SC-05 EOR for Unconventional Reservoirs (SPE)
Sunday, 8 June 2025, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. | Houston, Texas
Who Should Attend
This course is designed for professionals with a basic understanding of petroleum engineering principles who are looking to deepen their expertise in enhanced oil recovery techniques for unconventional reservoirs. It is ideal for:
- Petroleum Engineers involved in planning and implementing EOR projects.
- Reservoir Engineers aiming to optimize recovery and understand the intricacies of unconventional reservoirs.
- Geoscientists interested in how EOR techniques can impact reservoir performance.
- Project Managers and Decision Makers responsible for EOR strategies.
Course Content
EOR in low permeability unconventional reservoirs is happening across a number of basins and is rapidly becoming a sub-discipline of petroleum engineering. This course covers what has been done over the last decade with a special focus on huff-n-puff (cyclic) gas injection. This includes how to predict production forecasts and injection volumes required, as well as determining the contribution of different recovery mechanisms. Other techniques such as continuous injection and water/surfactant injection are also considered. We examine field trials across all of the basins and discuss the successes and lessons learned from them. Operational aspects to successfully implement EOR in unconventional wells are also covered.
Learners will be able to:
- An in-depth understanding of the latest advancements in EOR for unconventional reservoirs.
- Practical knowledge from recent field trials, enabling effective application of strategies.
- Insights into operational considerations necessary for successful EOR implementation.
- Opportunities to discuss challenges and solutions with experts and peers, fostering a learning and innovative environment.
Disciplines: Reservoir Description and Dynamics|Production and Operations|Projects, Facilities, and Construction
Learning Level: Intermediate to Advanced
Instructor
Professor Todd Hoffman
Professor Todd Hoffman is a leading faculty member in the Petroleum Engineering Department at Montana Tech. His educational contributions include teaching Reservoir Simulation, Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR), and Reservoir Engineering. Before joining academia full-time, he was a reservoir engineering consultant specializing in flow modeling and managing fractured reservoirs, and a petroleum engineering professor at Colorado School of Mines where he taught Geostatistics, Fluid Properties, and Thermal Recovery.
Professor Hoffman has accumulated over 15 years of experience in academia and the industry. He has developed reservoir models for over 30 fields across six continents and has published more than 40 technical papers. His research focuses on improving recovery methods for both conventional and unconventional oil reservoirs, modeling of fracture reservoirs, and enhancing data consistency in history matching processes. He holds a B.S. from Montana Tech and an M.S. and Ph.D. in petroleum engineering from Stanford University.
His current research interests lie in enhancing recovery techniques for unconventional oil reservoirs like those in the Bakken and Niobrara formations, primarily through numerical modeling and experimental efforts. He collaborates with industry operators on pilot test designs and field development studies. Additionally, his work includes advancing conventional EOR projects like gas injection and thermal recovery, improving accuracy in predictive models through history matching, and developing more realistic representations of complex hydraulic fractures in reservoir models.
Fees
Registration Fees: TBD
Attendee Limit: 40
Educational Credits: .8 CEUs/ 8 PDH's will be awarded for attending this 1-day course
Venue
George R. Brown Convention Center
1001 Avenida De Las Americas
Houston,
Texas
77010
United States