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Kern River Oil Field

Miriam Jasso, Matthew Kurtz, and Anood Meerza

California State University, BakersfieldMKTG 606 Term Presentation

May 14, 2008

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AgendaAgenda

History of Kern River Impact of Steam Flooding/EOR EOR Process – The Water Map Cogeneration Operational Excellence Environmental/Ecological Concerns and

Initiatives For Fun Questions

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History of Kern RiverHistory of Kern River

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Steam Flooding UnlockedSteam Flooding UnlockedKern River’s PotentialKern River’s Potential

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Enhanced Oil RecoveryEnhanced Oil Recovery

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EOR Process DiagramEOR Process DiagramKern River FieldKern River Field

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The Water MapThe Water Map

Kern River from the air

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Sycamore Cogeneration CompanySycamore Cogeneration Company

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Kern River Cogeneration CompanyKern River Cogeneration Company

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What is Cogeneration?What is Cogeneration?

Webster’s Dictionary defines Cogeneration as…

• The use of waste heat (as in steam) from an industrial process to produce electricity or the use of steam from electric power generation as a heating source

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What is Cogeneration?What is Cogeneration?

In general, Cogeneration can be defined as…

• The combined generation of two or more usable energy products from a single fuel source

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The Cogeneration Process…The Cogeneration Process…

Involves the following basic equipment:

Gas Turbine

Generator

Heat Recovery Steam Generator

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COGENERATION – SIMPLE CYLCECOGENERATION – SIMPLE CYLCE

TurbineCompressorAir

Heat RecoverySteam Generator

Exhaust

Fuel

Electricity

Gas Turbine

Steam

Water

Generator

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GAS TURBINEGAS TURBINE

Similar to a jet engine Air is drawn into the machine and

compressed by an axial flow compressor Fuel is mixed with the compressed air

and the resulting air-fuel mixture is ignited in the combustion section

Combustion gases pass through the turbine section and mechanical work is extracted

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GAS TURBINEGAS TURBINE

General Electric MS7001FB

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GENERATORGENERATOR

Mechanical energy extracted by the turbine is transferred to the generator rotor by a mechanical coupling

Mechanical energy is converted to electricity (3-phase, AC, 60 Hz)

Each MS7001EA gas turbine generates ~ 80,000 KW

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HEAT RECOVERY STEAM HEAT RECOVERY STEAM GENERATORGENERATOR

Turbine exhaust gases enter the HRSG and pass over finned tubes

Water passes through the inside of finned tubes

Heat is transferred from the hot exhaust gases to the colder water in the tubes, ultimately producing steam

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Conventional Steam and Electric GenerationConventional Steam and Electric Generation

Electricity0.3 BTU

Overall Efficiency = 0.3+ 0.82.0

= 55%

Generator

Steam0.8 BTU

Fuel1.0 BTU

Feedwater

Steam TurbineBoiler

Condenser

BoilerFuel1.0 BTU

Exhaust

BWB3-001

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Steam and Electric CogenerationSteam and Electric Cogeneration

Electricity0.6 BTUGas Turbine Generator

Fuel2.0 BTU

Heat Recovery Boiler Steam1.0 BTU

Exhaust

Overall Efficiency = 1.0 + 0.62.0

= 80%

Exhaust

Feedwater

BWB3-001

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Operational ExcellenceOperational Excellence

On-time/Availability

Reliability

Maximize life of components

Maximize oil production

DO NOT OPERATE…

DO NOT GET PAID!!!

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How Does Technology Tie In?How Does Technology Tie In?

LACT Meters are attached to the wellsMeasure oil production and steam injection

SCADAs are attached to the LACT Meters which are systems that read the LACT Meters.

Data retrieved from the SCADAs automatically populate SOR

SOR populates Minerva (production/safety portal) that leadership utilizes to track oil production and steam injection against B-Plan

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EnvironmentEnvironment

Natural habitat protection Kit fox Bakersfield cactus

Emissions compliance Federal, state and local

Wastewater minimization

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Questions?Questions?