Terraflux: Enhanced Oil Recovery
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AN ENABLING TECHNOLOGY THAT RADICALLY BOOSTS PERFORMANCE OF EXISTING EOR SYSTEMS
The Terraflux application has been under Research and Development for eight years with rigorous lab and core flood testing, target reservoir analysis and is now in the field pilot design stage with major heavy oil operators.
The performance of the Terraflux polymer has been well characterized in consolidated and unconsolidated systems under simulated reservoir conditions. These comprehensive studies have shown that Terraflux applied post-water flood reduces residual oil saturation (Sor). This increases final oil recovery by up to 10% compared with conventional polymer floods.
HOW TERRAFLUX WORKS
Terraflux is an enhanced polymer system. It works through a unique combination of wettability modification, interfacial tension reduction (IFT), oil dispersion formation and improved mobility ratio. This combination of mechanisms significantly enhances the overall displacement efficiency of oil within the reservoir rock.
Terraflux: Migrating from the lab to the reservoir
- Porous Media Laboratory
- Sand Pack and Core Flood evaluation
- Rheology and Surface Chemistry Laboratory
- Rheology, Dispersion Chemistry Development
- Field Support Laboratory
- Application Support, Simulated Field Conditions for Well and Flow Line Treatments
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TERRAFLUX GREATLY IMPROVES HEAVY OIL RECOVERY FACTORS
The graph below shows recovery factor vs time for a simulated pilot test, scaled from laboratory displacement tests using a 3,000 cP oil. The first 8 years of an actual field waterflood was history matched as a baseline to forecast results using the commercial CMG reservoir simulator and CMOST optimization tool.
Terraflux EOR performance recovery factor is far greater than conventional HPAM. Our technology is currently being evaluated for pilot scale tests.
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