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The Incremental Oil Recovery is a result of deviation from the current Field Development Plan (FDP) or mistakes in FDP itself, for example, the underestimation of the wells productivity or the overestimation of OR.
If corresponding study suggest no changes in Oil Reserves (OR) then Incremental Oil Recovery is an opportunity to improve the production performance.
See Also
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Petroleum Industry / Upstream / Subsurface E&P Disciplines / Petroleum Geology / Oil In Place (OIP)/ Oil Reserves (OR) / Drainable Oil
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[ Estimated Ultimate Oil Recovery (EUOR) ]
[ Non-drainable Oil ][ Non-profitable Oil Recovery ]