The Call for Abstracts is now open for the 2026 SPE Improved Oil Recovery Conference (IOR). As part of the technical committee, I’ve had the chance to see how much thought goes into building a strong and diverse technical program — and it all starts with your contributions. If you’re working on practical solutions, field […]
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Thief Zones: Not All Are Created Equal. In conformance control, it’s often assumed that injected gelant will neatly find its way into the “thief zone” and solve the problem. But here’s the reality many don’t expect—especially in multilayered, open-hole wells, or horizontal wells. When your thief zone is a matrix feature (high permeability channel for
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After years of working on polymer flooding and chemical EOR, I’ve come to believe that one of the biggest barriers to better oil recovery isn’t technical—it’s psychological and historical. That’s why I put together this presentation: to challenge the long-standing primary / secondary / tertiary model and show why polymer flooding deserves a seat at
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🔬 From Lab Chips to Oilfields – with Stuart Kinnear – CEO of Interface Fluidics In this episode “Microfluidics with Stuart Kinnear for the Excel or Routine Podcast”, I chat with Stuart Kinnear, co-founder and CEO of Interface Fluidics. Stuart shares the story behind Interface and what it is like to lead a high-tech company
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In this episode of our EOR podcast, I sat down with Gastón Fondevilla Sancet, Engineering Manager at CAPSA, to discuss his extensive experience in enhanced oil recovery
Early polymer flooding achieves higher recovery factors, reduces water cut, and maintains stable injectivity, whereas tertiary flooding struggles with injectivity challenges and inefficiencies inherited from prior waterflooding
Gain a clear and structured approach to evaluating the economic feasibility of polymer flooding and other chemical EOR methods with this three-sheet spreadsheet. Polymer Flooding Economics Spreadsheet provides a basic yet accurate estimate of total costs, helping you rank candidate projects, build stronger scenarios, and make informed decisions about implementation.
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Polymer Flooding Basics Training Are you looking to enhance your expertise in polymer flooding for enhanced oil recovery (EOR)? Our Polymer Flooding Basics Training Course is designed to give you a solid foundation in this critical EOR technique, helping you maximize oil recovery while improving operational efficiency.
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Don’t miss the conference EAGE IOR 2025 (Improved Oil Recovery) in Edinburgh, from April 2nd to 4th! EAGE IOR 2025 I will be presenting 1 paper titled: Breaking the Mold: Reassessing Polymer Flooding and the Outdated ‘Primary, Secondary, Tertiary’ Model. I am attaching the introduction here. Introduction We can start this introduction with a little
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Polymer Flooding 101 – Training Course Online
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