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IEA EOR Collaborative Agreement – 23rd Annual Workshop and Symposium Caracas, Venezuela 8-11 September 2002

The IEA EOR Collaborative Agreement – 23rd Annual Workshop and Symposium, was held in Caracas, Venezuela on 8-11 September this year (2002). This is a long running annual event held under the auspices of the IEA. Presently there are twelve member countries (Australia, Austria, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Japan, Norway, Russia, U.K., U.S.A. and Venezuela) and three 'observer' countries (Brazil, Hungary and the Netherlands) that are engaged in sharing the results of the EOR research done through their respective national programmes. The programme for this year’s event is available on the IEA website (http://www.iea.org/eor) and shown below

The UK delegation consisted of Tissa Jayasekera and Professor Ali Danesh of Heriot-Watt University (rather depleted from previous years but nevertheless we presented the requisite number of papers).

Figure 1: Prof. Ali Danesh presenting one of his papers

Figure 2: Tissa Jayasekera presenting one of his

Figure 3: Tissa Jayasekera (centre) with Dr. Eduardo Manrique (right) and Dr. Andreina Isea of PDVSA Intevep, at the evening reception.

PDVSA Intevep did an excellent job in organising and hosting this event this year.

Workshop Programme

Day 1
Opening Remarks by Bruce Stewart, Chairman of the Executive Committee
Welcoming and opening remarks by Carlos Espinoza, Executive Director PDVSA Intevep

Studies of Fluids and Interfaces in Porous Media
Chair: Erling Stenby and Bruce Stewart

Mechanism of Bubble Formation by Pressure Decline in Porous Media: A Critical Review, F. Bauget, R. Lenormand (France)

A kinetic model for the depletion of sand packs filled with live heavy oil, A. M. Kamp, C. M Rodríguez, J. A. Torres, A. A. Rodríguez, P. C. Hammond (Venezuela)

Relative Permeability of Gas-Condensate at Near Wellbore Conditions and in Perforated Rock, Danesh A., Terhani D. H., Henderson G. D. Jamiolahmady M., Ataei R. (UK)

Spontaneous Imbibition of Water into Oil-Wet Carbonates, Tor Austad, Dag Standnes (Norway)

Pore-network models to calculate transport properties in homogeneous and heterogeneous porous media, Samir Bekri, Catherine Laroche, Olga Vizika, R. Lenormand (France)

Recent fundemental developments on foam and particle flows applicable to petroleum industry, D. D. Joseph (USA)

Fundemental Research on Surfactants and Polymers, Chair: Anna-Inger Eide and Klaus Potsch

Profile modification in the Lagomar Field: Experience Using Gels, Romero C., Candiales L. E., Meijas O .J., Angulo R. J., Romero E. J.,
Flores E. and Norman C. (Venezuela)

In-depth blocking to boost late-life reserves, C L. Woods, S. G. Goodyear and A. J. Jayasekera (UK)

A Successful MEOR Field Test in Fuyu Oilfield, China, Keiji Nagase, S. T. Zhang, Hiroki Asami, Nintoku Yazawa, Kazuhiro Fujiwara, Heiji Enomoto, C. X. Hong (Japan)

The State of Improved Oil Recovery by ASP Injection in PDVSA, C. Hernandez, L. Chacon, R. Moreno, L. Anselmi and E, Manrique
(Venezuela)

Advances on Foam Design for IOR Processes in Venezuela, J. M. Alvarez, C. Romero, R. Moreno, E. Valero (Venezuela)

Day 2
Dynamic Reservoir Characterization
Chair: Steve LePoidevin and Nintoku Yazawa

An Integrated Reservoir Characterization Study Matching Production Data and 4D Seismic, Vincent Kretz, Mickaële Le Ravalec-Dupin, Frédéric Roggero, R Lenormand (France)

The use of distributed well temperature measurements in waterflood management, D. J. Element, S. G. Goodyear and A. J. Jayasekera (UK)

