Carbonates, carbonates. A different level of difficulty, but also common points with other reservoirs: doing nothing (or just water injection) is not the panacea! Let’s see what we can do to make chemical EOR work in these complex reservoirs.
Setting the stage
Location | Field | Pay zone/Reservoir | Formation | φ | K | Depth | Depth | Gravity | μ | Temp, | |
% | md | ft, | m | °API | cp, | °F | deg C | ||||
Arkansas | Wesgum (a) | Smackover | Limestone | 26.7 | 36 | – | 21.0 | 11.0 | 185 | 85 | |
IIIinois | Tonti | Renoist Auxvases McClusky | Limestone | 47.0 | 358 | 2,050 | 625 | 39.5 | 4.0 | 83 | 28 |
Kansas | Trapp | Lansing / | Limestone | 18.4 | 150 | 3,215 | 980 | 38.0 | 1.4 | 97 | 36 |
Kansas City | – | ||||||||||
Kansas | Bates Unit | Mississippi | Limestone | 15.5 | 20 | 3,700 | 1,128 | 42.0 | 0.6 | 117 | 47 |
Kansas | Harmony Hill | Lansing / | Limestone | 12.5 | 3,100 | 3,130 | 954 | 38.6 | 3.7 | 105 | |
Kansas City | – | 81 | |||||||||
Louisiana | Old Lisbon | Pettit | Carbonate | 16.0 | 45 | 5,300 | 1,615 | 34.9 | 2.5 | 178 | 81 |
Nebraska | Dry Creek | Lansing / | Limestone | 13.0 | 4,100 | 4,100 | 1,250 | 31.0 | 9.0 | 120 | 49 |
Kansas City | – | ||||||||||
New Mexico | Vacuum | San Andres | Dolomite | 10.6 | 21 | 4,700 | 1,433 | 37.0 | 1.5 | 100 | 38 |
New Mexico | Vacuum | Grayburg/San Andres | Dolomite | 11.5 | 17 | 4,500 | 1,372 | 37.0 | 1.2 | 101 | 38 |
New Mexico | Vacuum | San Andres | Dolomite | 11.6 | 9 | 4,720 | 1,439 | 38.0 | 1.5 | 105 | 41 |
North Dakota | Blue Buttes | Madison | Limestone | 9.6 | 22 | 9,400 | 2,865 | 42.0 | 0.3 | 240 | 116 |
Oklahoma | Fitts | Viola | Limestone | 13.6 | 19 | 3,900 | 1,189 | 39.0 | 3.2 | 119 | 48 |
Oklahoma | Fitts | Cromwell 60, Hunton, Viola | Limestone / Sandstone | 17.5 | 7 | 3,250 | 991 | 40.0 | 4.0 | 115 | 46 |
(E. Fittts Unit) | – | ||||||||||
Oklahoma | Balko South | Kansas City | Limestone | 21.0 | 535 | 6,100 | 1,859 | 40.0 | 1.8 | 125 | 52 |
Oklahoma | Fitts | Cromwell, Viola, Hunton | Carbonate | 17.5 | 751 | 3,250 | 991 | 40.0 | 4.0 | 115 | 46 |
Oklahoma | Stanley | Burbank | Carbonate | 18.0 | 300 | 3,000 | 914 | 39.0 | 105.0 | 162 | 72 |
Texas | C-Bar | San Andres | Dolomite | 10.0 | 6 | 3,350 | 1,021 | 36.0 | 5.0 | 107 | 42 |
Texas | Dune | San Andres | Dolomite | 14.0 | 28 | 3,350 | 1,021 | 32.0 | 3.5 | 95 | 35 |
Texas | Goldsmith 5600 | Clearfork | Dolomite | 15.0 | 28 | 5,600 | 1,707 | 32.0 | 3.5 | 100 | 38 |
Texas | McElroy | Grayburg | Dolomite | 13.0 | 37 | 2,800 | 853 | 32.0 | 2.7 | 88 | 31 |
Texas | Garza | San Andres | Limestone | 19.8 | 4 | 2,900 | 884 | 36.0 | 2.5 | 90 | 32 |
Texas | Westbrook | Clearfork | Dolomite | 7.4 | 6 | 3,000 | 914 | 26.0 | 9.1 | 90 | 32 |
Texas | Lucy N. | Pennsylvanian | Limestone | 9.7 | 30 | 7,640 | 2,329 | 40.0 | 0.4 | 140 | 60 |
Texas | Salt Creek | Canyon Reef | Limestone | 12.0 | 13 | 6,300 | 1,920 | 39.2 | 0.9 | 129 | 54 |
Texas | Stephens County Regular | Caddo (ECU) | Limestone | 13,,2 | 9 | 3,200 | 975 | 39.0 | 2.7 | 113 | 45 |
Texas | Slaughter | San Andres | Dolomite | 11.2 | 6 | 5,000 | 1,524 | 31.0 | 1.5 | 110 | 43 |
Texas | S. Robertson | Glorieta/Clearfork | Dolomite | 7.9 | 39 | 5,800 | 1,768 | 34.0 | 1.0 | 107 | 42 |
