Paper: Improved Controls For Enhanced Recovery

The increasing emphasis on enhanced oil recovery is producing the need for improved methods of monitoring and controlling the injection process. The economics of injection materials, personnel and equipment reinforce the requirement for efficient management of injection systems. The application of existing technology in combination with improved hardware and new developments provides the basis for a viable injection control system. The ability to meet the stringent requirements of field control is due in a large part to developments outside the oil industry. Future improvements and enhancement-3 to injection control and monitoring will be possible through the imaginative application of current and developing technology.