Increasing the production of messla oil field, sirte basin-Libya

The Messla oil field in Sirte basin consist of 54 production wells covering 52.591 acres. The reservoir of interest contain light oil and primary production is estimated to account for 45% of the original oil in place (OOIP¬) 3.075 billion barrels (BBL). The Messla oil field is operated by National Oil Corporation (NOC) subsidiary Arabian Gulf Oil Company (AGOCO). Due to the hard economic situation which our country lives in. It is essential to the economy to produce as much oil as physically possible, to save the economic from collapse. There are two options that can be implemented in the field to increase production: water flooding and steam flooding. Both options are favorable under specific criteria. Experiences of worldwide Improved Oil Recovery (IOR) projects and papers have been reviewed for geological characteristics, cost and equipment information for water flooding and steam flooding.