Texas | Cogdell | Canyon Reef | Limestone | 9.6 | 5 | 6,800 | 2,073 | 41.7 | 0.6 | 128 | 53 |
Texas | Levelland | San Andres | Dolomite | 10.0 | 1 | 4,720 | 1,439 | 30.5 | 1.5 | 107 | 42 |
Texas | Cowden North | Grayburg/San Andres | Limestone / Dolomite | 10.1 | 4 | 4,450 | 1,356 | 34.0 | 1.6 | 94 | 34 |
Texas | Mabee | San Andres | Dolomite | 10.5 | 2 | 4,700 | 1,433 | 32.0 | 2.4 | 106 | 41 |
Texas | Jordan | San Andres | Dolomite | 10.5 | 6 | 3,600 | 1,097 | 34.0 | 2.8 | 95 | 35 |
Texas | McElroy | Grayburg/San Andres | Dolomite | 11.0 | 5 | 3,000 | 914 | 32.0 | 2.6 | 95 | 35 |
Texas | Penwell | San Andres | Dolomite | 11.0 | 2 | 3,800 | 1,158 | 32.0 | 4.5 | 108 | 42 |
Texas | Harris | Glorieta | Dolomite | 8.6 | 3 | 5,818 | 1,773 | 30.8 | 3.1 | 115 | 46 |
Texas | Dollarhide (Clearfork) | Clearfork | Dolomite | 11.6 | 9 | 6,500 | 1,981 | 37.0 | 0.6 | 110 | 43 |
Texas | South Cowden | Grayburg | Dolomite | 13.0 | 3 | 4,500 | 1,372 | 34.0 | 3.5 | 103 | 39 |
Texas | Smyer | Clearfork | Carbonate | 8.3 | 11 | 5,900 | 1,798 | 27.0 | 5.0 | 112 | 44 |
Texas | North Riley | Clearfork | Carbonate | 7.7 | 12 | 6,300 | 1,920 | 32.0 | 2.6 | 104 | 40 |
Texas | Salt Creek | Canyon Reef | Limestone | 12.0 | 20 | 6,500 | 1,981 | 39.0 | 6.0 | 130 | 54 |
Texas | Headlee North | Headlee North | Limestone | 4.1 | 0 | 12,000 | 3,658 | 47.0 | 0.7 | 190 | 88 |
Texas | Foster | San Andres | Dolomite | 12.0 | 6 | 4,200 | 1,280 | 34.0 | 1.2 | 101 | 38 |
Texas | Wichita County Reg. (a) | Gunsight | Carbonate | 22.0 | 53 | 1,750 | 533 | 42.0 | 2.2 | 89 | 32 |
Texas | Stephens County Regular | Caddo Lime | Limestone | 14.5 | 12 | 3,200 | 975 | 40.0 | 2.3 | 106 | 41 |
Texas | Bob Slaughter Block (a) | San Andres | Dolomite | 12.0 | 6 | 5,000 | 1,524 | 31.4 | 1.3 | 109 | 43 |
Texas | Robertson | Clearfork | Carbonate | 7.8 | 2 | 6,450 | 1,966 | 34.0 | 1.1 | 110 | 43 |
Texas | Sand Hills | Tubb | Carbonate | 12.0 | 27 | 4,500 | 1,372 | 35.0 | 2.5 | 148 | 64 |
Texas | McCamey | Grayburg | Carbonate | 14.0 | 18 | 2,100 | 640 | 26.0 | 28.0 | 80 | 27 |
San Andres | – | ||||||||||
Texas | Keystone | Colby | Dolomite | 12.0 | 5 | 330 | 101 | 37.0 | 6.0 | 87 | 31 |
Utah | Aneth Unit | Paradox | Limestone | 10.6 | 18 | 5,300 | 1,615 | 47.0 | 0.6 | 134 | 57 |
Wyoming | Byron | Embar / Tensleep | Limestone / Sandstone | 13.9 | 41 | 5,600 | 1,707 | 23.0 | 17.0 | 121 | 49 |
Wyoming | Grass Creek | Phosphoria | Carbonate | 21.6 | 20 | 4,300 | 1,311 | 24.0 | 15.0 | 105 | 41 |
Wyoming | Oregon Basin | North Embar | Limestone | 20.2 | 68 | 3,370 | 1,027 | 22.5 | 9.8 | 108 | 42 |
Wyoming | Oregon Basin | South Embar | Limestone | 19.5 | 39 | 3,600 | 1,097 | 20.9 | 15.7 | 110 | 43 |
Texas | Yates | San Andres | Dolomite | 15.0 | 100 | 1,400 | 427 | 30.0 | 6.0 | 82 | 28 |
Wyoming | Cottonwood Creek | Phosphoria | Limestone | 10.4 | 16 | 7,900 | 2,408 | 30.0 | 2.8 | 150 | 66 |
Porosity (%) | Permeability (mD) | Depth (ft) | Depth (m) | Oil gravity (°API ) | Oil viscosity (cP) | Fahrenheit | Celsius | ||||
MIN | 4 | 0.3 | 330 | 101 | 21 | 0.3 | 80 | 27 | |||
MAX | 47 | 4,100 | 12,000 | 3,658 | 47 | 105 | 240 | 116 | |||
AVERAGE | 14 | 182 | 4,561 | 1,390 | 35 | 6 | 116 | 47 | |||
MEDIAN | 12 | 18 | 4,450 | 1,356 | 34 | 3 | 108 | 43 |