🌍 Abstract: As the energy industry advances toward a more sustainable future, enhancing recovery and productivity requires an integrated approach that combines reservoir management, stimulation innovation, and carbon solutions. This session brings together three complementary perspectives addressing key challenges in maturing and complex reservoirs.
It explores advanced conformance control techniques for managing excessive water production through selective plugging while preserving hydrocarbon flow, alongside thermochemical stimulation technologies that generate in-situ heat and pressure to improve reservoir connectivity, mitigate formation damage, and enhance production efficiency. In parallel, the discussion highlights the evolution of Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration (CCUS) from research to large-scale field deployment, demonstrating its critical role in reducing emissions while enabling enhanced oil recovery.
Together, these approaches illustrate a paradigm shift toward smarter, more efficient, and environmentally responsible reservoir development—where productivity enhancement and sustainability are no longer competing objectives, but aligned drivers of the industry’s future.
🎤 Featured Panelists & Topics
🔹 Professor Hussein Hoteit (KAUST)
Conformance Control for Water Management
As reservoirs mature, water management becomes one of the most critical challenges. This session will explore how advanced conformance control methods—particularly colloidal silica systems—can selectively block high-permeability zones while preserving oil flow.
🔹 Professor Mohamed Mahmoud (KFUPM)
Thermochemical Stimulation for Productivity Enhancement
What if stimulation didn’t rely on brute force? Thermochemical technologies are enabling in-situ heat and pressure generation to reduce breakdown pressure, enhance reservoir contact, and restore permeability—while also tackling condensate banking, water blockage, and wax deposition. A smarter, scalable alternative to conventional methods.
🔹 Dr. Almohannad Alghamdi (Aramco)
CCUS: From R&D to Field Deployment
From concept to reality: this talk highlights the journey of CCUS through the lens of the Uthmaniyah CO₂-EOR project. With ~800,000 tonnes/year capture capacity, it’s not just a project, it’s a blueprint for scaling carbon solutions and advancing toward net-zero goals.
🎙️ Moderator: Mohammad Al Kadem (Aramco)