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As a part of our implementing our mission, we have conducted and facilitated studies, presentations and other documents on the topic of Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR). These documents are broken into subcategories to help you find the information pertinent to each topic. 

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CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery in Wyoming: 2020 Update
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• Nine different reservoirs in seven fields have employed fieldwide CO2 EOR in Wyoming.
• Between 2010 and 2020, incremental oil recovery from the nine CO2 EOR projects accounted for over 10% of Wyoming’s total oil production.
• Wyoming is not constrained by CO2 sources that can be used for EOR projects.
• Wyoming is also not constrained by fields potentially amenable to CO2 EOR.
• Wyoming is not constrained by pipeline capacity for additional CO2 transport, but is hampered by the existing pipeline system not reaching many of the best-potential fields, especially in the Big Horn Basin.
• The most successful CO2 floods resulted from proper reservoir characterization and associated optimized project design. Wyoming has seen incremental oil recovery from individual CO2 EOR projects as high as 18% of OOIP and volumes as high as 30 million barrels.
• Where net CO2 efficiencies could be calculated, CO2 efficiency is as low as 6 Mcf/bbl of incremental oil recovered, which compares very favorably to other successful projects around the world.

Viper Drill: Ultrashort Radius Drilling Technology for Alleviating Near-Wellbore Permeability Problems, Thompson Creek Field, Wyoming
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The results of EORI’s sponsored test of Viper Drill’s ultrashort radius (USR) drilling technology could be a sound investment for Wyoming operators.

Ultrashort radius drilling technology was successfully tested in two wells (an injector and a producer) at Thompson Creek Field in northeastern Wyoming that were experiencing problems due to near-wellbore formation damage.  Both wells exhibited marked improvement in performance after the drilling of four short (<30’ long) USR laterals from each borehole, indicating that this method should be considered in other wells throughout the state that are experiencing similar problems.

Characterization and Simulation of Reservoirs in the Muddy Formation: Hirsch Field Area, Powder River Basin, Wyoming
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Reservoir characterization and predictive modeling has provided options for enhancing production in a recently discovered trend in the Muddy Formation near Hirsch Field, in northeastern Campbell County, Wyoming. This report outlines the procedures followed to develop a detailed 3-D geologic model of the Muddy Formation in the Hirsch area and provides the results of simulations run on 73 different scenarios for developing the reservoir. This study can serve as a template for operators interested in exploring possible ways to improve production in their own fields.

Managing Highly Fractured Waterflooded Reservoirs Using Streamline Simulation
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Wyoming Oil & Gas Fair / Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute Joint Conference - September 13, 2018

Presentation by Harry Liu, Reservoir Engineer, Merit Energy Company

Establishing a Business Case for CO2-EOR with Storage
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Wyoming Oil & Gas Fair / Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute Joint Conference - September 13, 2018

Presentation by Michael Godec, Vice President Advanced Resources International, Inc.

U.S. Natural Gas and the Potential for LNG Export Growth
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Wyoming Oil & Gas Fair / Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute Joint Conference - September 12, 2018

by John Harpole, Owner and Founder, Mercator Energy

Jordan Cove: Gateway to the Asia Pacific Natural Gas Market
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Wyoming Oil & Gas Fair / Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute Joint Conference - September 12, 2018

by Michael Hinrichs, Manager of Media and Communications for Pembina

Produced Water Challenges And Beneficial Use
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Wyoming Oil & Gas Fair / Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute Joint Conference - September 13, 2018

by Shane Horner, Operations Engineer, Merit Energy Company

Remember Ten Years Ago & $6.00 Natural Gas in Wyoming? What Happened & What's Next?
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Wyoming Oil & Gas Fair / Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute Joint Conference - September 12, 2018

by Brian Jeffries, Executive Director, Wyoming Pipeline Authority (WPA)

State of Play in Global Oil & Gas Markets
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Wyoming Oil & Gas Fair / Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute Joint Conference - September 13, 2018

by Rob McBride, Senior Director of Market Intelligence, DrillingInfo

Oil and Gas Production: Decision Making with Optimized Information
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Wyoming Oil & Gas Fair / Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute Joint Conference - September 13, 2018

by Nick Jones, Sr. Geologist, Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute

Power Pump - Electricity & Lifting Costs
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Wyoming Oil & Gas Fair / Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute Joint Conference - September 13, 2018

by Benjamin R. Cook, PhD, Economist/Visiting Professor, Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute & UW College of Business

WOGCC Industry Meeting, Opening Keynote, 2018
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Wyoming Oil & Gas Fair / Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute Joint Conference - September 12, 2018

by Mark Watson, Director, Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission

Developments in Unconventional Resource Technology
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Wyoming Oil & Gas Fair / Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute Joint Conference - September 13, 2018

by Andy Finley, Geologist and Owner, Goolsby, Finley and Associates, LLC & Leo Giangiacomo, President of Extreme Petroleum Technology, Inc

Inter-Well Tracers, Understanding Inter-Well Connectivity Within Your Reservoir
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2018 EORI Lunch & Learn Event Presentation, March 22, 2018

by Stephen Whitaker, EORI