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As a part of the Institute's strategic focus on assisting CCS projects through knowledge sharing, three North American roadshow events will help the industry share project experiences and knowledge about CCS. Taking place in the US and Canada, the three events include:• Austin, Texas on November 8, 2011;• Calgary, Canada on 10 November, 2011; and • Washington, D.C. on 19 January, 2012.The first roadshow focused on sharing project experiences and knowledge from the projects in North America but also brought in projects from Europe (Don valley) and Australia (Callide) so that regionally diverse experiences could be shared amongst a global audience. Attendance at the event was around 30 to 35 which allowed open and frank discussions around technical, management, and regulatory issues and how these challenges can impact on a project’s advancement and decision making processes.TRANSCRIPT
Carbon Dioxide EOR Update and Developments The Concept of Residual Oil Zones and
Opportunities for Flood Target Expansions
Global CCS Institute Regional Meeting
Austin, TexasDoubleTree Hotel
November 8, 2011
L. Stephen MelzerTexas Carbon Capture & Storage Association
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TWO PATHWAYS TO CCS
• DRIVER: A TOP-DOWN GOV’T IMPERATIVE
– CLIMATE CHANGE LEGISLATION
– COST OF CARBON• Emission Trading• Carbon Tax
• DEEP SALINE FORMATIONS– LARGE VOLUME SINKS– WIDESPREAD GEOGRAPHICAL
OPPORTUNITY– ‘WASTE’ INJECTION
• DEVELOP REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
• DRIVER: SELECTIVE (MARKET) INCENTIVES
- UTILIZE A LARGE MARKET TO DEMAND-DRIVE CAPTURE
- RECOGNIZE AND EXPAND THE LARGE CO2 EOR MARKET
• DEVELOP STANDARDS FOR COMMODIZATION AND TRANSPORTATION OF CO2
• AUGMENT EXISTING REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS
• PUT THE ENTREPRENEURS TO WORK
A Heart-felt Tribute to
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Carbon Dioxide EOR Update and Developments The Concept of Residual Oil Zones and Opportunities
for Flood Target Expansions
• Where CO2 EOR has Been• Where it is Now?• Where is it Going?
– Some Organizational Forecasts– The “New” - Expansion of Targets from
Traditional Ones– Convergence with Carbon Capture and
Storage?
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Before we Jump off into EOR, Let’s Give Some Credit to:
• The Oil Majors and their Developmental Work on CO2 EOR• King Hubbert – circa 1950’s• The UTPB CO2 ‘ROZ Team’ in Midland/Odessa• The Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America (RPSEA)• The U.S. DOE, National Energy Technology Laboratory and Advanced
Resources, International
As you Shall See; Much Work Remains to be Done so….
Future ‘Thanks’ Likely to Go to:
• RPSEA • USDOE and NETL• International Research• Cooperating Industry Partners……
I probably need to apologize up front as Some of this is going to need to be a bit “Geeky” here
Carbon Dioxide EOR Update and Developments
The Concept of Residual Oil Zones and Opportunities for Flood Target Expansions
7CONVENTIONAL CO2 EOR RESERVOIR EXPLOITATION
A Real Life Example8
PRIMARY PHASE SECONDARY TERTIARY
Background – US EOR History*
Thermal Declining
CO2 Inclining
* National Petroleum Council Study On-shore Oil Topic Paper – Sep ‘11
GRAPHICAL HISTORY OF PERMIAN BASIN CO2 EOR
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Growth of CO2 EOR: U.S. & Worldwide*
WW & U.S. CO2 EOR PRODUCTION1986 - 2010
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* Ref: O&GJ Biennial EOR Editions & UTPB Petr Industry Alliance
Where We Are Today
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Permian Basin
Wyoming/ N. Rockies
Denbury Gulf Coast
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Current Status (U.S. CO2 EOR)*
• Active Projects 106• Acres Under Flood 450,000• Number of Producing Wells 9,980• Number of Injection Wells 6,850• Total Production 340,000• EOR Production 262,000
* Ref: O&GJ Biennial EOR Edition & UTPB PIA Industry Alliance – Mar ‘10
5.6% U.S. Production
Where CO2 EOR is Going
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The BaselinePerm Basin & U.S. CO2 EOR History
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PB CO2 EOR OIL (KBOPD)
U.S. CO2 EOR OIL (KBOPD)
Supply Limited ‘Decline’
17Nat’l Resource Defense Council’s Look at EOR Growth
• An Aggressive Capture Plan, Time frame of 2010 – 2030, Uses a 5-year ramp up of Oil Production from Available CO2 Volumes, Termination of CO2 Volumes is a function of Time Frame of Study
Figure B: CO2 Captured EOR Vols and CO2 EOR Production (thru 2055)
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CCS Power CO2
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5-yr Ramp up Method: Oil Rec -(Rt Scale)
Aggressive Capture Case
Ref: http://www.adv-res.com/pdf/v4ARI%20CCS-CO2-EOR%20whitepaper%20FINAL%204-2-10.pdf
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Energy Information Agency (2011)C
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bopd Adding ‘Pure’ Industrial Sources
These Projection Do Not Include Sourcing of CO2 from Select, Dilute (Power Plant) Industrial Sources
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RESIDUAL OIL ZONES (ROZs) A GAME CHANGER?
