尽管行业经济因素阻碍了 EOR 工作的广泛实施，但 EOR 市场可能是行业从低油价中复苏的下一个市场之一。近年来，尽管石油价格已跌破 50 美元/桶，许多研究机构和行业分析师仍对 EOR 带来的可观回收率表示赞赏。仅就近海而言，通过 EOR 方法可采收的石油量可能高达 50 Bbbl。

根据 BCC Research 最近进行的一项研究，全球 EOR 市场预计在未来四年内增长 6%。BCC 报道称，2016 年 EOR 市场总额为 229 亿美元，到 2021 年该金额将达到 304 亿美元。

尽管许多行业领先的运营商暂停了 EOR 工作，直到价格回升，但 Kinder Morgan、Occidental Petroleum、EOG Resources 和 BP 等公司正在利用先进的 EOR 技术作为油藏采收的主要手段之一，并取得了成功。

在本月的勘探与生产中，我们将了解最新的 EOR 趋势以及公司在传统陆上储量、非常规油气田和海上项目中所采取的努力，以及这些努力如何在较低、较长的价格环境中取得成功。

阅读每个封面故事：

在当今经济中维持 EOR

加强海上复苏

下一个前沿：非常规资源的 EOR

扩大 EOR 范围

Despite industry economics preventing widespread implementation of EOR efforts, the EOR market may be one of the next to emerge in the industry’s recovery from low oil prices. In recent years, even as the price of oil has dipped below $50/bbl, many research institutions and industry analysts have extolled the substantial recoveries EOR offers. For offshore alone there may be as much as 50 Bbbl of oil recoverable by EOR methods.

According to a recent study conducted by BCC Research, the global EOR market is poised to grow by 6% during the next four years. BCC reported that the EOR market in 2016 totaled $22.9 billion, and by 2021 that amount will reach $30.4 billion.

And although many industry-leading operators are putting their EOR efforts on hold until prices recover, companies like Kinder Morgan, Occidental Petroleum, EOG Resources and BP are utilizing advanced EOR technologies as one of their primary means of reservoir recovery and are seeing success doing so.

In this month’s E&P we take a look at the latest EOR trends and the efforts companies are implementing in conventional onshore reserves, unconventional plays and offshore projects and how those efforts are succeeding in the lower-for-longer price environment.

Read each cover story:

Sustaining EOR in today’s economy

Enhancing offshore recovery

The next frontier: EOR in unconventional resources

Expanding the EOR envelope