... blanket steam-assisted gravity drainage methane material balance concentration thermal method bitumen pvt measurement experiment upstream oil & gas steam-solvent combination solubility bubble point PAPER 2009-065 Dew Point vs Bubble Point: A Misunderstood Constraint on Gravity Drainage...

... viscosity and mobilize it to the production well. There are two main techniques for the reduction of bitumen viscosity: first is to increase heavy oil temperature, and second is to dilute the viscous bitumen by lighter hydrocarbon solvents. The Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage 1 (SAGD) process...

... ended in April 1975. solvent test bitumen solvent process saturation enhanced recovery thermal method diffusivity mcmurray formation equation viscosity drainage time sagd porosity steam-assisted gravity drainage grosmont reservoir residual oil saturation recovery process...

... gas drive are the two most important recovery mechanisms. The CSS process has limited application in reservoirs with thick bottom water or in reservoirs with fine grain sands. The Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) process has been field tested and commercially expanded in the Lower Grand Rapids...

... EOR techniques have been utilized in the past to exploit such huge resources. These EOR techniques include thermal and non-thermal methods. Thermal methods include Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD), Cyclic Steam Stimulation (CSS), steam injection, In Situ Combustion (ISC), and their variants. Non...

... Township 95 Range 25 West of the Third Meridian. The main in situ recovery processes reviewed in this paper are Cyclic Steam Stimulation (CSS) and Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD). Other in situ recovery processes discussed herein are solvent injection, electro-thermal stimulation (electric current...

.... Numerical simulation results associated with Partial SAGD effect are presented. In addition, Partial SAGD applications in Jackfish SAGD project are also discussed. Introduction Up to the end of 2008, the number of commercial Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) projects in Alberta has increased to 18...

... Abstract In Oil industry, the production of extra-heavy oil or bitumen using the steam-assisted gravity-drainage (SAGD) method needs the generation and injection of huge amount of steam into the reservoir. A similar amount of hot water is produced together with the oil. Considering...

... to 1,000,000+ cP at original reservoir conditions. Current commercial thermal recovery processes used are Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) and Cyclic Steam Stimulation (CSS). These methods are both energy intensive, emit significant amounts of carbon dioxide to atmosphere, and use large volumes of water...

... temperature temperature distribution thermal method upper well minimum block temperature communication quality steam circulation rate steam quality initialization time well pair steam breakthrough steam-assisted gravity drainage breakthrough heat transfer PAPER 2009-014 Evaluation of Steam...

... also noticed in 2003 and 2004. characteristic operation enhanced recovery complex reservoir oil production rate bitumen reduction axis unit expansion steam-assisted gravity drainage observation well steam chamber steam injection rate oil rate sagd oil sand thermal method...

... lto reaction sagd injection displacement enhanced recovery water zone operation thickness upstream oil & gas combustion steam-assisted gravity drainage oil zone oil reservoir ignition producer isc front bottom water reservoir oxygen utilization PAPER 2009-150 In-Situ...

.... Energy saving and higher pump efficiency. international petroleum conference steam injection sagd optical fiber thermal method symposium artificial lift system injection temperature distribution steam-assisted gravity drainage beam pump oklahoma city heavy oil initial period...

... Abstract Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) process is a steam drive technique which is predominantly used for Alberta's unconventional reservoirs. Butler was the first researcher who proposed this technique and developed a theory to predict SAGD's performance and production. Although his...

... sands. Bitumen is defined as oil that is less than 10 API and will not flow to a well in its naturally occurring state. Steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) is a promising in-situ thermal recovery method, having the advantages of lower energy requirements and higher recovery factors over other steam...

... Abstract Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) is a commercially successful recovery process to produce heavy oils and bitumen. The method ensures both a stable displacement front of steam and economical rates by using gravity as the driving force with a pair of horizontal wells for injection...

... profile assumption viscous drag geometry gas density analytical model steam-assisted gravity drainage capillary tube size distribution flow rate thermal method PAPER 2009-194 Investigation of Gas Flow in SAGD C. CANAS, A. KANTZAS University of Calgary N. EDMUNDS Laricina Energy Ltd...

... parameter upstream oil & gas ranking methodology steam-assisted gravity drainage facies calculation window size society of petroleum engineers thermal method geostatistical model geologic modeling PAPER 2009-191 Criteria for Ranking Realizations in the Investigation of SAGD Reservoir...

... the viscosity, heat transfer and mass transfer. This external agent can be air, steam or solvent as in case of in-situ combustion, steam flooding/Cyclic Steam Stimulation (CSS)/SAGD and the Vapex process respectively. solvent concentration steam-assisted gravity drainage oil sand injection case...

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