Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Training Course

Course Category : Project Management

This programme develops an understanding of enhanced oil recovery as a strategic approach to improving recovery factors, focusing on key EOR techniques, systematic field screening, and feasibility and risk assessment to ensure practical and effective implementation.
Duration: 5 Training Days
Level: Advanced

Introduction

Many oilfields face a fundamental challenge: a substantial portion of oil remains unrecovered even after primary and secondary methods. This is driven by mobility ratio limitations, capillary forces, reservoir heterogeneity, and complex fluid–rock interactions—necessitating advanced recovery techniques to unlock remaining reserves
This course provides an advanced engineering framework for Enhanced Oil Recovery by balancing science with implementation. It covers oil formation and reservoir fundamentals, the EOR workflow and core recovery mechanisms, and the main commercial EOR families (thermal, gas, and chemical), as well as emerging techniques such as MEOR, electric/EM methods, and hybrid approaches. The course emphasises systematic screening and selection, conceptual project design, and linking technical decisions to economic feasibility, risk management, and environmental/regulatory requirements.

Targeted Audience

Reservoir engineers
Production engineers
Petroleum engineers
Petrophysicists
Geologists
Geoscientists
Professionals interested in enhanced oil recovery processes and technologies

Targeted Skills

Differentiating EOR classifications, techniques, and recovery mechanisms
Performing systematic field screening and selecting suitable EOR options
Analysing Mobility Ratio (M) and Capillary Number (Nc) to improve recovery performance
Developing conceptual EOR project designs integrated with existing operations
Evaluating EOR project economics, risks, and environmental/regulatory considerations

Expected Outcomes

Explain reservoir and fluid fundamentals and why conventional recovery is limited
Apply the generic EOR workflow to structure data requirements and technical decisions
Perform field screening and select EOR options based on reservoir, fluid, and operational criteria
Evaluate thermal, gas, and chemical EOR options and link them to recovery mechanisms
Use Mobility Ratio (M) and Capillary Number (Nc) concepts to enhance recovery factor
Assess emerging techniques (MEOR, enzyme, electric, EM-EOR, and hybrid methods) and their applicability
Develop an implementable EOR concept including operational, economic, environmental, and risk considerations

Training Topics Index

Reservoir rock, cap rock, and source rock fundamentals
Traps, petroleum system elements, and reservoir architecture
Core reservoir properties relevant to recovery
Oil and gas properties and production implications
Primary, secondary, and tertiary recovery comparison

EOR definition and when it becomes a strategic option
Generic EOR workflow and decision pathway
Main EOR categories and recovery mechanisms
Key limitations and operational/engineering challenges
Screening criteria and practical exercises for candidate fields

Chemical EOR fundamentals and rock–fluid interactions
Gas and miscible EOR fundamentals and miscibility requirements
Thermal EOR fundamentals and viscosity reduction mechanisms
Maximising recovery using Mobility Ratio (M) and Capillary Number (Nc)
Case studies on advanced thermal EOR applications and success indicators

MEOR principles, applicability, and constraints
Enzyme methods mechanisms and suitability conditions
Seismic/electric approaches concept, requirements, and limitations
EM-EOR fundamentals and potential applications
Chemical–thermal hybrid methods and selection logic

Cyclic and continuous steam injection design considerations
SAGD conceptual design and success conditions
In-situ combustion forward and backward methods
THAI and CAPRI concept, opportunities, and risk boundaries
Steam–CO₂ hybrid EOR fundamentals, field use, and economics linkage

Course Features

Updated and Interactive Content
Hypothetical Examples and Case Studies
Pre- and Post-assessments to Measure Impact
Verified Certificate with a QR Verification Code

Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Training Course