New development of alkaline-surfactant-polymer flooding and emerging hybrid processes as novel enhanced oil recovery techniques

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The current economic downturn in the oil and gas industry has created a need to reduce costs andenvironmental impacts in the recovery of hydrocarbons. The tools proposed will advance the positive outcomesfrom the tertiary stage of reservoir production using Alkaline/Surfactant/Polymer (ASP) flooding. ASP is anattractive Enhanced Oil Recovery method and the advantages of ASP flooding are widely reported from thelaboratory to the field. Many important technical issues related to this process still exist and need to beresolved with a comprehensive study program. The goal of this research project is to investigate thefundamentals of ASP flooding from the laboratory to the field scale using coreflooding data and advancednumerical simulation technologies. Oil and gas companies are requesting tools that can help them efficientlyscreen, design, and optimize field-scale the ASP process for light oil reservoirs. The research is also extendedto heavy oil reservoirs by proposing a novel hybrid recovery concept. This project will establish new processesand validate them. The outcomes will be published in open access journals