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In the face of declining oil fields and at a time when recovering hydrocarbons is becoming more difficult,
effective techniques are key to extract more oil from mature fields.
Shell is one of the leaders in this area.
With capabilities across the full suite of Enhanced Oil Recovery technologies,
our objective is to develop the best technical and most economic solutions for an individual reservoir.
One of our focus areas is enhanced water-flooding.
This includes Alkaline Surfactant Polymer technology – a part of the Chemical enhanced oil recovery family.
A specially tailored cocktail of Alkaline and Surfactant mobilises the oil.
Then the Polymer effectively drives it out of the reservoir.
Seeking to boost hydrocarbon production, Shell is applying enhanced oil recovery technologies around the world.
As the oil price has risen, there is an upsurge in this promising field and yet more innovation.
Our deep experience in enhanced oil recovery and our large project portfolio
offer huge potential to maximise oil recovery for us and our partners across the world.
Shell’s global efforts are backed by a sustained high overall R&D spend
- $1 billion in 2010, keeping Shell at the forefront of all the IOCs.
Responding to the world’s need for energy,
Shell is committed to taking oil recovery to the next level – with innovative technologies being the platform to success.