AGENDA

Day 1: APTA Steamboat Springs CO2 School

• Overview of EOR, History and Current Status.……………….………Melzer
• CO2 Sources and Properties of CO2…………….…..…..Melzer/Wackowski
• Transportation and Metering ………………………….……..……….Melzer
• Reservoir Response to CO2, Miscibility, Processing
• Rates, Dimensionless Plots…………………..……….…..Wackowski
• Lunch in the Mountain View Room followed by a Miscibility Video
• Flood Prospects and the Concept of Screening…………….………….Melzer
• Key Elements of Reservoir Geology.…………….………….….….Trentham
• Downhole and Production Equipment Needs…………..………..………Kiker

Day 2

• Reservoir Characterization, Compartmentalization & Geophysical
• Techniques for Surveillance and Monitoring………………..Trentham
• Pattern Management and Flood Optimization……………..……..Wackowski
• EOR Simulation and Response Modeling……………….. Melzer/Wackowski
• Lunch in the Mountain View Room
• Fundamentals of CO₂ Recycling, Plants & Processing……..……….…..Kiker
• The Science and Engineering of Flooding below the
• Oil/Water Contact (ROZs)……………….…………Trentham/Melzer
• The Business of CO2 EOR………………….……………………..…..Melzer

Day 3

•  Check in for Field Trip – 7:30 am – Mountain View Room
• Buses Depart for Rangely – 7:45 am
• Rangely Orientation on Bus………………………………………..Wackowski
• Arrival at Rangely (~10:30 am), Comfort Stop at Rangely
• Field Office, begin bus tour of field and facilities
• Box lunch and Rest Stop back at Rangely Field Office
• Afternoon Tour of Rangely Field and, Time Permitting, Depart
• Field for Geology of western Colorado and Geology
• Overlook at Dinosaur National Monument
• Arrival Back at Lodge   ~5:00 pm
• “Sunset Happy Hour” Gondola Ride to Thunderhead for networking,
• cocktails and dinner departs promptly at 6:00 pm
• Gondola Ride and Short Walk Back to Lodge

Residual Oil Zone Workshop

Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development (RIPED)

Beijing, China

February 2014

Section Topics Covered

1. Residual Oil Zones (ROZ); Latest Developments and Selected Case Studies

2. Characteristics of the Oil in the ROZs

3. Characteristics of ROZ Reservoirs

4. ROZ Characteristics in Differing Lithologies

5. ROZ EOR Deployment Configurations

APTA is the Host Organization for the Annual CO₂ Conferences held each December in Midland, Texas.  December 2022 was the three-day & 28th Annual Conference (see https://co2conference.net) for a summary of past conference agendas and presentations

Most of the agenda in 2021 and 2022 Conferences has been devoted to the recent developments in carbon capture utilization and storage and the very large role that CO₂ Enhanced Oil Recovery can play in emission reductions.

Register online at

https://mcce.midland.edu or call: 432-683-2832

Location:

Midland College PPDC

105 W. Illinois

Midland, Texas 79701

Fee:

In-State, $2,000

Out-of-State, $2,025

3.1 CEU’s and 31 PDH’s

Petroleum Professional Development Center

221 N. Main Street

Midland, Texas 79701

Office Phone: (432) 683-2832

For information go to:

https://mcce.midland.edu

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4 Day CO2 EOR and ROZ School

From the World Leaders in CO₂ Enhanced Oil Recovery & Residual Oil Exploitation via Horizontal Drilling

Jointly Sponsored by APTA and Midland College PPDC

Anyone interested in Residual Oil Zones or involved in CO2 Oil Recovery Operations or implementation should plan to attend this course!

The course is open to International attendees and space is limited to the first 40 registrations.

January 29 – February 1, 2019

8:00 am – 5:00 pm

Tuesday-Friday

Instructors:

L. Stephen Melzer, Melzer Consulting and APTA; Robert Trentham, Ph.D., UTPB and APTA; Ron Wackowski, Wackowski Consulting & Chevron, Retired; Russell K. Hall, Petroleum Engineer, RK Hall and Associates; David Vance; Mark Nicholas; Bryan Hargrove.

4 DAY CO2 EOR AND ROZ SCHOOL

Course Schedule and Curriculum

Day One: Residual Oil Zones and Commercial Exploitation                 

• Introductions, Safety Minute, Overview of Course
• Background and Progression of CO2 EOR and ROZ Studies
• The Types & Attributes of ROZs – ROZ Fairways
• Lessons & Learnings from Brownfield (EOR) ROZ Studies
• Expansive Carbonate Shelves – The Science of ROZs – I
• The Critical Roles of Microbes on Rocks and Oil: The Science of ROZs – II
• Pervasive Dolomitizaiton, Pore Volume Flushing and Wettability: The Science of ROZs – III
• ROZ Myths and the Properties of ROZ Rocks and Oils
• ROZ Exploitation via EOR

Day Two: Horizontal Well Reservoir Depressuring of the ROZ  

• Questions/Any Carryover from Day 1
• ROZ Exploitation – Reservoir Depressuring
• Production Analysis – Reservoir Response to Depressuring
• Engineering Tools; Gathering and Analysis of Key Drilling Data
• Explaining Non-commercial Well Case Histories
• CompletionTechniques
• SurfaceInftrasructure
• Water Disposal
• Insights from Computer Modeling of Reservoir Depressuring
• Repressuring and EOR

Day Three: Field Visit Plus CO₂ Recycle and Processing for CO₂ Flooding

• Dehydration Processes
• Compression Facilities
• Sulfur Removal
• Natural Gas Liquids
• Integrated Plants
• Full Stream (Gas)
• Overview of Field Trip
• Trip to Tabula Rasa’s East Seminole San Andres CO₂ Project
• ESSAU Field Office Visit
• Tour of ESSAU and Lindoss CO₂ Production & Injection Facilities
• Tour of CO₂ Recycle Facility
• Drive-by – Gaines County Horizontal Wells and Kinder Morgan’s Tall Cotton CO₂ ROZ Project plus
• Bus Stop at Gaines County Horizontal Well
• Bus Stop at Kinder Morgan’s Tall Cotton Project

Day Four: CO₂ EOR Fundamentals 

• Course Review, Introduction to CO₂ EOR
• Overview of EOR, The History/Current Status of CO₂ Flooding
• The Convergence of Carbon Management and CO₂ EOR
• CO2 Sources, Natural and Anthropogenic (Man-Made)
• The Properties of CO₂
• Reservoir Response – Miscible, Immiscible, Gravity Stable, Processing Rates, Examples
• CO₂ Transportation & Injection – Pipelines, Trucking, Metering
• Downhole and Wellsite Equipment Needs
• WAGs and WAG Management
• Key Elements of Reservoir Geology and Failed CO₂
• Flood Examples
• The Business of CO₂

Register at: https://mcce.midland.edu or call 432-683-2832.

•   Key Features of CO₂ Flood Operations Operational Features Peculiar to CO2 – Beyond Waterflooding

•   Tour of CO₂ Production and Injection Facilities and Recycle/Processing Facilities

•   End of Course