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Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) – Tertiary Recovery
Whatever the tertiary
recovery technique, Baker Hughes understands the diverse set
of challenges associated with enhanced oil recovery, and we'll work
with you to optimize production and minimize the operational risks
associated with EOR. No matter the challenge, we offer the combination
of optimum services that's right for your system using proven products
that maximize hydrocarbon recovery today and in the future.
CO2 Flood EOR
Managing CO2 flood EOR operations is a demanding but
rewarding prospect. Successful CO2 floods deliver good
return on investment and can greatly extend the productive life
of an oilfield. But CO2 floods have their own unique
challenges that can shut down your production very quickly and rob
you of your investment return:
- Severe corrosion
- Paraffin or asphaltene deposition
- Mineral scale deposition
- Natural and biogenic H2S
- Challenging gas and fluids separation
Overcoming these challenges requires advanced oilfield products
and services from people who understand CO2 flood production.
Thermal/Steam/Fire Flood EOR
In steam flooding and in-situ combustion (fire
floods), accelerated corrosion and scaling processes are common.
Additionally, produced fluids can suffer from complex emulsions
that are very difficult to treat. To help keep you producing at
maximum capacity, Baker Hughes offers customized TRETOLITE Fluids
Separation Technologies and corrosion and flow assurance products
and services for your thermal recovery operations.
Polymer Flood and Chemical EOR
Properly selected
and implemented, polymer floods, surfactant assisted water floods,
and alkaline-surfactant-polymer floods all are proven, highly effective
EOR techniques. However, in each of these cases, water breakthrough
to producing wells can dramatically increase fluids separation
challenges. This is because the properties of the additives that
make them effective in aiding hydrocarbon recovery from the reservoir
can exacerbate oil/water emulsion tendencies. Baker Hughes understands
the properties and causes of oilfield emulsions, and has the products
and services to safely and effectively treat them in EOR processes.
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