Advanced Technology For Shale Oil Production
The Problem:
Shale oil wells produce by pressure depletion and solution gas drive - gas dissolved in the formation oil expands as reservoir pressure is reduced, pushing oil through interconnected matrix pore spaces. Horizontal wells completed with multiple-stage hydraulic fracture stimulation treatments almost always lack sufficient fracturing to enable sufficient oil movement from the rock matrix to the wellbore in 20 years. The low shale porosity and permeability results in very low oil recovery, often only about 1-5% of the oil in place in the drainage area of a well.
The Solution:
We invented, developed and patented novel and superior processes for enhanced hydraulic fracture stimulation and recovery of oil from shale oil, shale gas condensate and tight oil reservoirs.
SuperEOR and UltraEOR are oil and gas EXTRACTION processes, using designed solvent compositions, to efficiently remove the oil and gas from the shale matrix and bring it to the surface. Oil production cost is about half that of primary production, and in some shale reservoirs 500% more oil can be recovered.
Our EOR and hydraulic fracture stimulation processes have been proven in the field, in multiple basins in the USA, and we are working with multiple operators to deploy these processes in hundreds of wells.
Turnkey Services
We offer oil and gas producing companies a full range of services to enable implementation of our processes, on an ad-hoc or turnkey basis, to boost oil and gas production and reserves, while driving down the costs and environmental impacts of production.