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Work collection · 9 projects

Research

Research you can inspect and explore.

Explore chemical and gas EOR through interactive studies, live scenario calculations and source publications. Adjust model parameters to compare outputs, inspect the assumptions, and follow the supporting manuscripts, data workbooks and presentations available with each study.

Institutional research is presented separately from Adel Labs client work. These studies do not imply endorsement of Adel Labs by the institutions.

9 projects + 4 related projects

Surfactant CEOR Project opening page with an offshore-platform film and the carbonate-reservoir research introduction.

Surfactant CEOR

Program hub

Surfactant CEOR Project

Explore surfactant recovery in carbonate reservoirs through capillary desaturation, retention screening and economics. Compare live scenarios, then inspect the supporting manuscripts, data workbooks and program presentations.

Institutional research · Khalifa University / ADNOC

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Project context & resources: Surfactant CEOR Project
The task
Capillary desaturation, retention screening and economics examine different parts of the same research program. Readers need a clear route between them.
The contribution
A program hub linking the studies, interactive calculations, source data packages and supporting documents. Khalifa University / ADNOC program, shown here as research, not as studio client work.
Scope & assumptions
Each study keeps its own assumptions and research context; the hub provides the route through the program.
Program overview (PDF) (opens in a new tab)
Gas EOR Project opening page with a circular laboratory-apparatus film and the unconventional-reservoir research introduction.

GEOR — Gas EOR in Unconventional Reservoirs

Program hub

Gas EOR Project

Explore gas recovery in unconventional reservoirs through miscibility, operating pressure, gas composition, foam and hybrid recovery. Adjust scenario inputs, compare calculated outputs and follow the published papers behind each study.

Institutional research · Texas A&M University

Open program hub
Project context & resources: Gas EOR Project

Full titleGEOR Project

The task
Gas-recovery studies examine miscibility, gas composition, operating pressure and hybrid recovery across different experimental conditions.
The contribution
A program hub connecting the gas-recovery studies, interactive mechanisms, operating scenarios and published papers from the Texas A&M program.
Scope & assumptions
Each linked report states its experimental conditions and assumptions; the hub provides a route through the program.
Published papers (opens in a new tab)
Retention economics cash-flow pane with the retention and price controls, financial readouts and discounted cash-flow plot.

Surfactant CEOR

Study 03

Retention Economics

Discounted-cash-flow screening that turns surfactant retention into net present value, return rate, unit technical cost and breakeven retention, on twelve corefloods, with adjustable assumptions.

Institutional research · Khalifa University / ADNOC

Open research
Project context & resources: Retention Economics

Full titleTechno-Economic Screening under Retention Uncertainty

The task
A single result cannot describe project economics across changing assumptions. Readers need to inspect both the data and the conditions behind the calculation.
The contribution
Discounted-cash-flow screening based on twelve corefloods, with adjustable retention, sweep and oil-price inputs linked live to net present value, return rate, unit technical cost and breakeven retention.
Scope & assumptions
Economic outputs depend on the selected sweep, retention, price and cost assumptions.
Manuscript (PDF) (opens in a new tab)Data package (XLSX) (opens in a new tab)Presentation (PDF) (opens in a new tab)
Related to Engineering Tools
Operating-pressure planner with the pressure control, miscibility status, recovery curve and current-selection table.

GEOR — Gas EOR in Unconventional Reservoirs

Report 01

Miscibility and Operating Pressure

Slim-tube MMP across six CO2–crude systems, pressure-dependent huff-n-puff recovery, gravity-stable displacement, and an operating-pressure planner.

Institutional research · Texas A&M University

Open research
Capillary desaturation field-rate calculator showing trapping number against Darcy velocity and the viscosity screening table.

Surfactant CEOR

Study 01

Capillary Desaturation Program, HTHS Carbonates

Desaturation curves on aged mixed-wet carbonate plugs, the critical trapping number for mobilisation, and onsets 45–117× over the sandstone benchmark.

Institutional research · Khalifa University / ADNOC

Open research
Project context & resources: Capillary Desaturation Program, HTHS Carbonates

Full titleCapillary Desaturation Program — HTHS Carbonates

Manuscript (PDF) (opens in a new tab)Data package (XLSX) (opens in a new tab)Presentation (PDF) (opens in a new tab)

Cross-core comparison

Capillary desaturation cross-core comparison with oil saturation against trapping number, normalized curves and a water-wet sandstone benchmark.
Gas-composition planner showing composition and pressure controls, miscibility status and the interpolated minimum-miscibility-pressure curve.

GEOR — Gas EOR in Unconventional Reservoirs

Report 02

Gas Composition and Foam

Wolfcamp A miscibility pressure interpolated between measured methane–ethane compositions, huff-n-puff recovery, foam co-injection, and a planner.

