NIPER is beginning a DOE-industry sponsored field pilot test using surfactant-enhanced alkaline flooding technology, which was developed by NIPER. Surfactant-enhanced alkaline flooding is an EOR method that was patented by NIPER in 1989. This near-term application of a promising EOR technology in a fluvial-dominated deltaic type reservoir is consistent with DOE'S oil research strategy and has been given high priority by DOE.