Learning Zone

The Learning Zone is a series of articles that cover a variety of issues pertaining to Heavy Oil Recovery.

Heavy Oil
North Sea Context, What is Heavy Oil?, World Perspective.
Recovery Processes
Natural Depletion and Waterflooding, Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Perspective, Steam Flooding in Relation to UKCS Heavy Oil, Polymer Flooding Principles.
Hot Water & Steam Flooding
Potential Application of Steam and Hot Water Flooding in UKCS Heavy Oil Fields, Hot Water Injection Into Oil Leg, Hot Water Injection Below OWC, Steam and Hot Water Injection Above GOC.
Polymer Flooding
Potential Application of Polymer Flooding in UKCS Heavy Oil Fields.
Performance Prediction
Performance Prediction With Long Horizontal Wells, Gravity Stable Immiscible Gas Injection, Hot Water Injection Below OWC, Steam and Hot Water Injection Above GOC.