1 R&D ACTIVITIES IN OIL INDIA LTD H DUBEY Head – R&D Services

2 OIL’S R&D EFFORTS IN UPSTREAM HYDROCARBON SECTOR IN KEEPING WITH INTERNATIONAL PRACTICES, OIL HAS DEVELOPED A STRONG AND VIBRANT IN-HOUSE R&D ESTABLISHMENT TO MEET THE CHALLENGES AND PROBLEMS IN THE E&P SECTOR AND TO PROVIDE VIABLE AND COST EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS.

3 OIL’S R&D CENTRE OIL IS ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN CUTTING EDGE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE UPSTREAM SECTOR OIL’S MAIN THRUST ON R&D IS RELATED TO SPECIFIC PROBLEMS IDENTIFIED IN OIL’S AREAS OF OPERATION SUCH AS : EXPLORATION DRILLING & WORK OVER PRODUCTION ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY PIPELINE TRANSPORTATION COAL TO OIL CONVERSION

4 OIL’S R&D INFRASTRUCTURE THE R&D LABORATORY ESTABLISHED IN DULIAJAN IS ONE OF THE STATE-OF- THE – ART CENTRE IN INDIA SOME OF THE MAJOR EQUIPMENTS AVAILABLE FOR R&D INCLUDE : XRD SEM ISOTOPE RATIO MASS SPECTROMETER INFRA-RED SPECTROMETER PILOT PLANT FOR COAL LIQUIFACTION HIGH TEMPERATURE GAS CHROMATORGRAPH

5 EXPLORATION

6 RESERVOIR FLUID IDENTIFICATION USING GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF SIDE WALL CORES SOURCE ROCK CHARACTERIZATION AND OIL – OIL CORRELATION GRAIN SIZE ANALYSIS FOR SAND CONTROL OPTIMIZATION XRD & SEM STUDIES FOR CLAY MINERAL TYPING PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES, MINERAL COMPOSITION & LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY INTEGRATION OF LAB INVESTIGATIONS WITH G & G STUDIES ACTIVITIES

7 BENEFITS GEOCHEMICAL STUDIES HELP IN UNDERSTANDING THE PETROLEUM SYSTEM AND IN BUILDING CONCEPTUAL GEOLOGICAL MODEL OF PETROLEUM GENERATION, MIGRATION AND ACCUMULATION CYCLE OIL TO SOURCE CORRELATION HAS INDICATED FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT ALL THE OILS GENERATED IN THE ASSAM BASIN ARE DERIVED FROM TERRIGENOUS ORGANIC MATTER NEW CHROMATOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUE HAS CLEARLY IDENTIFIED THE NORMAL OIL BEARING, HEAVY OIL BEARING WATER BEARING ZONES IN THE WELLS ANALYZED

8 THE NEED OIL DOES NOT HAVE ADEQUATE INFRASTRUCTURE TO CARRY OUT R&D WORK IN THE AREA OF MICROBIOLOGICAL PROSPECTING

9 DRILLING, WORKOVER & PRODUCTION

10 ACTIVITIES RELATED TO DRILLING & WORKOVER OIL HAS BEEN CARRYING OUT R&D WORK ON DEVELOPING APPROPRIATE DRILLING AND WORKOVER FLUIDS TO TACKLE DOWNHOLE PROBLEMS FEASIBILITY STUDY OF HORIZONTAL DRILLING IN OIL’S OPERATIONAL AREAS OF ASSAM (CONSULTANCY PROJECT FUNDED BY OIDB)

11 MOST OF THE PROBLEMS IN DRILLING AND WORKOVER FLUIDS HAVE BEEN SOLVED EXPERIENCE GAINED IN HORIZONTAL DRILLING WILL ENABLE OIL TO CARRY OUT SIMILAR STUDIES FOR OTHER RESERVOIRS INDEPENDENTLY OIL WILL BE ABLE TO DRILL HORIZONTAL WELLS FOR ENHANCING PRODUCTION( eg. MAKUM –HAPJAN FIELD ) BENEFITS RELATED TO DRILLING & WORKOVER

12 THE NEED OIL IS FACING HOLE INSTABILITY PROBLEM IN DRIILING DEEP EOCENE WELLS OIL REQUIRES APPROPRIATE WORKOVER FLUID FORMULATIONS FOR HIGHLY DEPLETED RESERVOIRS TO ARREST HEAVY FLUID LOSS

13 ACTIVITIES RELATED TO PRODUCTION, EOR STUDIES ON THE MORPHOLOGY OF WAX CRYSTALS FOR MITIGATING WAX DEPOSITION PROBLEMS DEVELOPMENT OF POLYMERIC FORMULATION FOR WATER SHUT-OFF JOBS FOLLOWED BY CEMENT SQUEEZE FOR WATERED OUT SANDS OF LOW TEMPERATURE WELLS TRACERS FOR MONITORING OF INJECTION WATER FRONT INJECTIVITY DECLINE OF WATER DISPOSAL WELLS DEVELOPMENT OF ASP FORMULATION FOR EOR IN OIL’S RESERVOIRS DEVELOPMENT OF MICROBIOLOGICAL FORMULATIONS FOR MEOR

14 STUDY OF WAX MORPHOLOGY HAS GIVEN VALUABLE INSIGHT INTO WAX DEPOSITION PHENOMENA AND HAS HELPED IN SOLVING WAX DEPOSITION PROBLEMS WATER SHUT-OFF TECHNIQUE HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY USED IN REDUCING WATER INGRESS PROBLEMS IN PRODUCING WELLS TRACER MONITORING HELPED IN CONTROLLING MOVEMENT OF WATER FRONT INJECTIVITY DECLINE STUDES HAS HELPED IN IMPROVING INJECTIVITY IN WATER DISPOSAL WELLS BENEFITS RELATED TO PRODUCTION,EOR

