Bakken EOR Trial Increased Output by 25

摘要

Much as the development of hydraulic fracturing enabled the shale revolution, new EOR techniques are poised to revitalize those quickly-depleting wells. Shale's tightness renders useless traditional EOR methods like waterflood and C02 flood, so each well must be treated separately. According to Gordon Pospisil, development adviser for Denver-based Liberty Resources II LLC, implementing EOR for these wells is vital because producers can only reach about 6% of a field's capacity with the approach he called "drill, frac and drain."