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8747703 
Meetings & Symposia 
Development of improved hydrocarbon recovery screening methodologies 
Dickson, JL; Leahy-Dios, A; Wylie, PL 
2010 
Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) 
1 
696-705 
English 
This paper describes a novel improved hydrocarbon recovery (IHR) screening methodology capable of (1) screening and prioritizing a large number of reservoirs for various IHR processes and (2) generating preliminary flowstreams through generic sector modeling and proxy simulation. This methodology enables quick screening for a variety of EOR techniques using reservoir rock/fluid properties and technical/economic screening criteria, and quantitatively ranks the EOR options. It also provides the means to complete a first-pass estimate of reservoir performance by applying case-specific performance curves to run facility level simulations. It has been thoroughly tested for various fields where different EOR strategies were or are being implemented, and the results are in good agreement with published data. This methodology helps identify potential IHR opportunities, enabling operators to quickly test the validity and relative merits of IHR for any field or reservoir. Copyright 2010, Society of Petroleum Engineers.