Download or read book An Experimental Investigation of Forward Combustion Oil Recovery written by Holland James Berry and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Experimental Investigation of Water Influence on Dry Forward In situ Combustion written by Philipp Kudryavtsev and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In-situ combustion (ISC), also known as fire flooding, is not a new thermal enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technique. It is a potential alternative for heavy oil production when other thermal EOR methods are not adequate in certain reservoir conditions. A number of successful ISC application examples have been amply covered in the literature; however, the technique is still not widely used. Additional research on the influence of heterogeneities on ISC performance is required to improve predictability of this promising EOR technique. To investigate the influence of initial water saturation on ISC performance, seven combustion tube experiments were conducted. The experimental investigations were performed on a Canadian bitumen sample (7.5 °API) from the Peace River region. During the experimental runs, initial bitumen saturation varied between 31.23% and 54.86%. Initial water saturation varied between 0% and 36.87%. Temperature distribution along the combustion tube and effluent gas composition were recorded for each run and further analyzed. ISC dynamics were also investigated in terms of liquid production and postmortem analysis. Combustion front dynamics were interpreted with a CT scanner and a numerical simulation was used to obtain a chemical reaction scheme for one of the experiments. The results showed that initial water saturation is a critical parameter to determine the success of dry forward combustion. The electronic version of this dissertation is accessible from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/151717

Download or read book Experimental Investigation of the Kinetics of Underground Dry Forward Combustion written by Omar Allag and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of Oil Recovery by the Electrothermic Technique written by Samy Abdel-Hakeem El-Feky and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Experimental and Mathematical Study of in Situ Combustion in a Segregated System written by Chakib Khelil and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Investigation of the Fundamentals of Combustion Oil Recovery written by Walter Lawren Penberthy and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Experimental Study of in Situ Combustion with Decalin and Metallic Catalyst written by Dauren Mateshov and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using a hydrogen donor and a catalyst for upgrading and increasing oil recovery during in situ combustion is a known and proven technique. Based on research conducted on this process, it is clear that widespread practice in industry is the usage of tetralin as a hydrogen donor. The objective of the study is to find a cheaper hydrogen donor with better or the same upgrading performance. Decalin (C10H18) is used in this research as a hydrogen donor. The experiments have been carried out using field oil and water saturations, field porosity and crushed core for porous medium. Four in situ combustion runs were performed with Gulf of Mexico heavy oil, and three of them were successful. The first run was a control run without any additives to create a base for comparison. The next two runs were made with premixed decalin (5 percent by oil weight) and organometallic catalyst (750 ppm). The following conditions were kept constant during all experimental runs: air injection rate at 3.1 L/min and combustion tube outlet pressure at 300 psig. Analysis of the performance of decalin as a hydrogen donor in in-situ combustion included comparison of results with an experiment where tetralin was used. Data from experiments of Palmer (Palmer-Ikuku, 2009) was used for this purpose, where the same oil, catalyst and conditions were used. Results of experiments using decalin showed better quality of produced oil, higher recovery factor, faster combustion front movement and higher temperatures of oxidation. API gravity of oil in a run with decalin is higher by 4 points compared to a base run and increased 5 points compared to original oil. Oil production increased by 7 percent of OOIP in comparison with base run and was 2 percent higher than the experiment with tetralin. The time required for the combustion front to reach bottom flange decreased 1.6 times compared to the base run. The experiments showed that decalin and organometallic catalysts perform successfully in in situ combustion, and decalin is a worthy replacement for tetralin.

Download or read book An Experimental Investigation of the Combustion and Coking of Isolated Residual Oil Droplets written by Nicholas J. Marrone and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Underground Combustion Oil recovery Experiments in the Venango Second Sand Reno Pool Venango County Pa written by George G. Campbell and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book An Experimental Investigation of Tertiary Recovery of Oil by Alkaline Steam Flooding written by Christian Udokwu Okoye and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book An Experimental Study of Crude Oil Recovery by High Pressure Nitrogen Injection written by Tarek H. Ahmed and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Study of the Effect of Process Variables on Forward Combustion Oil Recovery written by Holland James Berry and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Experimental Investigation of in Situ Upgrading of Heavy Oil by Using a Hydrogen Donor and Catalyst During Steam Injection written by Ahmad A. A Mohammad and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experiments were conducted to investigate the feasibility of in situ upgrading of heavy oil by the use of an orgametallic catalyst and a hydrogen donor (tetralin). The experiments used a vertical injection cell into which a mixture of sand, water, and Jobo oil was thoroughly mixed and packed. Two types of runs were conducted: a run where the tetralin and catalyst were mixed within the mixture before packing into the cell, and the other was conducted by injecting a slug of the tetralin-catalyst solution before commencing with the steam injection. The Jobo oil used had an oil gravity of 12.4° API and a viscosity of 7800 cp at 30°C. The injection cell was placed in a vacuum jacket and set to a reservoir temperature of 50°C. Superheated steam at 273°C was then injected into the injection cell at a rate of 5.5 cc/min (cold water equivalent). The cell outlet pressure was maintained at 500 psig. Produced liquid samples were collected periodically through a series of separators. The produced oil was divided into two halves and several measurements and analyses were carried out on them. These included viscosity, density, elemental analysis and liquid composition. Experimental results indicated that tetralin alone was a worthy additive and increased recovery by 15% compared to that of pure steam. The premixed tetralincatalyst run showed improved recovery to that of pure steam by 20%. Experiments also showed that, when the tetralin-catalyst solution was injected rather than mixed, the results were equivalent to tetralin injection runs. Oil production acceleration was displayed by all the runs with tetralin and tetralin-catalyst but was more pronounced with the availability of catalyst.