University of Kansas Petroleum Technology News First Quarter 2000

Contract with DOE Finalized for CO2 Pilot Test in Central Kansas Kinder Morgan Energy Partners Completes Acquisition of Shell CO2 Company TORP Position Announcement February Workshop Summaries Barnett Wins Prestigious IOR Pioneer Award State of Kansas Amends Unitization Rules Upcoming Events

Contract with DOE Finalized for CO2 Pilot Test in Central Kansas The contract with the Department of Energy was finalized and signed to begin work on a field demonstration project using CO2 to recover additional oil from a reservoir in the Hall-Gurney Field in central Kansas. The purpose of this project is to determine the technical and economic feasibility of using CO2 miscible flooding to recover residual and bypassed oil in central Kansas Lansing/Kansas City reservoirs. Partners in this six year project are the U.S. Dept. of Energy, MV Energy LLC, Kinder Morgan CO2 Co. LP., the Kansas Dept. of Commerce, the Tertiary Oil Recovery Project and the Kansas Geological Survey. This project involves three budget periods. Budget Period 1 activities are scheduled from February 8, 2000 to February 7, 2001 and includes the following activities: Acquisition of data into a web-based accessible database. Geologic, petrophysical, and engineering reservoir characterization at the proposed demonstration site to understand the reservoir system. Development of descriptive and numerical models of the reservoir multiphase numerical flow simulation of oil recovery and prediction of the optimum location for a new injector well based on the numerical reservoir model. Drilling, sponge coring, logging and testing a new CO2 injection well to obtain better reservoir data. Measurement of remaining oil saturation and advanced rock properties for improved reservoir characterization and to address decisions concerning the resource base. Assessment of the condition of existing wellbores. Evaluation of the economics of carbon dioxide flooding based on the improved reservoir characterization, advanced flow simulation, and engineering analyses. Budget Period 2 is scheduled from February 8, 2001 to February 7, 2005 which will be the actual implementation and monitoring of the CO2 pilot flood. Budget Period 3 involves monitoring post CO2 flood performance and is scheduled from February 8, 2005 to February 7, 2006. The following milestone schedule provides a breakdown of project activities: 1 - 4 Task Description Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 - 4   Budget Period 1                     Activity #1 Reservoir Analysis and Characterization                     1.1 Acquistion of Data and Material                     1.2 Reservoir Characterization                     1.3 Reservoir Model                     1.4 Reservoir Simulation (Phase 1)                     Activity #2 Producibility Problem Characterization                     2.1 Drill, Core and Test Injection Well                     2.2 Producibility Characterization using New Core                     Activity #3 Advanced Recovery Technology Analysis                     3.1 Reservoir Simulation (Phase 2)                     3.2 Economic and Recovery Analysis of Pilot                     Activity #4 Review of Budget Period Activities                     4.1 Review of Budget Period 1 Activities                     Budget Period 2 - Field Demonstration and Analysis                     Activity #5 Field Demonstration and Analysis                     5.1 Ready all Wells in Flood Pattern                     5.2 Repressure Pilot Area by Water Injection                     5.3 Construct Surface Facilities                     5.4 Implement CO2 Flood - Operations                     5.5 Analyze CO2 Flooding Progress                     Budget Period 3 - Monitoring and Post Flood Analysis                     Activity #6 Monitoring and Post-mortem Analysis                     6.1 Analyze Post CO2 Results                     Activities That Span All Budget Periods                     Activity #7/8 Project Management/Technology Transfer                     7.1 Management/Technology Transfer Budget Period 1                     7.2 Management/Technology Transfer Budget Period 2                     7.3 Management/Technology Transfer Budget Period 3                     The proposed demonstration site is located approximately six miles southeast of Russell, Kansas. It will involve two leases, the Colliver lease which is the E/2 SW/4 and SE/4 of Sec.28-14S-13W and the Carter lease which is the NE/4 of Sec.33-14S-13W. The following map shows the proposed pilot area. The proposed field demonstration project will be a 40 acre six-spot with a central injection well and five surrounding production wells in the Lansing/Kansas City "C" zone at a depth of approximately 2900 feet. The following illustrates the proposed demonstration design summary. 40 acre, six-spot One CO2 injector Five Producers Five Containment Injectors 0.843 BCF CO2 injected 4.6 year operating life 75,300 BO estimated recovery during DOE project 18,300 BO in 3 years after DOE

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