Download or read book Feasibility of Steam Injection Process in a Thin Low permeability Heavy Oil Reservoir of Arkansas a Numerical Simulation Study written by National Institute for Petroleum and Energy Research (Bartlesville, Okla.). and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Feasibility of Steam Injection Process in a Thin Low permeability Heavy Oil Reservoir of Arkansas a Numerical Simulation Study written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report details the findings of an in-depth study undertaken to assess the viability of the steam injection process in the heavy oil bearing Nacatoch sands of Arkansas. Published screening criteria and DOE's steamflood predictive models were utilized to screen and select reservoirs for further scrutiny. Although, several prospects satisfied the steam injection screening criteria, only a single candidate was selected for detailed simulation studies. The selection was based on the availability of needed data for simulation and the uniqueness of the reservoir. The reservoir investigated is a shallow, thin, low-permeability reservoir with low initial oil saturation and has an underlying water sand. The study showed that the reservoir will respond favorably to steamdrive, but not to cyclic steaming. Steam stimulation, however, is necessary to improve steam injectivity during subsequent steamdrive. Further, in such marginal heavy oil reservoirs (i.e., reservoir characterized by thin pay zone and low initial oil saturation) conventional steamdrive (i.e., steam injection using vertical wells) is unlikely to be economical, and nonconventional methods must be utilized. It was found that the use of horizontal injectors and horizontal producers significantly improved the recovery and oil-steam ratio and improved the economics. It is recommended that the applicability of horizontal steam injection technology in this reservoir be further investigated.

Download or read book Feasibility of Steam Injection Process in a Thin Low premeability Heavy Oil Reservoir of Arkansas written by A. K. Sarkar and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Possibility of Steam Injection in an Oil Production written by Bahaa Aldeen Alfkaiki and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2019-02-27 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book consists of two parts: 1) A theoretical study of the application of steam injection for crude oil production has been made. The study consists of oil displacement mechanisms during steam injection, factors effecting oil recovery by steam injection, then an experimental studies and numerical models on steam injection were reviewed. 2) The practical side that represented by CMG program. This method has not applied in Iraq so that we use CMG program to simulate the injection of steam and we use the data of Buzurgan oil field because of their availability and this report treats the recovery of heavy oil by reducing the viscosity of it.

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Download or read book The Application of the Hot vapor Technique in Saskatchewan s Thin Heavy Oil Reserves written by Jacob Bayda and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hot-Vapor Technique addresses the main issues encountered with applying original isothermal processes to thin reservoirs in Saskatchewan. The Hot-Vapor technique involves injecting a mixture of steam with a non-condensable gas such as methane or CO2 in thin heavy oil reservoirs. By doing this, the temperature of the injection fluid can be lowered while allowing the injection fluid to maintain the vapor phase. By lowering the temperature of the injection fluid, not as much heat is lost to the over and underlying rock formations surrounding the reservoir and the percentage of latent heat transferred to the reservoir increases. As well, the solubility effects of methane and CO2 will add to the decrease in the viscosity of the oil and allow for a greater oil production and overall recovery factor. The Hot-Vapor technique was simulated in a heavy oil reservioir in Saskatchewan using CMG software and compared with a Vapex simulation ran [sic] on the same reservoir. The model was ran [sic] for 20 years. When a mixture of 40% steam and 60% methane was injected at a temperature of 143.6°, it resulted in a cumulative oil production of 192203 m3 and a recovery factor of 24.02%. When a mixture of 50% steam and 50% CO2 at a temperature of 143.6°, it resulted in a cumulative oil production of 233587 m3 and a recovery factor of 29.19%. The optimized mixtures resulted in a total profit of $115 million and $128 million respectively. The results proved to be more economical than Vapex. The Hot-Vapor Technique is a feasible method for extraction of heavy oil in Saskatchewan's thin heavy oil reserves.

Download or read book Numerical Investigation of Solvent and Thermal Hybrid Processes for Thin Heavy Oil Reservoirs written by Zuojing Zhu and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Steam Injection Experiments in Scaled Physical Models written by Syed Mohammad Farouq Ali and published by . This book was released on 1989* with total page 879 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Analytical Model for Simulating Heavy Oil Recovery by Cyclic Steam Injection Using Horizontal Wells SUPRI TR 118 written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this investigation, existing analytical models for cyclic steam injection and oil recovery are reviewed and a new model is proposed that is applicable to horizontal wells. A new flow equation is developed for oil production during cyclic steaming of horizontal wells. The model accounts for the gravity-drainage of oil along the steam-oil interface and through the steam zone. Oil viscosity, effective permeability, geometry of the heated zone, porosity, mobile oil saturation, and thermal diffusivity of the reservoir influence the flow rate of oil in the model. The change in reservoir temperature with time is also modeled, and it results in the expected decline in oil production rate during the production cycle as the reservoir cools. Wherever appropriate, correlations and incorporated to minimize data requirements. A limited comparison to numerical simulation results agrees well, indicating that essential physics are successfully captured. Cyclic steaming appears to be a systematic met hod for heating a cold reservoir provided that a relatively uniform distribution of steam is obtained along the horizontal well during injection. A sensitivity analysis shows that the process is robust over the range of expected physical parameters.

Download or read book Waterflooding written by G. Paul Willhite and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Waterflooding begins with understanding the basic principles of immiscible displacement, then presents a systematic procedure for designing a waterflood.