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The National IOR Centre of Norway

The National IOR Centre – where/why/how?

Contribute to improve oil

recovery on the Norwegian

Continental Shelf

•Research and development for field implementation•Environmentally friendly technologies

What is important to us?• Flexible organization

– Two theme leaders instead of only seven task leaders

– ~50% budget to institutes – reallocated short notice

• Industry involvement

– Majority of board from industry

– TC actively involved in designing projects

• New alliances

– Projects involve researchers from different institutes, industry & academia (mix of applied and academic)

– Cross disciplinary

• Looking for new ideas– IORNorway – meeting place: international, national, within and outside Centre

– Announcements of funding internally

The Board

Chairman: Kåre Vagle

Theme 1 Mobile and immobile oil

And EOR methods

Theme leader:

Aksel Hiorth

Task 1Core scale

Task leader: Arne Stavland

Task 2 Mineral fluid reactions at

nano/submicron scale

Task leader: Udo Zimmermann

Task 3 Pore scale

Task leader: Espen Jettestuen

Task 4 Upscaling & environmental

impact

Task leader: Aksel Hiorth

Theme 2 Mobile oil – reservoir

Characterisation to improvevolumetric sweep

Theme leader:

Randi Valestrand

Task 5 Tracer technology

Task leader: Tor Bjørnstad

Task 6 Reservoir simulation tools

Task leader: Robert Klöfkorn

Task 7 Field scale evaluation &

history matching

Task leader: Geir Nævdal

The Technical Committee

Head of Committee: Niels Lindeloff

The Management Team

Centre Director:

Merete Vadla Madland

Director of Field Implementation:

Sissel Opsahl ViigDirector of Academia:

Svein M. Skjæveland

The organization

The Scientific Advisory Committee• Advise and evaluate the scientific performance in relation

to the Centre’s vision, objective and research plans including PhD projects.

• Meet with the Centre’s Management Team, Task Leaders and Project Leaders once a year. Between meetings the Centre Director and Theme Leaders are encouraged to seek advice from SAC on important decisions relating to the scientific performance of the Centre

• Composed of international experts collectively covering the scope of work carried out in the Centre

• The committee will report to the Centre Director and the Management Team.

The IOR Methods - Improving micro- and macroscopic sweep

• Optimized water for microscopic sweep

– Low salinity for sandstone

– Smart water for chalk

• Polymer for improved sweep

– Synthetic, biopolymer, associative polymers …

• Silicate injection for deep reservoir diverging

NPD

First year: evaluation process, with TC and researchers

Polymer & low Sal

Task 2

Task 1

Task 3

IORSimadvect components

Geo-chemistry Silicate

Modular interface

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Field evaluation

4D Seismic HMYard Test

Lab

IORToo

For easy transport to different conditions: T, P, chalk-, sandstone-,

carbonate reservoirs, ...

& Highlights

Understanding Smart Water

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Key-words: multi scale, scientific publications, robust upscaling

magnesite

A glimpse into our pore scale simulation toolbox

One-phase reactive flow (mineral precipitation)One-phase flow (streamlines)

Two-phase flow

Three-phase capillary flowNon-Newtonian flow

Key-words: generic tools, process understanding, scientific publications

IORCoreSim – Polymer from core to field

Temperature

Molecular weight

Core Scale Polymer Larger scale Upscaling to grid block

• Improve well model• Outside well block:

• «no» degradation• Shear thinning

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IORSim - Adding Advanced Chemistry to Reservoir Simulators

LAB

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Field Response

Benchmarking

Noisy AVA data (30%)

4D seismic History Matching Work-Flow

EnKF: Ensemble Kalman Filter

EnKF published in 1994 (NERSC, Bergen, Norway)

EnKF for reservoir characterization:

2002: First publication (Nævdal et al., IRIS)

2004- : Work on field cases & Research

Data:Production dataWell logsCores (lab)Tracer dataGravity dataSeismic…

Parameters updated:Grid based (poro, perm)Rel. PermTransmissibilitymultiplyersFaultsFracturesOverburden...

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Benchmarking:2D Norne

Keep 6 % -> Works!

3D Brugge:

Keep: 1) 3 %2) 0.02 %->Works!

Now: Real field!

Proposed methodology is benchmarked on Norne

Updates:• PORO• PERMX• NTG• MULTFLT• MULTREGT• KRW/KRG• OWC• VCLAY

Data:• Production data• P-Impedance at four

points in time

➢ Big Data & Digitalization

Rolf J. Lorentzen, Xiaodong Luo, Tuhin Bhakta, Randi Valestrand: “Use of Correlation-Based Localization for History Matching Seismic Data”. Working paper. Presented in the 12th EnKF workshop, 12 June, 2017, Bergen, Norway. Also presented at SIAM GS 2017, 11-14 June, Erlangen, Germany.

