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Review of EOR Market and Technical Development Trends

석유회수증진기술의 시장 및 개발기술 동향

  • Kim, Hyun-Tae (Petroleum and Marine Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources) ;
  • Lee, Kun-Sang (Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Son, Han-Am (Petroleum and Marine Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources) ;
  • Yoo, In-Hang (Drilling Service International)
  • 김현태 (한국지질자원연구원 석유해저연구부) ;
  • 이근상 (한양대학교 자원환경공학과) ;
  • 손한암 (한국지질자원연구원 석유해저연구부) ;
  • 유인항 (드릴링서비스인터내셔널)
  • Received : 2011.09.07
  • Accepted : 2012.01.09
  • Published : 2012.02.28
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Abstract

With the decline in discoveries of new oil fields and increasing demand from developing countries it is believed that enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technologies will play a key role to meet the energy demand in years to come. Based on the recently-published data, this paper discusses current status of global EOR market and technical development trends. The EOR market includes oil produced through various EOR recovery methods, such as thermal recovery, gas injection, chemical injection. Also, EOR methods are addressed screening criteria by reservoir and fluid characteristics including lithology, depth, thickness, and oil properties such as composition and gravity. Finally, the examples of field applied by various EOR methods are discussed with respect to reservoir characteristics and performance.

신규 유전의 발견 감소와 개발도상국의 수요 증대가 지속됨에 따라 향후 오일 수요를 충족시키는데 증진회수 기술이 중요한 역할을 담당할 것으로 믿어진다. 이 연구에서는 전세계에서 최근에 연구된 자료를 바탕으로 석유회수증진기술 (EOR)에 대한 현재 시장 동향 및 기술 개발 방향에 대해 정리하였다. EOR 시장은 열공법, 가스 주입법, 화학 공법에 의한 오일 회수를 모두 포함하였다. 저류층의 암상, 위치, 심도, 두께와 오일의 성분 및 비중 등 EOR 기법의 현장적용 기준을 정리하였으며, 각종 EOR 기법의 적용사례를 저류층 특성과 실제 회수의 관점에서 토의하였다.

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