Patent ID: 8175751

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of evaluating the likelihood of success of one or more recovery processes in providing enhanced or improved recovery of oil from a reservoir system, wherein said one or more recovery processes are one or more of an enhanced oil recovery (EOR) process or a waterflood process, said method comprising: receiving data indicative of physical or chemical properties associated with the reservoir system, said data comprising one or more parameter values, wherein each said parameter value corresponds to a parameter; comparing each said received parameter value to one or more recovery process consensus values corresponding to the respective parameter, wherein each said recovery process consensus value is associated with a recovery process, and wherein said comparing is implemented on a computer system; assigning a recovery process parameter score to each said recovery process for each said parameter based on said comparing, wherein said assigning is implemented on a computer system; computing a recovery process overall score for each said recovery process based on the recovery process parameter scores assigned to the recovery process, wherein said computing is implemented on a computer system; wherein said recovery process overall score provides an indication of the likelihood of success of said recovery process with respect to recovery of oil from the reservoir system; comparing said recovery process overall score to a predetermined recovery process success score, wherein said recovery process is deemed likely to succeed with respect to recovery of oil from the reservoir system if said recovery process overall score is less than said predetermined recovery process success score, or is deemed unlikely to succeed with respect to recovery of oil from the reservoir system if said recovery process overall score is greater than said predetermined recovery process success score; and outputting to a display, a user interface device, a tangible computer readable data storage product, or a tangible random access memory, least one of said recovery process parameter score and said recovery process overall score.