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Improving Sucker Rod Pump Performance and Overall Production After Applying Continues Steam Injection in Heavy Oil Project-North Kuwait
Available to PurchasePublisher: Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, December 10–12, 2018
Paper Number: SPE-193800-MS
... Abstract The manuscript focuses on benefits realized in sucker rod pump system performance, number of workovers, downtime periods, and overall production efficiency as a result of continuous steam injection (steam flooding) on a heavy oil pilot field. It also presents benefits on production...
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The Optimization Application and Reserch of Electric Submersible Progressing Cavity Pump in Heavy Oil and Highly Deviated Wells
Available to PurchaseJin Lichuan, Han Tao, Han Qiqing, Wang Wendong, Kang Qingzeng, Ji Hujun, Zheng Xiaoxiong, Chen rui, Meng Xiaochun, Bian Yongmei, Lai xueming
Publisher: Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, December 10–12, 2018
Paper Number: SPE-193781-MS
.... The downstream is difficult and the efficiency of the pumping pump is still low. Therefore, the hollow rod electric heating technology has been applied to the pumping system, which results in a great increase of energy consumption. The average monthly power consumption of a single well is 37,500 kW•h...
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Economic Benefits of Implementing Alternative Energy: A Heavy Oil Fields Case Study
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Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, December 10–12, 2018
Paper Number: SPE-193717-MS
... development SAGD renewable energy steam injection deployment Upstream Oil & Gas steam generator solar fraction thermal method bitumen steam-assisted gravity drainage steam generation heavy oil development Implementation alternative energy energy efficiency cogeneration Efficiency...
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Augmented AI Solutions for Heavy Oil Reservoirs: Innovative Workflows That Build from Smart Analytics, Machine Learning And Expert-Based Systems
Available to PurchaseDavid Castineira, Xiang Zhai, Hamed Darabi, Manuel Valle, Agustin Maqui, Mohammad Shahvali, Alisher Yunuskhojayev
Publisher: Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, December 10–12, 2018
Paper Number: SPE-193650-MS
... experience with data-driven and machine learning methods. bitumen injector machine learning complex reservoir Efficiency Artificial Intelligence Upstream Oil & Gas producer production rate decline curve analysis History workflow saturation Kro identification algorithm reservoir oil...
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New Technologies Enhance Efficiency of Hydraulic Fracturing Stimulation in Heavy Oil Reservoirs
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Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, December 10–12, 2018
Paper Number: SPE-193663-MS
... performed with encouraging results,95% efficiency with accumulated incremental oil of 110,500 tons and the average post-fracturing rate reach to 10.5m3/d increased more than 50% that of the past well stimulation under the same formation conditions. The novel hydraulic fracturing technology provides a new...
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Does Polymer's Viscoelasticity Influence Heavy Oil Sweep Efficiency and Injectivity at 1ft/Day?
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Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, December 10–12, 2018
Paper Number: SPE-193771-MS
... Abstract For heavy oil recovery applications, mobility control is more important than interfacial tension (IFT) reduction and therefore, importance should be given to the recovery of remaining mobile oil by enhanced sweep efficiency. While the relative role of polymer's viscosity and elasticity...
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Technical and Economical Aspects of Use of Solar Energy in Oil & Gas Industry in the Middle East
Available to PurchaseCenk Temizel, Mazda Irani, Celal Hakan Canbaz, Yildiray Palabiyik, Raul Moreno, Aysegul Balikcioglu, Jose M. Diaz, Guodong Zhang, Jie Wang, Ahmad Alkouh
Publisher: Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, December 10–12, 2018
Paper Number: SPE-193768-MS
... energy Upstream Oil & Gas Efficiency Kuwait oil industry power generation application Oil Recovery consumption renewable energy california construction recovery society of petroleum engineers energy consumption Introduction Development and Current Status of Green/Renewable...
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In-Situ Steam Generation A New Technology Application for Heavy Oil Production
Available to PurchaseAyman R. Al-Nakhli, Luai A. Sukkar, James Arukhe, Abddulrahman Mulhem, Abdelaziz Mohannad, Mohammad Ayub, Muhamad Arifin
Publisher: Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
Paper presented at the SPE Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, December 6–8, 2016
Paper Number: SPE-184118-MS
... research program to tackle challenges associated with lowering oil viscosity to improve well productivity and the overall reservoir depletion efficiency. One of the promising new technologies is enabling in-situ steam generation by chemical reaction (EXO-Clean) to mobilize the low API crude oil or tar...
