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SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference
November 4–7, 2002
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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978-1-55563-949-5
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SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference
Analysis of Bed Height in Horizontal and Highly-Inclined Wellbores by Using Artificial Neural Networks
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/78939-MS
A New Ion Exchange Process for Softening High TDS Produced Water
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/78941-MS
New Tools for Heavy Oil Dehydration
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/78944-MS
Results of Thermal Horizontal Completions with Sand Control in Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela: Case Histories of Horizontal Gravel Packs in Bachaquero-01 Reservoir
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/78946-MS
Implementation of Advanced Cementing Techniques to Improve Long Term Zonal Isolation in Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage Wells
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/78950-MS
Feasibility of Fluid-Jet Based Drilling Methods for Drilling through Unstable Formations
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/78951-MS
Performance of One of the Iranian Carbonate Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/78952-MS
The Fourth Horizontal Project in the Mature Algyõ Field
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/78953-MS
Real Time, Real Fast: Drilling Horizontal Wells in a Heavy Oil Environment
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/78954-MS
Using Multilateral Well Technology to Improve Recovery Factor by Water Flooding in a Giant Mature Oil Field in Venezuela Lagunilla Inferior (LL-03)
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/78955-MS
Long Distance Decision Making and High Risk Drilling
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/78956-MS
Reservoir Modeling for Horizontal Exploitation of a Giant Heavy Oil Field - Challenges and Lessons Learned
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/78957-MS
Alternate Fuels for Thermal Projects
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/78958-MS
Heavy Acidic Oil Transportation By Emulsion In Water
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/78959-MS
Application and Comparison of Two Models of Foamy Oil Behavior of Long Core Depletion Experiments
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/78961-MS
Case History: Horizontal Well SAGD Technology is Successfully Applied to Produce Oil at LAK Ranch in Newcastle Wyoming
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/78964-MS
Innovative Design Allows Construction Of Level 3 Or Level 4 Junction Using The Same Platform
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/78965-MS
Chemical Removal of Organic Foulants from Produced Water Recycled as Steam
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/78966-MS
An Inexact Air Quality Model for Petroleum Pollutants Based on Techniques of Factorial Analysis and Stochastic Simulation
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/78967-MS
The Effect of Clay Fraction on Heavy Oil Depletion Test
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/78968-MS
Horizontal Wells Pressure Build Up Analysis in Orinoco Heavy Oil Belt
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/78969-MS
Advances in Heavy Oil and Water Property Measurements Using Low Field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/78970-MS
Addressing the Clay/Heavy Oil Interaction When Interpreting Low Field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Logs
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/78971-MS
New Solutions for Well Test Analysis of Horizontal Wells
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/78972-MS
Horizontal Wells in Thermal Applications for Displacement and Gravity Drainage
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/78974-MS
Geomechanics and Wellbore Stability Design of an Offshore Horizontal Well, North Sea
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/78975-MS
Pore Network Modelling of Heavy Oil Depressurisation: a Parametric Study of Factors Affecting Critical Gas Saturation and 3-Phase Relative Permeabilities
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/78976-MS
Innovative Use of the Well Freeze Technique for Repairs on Steam Injection Wells in a Thermal Recovery Project
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/78977-MS
Fully Coupled Chemico-Geomechanics Model and Applications to Wellbore Stability in Shale Formation in an Underbalanced Field Conditions
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/78978-MS
Opportunities of Downhole Dielectric Heating in Venezuela: Three Case Studies Involving Medium, Heavy and Extra-Heavy Crude Oil Reservoirs
Cesar Ovalles; Anyaleth Fonseca; Ali Lara; Vladimir Alvarado; Kerin Urrecheaga; Aaron Ranson; Humberto Mendoza
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/78980-MS
Improving Project Performance in a Heavy Oil Horizontal Well Project in the San Joaquin Valley, California
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/78981-MS
Upgrading a Heavy Oil Using Variable Frequency Microwave Energy
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/78982-MS
Project Scenarios for Bitumen Upgrading
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/78983-MS
Long-Term Performance of Multilaterals in Commingled Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/78985-MS
First Horizontal Well Opens New Gas Opportunities in the Sierra Chata Field, Neuquén Basin-Argentina
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/78986-MS
Laboratory Investigation Of Gravity-Stable Waterflooding Using Toe-To-Heel Displacement: Part L: Hele Shaw Model Results
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/78988-MS
