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http://dx.doi.org/10.9719/EEG.2012.45.1.059

Review of EOR Market and Technical Development Trends  

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)
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Economic and Environmental Geology / v.45, no.1, 2012 , pp. 59-68 More about this Journal
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.
Keywords
enhanced oil recovery (EOR); EOR market; EOR screening criteria; field application of EOR;
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