15 THE NEED DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNIQUES/CHEMICALS TO TACKLE PARAFFIN DEPOSITION PROBLEM TECHNIQUES/PROCESS TO TACKLE SRB PROBLEM DEVELOPMENT OF SURFACTANT, POLYMERS, MICROBES ETC FOR EOR AND MEOR TECHNIQUES FOR PRODUCTION OF HIGH VISCOUS/HIGH POUR POINT OIL FROM DEEPER HORIZON

16 PIPELINE TRANSPORTATION OF CRUDE

17 ACTIVITIES ESTABLISHING CHEMICAL (FLOW IMPROVER) TREATMENT AT LOW DOSAGE AS A TECHNO-ECONOMICALLY VIABLE ALTERNATIVE TO THERMAL CONDITIONING FOR DULIAJAN COMPOSITE AND MORAN ONGCL CRUDE FOR TRANSPORTATION THROUGH MAIN PIPELINE DURING WINTER. TREATMENT DESIGN AND PRESSURE DROP/TEMPRATURE PROFILE CALCULATIONS FOR VARIOUS CRUDE OIL FLOW LINES

18 SWITCHING OVER FROM THERMAL CONDITIONING PROCESS TO FLOW IMPROVER TREATMENT HAS RESULTED IN CONSIDERABLE COST SAVINGS FOR THE COMPANY RHEOLOGY MEASUREMENT AND PRESSURE DROP CALCULATIONS HAVE HELPED IN SOLVING BOWSER LOADING / UNLOADING AND PIPELINE TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS BENEFITS

19 THE NEED DEVELOPMENT FLOW IMPROVER CHEMICALS SUITABLE FOR HIGH ASPHALT/HIGH WAX OILS DEVELOPMENT OF PROCESSES/CHEMICALS FOR FLOW ASSURANCE IN FLOW LINES

20 ALTERANATE ENERGY RESOURCE COAL TO OIL CONVERSION

21 LIQUIFACTION OF ASSAM COAL USING STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY FOR PRODUCTION OF SYNCRUDE OIL HAS ESTABLISHED A PILOT PLANT FOR COAL LIQUIFACTION AND IS IN THE PROCESS OF EXAMINING VARIOUS TECHNOLOGIES FOR OPTIMUM SYNCRUDE PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROCESS FOR LIQUIFACTION OF COAL WILL HELP IN ESTABLISHING AN ALTERNATE SOURCE OF LIQUID FUEL ACTIVITIES & BENEFITS

22 HEAVY OIL & BITUMEN PRODUCTION IN RAJASTHAN

23 PDVSA, VENEZUELA IS PROVIDING CONSULTANCY SERVICE ON METHODOLOGY TO DRILL AND PRODUCE HEAVY OIL FROM BAGHEWALA FIELD USING HUFF AND PUFF STEAM INJECTION TECHNIQUE

24 AWARDS / RECOGNITION OIL’S R&D EFFORTS HAVE BROUGHT IN MANY LAURELS WHICH INCLUDE NPMP AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE FOR THE FOR APPLICATION OF RESERVOIR GEOCHEMISTRY IN CORRECT RESERVOIR FLUID IDENTIFICATION. THIS INNOVATION TOGATHER WITH OTHER ESTABLISHED TECNIQUES HAS RESULTED IN CONSIDERABLE SAVING IN COST AND TIME SPENT IN DECISION MAKING REGARDING PERFORATION AND TESTING POLICY NPMP AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE FOR THE YEAR FOR DEVELOPING CRUDE VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUE AND FOR SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTING A MODIFIED TECHNO- ECONOMICALLY BETTER CRUDE TREATMENT PROCESS.

25 FUTURE OUTLOOK OIL WILL CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON R&D EFFORTS TO PROVIDE TECHNO-ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE SOLUTIONS TO VARIOUS PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED BY THE COMPANY IN ITS OPERATIONS PRIORITY WILL BE GIVEN TO TRANSLATE LABORATORY FINDINGS INTO FIELD IMPLEMENTATION ASSIMILATION OF NEW TECHNOLOGY WILL BE ENCOURAGED WITH OIL VENTURING INTO NEW FRONTIER AREAS, ALL EFFORTS WILL BE MADE IN R&D TO MEET THE CHALLENGES AND PROVIDE WORKABLE SOLUTIONS

26 REACHING OUT THE RESULTS OF OIL’S R&D EFFORTS ARE REGULARLY PRESENTED / PUBLISHED IN LEADING NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES AND TECHNICAL JOURNALS OIL HAS CONSTANT INTERACTION WITH UNIVERSITY FACULTY AND RESEARCHERS IN THE COUNTRY SPECIALLY FROM NORTH- EAST INDIA. OIL REGULARLY HELPS ACADEMIA WITH LABORATORY FACILITIES OIL HAS CARRIED OUT/IS CARRYING OUT COLLABORATIVE R&D WORK WITH INSTITUTES LIKE RRL, JORHAT, TERI,NEW DELHI, IIP, DEHRADUN, DIBRUGARH UNIVERSITY, GAUHATI UNIVERSITY, BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALEOBOTANY, LUCKNOW, IASST, GUWAHATI.