Waterflooding by Horizontal Injectors and Producers
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/78989-MS
Hamaca Heavy Oil Project – Lessons Learned and an Evolving Development Strategy
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/78990-MS
Fault Interpretation Strategy for 3D model Simulation
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/78994-MS
Novel Cement System for Improved Zonal Isolation in Steam Injection Wells
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/78995-MS
Automatic Determination of Well Placement Subject to Geostatistical and Economic Constraints
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/78996-MS
Modelling a Double Piston Pump
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/78997-MS
Downhole Conversion of Lloydminster Heavy Oil Using THAI-CAPRI Process
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/78998-MS
Evaluating Productivity of a Horizontal Well
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/79000-MS
Drill-String and Casing Design for Horizontal and Extended Reach Wells - Part I
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/79001-MS
Heavy Oil Carbonate: Primary Production in Cuba
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/79002-MS
An Alternative Water Supply for Heavy Oil Steam Generation Plants: Potential Sources of Brackish Water From the Cretaceous Mannville Group in the Cold Lake Region
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/79003-MS
Wellbore Sinuosity and Its Effect on Production and Recovery from Horizontal Wells Along the Cummings/Dina Channel Trend in Senlac and Winter Saskatchewan
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/79004-MS
Magnetic Ranging Technologies for Drilling Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage Well Pairs and Unique Well Geometries - A Comparison of Technologies
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/79005-MS
Cerro Negro Development: A Success Story...From Inception To Execution
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/79006-MS
Horizontal Water Disposal Well Performance in a High Porosity and Permeability Reservoir
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/79007-MS
Challenges Faced in Well Construction as Heavy Oil Exploitation Goes Deeper
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/79008-MS
Steam Conformance Along Horizontal Wells at Cold Lake
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/79009-MS
Dynamic Fracture Modelling Approach for Cold Lake Cyclic Steam Stimulation
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/79010-MS
Liquid Addition to Steam for Enhancing Recovery (LASER) of Bitumen with CSS: Evolution of Technology from Research Concept to a Field Pilot at Cold Lake
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/79011-MS
New Insights into Water Control - A Review of the State of the Art – Part II
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/79012-MS
PVT and Viscosity Measurements for Lloydminster-Aberfeldy and Cold Lake Blended Oil Systems
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/79018-MS
Stress-Induced Permeability Anisotropy in Fractured Reservoir
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/79019-MS
Comparison of CSS and SAGD Performance in the Clearwater Formation at Cold Lake
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/79020-MS
Multilateral Wells Improve Development of Heavy Crude Production in the Mukhaizna Field, Sultanate of Oman
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/79021-MS
An Energy Efficient Steam Project through Initial Cold Production and Pressure Depletion in the Mukhaizna Field, Sultanate of Oman
Ahmed Al-Azkawi; Paul Koci; Klaus Mueller; Nasser Al-Bartamani; Frans de Bever; Baqi Sami; Francesca Ray; Ruud van Den Oord
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/79022-MS
Observations Relating to Non-Condensable Gasses in a Vapour Chamber: Phase B of the Dover Project
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/79023-MS
Insight from MRI and Micro-Model Studies of Transport of Solvent into Heavy Oil During Vapex
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/79024-MS
Visualization of Sand Structures Surrounding a Horizontal Well Slot During Cold Production
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/79025-MS
Integrated Optimization of Horizontal Well Performance
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/79026-MS
Injection Pressures for Geomechanical Enhancement of Recovery Processes in the Athabasca Oil Sands
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/79028-MS
Optimization of Smart Well Control
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/79031-MS
CHOPS in Jilin Province, China
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/79032-MS
Pressure Pulse Workovers in Heavy Oil
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/79033-MS
Determining Oil Sand Reservoir Properties from Logs and Core – The Controversy Continues
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/79034-MS
An Example of a Steam Drive Pilot Project Management With 3D Seismic Survey in Northeast Brazil
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/79070-MS
The Long Lake Project – The First Field Integration of SAGD and Upgrading
Rich Kerr; John Birdgeneau; Bob Batt; Peter Yang; Gary Nieuwenburg; Phil Rettger; Jim Arnold; Yoram Bronicki
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/79072-MS
Heavy Oil Rheology as a Function of Asphaltene and Resin Content and Temperature
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/79496-MS
Modeling Sand Production and Erosion Growth under Combined Axial and Radial Flow
Paper presented at the SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium and International Horizontal Well Technology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, November 2002. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/80139-MS
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