... in the oil phase. oil sand enhanced recovery steam-assisted gravity drainage experiment clay type bitumen Upstream Oil & Gas produced-water sample thermal method SAGD extraction contact-angle value complex reservoir residual oil kaolinite wettability alteration Mukhametshina reservoir...

... of Athabasca bitumen supplied by Japan Canada Oil Sand Ltd. (JACOS). These tests were part of a larger program of combustion-tube tests performed by the In-Situ Combustion Research Group (ISCRG) under the auspices of the Alberta Ingenuity Center for In-Situ Energy (AICISE). The tests were premixed and carried...

... the horizontal producer. Results indicate that the AIDROH process has the potential to maximize oil production from GOB reservoirs, and efforts con- tinue to be made to optimize its design and operation. Introduction Many of the oil sands in Alberta contain overlying thief zones such as gas caps or top water...

... derivative plot adds valuable information because it quantifies the time range for which Nolte flow is occurring. Determination of stress contrasts between layers (height-recession case) or the maxi- JCPT Tech Briefs Using PTA-Based Techniques in Minifracture Analysis in Oil Sands and Associated Caprocks Fig...

...Leah Miller Guindon Caprock-integrity issues have been brought to the forefront with recent documented steam and bitumen leaks making their way to the ground surface, forcing the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) to place a moratorium on the licensing of shallow thermal in-situ oil-sand projects...

.... Properties, Composition and Marine Spill Behaviour, Fate and Transport of Two Diluted Bitumen Products from the Canadian Oil Sands, 2013, ISBN 978-1-100-23004-7 Cat. No.: En84-96/2013E-PDF. httpwww.ec.gc.ca/Publications/default.asp? lang=En&xml=D6AB8B67-73F5-48B6-B3D1-AAE1B06FF9A2. Fingas, M. 2011...

.... 23 3 2015 23 3 2015 23 3 2015 23 3 2015 2015. Society of Petroleum Engineers bitumen equilibrium complete paper diffusion coefficient gas injection method diffusivity boundary condition best fit nonequilibrium model pressure-decay test oil sand complex reservoir...

...) experimental results through numerical simulation. 5 1 2015 5 1 2015 8 1 2015 8 1 2015 2015. Society of Petroleum Engineers bitumen enhanced recovery resin athabasca oil sands oil sand Upstream Oil & Gas complete paper HTO reaction ISC process fraction Simulation...

... 2015 5 1 2015 8 1 2015 2015. Society of Petroleum Engineers data quality complex reservoir residue bitumen experiment mineral matrix centrifugation Bitumen Chemistry fraction reactor recovery crude sample oil sand Upstream Oil & Gas crude steam-assisted method...

...Leah Guindon Bitumen recovery is affected by the water-soluble acid species located in the working area, and this paper takes a look at those interactions and the outcomes each may have on oil-sands recovery. Varying parameters on recovery (e.g., oil-sands components, physicochemical and dielectric...

... of Petroleum Engineers enhanced recovery complex reservoir bitumen oil sand Upstream Oil & Gas kariznovi bitumen sample viscosity data bitumen viscosity different pressure deviation november 2014 coefficient fraction Svrcek viscosity viscosity measurement MPa Mehrotra Engineering...

...Matt Abram; Graham Cain The unconsolidated sands of the Lower Cretaceous McMurray formation are the primary host of the Athabasca oil-sands deposit in Alberta, Canada. Alberta has one of the world’s largest nonconventional hydrocarbon resources with an estimated 1.8 trillion bbl of heavy oil (ERCB...

... portion of the oil. The methodology used in the experiments and the observations will also provide an insight into the applicability of this method in “homogeneous” oil sands producing under gravity drainage during the alternate injection of solvent and steam (or hot water). The SOS-FR method...

..., the TAGD process does not require water for steam generation, thus reducing the size and initial capital cost of the surface-processing facilities. 30 10 2013 11 7 2014 3 7 2014 31 7 2014 12 8 2014 2014.Society of Petroleum Engineers oil sand flow in porous media...

... Engineering Svrcek oil sand complex reservoir accuracy co 2 experimental viscosity data Miadonye fraction molecule AARD viscosity viscosity model experimental data bitumen petroleum engineering calculation viscosity data heavy oil Mehrotra University Modelling of Bitumen-and-Solvent...

... 16 9 2013 14 11 2011 17 9 2013 2013. Society of Petroleum Engineers complex reservoir deviation enhanced recovery live oil fluid-specific parameter prediction bitumen motahhari viscosity oil sand Upstream Oil & Gas correlation september 2013 live heavy oil...

... 2013 2013. Society of Petroleum Engineers complex reservoir Modeling & Simulation bitumen oil sand Upstream Oil & Gas motahhari dead oil wc bitumen 1 bitumen 1 pseudocomponent Mehrotra Svrcek viscosity viscosity data heavy oil bit 1 live oil correlation composition...

... Emergency Pipeline Repair Experience Performance Integrity 5 4 2013 5 4 2013 5 4 2013 1 3 2001 2001. Petroleum Society of Canada Reservoir Characterization complex reservoir oil sand Upstream Oil & Gas enhanced recovery bitumen critical gas saturation gas Bubble...

.... The algorithm is demonstrated using two realistic examples that show a significant improvement in potential recov- ery. The algorithm executes in a reasonable amount of computa- tion time, considering the complexity of the problem. Introduction A significant percentage of the McMurray formation oil sands...

...-oil mixture saturation pressure heavy oil BIP correlation atmospheric pressure alpha function Petroleum Technology prediction high pressure pr eos model oil sand PVT measurement viscosity heavy-oil binary mixture PVT cell heavy-oil system phase behaviour Phase Behaviour of C3H8/n...