Burbank, Osage

County, Oklahoma
I. Background of the Field
II. Primary Recovery: Solution-Gas Drive
III. Secondary Recovery: Waterflood
IV.Enhance Oil Recovery: MIcellar Polymer
Flooding

Introduction

Location of Burbank Field on the

Map

The burbank field is located principally

in Osage County, but with a small
extension into Kay County

Some of the companies involved in Burbank Field

History

Elbridge Ayer Burbank

Ernest Witworth Marland

The Osage Tribe

Reservoir Geology

East Burbank Pool

Fluid and Rock Properties

Solution Gas Drive

Stages of Production

Stage 1

Production while
undersaturated

Stage 2

Production while saturated

but the free gas is immobile

Stage 3
Production while saturated
and the free gas is mobile
and theproducing gas-oil
ratio(GOR) is increasing

Stage 4
Production while saturated
and the free gas is mobile
and the producing GOR is
decreasing

Waterflood

Recovery:
Waterflood

A. Reservoir Geology
Considerations
understanding the reservoir rocks
the diagenetic history of the reservoir
rocks must be ascertained
the structure and faulting of the
reservoir must be determined
the water/oil/rock characteristics need
to be understood

B. Waterflooding Considerations

Oil properties
viscosity and density at
reservoir conditions
the mobility of a fluid is
defined as its endpoint
relative permeability divided
by its viscosity

THE FORMULA FOR

OVERALL WATERFLOOD
OIL-RECOVERY
EFFICIENCYER

C. Rationale for Waterflooding

The waterflood performance of this
stratified reservoir can prove reasonably
accurate.
Permeability values in this reservoir range
from less than 0.1 md to nearly 3 darcys
and 90 percent of the permeability capacity
is contained in approximately 26 percent of
the reservoir volume.
Nearly 70 percent of the recovery can be
achieved at water-cut values greater than
95 percent.

D .Reservoir Data & Criteria

Comparison

E. Waterflood Production Facilities

250-600 psia
Equipped either with staged
centrifugal pumps or multistage pot
turbine pump
Water treatment- sodium
hexametaphospate

THE OIL PRODUCTION WILL BE GATHERED AND

MONITORED AT SEPARATE FACILITIES. THEIR
LOCATIONS WILL BE EQUIPPED WITH LACT UNITS
AND CONVENTIONAL TANK BATTERIES.

The high productivity indices of most

of the producing wells have permitted
wide

application

submergible,
pumps.

of

multi-stage

Individual

large-volume,
centrifugal

producing

well

potentials of 3,000 to 4,000 BFPD are not

uncommon and several will be operated
in the 5,000 to 7,000 BFPD range.

OIL RECOVERY
Ultimate primary and secondary will
be 302 bbl/acre-ft which is
approximately 40 percent of the
OSTOIP

Enhanced Oil Recovery

Micellar Polymer Flooding

A. Screening Criteria for Micellar

Polymer Flooding

API Gravity >20o

Viscosity <35cp
Composed of light and/or intermediate
oils
Oil Saturation >35%
Net Thickness is no critical
Average Permeability of >10md
Depth of >9000ft
Temperature >80oF

B. Reservoir Data & Criteria Comparison

C. Surfactant Design
The

proposed

surfactant-polymer

project will cover approximately 90

acres,
inverted

and

would

five-spot

comprise

of

patterns

of

approximately ten acres each.

Major Concerns and

Solutions:
1. High salinity and hardness of the
formation water
2. Fractures
3. Oil-wet nature of rocks

D. Recovery Efficiency
Volumetric Determination of
Original Oil in Place

Calculation of N:
N = 7758Aho(1-Sw)/Boi
= 7758(164,816 acre-ft)(0.18)
(0.22)/1.050
= 48.2231 MMSTB

Sweep Efficiency
Vertical Sweep Efficiency
Areal Sweep Efficiency

Displacement Efficiency

Vertical Sweep Efficiency

Using production data and the
Dykstra-Parsons Chart

Vertical Sweep Efficiency

The Ev value is approximately 0.27.

Areal Sweep Efficiency

Inverted Five-Spot Pattern

Areal Sweep Efficiency

Displacement Efficiency

Displacement Efficiency
Core Data

Calculation of Ed
Ed = (So Sor)/So
= (1-0.63) / 1
Ed = 0.37

Calculation of Recovery Efficiency

Formula for overall flood oil-recovery
efficiencyER

Calculation of ER
ER = EDEIEA
= 0.37 x 0.27 x 1.17
ER = 0.1169 = 11.69%

Volume of Oil that can be

further Recovered

NR = NER

Calculation of NR
NR = NER
= 48.2231 x 0.1169
NR = 5.6373 MMSTB