JSC Tatneft
Dear colleagues,
On behalf of the Steering Committee, I have the
pleasure to invite you to participate in the 12th European Symposium
on Improved Oil Recovery to be held in Kazan on the 8 -10 of
September 2003 with the support of the Ministry of Energy of RF and
the government of the Republic of Tatarstan.
The choice of
Kazan, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan, as the 2003
symposium’s location is not accidental. During the period of oil
production in Tatarstan (since 1943) the total amount of produced
oil is 2 billion 734 million tons (on the 1st of January 2002). The
total predicted oil-in-place in the Republic is now estimated at
over 1 billion tons. Except oil reservoirs, the Republic of
Tatarstan has over 150 reservoirs of heavy oil and bitumen with
probable resources estimated at 3 to 8 billion tons. IOR methods
have been employed since early seventies and their application have
steadily increased. From 1990 to 2000 more than 10 million tons of
incremental oil have been produced in the fields of JSC “Tatneft”.
In 2001 about 3,5 million tons of incremental oil have been
recovered by applying IOR implementation. Different methodologies
have been adapted from well to well, taking into account the local
conditions like reservoir characteristics, level of oil recovery and
the characteristics of residual oil.
A lot has changed since the
intensive promotion of the use of enhanced oil recovery methods in
the 1980’s which was driven by the concern about the future
development of the oil supply and demand. In the last decade the
highly volatile economic scene has resulted in a shift from complex
recovery methods to improved oil recovery in which the integration
of all disciplines to locate and produce by-passed oil is the
central theme. According to the studies of experts by the year 2010
Russia will be producing about 50 million tons of oil using IOR
technologies. Currently the high oil price and the maturing of some
key basins are making IOR and EOR again key issues for extending the
life of oil fields.
The symposium will bring together
professionals (leading engineers, managers, scientists) from Western
and Eastern Europe, countries of CIS and Asia who have a strong
interest in reservoir modeling, well management, reservoir
monitoring, remaining oil and novel methods. The official language
will be English. During the presentations simultaneous translation
from English into Russian and vice versa will be provided to allow
speakers to present in one of the two languages (Presentation
material still in English). The dates have been selected as such
that easy access is possible for visitors from Western Europe
directly from Frankfurt to Kazan, flying in on Sunday and options to
fly out on Wednesday and Friday.
Parallel to the Symposium at the
same location there will be the yearly exhibition on Oil, Gas
and
Petrochemistry to which participants of the symposium have
free access. This will be a key opportunity for all to see the
latest developments in Russia.
On the Thursday following the
Symposium, participants can optionally pay a visit to the
headquarters of Tatneft and the Romashkino Oil Field, the most
important field in Tatarstan. You will also have an opportunity to
visit the famous geologic section of Perm system, outcropping on the
right bank of the Volga River near Petischi and Tetushi in
Tatarstan.
We invite you to share your experience and discuss the
most urgent problem for today: how to get the utmost from aging
fields as economically as possible.
Looking forward to seeing you in
Kazan,
N.A. Lebedev
On behalf of the Steering Committee for
the European
IOR Symposium
The main
subjects of the Symposium:
1. Rejuvenation of mature fields – step change in Recovery Factor
2. Using novel recovery techniques for new field developments
3. Heavy oil and bitumen
Sub-elements:
• Integration of reservoir characterization to improve Ultimate Recovery
• Reservoir Monitoring and locating of remaining oil
• Well management,advanced well technology and well fracturing
• Novel technologies
• Gas injection, water-alternating-gas injection, air injection
• In-situ physical and chemical processes
• EOR screening
• Field cases and economics
• Workflow to design IOR/EOR
• Methods of improving recovery from low permeability reservoirs
Contributions on fundamental/academic
studies, applied studies and field cases are very welcome.
We
invite you to participate and submit your abstracts.
Deadline for
submission of abstracts is 15 January 2003.
The abstracts with
identified number of one of the three main subjects may be submitted
on the enclosed sheet or via the EAGE website (www.eage.nl). Please consider
carefully whether your material would be best presented orally or as
a poster.
Milestones
| Deadline for submission of abstracts | 15 January 2003 |
| Confirmation to authors | Mid - April 2003 |
| 2nd Announcement/Programme | May 2003 |
| Deadline for submission of full papers for proceedings | 16 June 2003 |
| Advance registration | 15 August 2003 |
| Symposium | 8 - 10 September 2003 |
| Visit to Tatneft / Romashkino Oil field or Geological Outcrop | 11 September 2003 |
Further
information:
Address: IOR Symposium
2003
PO Box 59, 3990 DB Houten
Standerdmolen 10,
3995 AA Houten
The Netherlands
Telephone:+31 30
6354055 (general)
+31 30 6354066 (conference department)
Telefax: +31 30 6343524(general)
+31 30 6343534 (conference
department)
E-mail: eage@eage.nl
Website: http://www.eage.nl
