Energy intelligence for oil recovery
Plan energy performance. Monitor operational efficiency. Detect losses early.
TertiaryWise is a physics-based platform for planning and monitoring the energy performance of primary, secondary, and tertiary oil recovery processes. Identify energy-loss risks before implementation and detect operational deviations using field data during operation.
Energy losses are rarely created in one place.
Energy moves through equipment, fluids, surface facilities, wells, and process stages. When these components are evaluated separately, hidden losses and inefficient operating conditions can remain undetected.
Disconnected Energy Analysis
- • Equipment evaluated independently without system context
- • Planning assumptions disconnected from actual field operations
- • Energy consumption tracked without process stage decomposition
- • Operational deviations detected after financial costs have accumulated
TertiaryWise Energy Intelligence
- ✓ One unified energy balance across the modeled process
- ✓ Approved planning baseline connected directly to operational monitoring
- ✓ Energy consumption decomposed stage-by-stage across the field
- ✓ Traceable alerts generated when operational performance deviates
Two Ways to Use TertiaryWise
Whether designing a new recovery project or monitoring live operations, TertiaryWise bridges engineering design with operational reality.
Energy Planning
Evaluate energy performance before implementation.
- Establish the expected energy baseline
- Compare operational scenarios
- Identify high-energy stages and bottlenecks
- Detect missing critical engineering information
- Flag potential energy-loss risks before deployment
- Document assumptions and model uncertainty
Online Energy Monitoring
Track actual performance during operation.
- Connect operational measurements and field telemetry
- Monitor total energy use and energy intensity per barrel
- Compare actual results against the approved baseline
- Detect performance deviations over time
- Identify the affected process stage or equipment
- Generate traceable alerts for engineering review
Energy-centric system architecture.
Energy is the central system framework of TertiaryWise. Specialized physics modules feed into energy balances and stage-by-stage diagnostics.
Energy Overview
Unified energy balance cockpit tracking overall system efficiency, stage-by-stage power decomposition, and exergy loss indicators across primary, secondary, and tertiary recovery networks.
- Unified process energy balance
- Stage-by-stage exergy loss decomposition
- Energy intensity tracking per barrel recovered
Planning Baseline
Establish approved energy reference models prior to field execution to set expected operational bounds and identify missing critical parameters.
- Scenario energy benchmarking
- Missing input data detection
- Risk flagging prior to capital investment
Process Losses
Decompose power consumption across pumps & compressors, pipelines & valves, wellbore & perforations, fluid behavior, heating & treatment, and process-specific modules.
- Pumps, compressors & valve pressure drops
- Distribution line energy diagnostics
- Wellbore friction & fluid rheology resistance
Operational Monitoring
Continuous or periodic comparison of actual field measurements against the established baseline to spot efficiency decay.
- Time-series monitoring of network shear and degradation indicators
- Continuous energy intensity tracking
- Deviation detection by specific process stage
Alerts & Audit
Rule-based operational flags with complete calculation provenance for engineering review, ensuring every recommendation is verifiable.
- Rule-based deviation flags
- Energy-loss prioritization for engineering review
- Transparent calculation audit log & provenance tags
Built for energy analysis across the recovery lifecycle.
Apply TertiaryWise energy intelligence to evaluate operational performance and energy intensity across every stage of field development.
Primary Recovery
Energy analysis for artificial lift, fluid handling, separation, pumping, and associated surface operations.
Secondary Recovery
Energy analysis for water injection systems, pumping efficiency, distribution pressure losses, and piping friction.
Tertiary Recovery
Process-specific energy analysis for polymer EOR, gas/CO₂, thermal, chemical, nanobubble, and enhanced recovery technologies.
Operational Monitoring
Continuous comparison of actual energy performance against the approved planning baseline to detect deviations over time.
Specialized Process Modules
Advanced fluid physics and laboratory insights integrate into the broader TertiaryWise energy framework as specialized evaluation modules.
Polymer EOR
Specialized rheological models to evaluate polymer behavior across injection circuits.
- Polymer rheology matching
- Temperature and salinity effects
- Mechanical degradation indicators
- Surface and wellbore pressure losses
Nanobubble Processes
Energy characterization of multiphase gas-liquid nanobubble injection processes.
- Injection energy requirements
- Gas preparation or generation energy
- Process-stage efficiency
- Energy and exergy indicators
Microfluidic Evidence
Laboratory-scale flow observations to support mechanistic process assumptions.
- Laboratory-scale flow observations
- Mechanistic fluid interpretation
- Interfacial tension & pore response
- Experimental support for process assumptions
Every result has a traceable basis.
TertiaryWise separates measured data, calculated results, engineering assumptions, and interpretations. Every result retains its source, units, calculation method, model version, and validation status.
Field & Lab Telemetry
Direct sensor data, flow rates, pressure readings, and laboratory rheometer measurements.
Physics-Based Outputs
Energy balances, exergy loss factors, hydraulic pressure drops, and shear rate profiles.
Engineering Parameters
Documented fluid properties, reservoir temperature, equipment efficiencies, and pipe roughness.
Gap Warning Flag
Calculation explicitly flagged when critical input parameters are unavailable or unverified.
Built on physics-informed models.
"Our peer-reviewed polymer research supports the polymer-specific modules within the broader TertiaryWise energy framework."
Core Energy Framework
- Energy and exergy balances
- Pressure and hydraulic losses
- Equipment mechanical efficiency
- Energy intensity indicators
- Baseline vs. operational comparison
Process-Specific Models
- Polymer rheology & degradation
- Nanobubble injection energetics
- Water injection distribution
- Thermal and gas compression requirements
Peer-Reviewed Research
Rapid Rheogram Prediction for Mechanically Degraded HPAM Solutions
doi.org/10.2118/230289-PAA simple model of the rheological curve of HPAM solutions
doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-79242-0Estimation of the Rheological Curve of HPAM Solutions
doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2022.110793Built by engineers who understand fluids, fields, and decisions.
TertiaryWise was created to make the energy performance of oil recovery processes visible, traceable, and actionable—from early project planning to continuous operational monitoring.
Energy and Exergy
Pinpointing friction and power losses across primary, secondary, and tertiary networks.
Physics-Based Process Models
Mechanistic engineering models connected directly to field operational data.
Traceable Operational Monitoring
Clear data provenance linking baseline design models with live field performance.
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Tell us whether you are planning a recovery project or monitoring an existing operation.