Institutional research · Texas A&M University

Open research
Hybrid recovery planner with pressure and SASI increment controls, scenario readouts and the recovery envelope.

GEOR — Gas EOR in Unconventional Reservoirs

Report 03

Hybrid Gas and Chemical Recovery

CO2 huff-n-puff followed by surfactant-assisted imbibition in Eagle Ford plugs — cycle dynamics, the SASI contribution, and a scenario planner.

Institutional research · Texas A&M University

Open research
Retention-cost screening with adjustable retention and surfactant price, scenario readouts and the cost-gate plots.

Surfactant CEOR

Study 02

Retention-Controlled Screening of Chemical EOR

Surfactant EOR screening in HTHS carbonates: measured phase behaviour, interfacial tension and wettability, and a chemical-cost screening against the project budget.

Institutional research · Khalifa University / ADNOC

Open research
Project context & resources: Retention-Controlled Screening of Chemical EOR
Manuscript (PDF) (opens in a new tab)Data package (XLSX) (opens in a new tab)Presentation (PDF) (opens in a new tab)
Viscoelastic-polymer report with the adjustable velocity classifier, contrast results and paired-difference plot.

Surfactant CEOR

Evidence synthesis

Viscoelastic Polymer Desaturation

Interactive evidence synthesis with a contrast dataset, adjustable velocity classifier and carbonate injectivity bounds.

Institutional research · Khalifa University / ADNOC

Open research
Project context & resources: Viscoelastic Polymer Desaturation
The task
Reported polymer recovery must be read alongside velocity, rock type and operating conditions.
The contribution
An interactive evidence synthesis with a contrast dataset, adjustable velocity classifier and carbonate injectivity bounds.
Scope & assumptions
Interpretations are bounded by the underlying studies and stated injectivity assumptions.
Manuscript (PDF) (opens in a new tab)Data package (XLSX) (opens in a new tab)

4 related projects, shown separately from the 9 projects above.

Coreflood opening page with the LINK header, experiment introduction and playing SAMPLE apparatus walkthrough.

SAMPLE workbench · Coreflood experiments

Engineering Tools

Coreflood

Plan and analyse laboratory coreflood experiments: geometry, permeability, injection, production and capillary desaturation. Editable SAMPLE data and local exports.

SAMPLE experiment. Plans and analyses records; it does not control laboratory equipment or certify an operating procedure.

View project details Open SAMPLE demo
Project context: Coreflood

Full titleCoreflood — Coreflood Workbench

The task
An experiment needs a consistent record from core measurements to recovery calculations.
The contribution
A browser workbench for geometry, permeability, injection stages, production and capillary desaturation, with local exports.
Scope & assumptions
Units, measured inputs and calculation assumptions must be reviewed for the experiment.
Related to Research
EOR Economics opening page with the LINK header, screening introduction and calculation modules.

Engineering tool · Calculator

Engineering Tools

Techno-Economic Screening Workbench

Fitted retention–recovery relation, chemical demand and unit technical cost, an NPV surface over oil price and retention, and the breakeven envelope.

Scenario screening depends on the stated technical and economic assumptions.

Open tool
Project context: Techno-Economic Screening Workbench

Full titleTechno-Economic Screening under Retention Uncertainty

Related to Research
PhaseLab opening workspace with the LINK header and ten SAMPLE salinity-scan vials.

SAMPLE workbench · Phase behaviour

Engineering Tools

PhaseLab

A ten-vial phase scan with measured IFT, corrected static adsorption and dynamic retention balances.

SAMPLE starting data. Phase classification and interfacial tension require observations or independent measurements.

View project details Open SAMPLE demo
Project context: PhaseLab

Full titlePhaseLab - Phase Behavior & Retention

The task
A screening study needs a connection between vial observations, formulation conditions and retention measurements.
The contribution
A workbench for phase records, measured evidence, static and dynamic retention calculations and a screening board.
Scope & assumptions
Illustrations do not determine phase classification or measured interfacial tension.
Related to Research
CDC Calculator opening page with the LINK header, trapping-number introduction and six calculation modules.

Engineering tool · Calculator

Engineering Tools

Critical Trapping Numbers and Capillary Desaturation

Compare trapping numbers on interstitial and Darcy bases, screen field rates against measured onsets, fit desaturation data and convert petroleum units.

Screening calculations with explicit velocity conventions and measured reference onsets; not a field-design tool.

Open tool
Project context: Critical Trapping Numbers and Capillary Desaturation
The task
Screening a field rate against measured mobilisation onsets needs the calculation, the reference data and the unit conversions in one place.
The contribution
Six modules: a trapping-number calculator, curves against interfacial tension, field-rate screening, a pore-scale mobilisation schematic, program desaturation curves and a fit for your own data, with a unit converter.
Scope & assumptions
A screening workbench with its assumptions in view, not a field-design tool.
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