Rolf J. Lorentzen, Xiaodong Luo, Tuhin Bhakta, Randi Valestrand: “Use of Correlation-Based Localization for History Matching Seismic Data”. Working paper. Presented in the 12th EnKF workshop, 12 June, 2017, Bergen, Norway. Also presented at SIAM GS 2017, 11-14 June, Erlangen, Germany.

Match withinitial ensemble

Match withestimated ensemble

Proposed methodology is benchmarked on Norne

Open Porous Media -OPM

• OPM makes use of state-of-the-art software components from other projects

• OPM focuses on porous media applications

• OPM embraces collaboration through open source

Huge initiative: Current OPM-Flow activities:• CLIMIT-DEMO

• National IOR Centre of Norway

• EU: MSO4SC

• Statoil

➢ Currently benchmarked on several North Sea Fields

Centre activities:

➢ Developing higher order methods for realistic field cases (reservoir grid/corner-point grid).

➢ Developing fully-implicit higher order methods applicable in black-oil simulators.

➢ Releases twice a year

➢ Tracer

➢ Near well

➢ Numerical computation

Essential Keywords: Long term & Education & Cooperation & Generic

Development of an Open Porous Media (OPM) simulator

23 November 2017

Visualization with ResInsight(3D visualization tool)

413 years of effort (COCOMO model)

› Benefits• OPM encourages open innovation and

reproducible research for modeling andsimulation of porous media processes.

• All OPM software is open-source• Stimulates: Long term & Education & Cooperation

& Generic• Ability to implement the functionalities you need

to meet your needs› Status

• Currently benchmarked on several North Sea Fields

• 90% of functionalities in OPM-Flow is implemented, and what’s within the remaining 10% might be different for different users

• Solvent flow, in a North sea field, was simulated 5 times faster in OPM-Flow than in Eclipse (2017)

• Professional manual in place

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Upscaling & Large Scale Testing

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Generic Use Cases• STEP programme

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• All PhD and post docs: • Contribution to use cases

• Actively discuss potential

synergies between

ongoing projects

• Plan to educate at least six

more PhD students and four

more post docs• Cross discipline projects

• Cross discipline advisers

• Become even more visible,

attract even more

cooperation, and increase

funding even more!

• Demonstratemethodology

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A long list of active collaboratorsUNIVERSITY OF BERGEN ✓

UNIVERSITY OF OSLO ✓

NTNU / UGELSTAD LABORATORY ✓

SINTEF ✓

DTU / GEO / GEUS ✓

UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN ✓

TNO ✓

TU DELFT✓

CORNELL UNIVERSITY ✓

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN ✓

INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF THE EARTH`S INTERIOR ✓

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UNIVERSIT✓ E DE LYON

ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE PARIS, FRANCE ✓

NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH ✓

(NCAR)

SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES✓

TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG, INSTITUTE FÛR ✓

MINERALOGIE, GERMANY

INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN ✓

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UNIVERSITY OF ✓ MUNSTER, GERMANY

UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART✓

UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK✓

UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH✓

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON ✓

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IOR NORWAY

Visible at national/international arenas• IOR NORWAY

• ONS (nominated for Best Stand 2016)

• SPE, UK InterPore Joint Annual Meeting 2016, Goldschmidt, CMRW in Toronta, SCA, EnKF workshops, PDESoft in Warwick, EAGE, ECMOR, IEA workshops/symposiums, GEOSTATS, DEFI Gatheruing physico-chemical and flow properties, ICCGE-18 Nagoya, DHRTC Technolgy Conference 2016, SAG, SIAM, NPF

• NFiP (Petroleum Research School of Norway)

• OG21 Board and Forums

• Stavanger Chamber; resource group for Energy

• IEA-GOT: Centre management team is engaged in forum for exchanging ideas and concerns between countries with a stake in oil and gas production in the North Sea and the Norwegian Sea, with a specific focus on offshore mature fields. The IEA GOT aims to identify topics and issues that may be suited for collaborative efforts.

– Recommendations for the GOT Work Stream Brownfields 19.September 2017

• EU projects: Three senior scientists (Prof. Hiorth, Dr. Jettestuen and Dr. Vinningland) are involved in two projects (NanoHeal & FlowTrans) funded by the European Union’s under Horizon 2020 research program and the 7th Framework People Programme

Dissemination

Transferring of results to userpartners/groups and public at large• 4-5 TC meetings

• Annual reports

• Bi-annual project reporting

• Workplans

• Web page, newsletter

• Road map w/milestones

• Dedicated meetings: IORCoreSim relase seminar, OPM workshops, IOR integration workshops

• One-to-one meetings with each company

• Research institutes and UiS have designated technology transfer offices (TTO

• IOR NORWAY

– Workshops with specific topics before and afterthe conference

– Attracting new collaboartors and partners

• Popular science; GirlGeek, «Jenter for Realfag», «Forsknings dagene» (RCN), Open days @ UiS….

