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.