This paper reviews the twenty years of steam injection in heavy oil fields of Alto do Rodrigues area. The review includes the beginning, consolidation and expansion of this enhanced recovery method. Main topics involve project management of cycled injection and steam drive along with steady improvements on the quality control of the whole steam generation process. At the end, this work shows the positive impacts on the recovery factor and environmental issues.

Keywords:
rodrigue field, application, heavy oil field, enhanced recovery, heavy oil percentage, pilot project, implementation, alto, injection, estreito
Subjects:
Improved and Enhanced Recovery, Unconventional and Complex Reservoirs, Thermal methods, Oil sand, oil shale, bitumen
Copyright 2005, Society of Petroleum Engineers
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