General Methods of Oil Recovery

Exploration for crude oil has progressed dramatically in the last 30 years, driven forward by the ever-increasing power and capabilities of the computer. However, technology in itself does not find oil or gas fields; it frequently requires a flash of inspiration that is the mark of a true explorer to discover some of the major new exploration plays in such areas as Equatorial Guinea, Angola, Nigeria, Trinidad, the Gulf of Mexico, and the northern Canadian Rockies. After an exploration effort has successfully discovered crude oil within an acceptable range of reserve potential, the challenge becomes how to best optimize extraction of recoverable reserves in a manner yielding an acceptable economic return on total cash expenditures required over the life of the project. Surface and subsurface conditions of a discovery have considerable impact on the extraction process, its related costs, and ultimate project success or failure.

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