...-pressure physical model to study the permeability effect. The physical model was packed with the Ottawa sands of different sizes to obtain different absolute permeabilities in the range of k = 7–54 Darcy. The original heavy oil sample collected from the Lloydminster area in Canada was used to saturate...

... production rate by over 3 times, in comparison with the conventional CSI process. chemical flooding methods foamy oil flow Upstream Oil & Gas injector enhanced recovery physical model CSI process oil saturation cyclic solvent injection oil production rate Oil Recovery thermal method...

... in porous media oil phase physical model coefficient vapor extraction process dispersion permeability vapor extraction experiment Introduction The vapor extraction processes have emerged as a potentially new recovery technique in low-pressure and shallow heavy oil and bitumen reservoirs where...

... economical. The objective of this work was to examine the effect of temperature on VAPEX performance. VAPEX experiments under different operating conditions were conducted in a high-pressure physical model. Physical model was packed with 250 Darcy sand and saturated with Athabasca bitumen (Mackay River oil...

..., shorter height model has highest average production rate in comparison with others. Test results are also validated by 2-D physical model, in which the RF is improved by 11% by using the lateral CPCSI compared with classic lateral VAPEX. Well configurations and the shut-in/open scenarios are key...

... & Simulation oil sand Upstream Oil & Gas SAGD sa-sagd pilot enhanced recovery complex reservoir injector bitumen steam-assisted gravity drainage physical model producer wellpair solvent-assisted sagd pilot steam chamber solvent injection operation ExxonMobil temperature profile Cold Lake...

... solvent injection History Match well pair experiment well pair 2 enhanced recovery SAGD Research Program physical model laboratory production rate total hydrocarbon production rate solvent switch Introduction ExxonMobil and Imperial Oil Resources (IOR) are actively researching...

... recovery VAPEX test physical model vapor extraction chemical flooding methods reservoir accumulative oil production thermal method foamy-oil flow oil production production rate heavy oil Oil Recovery Vapex sagd spe 165526 solvent chamber steam-assisted gravity drainage Introduction...

... Abstract Techniques have been developed to experimentally and numerically evaluate performance of water-alternating-CO 2 processes in thin heavy oil reservoirs for the purpose of pressure maintenance and improving oil recovery. Experimentally, a three-dimensional (3D) physical model consisting...

... combination of uncertain parameters. This fact indicates that different scales of physical modeling are required in order to reduce the uncertainties in predicting the field-scale VAPEX performance. scaling method reservoir simulation injection pressure modeling & simulation fluid dynamics...

... by increasing the formation temperature. The experimental phase of this study involved conducting Vapex experiments in a large high-pressure physical model, packed with 250 Darcy sand, using propane as the solvent. The physical model was warmed up to 40, 50 and 60 °C and propane was injected at the same test...

... Abstract Physical modeling of heavy oil recovery processes is a critical step in evaluating their technical feasibility. Results from physical modeling studies, in conjunction with simulation and analytical modeling, are key to technically justifying field trials and pilots. Proper scaling...