EMS Energy Institute

Gas Flooding Research Project

Second Annual Meeting

November 15 - 16, 2007

Chemical and Petroleum Engineering (CPE) Building
2601 Speedway | Austin, Texas 78712 | 512-471-3161
Brons Conference Room (CPE 2.236)
The University of Texas at Austin

The Gas Flooding Research Project annual technical meeting was held on Thursday and Friday, November 15-16, 2007, in Austin, Texas. The first day of the meeting was optional and was intended for software and toolkit demonstrations.

Please note: password required to view presentations.

Thursday, November 15th (Software Demonstrations)



2:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Welcome and Overview of Gas Flooding Website and Toolkits.

Russ Johns

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Development of Fluid Characterization Toolkit (MMP Estimation)

Kaveh Ahmadi

4:00 pm - 4:15 pm

Break

4:15 pm - 5:00 pm

Development of Simulation Toolkit (UTCOMP Update)

Ryosuke Okuno

5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Dinner at the UT Club

Friday, November 16th (Technical Presentations)



8:00 am - 8:30 am

Coffee and light breakfast

8:30 am - 8:45 am

Project Update, Accomplishments, and Deliverables

Russ Johns

8:45 am - 9:15 am

Development of Miscibility for Various Oils and Injection Mixtures, Including Sour Gas

Kaveh Ahmadi and Russ Johns

9:15 am - 9:45 am

Advanced Design of WAG Processes - Mixing in Reservoirs

Gholamreza Garmeh and Russ Johns

9:45 am - 10:15 am

Optimizing Technology Selection, Capital Investment, and Production Decisions for EOR

Chris Jablonowski and Quoc Nguyen

10:15 am - 10:30 am

Break

10:30 am - 11:30 am

Advanced Phase Behavior Modeling for Compositional Simulation

Ryosuke Okuno, Kamy Sepehrnoori, and Russ Johns

11:30 am - 12:00 am

Compositional Simulation Using a Simplified Phase Behavior Model

Meghdad Roshanfekr, Yinghui Li, and Russ Johns

12:00 am - 1:00 pm

Lunch

1:00 pm - 1:15 pm

Interaction of Rock, CO2, and Water on the Miscible Process

Rouzbeh Ghanbarnezhad, Larry Lake, and Steve Bryant

1:15 pm - 1:45 pm

Inexpensive pH-triggered Polymer Microgels for Deep Conformance Control

Steve Bryant

1:45 pm - 2:15 pm

Proposal: Stabilization of CO2 Foam with Silica-Based Nanoparticles

CO2/Water Dispersions Stabilized Nanoparticles for CO2 Flooding

Water-in-Carbon dioxide Emulsions Stabilized with Hydrophobic Silica Particles

Elliott Hu, Chun Huh, Steve Bryant, and Keith Johnston

2:15 am - 2:30 pm

Break

2:30 pm - 3:15 pm

Proposal 1: Compositional Gravity Drainage

Proposal 2: The Effect of Wettability on Three-Phase Relative Permeability

David DiCarlo

3:15 pm - 3:30 pm

Wrap Up and Discussion of IAP Direction

Russ Johns and All

3:30 pm

End of Meeting

3:40 pm - 4:40 pm

Optional Laboratory Tours and Follow Up Discussions in CPE Building