POSC Specifications Version 3.0 |
Epicentre Standard Values ref_recovery_process |
identifier | description | source | version | status |
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ref _version .identifier | ||||
natural depletion | The method of recovering hydrocarbons that utilizes energies naturally occuring in the reservoir. | POSC | epicentre 2.1 | current |
waterflood | The method of recovering hydrocarbons that involves displacing hydrocarbon fluids by injected water. | POSC | epicentre 2.1 | current |
pressure maintenance | The method of recovering hydrocarbons that involves injecting fluids into a reservoir to maintain reservoir pressure, usually into a gas cap. | POSC | epicentre 2.1 | current |
steam flood | The method of recovering hydrocarbons that involves displacing hydrocarbon fluids by injected steam. | POSC | epicentre 2.1 | current |
steam soak | The method of recovering hydrocarbons that involves heating and mobilizing hydrocarbons in a cyclic process involving steam injection, a shut-in period, and fluid production. | POSC | epicentre 2.1 | current |
polymer flood | The method of recovering hydrocarbons that involves displacing hydrocarbon fluids by injected water. augmented with polymers to improve sweep or decrease mobility. | POSC | epicentre 2.1 | current |
miscible flood | The method of recovering hydrocarbons that involves displacing hydrocarbon fluids by injected fluids that are designed to achieve partial or complete miscibility at reservoir conditions. | POSC | epicentre 2.1 | current |
surfactant flood | The method of recovering hydrocarbons that involves displacing hydrocarbon fluids by fluids designed to reduce final hydrocarbon residual saturation using surface active agents. | POSC | epicentre 2.1 | current |
caustic flood | The method of recovering hydrocarbons that involves displacing hydrocarbon fluids by fluids designed to reduce final hydrocarbon residual saturation using naturally occuring acids within the hydrocarbon system. | POSC | epicentre 2.1 | current |