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Getting more from oil and gas fields
To obtain the best possible return from a field, oil recovery methods must be improved. At present, the average recovery rate stands at 35%. Increasing this rate would considerably increase usable oil reserves.
There are two ways in which this can be achieved:
- extracting any remaining reserves from fields which have already been produced and are now closed,
- extending the production life of wells which are now being produced, particularly those in very large fields.
In order to propose solutions that optimize oil production, IFP is focusing on:
- the static characterisation of reservoirs and fluids,
- the dynamic simulation and monitoring of fields,
- improvements of the productivity and injectivity of wells,
- the use of heavy crudes.
+ Industrial development > IFP's offer in improvement of recovery
