EOR/IOR

  • Dejour Begins Water Injection At Woodrush

    Dejour Enterpirses Ltd. says it has completed waterflood construction, commenced water injection into the Woodrush Halfway oil pool in British Columbia as planned and will now work to optimize the flood performance.

    March 8, 2011, 12 PM MST

  • With Funding Secured, Enhance Advances Plans For CO2 Capture, EOR Pipeline

    A project to supply carbon dioxide for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) in Alberta is on track to break ground next year.

    March 7, 2011, 12 PM MST

  • Terrex Strathmore EOR Project Approved

    Terrex Energy Inc. reports Energy Resources Conservation Board approval of the company's enhanced oil recovery project at Strathmore.

    January 26, 2011, 12 PM MST

  • PTRC Reviewing Report Which Says CO2 Leaking From Weyburn Project

    Saskatchewan's Petroleum Technology Research Centre says it will review and later respond to a new report commissioned by landowners near the Weyburn carbon dioxide enhanced recovery project that suggests CO2 is leaking from the underground reservoir.

    January 12, 2011, 12 PM MST

  • SaskPower Defers Plan To Capture CO2 For EOR

    SaskPower has deferred a plan to capture carbon dioxide from a power plant near Estevan in southeast Saskatchewan for use in enhanced oil recovery (EOR).

    January 5, 2011, 12 PM MST

  • Terrex Moves EOR Project Forward

    Terrex Energy Inc.'s third quarter activities focused on the design of a chemical alkaline-surfactant-polymer (ASP) flood for its only property, Strathmore, near Calgary, Alberta, where much of the up-front technical work, including fluid analysis, core flood analysis and reservoir simulations, has been completed and the overall plan is being finalized.

    November 30, 2010, 12 PM MST

  • Petrobank THAI Project At Dawson Approved

    Petrobank Energy and Resources Ltd. says it received final Alberta Environment approval for its initial two well-pair THAI Dawson project on Nov. 23. Energy Resources Conservation Board approval was received on Oct. 28.

    November 29, 2010, 12 PM MST

  • Strong Oil Prices Fail To Spur Increase In EOR Schemes, But Producers Still Experimenting

    Strong crude oil prices have encouraged more oil drilling in Western Canada, but there hasn't been a corresponding increase in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) schemes.

    November 11, 2010, 12 PM MST

  • As CO2 EOR Stalls, Polymer Flooding Gains Ground

    A few years ago there was much talk about the large-scale use of carbon dioxide to boost Alberta's oil recovery, but polymer flooding actually made the greatest commercial inroads.

    November 11, 2010, 12 PM MST

  • Waterflooding Needed To Boost Pembina Cardium Recoveries To 23-25%--ARC CEO

    Producers pursuing Cardium light oil must figure out how to successfully waterflood the tight sands formation if recovery factors are to be raised by even three to five percentage points, investors heard Monday.

    November 9, 2010, 12 PM MST

  • Husky Outlines Plans To Boost Oil Output

    Husky Energy Inc. will invest in a broad range of oil projects in the coming months as it works to boost short-term production of the high-priced commodity.

    November 5, 2010, 12 PM MDT

  • Reef Resources Launches Ontario Gas Recycling, EOR Pilot

    Reef Resources Ltd. has successfully initiated a gas recycling and enhanced oil recovery (EOR) pilot project on its Silurian pinnacle reef in southwestern Ontario.

    October 22, 2010, 12 PM MDT

  • Alberta's CO2 Trunk Line Moving Closer To Reality

    Preliminary work is progressing on Enhance Energy Inc.'s planned carbon dioxide pipeline as talks continue to conclude a funding agreement with the Alberta government.

    October 1, 2010, 12 PM MDT

  • Terrex Energy Reports Initial Quarter Results As It Prepares To Launch EOR Project

    During its first five months of operation, Terrex Energy Inc. secured a total of $15 million of equity financing, recruited a strong board of directors, built an experienced management team and technical group and acquired its first oil property and enhanced oil recovery project.

    August 23, 2010, 12 PM MDT

  • Enhanced Oil Recovery A Key Component For CCS Economics

    With the current value of carbon dioxide (C02) emissions alone insufficient to drive large-scale development and deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS), valuable uses for carbon dioxide such as enhanced oil recovery will help offset costs, says a new report.

    June 21, 2010, 12 PM MDT

  • Second Wave Reports Preliminary Results From Heavy Oil Carbon Dioxide Pilot Flood

    Second Wave Petroleum Inc. has announced preliminary results from its Battle Creek, Saskatchewan carbon dioxide pilot flood and the successful farm out of its Tableland, Saskatchewan exploration acreage.

    June 17, 2010, 12 PM MDT

  • CO2 EOR On Hold -- Gas Supply Five Years Away: Penn West

    A leading player in carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery (EOR) in Western Canada has put its planned projects on the back burner due to lack of CO2.

    June 10, 2010, 12 PM MDT

  • With Successful Pilot, Cenovus Moves Toward Commercial ASP Floods At Suffield

    Cenovus Energy Inc. has taken the first steps to move its chemical enhanced oil recovery (EOR) project at Suffield to commercial development.

    June 8, 2010, 12 PM MDT

  • Crescent Point Looks To Waterflood, In-Fill Drilling To Increase Recovery

    Having locked up a dominant land position in both the Bakken and Lower Shaunavon plays in Saskatchewan, Crescent Point Energy Corp. hopes to more than double its reserves with further exploitation and enhanced recovery.

    June 1, 2010, 12 PM MDT

  • CNRL Watching Closely As Steaming Continues At Primrose East

    Production from Canadian Natural Resources Limited's Primrose East thermal oil project will be constrained through this year as the company closely watches performance to prevent another oil leak to surface.

    May 10, 2010, 12 PM MDT

  • CNRL Doubling Light Oil Drilling; Saskatchewan CO2 EOR Pilot Construction Set For 2010

    Though most of Canadian Natural Resources Limited's western Canadian production comes from heavy crude oil and natural gas, the company will spend $300 million this year to start to unlock the value of its light oil assets.

    March 5, 2010, 12 PM MST

  • Blackdog Reports Approval Of EOR For Woking Halfway B Pool

    Blackdog Resources Ltd. advises that the operator of its light oil property at Woking, 100 kilometres north of Grande Prairie, has been notified by the Energy Resources Conversation Board that it has received approval to implement an enhanced oil recovery scheme for the Halfway B pool on the company's property.

    November 23, 2009, 12 PM MST

  • CO2 EOR Project Holds Promise, Says Pengrowth Official

    A Pengrowth Energy Trust carbon dioxide flood pilot project at Judy Creek could boost the ultimate recovery rate by another two to three per cent, an enhanced oil recovery conference heard this week.

    October 2, 2009, 12 PM MDT

  • Tundra Applies For Manitoba Waterflood

    Production responses to a waterflood enhanced oil recovery (EOR) scheme in the Bakken pool in Manitoba were successful, and Tundra Oil and Gas Limited wants to do it again with two more projects.

    July 28, 2009, 12 PM MDT

  • Reports Says Sharp Rise In Funding For CCS Required

    The final report of the Alberta Carbon Capture and Storage Development Council suggests the federal and provincial governments will have to ante up an additional $1 billion to $3 billion annually for up to eight years to allow CCS to become technically and financially viable on a large scale.

    July 27, 2009, 12 PM MDT

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