About The Polymer Flooding Guide
Polymer Flooding is a well-know oil technique with a rather long history. But despite the extensive literature and the wealth of field cases, it is still hard and tedious to find relevant information and knowledge in one place.
This Polymer Flooding Guide aims at solving precisely this challenge: gather the relevant knowledge in one website, and help engineers learn, improve, share and keep track of what is happening in this field.
About the guy behind the guide
Antoine THOMAS
I am an independent consultant in the energy sector, dealing with chemical enhanced oil recovery, artificial intelligence, geosciences, and monitoring.
When it comes to polymer flooding and chemical enhanced oil recovery (cEOR), you need more than just expertise—you need innovation, efficiency, and real-world results. With 15 years of experience in geoscience, reservoir engineering, and chemical EOR, I bring a pragmatic and no-nonsense approach to every project.
- Cutting to the Chase: I focus on practical solutions that drive efficiency and accelerate field implementation—no unnecessary complexity.
- Speed & Precision: I work fast and accurately, ensuring you get high-quality insights without delays.
- Innovation & Integration: I actively seek out new technologies and integrate the best ideas to optimize EOR strategies and stay ahead of industry trends.
- Multidisciplinary Expertise: As an independent consultant, I handle everything from seismic analysis and reservoir modeling to polymer selection and field implementation.
- Industry Leadership Experience: I have worked for SNF, the world leader in polyacrylamide manufacturing, and have led projects for major EOR players, giving me deep insight into both technology and field application.
- Proven Track Record: I have authored numerous scientific publications, developed training programs, and advised companies on optimizing their polymer flooding strategies.
- Knowledge Transfer: Beyond consulting, I educate teams and organizations, ensuring they master polymer flooding for long-term success.
If you’re looking for an efficient, forward-thinking expert who can help you maximize recovery, integrate the best technologies, and minimize uncertainty, let’s talk.
Some memories
September 2023
November 2018 – Tyumen hosted a workshop on polymer waterflooding organized by Messoyakhaneftegaz. Over a hundred specialists took part in the workshop representing 26 Russian and foreign production, research and development and service companies that are engaged in delivery of chemical enhanced oil recovery (EOR) projects.
The program of the workshop was divided into three days. The first two days were dedicated to learning theoretical basics and matters related to design and delivery of polymer, surfactant-polymer and ASP polymer waterflooding projects. The main speaker was Antoine Thomas, the author of the “Polymer Waterflooding Basics” book and an international expert with extensive experience of project support around the world. He introduced the audience to the theoretical basics of the technology: physics of the process, characteristics of polymers and principles of their selection, he described how to build an injection strategy, plan a pilot project and move from the pilot to a full field development. The expert discussed with the workshop participants techniques for the method efficiency evaluation and economics of the project. In the end he shared extensive experience of Canada which leads the world in terms of delivery of polymer waterflooding projects.
