Technology Focus: EOR Operations (June 2009)

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Technology Focus Welcome to the Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Operations feature. This past year provided stimulating and rewarding times for all involved with EOR technologies. The interest in EOR technologies is higher than ever, despite the current fall in global crude-oil prices, which, by the way, is believed to be temporary by most analysts. This amplified attention in the EOR area results from the decrease of new discoveries and the ever-increasing number of maturing fields worldwide. It is expected that many EOR projects planned in the recent past will be implemented in the coming years. Thus, it is fundamental to revisit the lessons learned from previous EOR applications and to pay attention to the development of new techniques. Regarding technical publications, this past year alone, more than 300 SPE papers related to EOR were presented at various SPE events. As a result, the EOR feature is divided this year: EOR Performance and Modeling published in January and EOR Operations published in this issue. The papers featured here will give you only a few examples of the immense amount of high-quality material that was published last year. I hope that you enjoy reading these paper highlights and that you will search for additional interesting contributions that are available in the SPE eLibrary (OnePetro as of 1 July 2009). IPTC 11613 • "Blending Optimization of Contaminated Gas in a Miscible Gasflood" by J.T. van Berkel, SPE, Shell International E&P, et al.