Preliminary Program

Day 1
August 27
Plenary Session

The Future of Kazakhstan’s Oil Production

Speakers

  • Minister of Energy of the RoK
  • Executives of major oil companies
  • World EOR experts
  • Veterans of CCED of the RoK

Topics

  • The future of Kazakhstan’s oil production
  • The role of increasing the oil recovery
  • Residual reserves as a strategic asset for Kazakhstan
  • New technologies and digital transformation
Session 1

Global EOR Technologies

  • Polymer flooding
  • Chemical EOR: SP, ASP, AP and other methods
  • Gas EOR: CO₂, N₂, WAG, SWAG and other approaches
  • Thermal EOR
  • Combined EOR
  • Intelligent fields
Session 2

Oil Production Stimulation Methods

  • Conformance control
  • Water shut-off
  • Advanced well completion and stimulation methods
  • Hydraulic fracturing
  • Acid treatments
  • Near-wellbore treatment using various agents
  • Horizontal wells and sidetracks
  • Simultaneous separate injection and production
Day 2
August 28
EOR Hackathon

Practical Solutions for Kazakhstan’s Mature Fields

Up to 10 oil and gas operators will each propose one pilot asset for EOR implementation, which may include a field, reservoir, production area, or field operating unit.

Operator Submission

  • Geological model
  • Dynamic reservoir model, if available
  • Current status of field development
  • Assessment of EOR measures and production enhancement activities
  • Forecast development performance and economic indicators

Expert Team Output

  • EOR screening
  • EOR implementation concept
  • Field and lab study program
  • Preliminary forecast of incremental oil production
  • Expected economic impact and preliminary feasibility assessment
Session 4

Digital Field Development

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Digital core
  • Digital twins
  • Automated production management
  • Predictive analysis
Session 5

Hard-to-Recover Reserves

  • Carbonate reservoirs
  • Low permeability formations
  • Heavy and extra-heavy oil
  • Deep reservoirs

MINISTRY OF ENERGY ROUNDTABLE

National Program for Increasing RF by 2030

Regulatory and economic measures to incentivize EOR implementation

Topics for discussion:

  • Development of a national EOR program;
  • Improvement of requirements for field development project (FPD) documentation;
  • Promotion of EOR pilot and field trial projects;
  • Funding mechanisms for EOR pilot projects;
  • Digital monitoring of EOR performance;
  • Investment incentives;
  • Role of science and R&D;
  • Personnel development and training;
  • Establishment of industry-academic consortia to integrate scientific, engineering and service capabilities.

Key Expected Results

Adoption of an industry resolution

  • Adoption of the Astana Declaration on EOR implementation and development.
  • List of priority fields for EOR implementation.
  • Establishment of a permanent EOR working group.
  • Formation of a best-practice database.
  • Annual ranking of oil operators by RF.
  • Preparation of proposals to the Subsoil Code to incentivize EOR implementation.
  • Formation of a pilot operations program for 2027–2030.
  • Launch of the annual international forum.