Smelter Of The Future

FIELD TRIALS AND EOR RESEARCH

Concurrently, PDO is continuing to identify novel EOR technologies that have the potential to unlock difficult hydrocarbon resources and further reduce the technical costs of these developments. This is being done through a series of dedicated laboratory and field testing programmes in collaboration with local and international institutions. Considerable focus has been placed on ensuring that PDO identifies technologies that will unlock the large difficult hydrocarbon resource base within Block 6. As an output from these alliances, technologies such as foam and low tension gas have been tested in the laboratory and have shown positive results. Other research initiatives target cost optimisation of our current and future EOR developments. Work is ongoing to expand surfactant polymer application for more viscous oil that, if successful, will allow for additional volumes to be matured. Currently, a focused effort on cost optimisation of the next phase of chemical floods is ongoing – polymer and alkaline surfactant polymer – to allow for robust technical and development costs in view of the high price volatility environment. In addition, 2018 ended with the positive conclusion of the Haima West trial where polymer was injected in a lower quality reservoir extending the boundaries of polymer application.