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Enhanced Recovery Processes
Developments in Energy Transition

Cenk Temizel (Edited by), Temizel (Author), Birol Dindoruk (Edited by), Jyoti Phirani (Edited by)

9781394304387, Wiley

Hardback, published 7 July 2026

512 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm, 0.917 kg

IN-DEPTH REFERENCE SHOWING READERS HOW TO MAXIMIZE HYDROCARBON RECOVERY THROUGH EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND ENERGY TRANSITION APPLICATIONS

Enhanced Recovery Processes serves as a comprehensive reference for readers aiming to maximize hydrocarbon recovery from reservoirs that are close to exhausting their primary and secondary production methods, addressing a changing paradigm not only in terms of evolving and emerging technologies but also in the era of energy transition. The book includes coverage of recovery enhancement techniques in both conventional and unconventional reservoirs, as well as the novel techniques developed in the oil and gas industry. In this book, we use the term Enhanced Recovery (ER) in a broader sense than its traditional usage. While Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) remains an important component, our definition of ER encompasses enhanced hydrocarbon recovery as well as other innovative recovery strategies that align with the evolving needs of the energy transition. By adopting ER as an umbrella concept, we emphasize not only improved methods for extracting hydrocarbons but also emerging technologies and practices that contribute to efficiency, sustainability, and the integration of low-carbon solutions into the energy system.

In this book, readers will learn how Enhanced Recovery (EOR) processes have the potential to be a bridge technology leading to the energy transition, enabling continued oil production while reducing its environmental impact. By achieving this dual objective, EOR processes help countries not only meet energy demand, but also satisfy emission/climate goals. The authors show how this approach is particularly important in the world where oil production cannot stop without important ramifications where instant/very short-term switching to renewables is not feasible.

Enhanced Recovery Processes includes information on:

  • Cold heavy oil production, covering inert gas injection (IGI) and gravity drainage approaches, heavy oil polymers, and foamy oil
  • Chemical enhanced recovery, covering wettability and fluid flow in reservoir rocks, wettability alteration floods, polymer floods, and alkali flooding
  • Gas injection methods, covering cyclic gas injection, miscible and immiscible CO2 and hydrocarbon gas flooding, and flue gas injection
  • Alternative/novel methods including sound waves, ultrasonic high frequency and seismic low frequency, pressure pulsing, and solar/thermal
  • Synergistic application of EOR techniques for carbon capture, utilization and storage

Delivering state-of-the-art technology applications and research, Enhanced Recovery Processes is a timely, essential read on the subject for all researchers and practitioners in the oil and gas industry as well as the mining, utility, and energy industries.

Contributors xiii
Preface xv
Acknowledgments xvii
Bios xix

1 Introduction to Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) 1
Jorge Saldana

1.1 Introduction 1
1.2 Current Status of Enhanced Recovery in Oil and Gas Industry 2
1.3 Fundamental Concepts and Reservoir Characterization Techniques for EOR Methods 7
1.4 EOR and the Energy Transition to Renewables 9
1.5 Summary 11

2 Advances in Cold Heavy Oil Production 17
Jorge Saldana

2.1 Introduction 17
2.2 Fundamental Concepts 18
2.3 Theories and Methods 19
2.4 Case Studies and Applications 36
2.5 AI Applications 45
2.6 Applications Toward Net Zero/Energy Transition and Economics 51
2.7 Summary and Conclusions 60
2.8 Nomenclature 63

3 Waterflooding 73
Jorge Saldana

3.1 Introduction 73
3.2 Fundamental Concepts 74
3.3 Theories and Methods 78
3.4 Case Studies and Applications 103
3.5 AI Applications 107
3.6 Applications Toward Net Zero/Energy Transition and Economics 113
3.7 Summary and Conclusions 117
3.8 Nomenclature 119

4 Chemical Enhanced Recovery 131
Kishore K. Mohanty and Krishna Panthi

4.1 Introduction 131
4.2 Mechanisms of Enhancing Oil Recovery 132
4.3 Wettability and Fluid Flow in Reservoir Rocks 135
4.4 Wettability Alteration Flood 140
4.5 Polymer Flood 152
4.6 Alkali Flood 158
4.7 Surfactant Flood 165
4.8 ACP Flood 186
4.9 Nanoparticle EOR 190
4.10 Case Studies/Applications 194
4.11 AI Applications 200
4.12 Applications Toward Net Zero/Energy Transition 201
4.13 Environmental and Economic Aspects 201
4.14 Summary and Conclusions 202
4.15 Nomenclature 203

5 Gas Injection and EOR Processes 225
Akshit Agarwal, Ekrem Alagoz, and Jyoti Phirani

5.1 Introduction 225
5.2 Fundamentals of Gas–Oil Interaction 227
5.3 Screening Criteria for Gas Injection Projects 236
5.4 CO2-based Gas-EOR Processes 241
5.5 Flue Gas Injection Processes 247
5.6 Gas Injection Methods 253
5.7 Application of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Gas Injection EOR 261
5.8 Summary and Outlook 265

6 Thermal EOR Methods 273
Jorge Saldana

6.1 Introduction 273
6.2 Fundamental Concepts and Theories 274
6.3 TEOR Methods 276
6.4 AI Applications 297
6.5 Applications toward Net-zero/Energy Transition, and Economic Aspects 300
6.6 Summary and Conclusions 303
6.7 Nomenclature 305

7 Alternative and Miscellaneous Methods for Enhanced Oil Recovery 313
Jorge Saldana

7.1 Introduction 313
7.2 Methods 314
7.3 AI Applications and Environmental Considerations 339
7.4 Summary and Conclusions 343
7.5 Nomenclature 344

8 Recovery Enhancement in Unconventional Shale Reservoirs 351
Ekrem Alagoz and Baris Tali

8.1 Introduction 351
8.2 EOR Techniques for Shale Reservoirs 352
8.3 Conclusion 390

9 Application of EOR Techniques for Carbon Capture and Storage 395
Bin Yuan, Xiaocong Lyu, Wei Zhang, Gang Huang, and Abhijit Dandekar

9.1 Introduction 395
9.2 CO2 Capture and Transportation 401
9.3 CO2 Sequestration and Leakage 411
9.4 CO2-EOR Technologies 420
9.5 Chemical-enhanced CO2-EOR 428
9.6 Stored CO2 Management and Surveillance 433
9.7 Summary and Conclusion 445
9.8 Nomenclature 446

10 Novel EOR Techniques and Future Directions 463
Jorge Saldana

10.1 Introduction 463
10.2 Novel EOR Techniques 465
10.3 EOR in the Energy Transition: Future Directions 473
10.4 Nomenclature 476

References 476
Index 479

Subject Areas: Chemistry [PN]

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