Group Plans To Explore Enhanced Oil Recovery Options

Group plans to explore enhanced oil recovery optionsMontana Tech Petroleum Engineering Department members are conducting a pilot project to assess enhanced oil recovery options for the Elm Coulee oilfield in eastern Montana, according to department officials in a press release on June 24.Horizontal drilling and other conventional production methods in Montana’s Bakken formation extract 9 to 15 percent of available oil with the remainder going untouched.The plan, funded by the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, through the Montana Board of Oil and Gas Conservation, involves restoring underground pressure in and around depleted wells to the level that existed