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Regulatory bodies and frameworks application criteria, 68 69
(Continued) cyclic steam injection stages, 71 72, 72f
SPE Oil and Gas Reserves Committee, 26 description, 66 68, 67f
United Kingdom Statement of heat loss, case of, 70
Recommended Practice (SORN), 26 implementation methods, 69 73
United Nations Framework Classification implemented projects, 73 74
(UNFC), 26 modifications of, 74
United States Geological Survey (USGS), screening criteria, 70f
26 soaking phase stage, 72
World Petroleum Congress, 26 steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD),
World Petroleum Council (WPC), 26 72 73
Renewable energy EOR, 177 178 steam generator unit, 71, 71f
Renewable energy utilization and Stock-Tank Original Oil In Place (STOOIP),
biodegradable chemicals, 3 16
Reserves-resources, 10 Stratigraphic test, 49
Reservoir fluids, 90 Sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB), 165
Reservoir liquid, 38, 40 Sulfur, 7
Reservoir rock, 37, 43 in oil, 7
Resource reserves, 10 Surface tension, 31
Reverse combustions, 75, 78 Sweep efficiency, 142 143, 145, 152 153
zoning for, 78, 78f Swelling, 173 174

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Salinity, 146 Taber tables, 191 192
Salt, definition and behavior, 173 Technology Readiness Levels (TRL),
Sandstone surface area, 37 197 200, 199t
Saturation, 38, 40, 42 maturity of technology, 199
Secondary oil recovery methods, 58 TEMPEST software, 187, 189
Sedimentation process, 184 185 Ternary diagrams
porosity, 37 38 advantages of, 87
Service well, 49 constrains in, 87
Shallower pool (pay) test, 49 of thermodynamic conditions, 89
Simplex plots, 87 Ternary extraction processes of
Site selection for EOR hydrocarbons, 58 59
laboratory analysis and thermodynamic Ternary grid, 87f
modeling, 194 195 Thermal extraction, 65 66
phase behavior and core analysis, Thermal recovery, 96f,97f
192 195 Totally Dissolved Salts (TDS), 173
core analysis, 195 Triangle plots, 87
reservoir fluids behavior, 192 195
PVT analysis U
for reservoir gas, 194 Ultimate Recovery Factor (URF), 22
for reservoir oil, 194 Unconventional reserves, 10
screening evaluation, 191 192, 193t United Nations Framework Classification of
Smart Water Flooding, 173 Fuels and Minerals Stocks (UNFC), 10
Spontaneous ignition, 80
Steam Assisted Gravity drainage (SAGD), V
68, 72 73, 178 Vapor, 30
Stem injection oil extraction, 66 74 Vaporizing drive, 90, 92f,93