CO2 SCHOOL (Jointly sponsored by APTA and Midland College's PPDC)
Day One: Overview of the Elements of CO 2 Flooding
- The History and Current Status of CO 2 Flooding
- CO 2 Sources, Natural and Anthropogenic (Man-Made), and the Properties of CO 2
- The Convergence of Carbon Management and CO 2 EOR
- CO 2 Transportation and Injection - Pipelines, Trucking, Metering
- Reservoir Response - Miscible, Immiscible, Gravity Stable, Processing Rates, Examples
- CO 2 Recycling, Plants & Processing - Dehydration, Sulfur/NGL Separation, Compression
- Downhole and Wellsite Equipment Needs
- Key Elements of Reservoir Geology
- Overview: The Business of CO 2
Day Two: Evaluating a Candidate Flood, Reservoir Response and Flood Operations
- Flood Prospects: The Initial Evaluation and the Concept of Screening
- Flow Units and Reservoir Compartmentalization
- Modeling the Reservoir and Waterflood Response – Sweep Efficiency Concepts and Rules of Thumb
- Normalizing Flood Response – Actual Examples
- CO 2 Flood Response Modeling Techniques
- Economic Modeling
- Key Features of CO 2 Flood Operations
- Downhole Considerations
- Operational Features Peculiar to CO2 - Beyond Waterflooding
- Surveillance and Flood Monitoring
Day Three: CO 2 Facilities and Field Trip
- Dehydration Processes
- Compression Facilities
- Sulfur Removal
- Natural Gas Liquids Removal
- Integrated Plants
- Full Stream (Gas) Reinjection
- Field Visit to a CO 2 Flood and Facility Tour of CO 2 Production and Injection Facilities
- Tour of Recycle/Processing Facilities
Day Four: CO 2 Production and The Business of CO 2 Flooding
- Land/Mineral Considerations
- Longevity of Example Floods
- Reservoir Processing Rates and Rates of Return
- Major Elements of Costs/Revenue
- Parametric Sensitivities
- Fundamentals of CO 2 Supply Contracts
- Course Discussion and Evaluations
Midland College Advanced Technology Center (3200 W. Cuthbert)
Instructors: Stephen Melzer, Melzer Consulting; Robert Trentham, Ph.D.; Robert 'Bob" D. Kiker
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