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International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium
October 20–23, 2008
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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978-1-55563-199-4
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International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium
Successful Field Application of Novel, Non-Silicone Antifoam Chemistries for High Foaming Heavy Oil Storage Tanks in Northern Alberta
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117176-MS
A Case History of Heavy Oil Separation in Northern Alberta: A Singular Challenge of Demulsifier Optimization and Application
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117177-MS
Successful Field Application in Continuous DTS Monitoring Under Harsh Environment of SAGD Wells Using Improved Optical Fiber Technology
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117206-MS
Design and Implementation of a Caustic Flooding EOR Pilot at Court Bakken Heavy Oil Reservoir
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117221-MS
Development of a Higher-order Finite Volume Method for Simulation of Thermal Oil Recovery Process Using Moving Mesh Strategy
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117229-MS
Thermal Efficiency and Acceleration Benefits of Cross SAGD (XSAGD)
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117244-MS
Reservoir Characterization and Monitoring of Cold and Thermal Heavy Oil Production Using Multi-Transient EM
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117253-MS
Case Study in Venezuela: Performance of Multiphase Meter in Extra Heavy Oil
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117285-MS
A New Flooding Scheme by Horizontal Well in Thin Heavy Oil Reservoirs
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117313-MS
Numerical Simulation in Steam Injection Process by a Mechanistic Approach
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117320-MS
Effect of Ultrasonic Intensity and Frequency on Oil/Heavy-Oil Recovery from Different Wettability Rocks
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117324-MS
Injection of Multi-Azimuth Permeable Planes in Weakly Cemented Formations for Enhanced Heavy Oil-Recovery
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117326-MS
Increasing Oil Recovery from Heavy Oil Waterfloods
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117327-MS
Utilizing Natural Gas Huff and Puff to Enhance Production in Heavy Oil Reservoir
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117335-MS
Ultra High-Temperature Solids-Free Insulating Packer Fluid for Oil and Gas Production, Steam Injection and Geothermal Wells
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117352-MS
Investigating the Effect of Steam, CO2, and Surfactant on the Recovery of Heavy Oil Reservoirs
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117394-MS
A New Analytical Model for Conduction Heating during the SAGD Circulation Phase
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117434-MS
Thermal Transient Analysis Applied to Horizontal Wells*
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117435-MS
Adaptive Implicit Method for Thermal Compositional Reservoir Simulation
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117438-MS
Considerations When Ranking Stochastically Modeled Oil Sands Resource Models for Mining Applications
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117443-MS
An Approach for Characterization and Lumping of Plus Fractions of Heavy Oil
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117446-MS
Well Performance Relationships in Heavy Foamy Oil Reservoirs
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117447-MS
Hot Rock Energy Projects-Australian Context
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117457-MS
Integrated 3D Geology Modeling Constrained by Facies and Horizontal Well Data for Block M of the Orinoco Heavy Oil Belt
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117468-MS
Electro-Thermal Dynamic Stripping ProcessIntegrating Environmentalism with Bitumen Production
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117470-MS
Production – Log Base Model for Carbonate Permeability Distribution and Steam Flood Optimization
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117471-MS
Dynamic Pore Network Simulator for Modelling Buoyancy-Driven Migration during Depressurisation of Heavy-Oil Systems
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117479-MS
Electromagnetic Heating Method To Improve Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117481-MS
Passive Seismic Data Management and Processing to Monitor Heavy Oil Steaming Operations
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117484-MS
Mechanical Evaluation of a New Sand Control Screen for SAGD Applications
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117486-MS
SAGD Gas Lift Completions and Optimization: A Field Case Study at Surmont
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117489-MS
Quest to Validate and Define Performance for the High Volume Metallic Stator PCP at 250°C
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117493-MS
Maximizing Heavy-Oil Recovery by Containing Steam through Optimized Cementing
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117516-MS
An Integrated Approach to Permeability Modeling Using Micro-Models
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117517-MS
The Progressing Cavity Pump Operating Envelope: You Cannot Expand What You Don't Understand
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117521-MS
Reduction of Light Oil Usage as Power Fluid for Jet Pumping in Deep Heavy Oil Reservoirs
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117522-MS
Examination of Oil Sands Projects: Gasification, CO2 Emissions and Supply Costs
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117524-MS
Practical Considerations of Reservoir Heterogeneities on SAGD Projects
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117525-MS
Asphaltene Precipitation and Its Effects on the Vapour Extraction (VAPEX) Heavy Oil Recovery Process
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117527-MS
Enhancing Oil Rate in Solvent Vapour Extraction Processes through Tee-Well Pattern
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117528-MS
The Slender Bubble Model for Very Slow Degassing in Porous Media and Cold Production
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117531-MS
The Influence of Diffusion and Dispersion on Heavy Oil Recovery by VAPEX
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117555-MS
A New Water Treatment Scheme for Thermal Development: The SIBE Process
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117561-MS
Methodology of Calibration for Nucleonic Multiphase Meter Technology for SAGD Extra Heavy Oil
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117562-MS
Pre-electrocoalescer Unit Adapted to the Extra-heavy Oil Characteristics