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Production Optimization through Voidage Replacement using Triggers for Production Rate
Available to PurchaseCenk Temizel, Harun Kirmaci, Zein Wijaya, Karthik Balaji, Anuj Suhag, Rahul Ranjith, Minh Tran, Basel Al-Otaibi, Ahmad Al-Kouh, Ying Zhu, Cengiz Yegin, Fred Aminzadeh
Publisher: Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
Paper presented at the SPE Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, December 6–8, 2016
Paper Number: SPE-184131-MS
... is outlined with tornado charts to serve as a guide in decision making in efficient reservoir management where voidage replacement is a crucial component. It is observed that triggers help to better manage voidage replacement, especially in large reservoirs where reservoir surveillance is a challenge due...
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Drilling and Production Optimization of Super and Ultra Heavy Oil in Block CH, Liaohe Oilfield
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Paper presented at the SPE Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, December 6–8, 2016
Paper Number: SPE-184152-MS
... such as the high temperature frothers, high temperature gel particle plugging agents and special resins were tested in labs in order to prove their performance, while downhole tools had been applied in adjacent wells. At last the average sweep efficiency and oil production rate of wells in the group were compared...
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Heavy Oil - Produced Water Polishing with Compact Flotation Technology
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Paper presented at the SPE Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, December 6–8, 2016
Paper Number: SPE-184146-MS
...) and dissolved gas flotation (DGF) are more commonly applied on heavy crude oil-produced waters. The CFU technology has been preferred over the more traditional technologies due to substantially reduced weight and footprint combined with superior cleaning efficiency. This paper describes efforts related...
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Analysis of Heavy Oil Production by Radio-Frequency Heating
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Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, December 8–10, 2014
Paper Number: SPE-172862-MS
... thermal efficiency to the case of antenna installation inside separate horizontal well (HW) within SAGD-like well-pair design. Unlike this the pattern EM vertical well and the horizontal production well(s) are used here for the mobile HO production ( Figure 2a ). Two additional production well...
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Oil Recovery for Heavy Oil by Displacing Agent/Foam Assisted Steam Flooding: Laboratory Experiments, Numerical Simulations and Field Performances
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Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, December 8–10, 2014
Paper Number: SPE-172861-MS
..., displacing agent/foam assisted steam flooding is expected to be a more efficient method than conventional steam flooding to improve oil recovery in Shengli oilfield. steam-assisted gravity drainage enhanced recovery Efficiency SAGD oil production well group oil saturation steam-foam flooding...
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Foam Stability of Solvent/Surfactant/Heavy-Oil System Under Reservior Conditions
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Paper presented at the SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, December 8–10, 2014
Paper Number: SPE-172888-MS
... Abstract Solvent-based method is an important method for recovering heavy oil. In the case of solvent flooding, its sweeping efficiency might be adversely affected by the sharp difference in mobility between solvent and heavy oil. It is of great importance to develop new techniques...
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Effect of Polymer Injection on the Mobility Ratio and Oil Recovery
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Paper presented at the SPE Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, December 12–14, 2011
Paper Number: SPE-148875-MS
... viscosity recovery factor saturation enhanced recovery spe 148875 mobility ratio oil saturation chemical flooding methods water injection permeability injection oil recovery polymer solution fluid dynamics efficiency heterogeneous model rio de janeiro reservoir Introduction...
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Investigation of Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) and Expanding Solvent-SAGD (ES-SAGD) Processes in Complex Fractured Models: Effects of Fractures' Geometrical Properties
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Paper presented at the SPE Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, December 12–14, 2011
Paper Number: SPE-150082-MS
... compared with conventional non-fractured model. Various fracture geometries such as orientation, length, discontinuity, dispersion, location, and networking were studied. Results indicated a better performance in terms of oil recovery and sweep efficiency in the presence of vertical fractures. Longer...
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Succesful Application of Metal PCP Rechnology to Maximize Oil Recovery in SAGD Process
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Paper presented at the SPE Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, December 12–14, 2011
Paper Number: SPE-149944-MS
..., performing volumetric efficiency of 82%. In general, the field results have demonstrated that the strong resistance of metal PCPs to chemical and mechanical degradation makes them a good alternative for the cold production of heavy and extra heavy oil with relatively high bottomhole temperatures and high...
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Comparative Analysis of Electromagnetic Methods for Heavy Oil Recovery
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Paper presented at the SPE Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition, December 12–14, 2011
Paper Number: SPE-150550-MS
... frequency mechanism complex reservoir efficiency bitumen emh evaporation recovery simulator bitumen recovery gravity drainage conductivity thermal efficiency injection oil sand upstream oil & gas spe 150550 heating bogdanov equation oil recovery vermeulen reservoir conditions...