MIDDLE EAST WARMS TO ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY
February 8th, 2015
MIDDLE Eastern national oil companies do not always spring most readily to mind when demand for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) is discussed. The most obvious example of a country ‘least likely to’ need EOR is Saudi Arabia, with its vast oil reserves and a history of being able to rely on natural lift to produce.However, change is afoot. For one thing, although combined production in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) grew 33% between 2000 and 2013, the number of wells drilled increased by 109% as ‘easy oil’ became scarcer. It is ...
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