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Course Schedule and Curriculum
Subject to Change

Day One: Overview of the Elements of CO₂ Flooding

• The History and Current Status of CO₂ Flooding
• CO₂ Sources, Natural and Anthropogenic (Man-Made), and the Properties of CO₂
• The Convergence of Carbon Management and CO₂ EOR
• CO₂ Transportation and Injection - Pipelines, Trucking, Metering
• Reservoir Response - Miscible, Immiscible, Gravity Stable, Processing Rates, Examples
• CO₂ Recycling, Plants & Processing - Dehydration, Sulfur/NGL Separation, Compression
• Downhole and Wellsite Equipment Needs
• Key Elements of Reservoir Geology
• Overview: The Business of CO₂

Day Two: Evaluating a Candidate Flood, Reservoir Response and Flood Operations

• Flood Prospects: The Initial Evaluation and the Concept of Screening
• Flow Units and Reservoir Compartmentalization
• Modeling the Reservoir and Waterflood Response – Sweep Efficiency Concepts and Rules of Thumb
• Normalizing Flood Response – Actual Examples
• CO₂ Flood Response Modeling Techniques
• Economic Modeling
• Key Features of CO₂ Flood Operations
  • Downhole Considerations
  • Operational Features Peculiar to CO₂ - Beyond Waterflooding
  • Surveillance and Flood Monitoring

Day Three: CO₂ Facilities and Field Trip

• Dehydration Processes
• Compression Facilities
• Sulfur Removal
• Natural Gas Liquids Removal
• Integrated Plants
• Full Stream (Gas) Reinjection
  
  
• Field Visit to a CO₂ Flood and Facility
  • Tour of CO₂ Production and Injection Facilities
  • Tour of Recycle/Processing Facilities

Day Four: CO₂ Production and The Business of CO₂ Flooding

• Land/Mineral Considerations
• Longevity of Example Floods
• Reservoir Processing Rates and Rates of Return
• Major Elements of Costs/Revenue
• Parametric Sensitivities
• Fundamentals of CO₂ Supply Contracts
• Course Discussion and Evaluations

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