VRR <1 is optimal

Is a high VRR overrated?

This applicant proposes less than full voidage replacement in his ASP flood quoting several SPE papers as backup. Each technical paper concludes that reduced voidage replacement can increase recovery in certain circumstances. With this evidence, he hopes to convince the AER to reduce his voidage replacement requirements.

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Each AER application contains your neighbor's perspective on the exploitation of oil and gas formations. Applications contain more technical data even than SPE papers.

4 things we can't do without AppIntel

Without AppIntel you can't find similar floods. Using AppIntel's search engine you can search for   tight flood near 75-20W5 .

Without AppIntel you can't search by UWI. Up to 30% of applications don't have UWI's. At Appintel we add them.

Without AppIntel you can't tell if there are any confidential documents associated with an application. How do you get confidential documents released if you don't know they exist?

Without AppIntel you won't get an email alert when someone submits an application within 20 miles of your operation. You won't get an email when someone submits an application with   tight flood   somewhere in the document.

Flooding extremely tight rock: evolution or revolution?

Real flooding is far more advanced and complicated than you learned in the text books. And the homogeneous bounded circular reservoir is very different from a sub 1 mD formation.

These types of floods are described more by their edge traits, not their average matrix. Their success is defined by their heterogeneity, not their homogeneity.

Averaging in nature - the internet quiz

Internet quizzes are very popular these days. Based on your answers, we'll tell you how much you weigh.

Quiz: If a home at the end of the block has 1 child, and a home at the other end of the block 10 children, how many children are in the home in the middle of the block?

• a) The middle home has 5 children.
• b) The middle home 5.5 children.
• c) The middle home might have some children.
• d) No idea.

If you answered a), you weigh double the weight of the average grade 5 child: 75 lbs.

If you answered b), you weigh the same as the average technical person downtown: 186.54 lbs.

If you answered c), you weight something -- more than 0 and less than 1 metric tonne.

If you answered d), congratulations, you weigh 15 lbs less than your bathroom scales said this morning.

Tags: Polymer, Flood, Heavy Oil

Granger Low   12 Aug 2021

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