Enhanced oil recovery by pressure stimulation employment - Method proposed by Impact Technology Systems AS

ITS have developed a new innovative method (the ITS method) for enhanced oil recovery. The ITS method is based on important physical principles first formulated by Lord Rayleigh (1842-1919) and Heinrich Hertz (1857-1894). The scientific work by Lord Ray leigh and Hertz has never, to our knowledge, been combined by anyone in the oil research community before. Employing the ITS method in laboratory-scale experiments have demonstrated that unique possibilities can emerge from unlikely combination of physica l principles. The objective of the project is to investigate and document the EOR effect caused by the ITS method in real oil reservoirs. The goal is therefore to determine the relevance of the experimental findings at laboratory-scales in relation to la rge-scale systems such as oil reservoirs. It is necessary to obtain a better understanding of the basic principles of the ITS method at work in real oil reservoirs. The project shall in addition provide a scientific basis for design and operation of the I TS method. Laboratory-scale experiments have been promising and convincing, but the ITS method must be proven to be valid outside the laboratory-scale for a variety of different conditions. This involves comprehensive research based data collection and a systematic approach to the experimental design. It is also important to determine that the industrial large-scale design is operating satisfactorily.