In this exclusive podcast interview, Oil & Gas IQ speaks with Val Brock, Manager EOR/IOR, at Shell International about the supermajor's pioneering work in enhanced oil recovery across the world.

Val leads Shell's global research and innovation organisation for enhanced and improved oil recovery methods. Texan-born but now based in the Netherlands, he has held various line and leadership positions including corporate planning/strategy and venture management.

In the course of the interview, Val touches on:

• The essential differences between enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and improved oil recovery (IOR)
• The three phases of oil field recovery and their characteristics
• When and where EOR methods are applied
• The three main families of EOR
• The importance of early implementation of EOR techniques for production optimisation 
• “Top quartile recovery analysis” and taking the holistic life-cycle view of a field
• The three categories of tools used to bring about top quartile recovery performance
• Taking a value chain approach to co-generation of EOR components to reduce costs and carbon footprints  

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