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    This document discusses Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) in Sudan and provides 7 reasons for implementing EOR methods in Sudanese oilfields. It notes that EOR has become a common way to increase oil production globally. For Sudan specifically, it cites that there is a high amount of remaining oil reserves and oil remaining in place, production faces high water cuts, oil prices make EOR attractive, tertiary recovery is needed as primary and secondary recovery have been exhausted, recovery factors remain low, and EOR technologies are now available.

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    This document discusses Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) in Sudan and provides 7 reasons for implementing EOR methods in Sudanese oilfields. It notes that EOR has become a common way to increase oil production globally. For Sudan specifically, it cites that there is a high amount of remaining oil reserves and oil remaining in place, production faces high water cuts, oil prices make EOR attractive, tertiary recovery is needed as primary and secondary recovery have been exhausted, recovery factors remain low, and EOR technologies are now available.

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    This document discusses Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) in Sudan and provides 7 reasons for implementing EOR methods in Sudanese oilfields. It notes that EOR has become a common way to increase oil production globally. For Sudan specifically, it cites that there is a high amount of remaining oil reserves and oil remaining in place, production faces high water cuts, oil prices make EOR attractive, tertiary recovery is needed as primary and secondary recovery have been exhausted, recovery factors remain low, and EOR technologies are now available.

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    This document discusses Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) in Sudan and provides 7 reasons for implementing EOR methods in Sudanese oilfields. It notes that EOR has become a common way to increase oil production globally. For Sudan specifically, it cites that there is a high amount of remaining oil reserves and oil remaining in place, production faces high water cuts, oil prices make EOR attractive, tertiary recovery is needed as primary and secondary recovery have been exhausted, recovery factors remain low, and EOR technologies are now available.

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    Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)

    Why EOR?
    Sudapet H.Q
    to 16th May 2013

    Khalid Abdulbasit_ RE_


    Sudapet

    12 th

    Contents

    Introduction.

    Peak Oil.

    Reasons of why EOR in Sudan.

    Introduction

    Enhanced oil recovery became one of the most and


    common way to increase the oil production rate in
    all the producing oil & gas fields in the world.

    There are many reasons behind selecting the


    tertiary recovery (Enhanced oil recovery) to be used
    to increase the recovery factor in the oilfields.

    Increasing of the knowledge and improving the


    technology is one of the main reason to attract and
    encourage the clients and investors to implement
    the EOR.

    In addition to most of the easy oil (green fields) is


    already produced as well as the production reached
    the peak already more than 10 years ago.

    Peak Oil
    Peak oil is the point in time when the maximum
    rate of petroleum extraction is reached after which
    the rate of production is expected to enter terminal
    decline.
    Global production of oil fell from a high point in
    2005 at 74 MMSTB/day.
    Peak oil is determined by the observed production
    rates of individual oil wells, projected reserves and
    the combined production rate of a field of related
    oil wells.

    Why EOR in Sudan?


    In Sudanese oilfields, there are many reasons of thinking
    or implementing EOR methods, since there are three
    main EOR methods (Thermal, Chemical & Miscible Gas).

    1.

    High amount of oil


    remaining reserve:

    o Reserve is defined as
    the cumulative oil to be
    recovered commercially
    in the future.
    o The remaining reserve
    in Sudan has high
    amount
    which
    is

    2.

    High
    of
    oil
    remaining in place
    (STOIIP):

    o STOIIP is defined as the


    total amount of oil found
    in the reservoir (will not
    being all produced).
    GRV N/G S
    STOIIP 7758

    oi

    Bo

    o The remaining oil in


    place in Sudan has very
    high amount which is

    3.

    High water cut:

    o Water cut defined as the


    percentage of water
    rate in the total liquid
    produced.
    It
    is
    measured
    in Rate
    %
    Water
    WC

    LiquidRate

    o The average water cut


    is very high in Sudan.
    o Chemical

    EOR

    can

    4. Good oil price:


    o The objective of EOR is
    to
    maximize
    the
    recovery factor (RF) by
    increasing oil production
    rate which is more cash
    and benefits.
    o Oil price became one of
    the
    main
    attractive
    reasons of doing EOR.

    5.

    It is the time for


    tertiary recovery:

    o Oil
    production
    is
    dropping,
    primary
    recovery
    period
    is
    ended,
    secondary
    recovery can not be
    implemented due to
    high oil viscosity.
    o Easy
    oil
    already.

    has

    gone

    6. Low recovery factor:


    o After both primary and
    secondary periods still
    RF is very low.
    o Recovery
    factor
    is
    defined as the total
    amount of produced oil
    divided by the STOIIP.
    RF

    CumOil
    STOIIP

    7.

    Availability
    technology:

    of

    o Technologies
    became
    available in the market,
    easy to be understood
    which
    is
    attractive
    reason to do EOR.

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