Bakken Production Optimization Program

'Machine learning (ML) and big data analytics (BDA) (which are considered components of “artificial intelligence”) can provide valuable insights into production activities and support Bakken Production Optimization Program (BPOP) partners’ ability to increase production efficiency in North Dakota. Th...'

'This webinar focused on the Liberty Resources East Nesson Pilot Test that is being implemented via a single huff ‘n’ puff well in a 2560-acre spacing unit at the East Tioga Field in Mountrail County, North Dakota. The goals of the pilot are to demonstrate 1) the economic viability of enhanced oil re...'

'This dashboard provides an interactive tool to divide the Bakken petroleum system into several groups based on geological and geochemical, formation fluid chemistry, and oil and gas property variables selected by the user at the bottom of the page. The importance of the selected variables in definin...'

'Hydrocarbon vapors, when mixed with air in storage tank headspace, pose a safety risk when compositions reach flammable levels. The presence of air also creates a marketing challenge due in part to the safety risk. In this study, the phase behavior of tank vapors was assessed to better understand an...'

'This progress report presents an overview of Bakken Production Optimization Program (BPOP) activities from January through March 2021. A wellsite model to assess tank vapor-phase behavior was developed and used to evaluate natural gas liquid recovery potential over a range of pressures. The results ...'

'This work was accepted by Energy & Fuels, ©American Chemical Society after peer review. Available at DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.1c00412. '

'This progress report presents an overview of Bakken Production Optimization Program (BPOP) activities from October through December 2020. The Energy & Environmental Research Center requested and received permission from the North Dakota Industrial Commission Oil and Gas Research Program to subcontra...'

'This work was accepted by Energy & Fuels ©American Chemical Society after peer review. Available at DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c02112 The ability of an injected gas to dissolve crude oil hydrocarbons may be a major factor controlling the success of enhanced oil recovery projects in unconvention...'

'This final report to the North Dakota Industrial Commission summarizes Bakken Production Optimization Program (BPOP) achievements for the second phase of the program. Significant achievements directly attributable to this program have made measurable, positive impacts to how the business of oil and ...'

'Bakken oil tank batteries typically operate without a purge gas sweep in the headspace above the oil. Instead, the tanks are maintained under a slight positive pressure from gas flashed from the oil while filling, but the tanks develop a vacuum when they are emptied. To limit negative pressure, air ...'