Improved Oil Recovery by Waterflooding - University of Wyoming
Improved Oil Recovery by Waterflooding - University of Wyoming
Improved Oil Recovery by Waterflooding - University of Wyoming
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Target Formations<br />
• Minnelusa (Gibbs) and Tensleep (Teapot Dome) eolian<br />
sandstones<br />
One half <strong>of</strong> <strong>Wyoming</strong>’s oil production<br />
Abundant dolomite & anhydrite cement<br />
Formation water salinity: 3,300 – 38,650 ppm<br />
Low salinity water: Coalbed Methane Water (1,316 ppm)<br />
• Phosphoria (Cottonwood) dolomite formation<br />
<strong>Recovery</strong> factor as low as 10%<br />
Patchy anhydrite<br />
Formation water salinity: 30,755 ppm<br />
Low salinity water: Diluted formation water (1,537 ppm)<br />
E N H A N C E D O I L R E C O V E R Y I N S T I T U T E
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