WHERE ARE THEY AND HOW FORMED? Origins of Residual Oil Zones and Identification Methodology
• ROZ Origins
• The Fascinating ROZ Science – State of the Knowledge
• ROZ Types – Examples
• Benchmarking the Engineering (Commerciality)
• Brownfields and Greenfields
• A Wyoming Example
• We’ve Only Just Begun – So Much Work Yet to be Done
Historically, the Industry (and Policy Makers) has Looked at EOR Targets Like we Looked at Waterflood Targets
(i.e., Main Pay Zones only)
The Industry is (very quietly) Re-examining (challenging) that Perspective
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Original Oil Accumulation Under Static Aquifer Conditions (A Hypothetical Example)
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Original Accumulation Subject to a Westward Regional Tilt
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TYPE 1 ROZ
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Original Accumulation with a Breached then Reformed Seal
ORIGINAL POST BREACH
TYPE 2 ROZ
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Change in Hydrodynamic Conditions, Sweep of the Lower Oil Column, Oil/Water Contact Tilt, and Development Of The Residual Oil Zone
TYPE 3 ROZ
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A Curious and Very Quiet Exploitation ‘Thing’ Has Moved Forward in the Permian Basin
MIDDLE SAN ANDRES PALEOGEOGRAPHY with Location of Active Industry ROZ Zones/CO2 EOR Projects*
Hobbs
VACUUMFIELD
GuadalupeMountains
MidlandBasin
DelawareBasin
CentralBasin
Platform
Shelf Margin “reef”
TexasNew Mexico Midland
San Angelo
Restricted Carbonate Shelf
OpenMarine
MarathonOverthrust Belt
NORTHWESTSHELF
NORTHERNSHELF
EASTERNSHELF
WASSON FIELD (DENVER & BENNETT RANCH UNITS
SEMINOLE FIELD
* Adapted from Sagnak (2006), Chevron Presentation at the 12/06 CO2 Flooding Conference
GOLDSMITH FIELD
HANFORD FIELD
There are 9 total ROZ projects now
with two more scheduled for
start by early ‘12
EXTENDING THE EOR BELOW THE OIL/WATER CONTACT
Gross Net Permeability InitialThickness Thickness Porosity Range OOIP Oil Saturation
Main Pay Zone (MPZ): 160’ 126’ 12% 0.8-120 md 1 billion stbo 0.84Residual Oil Zone (ROZ): 246’ 197’ 12.6% 0.5-270 md 960 million stbo 0.32
Reference Slides are from the 2001 and 2008 CO2 Flooding Conferences
Gas Cap
Residual Oil Zone
Main Pay Zone
Remember this Slide?
PRIMARY PHASE SECONDARY TERTIARY
A NEW FOURTH PHASE? ‘QUATERNARY’ OIL*Total, Primary, Waterflood, Main Pay and ROZ CO2 Performance
(the Concept of "Brownfield" Quaternary Oil)
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Primary Production
Peak
Tertiary CO2
Production Peak
Secondary Production
Peak
Quaternary CO2 ROZ Production Peak
Primary Cum = 125 mm bbls
Secondary Cum = 325 mm bbls
Tertiary Cum = 200 mm bbls
Projected Quaternary Cum = 200 mm bbls
* REQUIRES AMPLE, AFFORDABLE CO2
THUS, THE TARGETS FOR CO2 EOR HAVE BROKEN FREE FROM JUST THE MAIN PAY ZONES
A Very Important Sidebar
‘Brownfields’ and ‘Greenfields’
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LET’S INTRODUCE SOME TERMINOLOGY
IT’S TIME TO TALK ABOUT SWEEP IN TERMS OF
BROWNFIELDS* AND GREENFIELDS
TYPE 3 ROZ
Greenfield = Effectively no Main Pay Zone
* Residual Oil Zone Beneath a Main Pay Zone
WE HAVE ONLY BEGUN THIS ROZ JOURNEY
• What about ROZ Origins and Distributions in other Basins?
• What about the Size of the Greenfields?• What about the Relative EOR Performance of
ROZs to Waterflooded MPZs?• What about Commercial Thresholds of
Residual Oil Saturation Levels?
It is Clear Now that ROZ Targets are Immense – But Just How Large are They?
The End
Questions?
www.CO2Conference.net
If this ROZ Work Strikes your Fancy
Check out the Website: www.residualoilzones.com