Pelican Lake
Cenovus initially began producing heavy grades of oil at Pelican Lake in 1997 from a series of horizontal wells that helped establish us as a leader in enhanced oil recovery. Over the years a number of innovative technologies including water flooding and polymer injection with horizontal wells have been applied to the reservoir, which has more than doubled production to its current rate of about 20,000 barrels per day net.
At times during the producing life of an oil reservoir, any number of enhanced recovery techniques may be used to extract the oil. The long-life nature of this particular resource makes it ideal for our teams to continually develop new ways to improve our oil recovery rates.
Did you know?
Polymer is a gel material that is added to water to increase its viscosity. The higher viscosity water pushes the oil more uniformly through the fine-grain sands of the formation, increasing oil recovery. Polymers are commonly used in water and waste water treatment, food processing, drilling muds and soil conservation.
