... Abstract Falling head and constant rate injectivity and fracture tests, are conducted at the PCEJ project in the Athabasca Tar Sands to estimate effective permeability's and fracture parameters. The data and analyses for these three tests performed on a sample well are presented in this paper...

... the Athabasca tar sands since 1955. In the period from 1955 until 1976, Amoco Canada conducted a total of seven pilot projects in the area most of them being fireflood pilots of various types. The last one, the Block I Pilot, was operated near Gregoire Lake from 1976 until 1981. 1 . This pilot was the last...

... Abstract A high resolution 3-D seismic survey was conducted at an Athabasca Tar Sands Thermal Pilot for the ultimate purpose of locating and monitoring the progress of in-situ heat fronts. In order to obtain the required seismic expression, it is imperative that the field data have...

... of Canada's northern frontier – and in particular, development of Alberta's Athabasca Tar Sands – also be a juggernaut, rolling destructively over the people and ecology of the region? Given the track record of development in northern Canadian communities over the past half-century including the cultural...

... Abstract Investigations into the variability of bitumen contained in Athabasca Tar Sands have shown that the bitumen is of a widely varying composition. Bitumen from the bottom of the deposit is low in distillate and high in asphaltenes. The efficiency of the hot water process for separating...

... Abstract Oil recovery from the Athabasca tar sand was studied experimentally, employing a number of solvents with or without steam injection. In the miscible type experiments, carbon tetrachloride, toluene, benzene, and naphtha employed as the displacing fluids, at flood advance rates of 2...