Carbonate Reservoirs Contacts: Sebastian Geiger ([email protected]), Patrick Corbett Carbonate Reservoir Challenge • Carbonate reservoirs contain over 60% of the world’s remaining conventional oil and 40% of the world’s remaining conventional gas reservoirs • Recovery factors are significantly lower than in clastic reservoirs – a small (1 - 2%) increase will impact global hydrocarbon reserves • Carbonate reservoirs become increasingly important for providing natural gas and securing energy supply • There are major opportunities for storing CO 2 in carbonate formations Pore-scale physics Geology and flow at the grid-block and inter-well scale Applications to real fields New model concepts 3AW25 3B1 Collaborations International Centre for Carbonate Reservoirs (ICCR); alliance with Edinburgh and Oxford, including academic institutions in Brazil. Several national and international universities (e.g. Princeton, TU Delft, University of Calgary, Imperial College) Our philosophy and approach • Provide a holistic view across scales (pore- to field-scale) and disciplines (reservoir characterisation, modelling, and simulation), while sourcing other fields (mathematics, physics, material & computer sciences) for new technologies • Span all TRL levels, from fundamental science and proof-of-concept studies to applications to real fields and datasets that demonstrate business impact • Operate internationally and collaborate with both industry and academia • Train a new generation of carbonate reservoir scientists Further information: Institute of Petroleum Engineering, Heriot-Watt University- http://carbonates.hw.ac.uk