Emerging Technologies
Chair: Tissa Jayasekera and Andreina Isea

Upgrading of crude oil via in-situ combustion, L. M. Castanier, W. E. Brigham (USA)

Modelling the Acid Re-stimulation of Carbonate Fractured Injection Wells in the North Sea, R. A. Berenblyum, J. H. Hansen, M. L. Michelsen, A. A. Shapiro, E. H. Stenby (Denmark)

Rapid Field Evaluation Using an IOR Screening and Pre-Simulation Tool, Eva-Mara Reich, Jan-Erik Nordtvedt, Leonid M Surguchev, Bjorn-Tore Anfinsen (Norway)

Use of Machine Learning for EOR Method Selection in Venezuelan Reservoirs, K. Y. Hernandez, T. Liscano, E. A. Ranson, E. Manrique, J. Matheus and V. Alvarado (Venezuela)

Development of Techniques for Gas Flooding
Chair: Betty Felber and Joseph Papay

Interplay of Phase Behaviour and Numerical Dispersion in Finite Difference Compositional Simulation, Kristian Jessen, Erling Stenby, Franklin M. Orr Jr (Denmark)

Combustion Tube Test to Evaluate the Application of Air Injection Process for Light Oil Reservoir, Nintoku Yazawa, Katsumo Takabayashi (Japan)

Selecting Hochleiten Field for EOR, K. Potsch, J. Glantschnig, F.Gößnitzer, R. Ramberger (Austria)

Subsurface Issues for CO2 Flooding of UKCS Reservoirs, S. G. Goodyear, I. R. Hawkyard, J. H. K. Masters, C. L. Woods and A.J. Jayasekera (UK)

The Weyburn CO2 Monitoring and Storage Project, Roland Moberg, Bruce Stewart

CO2 geological storage and its Influence on EOR/IOR
The IEA Zero Emissions Technology Strategy
Plenary discussion chaired by Bruce Stewart

Day 3
Symposium Programme - Optimising Recovery in HP/HT Reservoirs

EOR Strategies in Monagas North HP/HT Reservoir: PDVSA Production, Rita Robaina

Multi Stage Fracturing in a HP/HT Deep Volcanic Gas Reservoir in Japan, Hiromi Sugiyama

Gas Injection Monitoring during Well Drilling Operations - Naricual Superior Reservoir, Furrial Field, Eastern Venezuela, Luis Urbaneja, Norelia Millan

Multicomponent Compositional Streamline Simulation of Gas Injection Processes, Kristian Jessen, Frankln M. Orr Jr

Experimental Investigation of High Temperature Imbibition, A. R. Kovscek, T. Tang

Measurements and Predictions of High-Pressure-High-Temperature Reservoir Fluid Properties in Presence of Water, Danesh A., Tohidi B., Tehrani D. H., Todd A. C., Gozalpour F., Fonseca M.

WAG Process at Furrial Field - Two Pilot Tests and Two Different Objectives, E. Escobar, R. Robaina, A. Araya, M. A. Vargas, V. Tassotti

Enhanced Oil Recovery by Gas Injection in HP/HT Reservoir: Deep Jusepin Field Case (Venezuela), J. Poncet, F. Cholin, S. Nicoletis, M. Durandeau

Air Injection for Oil Recovery, R. G. Moore

Monitoring Techniques for HP/HT Reservoirs - Furrial Field Case, V. Matamoros, A. Rodríguez

Exploitation Strategies Based on the Production Analysis and the Transition-Zone Monitoring of a Deep Undersaturated Reservoir, M. T. Avila, A. Granadillo, S. Embid

Closing remarks by Bruce Stewart, Chairman of the Executive Committee

The papers are available - please contact you national executive committee member (http://www.iea.org/eor/exe.htm) or in the UK contact tissa.jayasekera@dti.gsi.gov.uk

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