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Assessing Technical and Economic Recovery of Oil Resources

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TABLE OF CONTENTSEXECUTIVE SUMMARYI. INTRODUCTIONA. Overview <strong>of</strong> ROZ <strong>Recovery</strong> PotentialB. Outline for ReportII. ORIGIN AND OCCURRENCE OF RESIDUAL OIL ZONESA. Origin <strong>of</strong> Residual <strong>Oil</strong> ZonesB. Examining the Effects <strong>of</strong> Hydrodynamics <strong>and</strong> Reservoir Properties on Creating aTilted OWCC. Evidence for ROZs in the Permian BasinIII. EVALUATING OIL RECOVERY FROM RESIDUAL OIL ZONESA. Pilot Demonstrations <strong>of</strong> ROZ FloodsB. Sample ROZ <strong>Oil</strong> FieldsIV. CALIBRATING THE OIL RECOVERY MODELS AND ESTIMATINGTECHNICALLY RECOVERABLE ROZ RESOURCESA. Background on CO2-ProphetB. Comparison <strong>and</strong> Calibration <strong>of</strong> CO2-Prophet with a Full-Scale ReservoirSimulatorV. OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO RECOVERING OIL FROM RESIDUAL OIL ZONESA. Overview <strong>of</strong> BarriersB. Evaluating Strategies for Overcoming BarriersVI. ECONOMICALLY RECOVERABLE OIL RESOURCES IN TRANSITION ANDRESIDUAL OIL ZONESA. Basic <strong>Economic</strong> ModelB. Individual Versus Simultaneous FloodingC. <strong>Economic</strong>ally Recoverable <strong>Resources</strong>D. Marginal <strong>Economic</strong> AnalysisAPPENDIX A. OIL IN-PLACE FOR THE TZ AND ROZAPPENDIX B. ADJUSTING THE ROZ OIL IN-PLACE VALUES FOR COMPARISONSOF OIL RECOVERY EFFICIENCYAPPENDIX C. ECONOMIC ANALYSES OF FIVE PERMIAN BASIN SAN ANDRESRESERVOIRSi February 2006

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