• Delegations from abroad

• National and international media, with interviews in newspapers, TV and radio

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PhD student Oddbjørn Nødland heading IORCoreSim relase party, June 2017

Research training and recruitment

Internationalisation

Freiberg, Germany

Geneva, Switzerland

Misasa, Japan

Saarbrücken, Germany

Borromeo, Laura; Minde, Mona Wetrhus; toccafondi, chiara; Zimmermann, Udo; Andò, Sergio; Ossikovski, Razvigor. A New Frontier Technique for Nano-analysis on Flooded Chalk - TERS (Tip Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy). I: 19th European Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery/IOR Norway 2017. : EAGE - European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers 2017 ISBN 978-94-6282-209-2. s.

Egeland, Nina; Minde, Mona Wetrhus; Kobayashi, Katsura; Ota, Tsutomu; Nakamura, Eizo; Zimmermann, Udo; Madland, Merete Vadla; Korsnes, Reidar Inge. Quantification of Mineralogical Changes in Flooded Carbonate under Reservoir Conditions. I: 19th European Symposium on ImprovedOil Recovery/IOR Norway 2017. : EAGE - European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers 2017 ISBN 978-94-6282-209-2. UIS

Minde, Mona Wetrhus; Haser, Sabine; Korsnes, Reidar Inge; Zimmermann, Udo; Madland, Merete Vadla. Comparative Studies of Mineralogical Alterations of Three Ultra-long-term Tests of Onshore Chalk at Reservoir Conditions. 19th European Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery/IOR NORWAY 2017; 2017-04-24 - 2017-04-27UIS

Egeland, Nina; Madland, Merete Vadla; Zimmermann, Udo; Kobayashi, Katsura; Nakamura, Eizo; Ota, Tsutomu; Minde, Mona Wetrhus; Korsnes, Reidar Inge. Mineralogical and chemical alteration of calcite by MgCl2 injection. Misasa International Symposium 2016; 2016-03-08 - 2016-03-11 IRIS UIS Egeland, Nina; Zimmermann, Udo; Borromeo, Laura; Andò, Sergio; Madland, Merete Vadla; Minde, Mona Wetrhus; Korsnes, Reidar Inge. Raman Spectroscopy Applied to Enhanced Oil Recovery Research. Goldschmidt Abstracts 2016 2016 s. 739- UIS

Minde, Mona Wetrhus; Zimmermann, Udo; Madland, Merete Vadla; Korsnes, Reidar Inge; Schulz, Bernhard; Audinot, Jean-Nicolas. Fluid-flow during EOR experiments in chalk: insights using SEM-MLA, EMPA and nanoSIMS applications. SCA annual symposium; 2016-08-21 - 2016-08-26IRIS UIS

Mona W. Minde, PhD student

Nina Egeland, MSc. Research assistent

State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing

Professor Quan Shi, deputy Director of the Laboartory, University of Petroleum-Beijing

Research exchange

Post doc Pål Andersen Østebø, PhD students Irene Ringen,Tijana Voake and Jaspreet Singh Sachdeva

Dr. Lesley James, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Kun Guo, PhD student

Shijia Ma and Herman Muriel, MSc students

Eystein Opsahl, PhD student

▪ 18(20) PhDs and 9 (11) post docs

▪ Senior scientists from UiS, IRIS, IFE, UiB, UiO and TNO aresupervisors

▪ 46 MSc theses (2017)

▪ Apprx 50 MSc students each year

▪ PhD blog/Facebook

▪ Forsker Grand Prix

▪ Conferences, Workshops, seminars & teambuilding

▪ IOR integration

▪ Writing seminars

▪ Lunch and Learn seminars

▪ IOR after work

▪ Poster/oral sessions at IOR NORWAY▪ @ EAGE/IOR NORWAY 2017

conference a major part of the Centre`s PhD/post docs contributed with full papers and presented their work either as poster or oral presentations

▪ The Skjæveland Award

▪ New 2017:

▪ Jan-Dec. Presentation techniquesand dissemination course

▪ Starts Oct. L&L presentations at our user partners

Educating highly qualified personnel

Attract and retain young talents

The National IOR Centre of Norway

The National IOR Centre of Norway.The 2017 user partners and observers:

ConocoPhillips