in a geometrical configuration which promotes a gravity stable water flooding process, easy to control.
Attendees will get essential information on laboratory and field testing of polymerflooding method as an EOR method for heavy oil recovery using horizontal wells; results of basic, comparative corefloods are analyzed for both water and polymer injection, and field, semi-commercial operations, are briefly reviewed.
For their oil reservoirs, delegates will have a starting point in choosing between TTHW and conventional waterflooding. Also, they will get an idea of whether the polymerflooding, advanced EOR technique (using horizontal wells for both injection and production) can be a good solution in their heavy oil reservoir cases.
Session 2: Initiation of in-situ combustion projects using steam-based ignition operations
This session will familiarize attendees with heavy oil production using in-situ combustion (ISC). As the first step in applying ISC is the ignition operation, attendees will have the chance to learn more about ignition methods and ignition delay concept.
Delegates will also be provided with a comparison of steam based ignition operations with classical ignition operations (using gas burners and electrical heaters) and spontaneous ignition operations.
Finally, attendees will get recommendations and guidance on how to choose the most appropriate ignition method. They will learn about which conditions favor application of ISC as compared to the steam-injection methods, mainly seen from the point of view of how easy is to conduct the ignition operation for a certain reservoir conditions.
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- Hussain Ahmed | Team Leader for Petroleum Technology Programmes | University of Teeside
- Arnaud Breuillac | Senior Vice President Exploration Middle East | TOTAL
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If you want to hear first-hand case studies from Alex Turta and learn more about the latest technologies to extract heavy oil, he will be presenting two sessions at the EOR & Heavy Oil World MENA conference:
- New technologies in Alberta: heavy oil waterflooding and polymerflooding
- Initiation of in-situ combustion projects using steam based ignition
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Alex Turta is a reservoir engineer. He is a research engineer at the Alberta Research Council (ARC), now Alberta Innovates – Technology Futures. Alex has a Ph.D. in Thermal Methods of Oil Recovery, with an in-depth specialization in in-situ combustion applications.