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117563-MS
Expanding Solvent SAGD in Heavy Oil Reservoirs
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117571-MS
Combined Reservoir Simulation and Seismic Technology, A New Approach for Modeling CHOPS
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117581-MS
Conventional OTSG Development for Heavy Liquid Fuel Firing in Thermal Applications
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117584-MS
Successful Field Implementation of Novel Cementing Solution for ISC Wells: Case Histories
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117590-MS
Mitigating in Situ Oil Sands Carbon Costs
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117595-MS
The Integrated CO2 Pilot in the SW of France (Oxycombustion and Geological Storage): A Potential Answer to CO2 Mitigation in Bitumen Production
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117600-MS
In Situ Upgrading of Heavy Oil Under Steam Injection with Tetralin and Catalyst
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117604-MS
Enhanced Heavy Oil Recovery on Depleted Long Core System by CH4 and CO2
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117610-MS
Providing Floating Capabilities in Latest-Generation Sand Screens
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117615-MS
Applicability and Optimization of SAGD in Eastern Venezuela Reservoirs
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117622-MS
Heavy-Oil Recovery in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs with Varying Wettability by Steam Solvent Co-Injection
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117626-MS
Feasibility Study of the In-Situ Combustion in Shallow, Thin, and Multi-Layered Heavy Oil Reservoir
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117638-MS
Design and Optimization of Hybrid Ex Situ / In Situ Steam Generation Recovery Processes for Heavy Oil and Bitumen
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117643-MS
Experimental Study of Heavy Oil-Water Flow Structure Effects on Relative Permeabilities in a Fracture Filled with Heavy Oil
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117644-MS
How In-Situ Combustion Process Works in a Fractured System: Two-Dimensional, Core and Block Scale Simulation
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117645-MS
NCG Behavior in SAGD - A Numerical Simulation Analysis
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117647-MS
Improved Heavy Oil Recovery by Low Rate Waterflooding
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117648-MS
Improved Recovery Potential in Mature Heavy Oil Fields by Alkali-Surfactant Flooding
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117649-MS
Experimental and Numerical Modeling of Heavy-Oil Recovery by Electrical Heating
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117669-MS
Visualization of Viscous Coupling Effects in Heavy Oil Reservoirs
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117675-MS
Bitumen Extraction from Oil Sands Ore-Water Slurry Using CaO (Lime) and/or Ozone
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117677-MS
Risk Assessment for SAGD Well Blowouts
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117679-MS
Simulation of a SAGD Well Blowout Using a Reservoir/Wellbore Coupled Simulator
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117681-MS
Feasibility of using Electrical Downhole Heaters in Faja Heavy Oil Reservoirs
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117682-MS
In-Situ Combustion with Solvent Injection
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117684-MS
Geomechanics for Interpreting SAGD Monitoring Using Micro-Seismicity and Surface Tiltmeters
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117688-MS
Horizontal Alternating Steam Drive Process for the Orinoco Heavy Oil Belt in Eastern Venezuela
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117689-MS
Electro-Magnetic Heating in Viscous Oil Reservoir
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117693-MS
Distribution of Multi-Component Solvents in Solvent Vapor Extraction Chamber
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117694-MS
In-situ Water Vaporization Improves Bitumen Production During Electrothermal Processes
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117700-MS
Effects of Well Placement and Intelligent Completions on SAGD in a Full-Field Thermal-Numerical Model for Athabasca Oil Sands
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117704-MS
A Singular Methodology to Design Cement Sheath Integrity Exposed to Steam Stimulation
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117709-MS
A Novel Process for Heavy Residue Hydroconversion Using a Recoverable Pseudo-homogeneous Catalyst (PHC) System
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117710-MS
Increase Oil Recovery of Heavy Oil in Combustion Tube Using a New Catalyst based Nickel Ionic Solution
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117713-MS
Preconditioning Methods to Improve SAGD Performance in Heavy Oil and Bitumen Reservoirs with Variable Oil Phase Viscosity
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117717-MS
Investigation of Low Pressure ES-SAGD
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117759-MS
Accurate Numerical Simulation of Reaction-Diffusion Processes for Heavy Oil Recovery
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117792-MS
Integrated Petrophysical Approach for Determining Reserves and Reservoir Characterization to Optimize Production of Oil Sands in Northeastern Alberta
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117820-MS
Evaluation of SAGD Performance in a Deltaic Environment
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117821-MS
Potential Use of Produced Oil Sample Analysis to Monitor SAGD Performance
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117822-MS
Production of High Quality Water for Oil Sands Application
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117840-MS
Cost Reducing Factors in Effective Pipeline Piling Structure Design and Construction in Alberta's Thermal SAGD Gathering Pipeline Systems
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117845-MS
Improved Simulation Design Factors for Unconventional Crude Vacuum Units: Cracked Gas Make & Stripping Section Performance
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117853-MS
Optimization of SAGD Wellbore Completions: Short Production Tubing String Sensitivities
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117854-MS
Applicability of CO2-Based Vapex Process to Recover Athabasca Bitumen
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117855-MS
Flexible Cement Improves Wellbore Integrity for Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) Wells
Paper presented at the International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 2008. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/117859-MS
