Course Description
Best Practices of Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Projects Training Course provides a comprehensive and practical understanding of advanced oil recovery techniques used to maximize production from both mature and newly discovered reservoirs. As global energy demand increases, the need for efficient recovery methods has become critical, making this Enhanced Oil Recovery Training Course highly relevant for industry professionals.
This course explores the integration of water flooding and EOR processes, highlighting how reservoir characteristics influence method selection and performance. Participants will gain insight into chemical, miscible, and thermal EOR techniques, supported by real-world case studies from onshore and offshore fields.
By focusing on reservoir characterization, screening criteria, and field applications, this EOR Projects Training Course equips learners with the knowledge to evaluate, design, and optimize recovery strategies. The course also addresses operational challenges, uncertainties, and emerging advancements in EOR technologies.
What you will achieve
Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Training Course aims to build a strong technical foundation in EOR processes and their application in real field scenarios. It focuses on improving participants’ ability to select, design, and optimize recovery methods based on reservoir conditions.
Participants will be able to:
- Understand and apply different EOR processes across various reservoir types
- Perform reservoir characterization and evaluate screening criteria for EOR methods
- Analyze mobility ratio and capillary number to maximize oil recovery efficiency
- Identify and assess chemical EOR techniques such as polymer, alkaline-polymer, and ASP flooding
- Evaluate miscible and thermal EOR methods, including CO₂ injection and steam processes
- Interpret laboratory data and field results for effective EOR implementation
- Recognize limitations, uncertainties, and operational challenges in EOR projects
- Explore advancements and industry simulators used in modern EOR applications
How the course is delivered
Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Training Course adopts a blended learning approach to ensure effective knowledge transfer and practical understanding. The course combines theoretical concepts with real-world applications to strengthen participants’ technical capabilities.
Participants will benefit from expert-led presentations, interactive class exercises, and detailed field application analysis. Industry videos are incorporated to demonstrate EOR processes and technologies in action, enhancing visual understanding.
Case studies from global oilfields provide valuable insights into both successful and unsuccessful EOR implementations, helping participants understand real challenges and solutions. Group discussions and guided analysis sessions encourage knowledge sharing and critical thinking.
This structured approach ensures that participants gain practical skills in reservoir characterization, screening, and EOR method selection, supported by comprehensive course materials for continued learning.
Designed for
Best Practices of Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Projects Training Course is designed for professionals seeking to enhance their expertise in oil recovery techniques and reservoir performance optimization. It is suitable for both experienced professionals and those new to EOR concepts.
This training course is ideal for:
- Petroleum, production, and reservoir engineers
- Processing engineers and multidisciplinary engineering professionals
- Geologists and petrophysicists involved in reservoir analysis
- Engineers at early stages of their careers seeking EOR knowledge
- Technical professionals involved in field development and recovery planning
- Individuals interested in understanding advanced EOR technologies and applications
- Professionals responsible for evaluating reservoir performance and recovery strategies
- Anyone aiming to gain practical insights into EOR project implementation
Daily programme
- Different enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods
- Reservoir concepts, RCAL, SCAL and fluid properties for EOR
- Screening criteria and mechanisms of different EOR methods
- How to maximize oil recovery using mobility ratio and capillary number
- Limitations, challenges, uncertainties and problems of different EOR methods
- Reservoir concepts, main rock and fluid properties for EOR
- Routine and Special Core Analysis (RCAL & SCAL)
- Five different reservoir fluids and downhole sampling tools
- Detailed reservoir fluid studies
- Different tools for downhole fluid sampling
- Reservoir characterization techniques for EOR methods
- Water flooding: design requirement, frontal displacement theory
- Classification and screening of different chemical EOR methods
- Polymer flooding: polymer types, properties and degradation
- Alkaline/polymer (AP) and ASP flooding: process and limitations
- Three actual field results: Daqing (China), Kentucky (USA), Norne Field (Norway)
- Miscible gas EOR: CO2 and Nitrogen injection methods
- Determination of minimum miscibility pressure (MMP)
- Carbon dioxide miscible and immiscible flooding processes
- Carbon dioxide field selection and screening application
- Current industry simulators for CO2 process
- Thermal processes; cyclic and continuous steam injection
- Industry simulators for steam EOR methods
- Steam-Assisted-Gravity-Drainage (SAGD)
- In- situ combustion method: wet and dry applications
- Toe-to-Heel Air Injection (THAI) and CAPRI processes
- Microbial EOR, Enzyme EOR, and Low Salinity Water (LSW)
Certification & accreditation
BII Certificate of Completion
BII Certificate of Completion Upon successful completion, participants receive a BII Development Institute Certificate of Completion with a unique reference code that is independently verifiable. Our certificates are recognised internationally and reflect successful completion of your chosen programme.
