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 Exploration Technologies - EOR Process Drawings

Listed below are links to cross-sectional illustrations of Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Methods, drawn by Joe. R. Lindley, Publications Specialist at the former National Institute for Petroleum and Energy Research (NIPER) in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. The drawings were published in NIPER's 1986 Enhanced Oil Recovery Information booklet as part of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) EOR research program. Mr. Lindley's technical descriptions of the recovery processes were updated in 2001 and summary descriptions of the various groups of illustrations were added.

The set contains 18 drawings, in both black-and-white and color versions. The illustrations are in pdf format for printing and downloading. To view, click on the links below. Viewing with one of today's sophisticated pdf readers provides a choice of options, including text copying of the process descriptions and view enlargement for the illustrations, a useful tool for reading some of the smaller print.

These drawings, illustrating major principles of oil recovery, are in the public domain and may be used, cited and published as appropriate. Proper acknowledgment should include the U.S. Department of Energy and this office as the source.

For further information, phone 918-699-2057, or e-mail David.Alleman@netl.doe.gov.

Click on the links to the EOR Methods illustrations to open the pdf versions 

ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY METHODS

Oil Production Black-and-White Color

THERMAL RECOVERY 

Thermal Recovery Black-and-White Color
Steamflooding Black-and-White Color
Cyclic Steam Stimulation Black-and-White Color
In Situ Combustion Black-and-White Color

GAS MISCIBLE RECOVERY

Miscible Recovery Black-and-White Color
Carbon Dioxide Flooding Black-and-White Color
Cyclic Carbon Dioxide Stimulation Black-and-White Color
Nitrogen Flooding Black-and-White Color
Nitrogen CO2 Flooding Black-and-White Color

CHEMICAL FLOODING

Chemical Recovery Black-and-White Color
Chemical Flooding (Polymer) Black-and-White Color
Chemical Flooding (Micellar-Polymer) Black-and-White Color
Chemical Flooding (Alkaline) Black-and-White Color

MICROBIAL FLOODING  

Microbial Flooding Black-and-White Color
Cyclic Microbial Recovery Black-and-White Color

PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY

Improved Drilling Technology Black-and-White Color
Hydraulic Fracturing Black-and-White Color

 
 
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