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Presented by

T09: Practical Aspects of CO₂ Flooding

Instructor:

Ken Brown, P.Eng., Alberta Research Council

Who should attend:

Reservoir, production, exploitation and business development managers, engineers, and technologists who are or may be interested in developing an economically successful CO₂ enhanced recovery or storage project.

Tutorial Description:

This tutorial provides an examination of the practical business aspects that need to be understood and dealt with to ensure an economically successful CO₂ miscible flood. The tutorial will focus on: evaluation of alternate suppliers of CO₂; transport issues; options within the field to be flooded; partner issues; government negotiations; economic/risk issues; operations management; and, societal constraints.

The development of the EnCana Weyburn CO₂ Storage and EOR Project will be the main example, but the principals are applicable to other fields. The business issues in any major energy project for any Company are very similar to those encountered at Weyburn. Participants will understand not just ‘what’ happened in Weyburn, but ‘how’ and ‘why’ it happened and how to formulate an execution strategy to ensure their project is economically successful.

Instructor Biography:

Ken Brown P.Eng. is currently the ‘Regional Manager, Southern Alberta’ for the Alberta Research Council. He has over 40 years of broad industry experience in petroleum and environmental engineering, including all aspects of technical management of large multi-disciplinary teams. Ken was responsible for the coordination of all technical and business issues leading up to the creation of the Weyburn CO₂ miscible flood project. This included the extensive horizontal well program prior to the miscible flood and an active role in the IEA GHG research project that occurred once the miscible flood started – and is still ongoing. Ken is a long time member of APEGGA, the SPE and the Petroleum Society. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the SPE R&D Section and will be embarking on an SPE Distinguished Lecturer tour this fall/winter on the topic of ‘Practical Business Aspects of CO₂ miscible floods.’ He received the Petroleum Society’s “Distinguished Service” Award – one of only 40 people that have received this honour. He has written numerous technical papers, made many technical presentations, and taught courses to a wide range of audiences.

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