.... reservoir characterization upstream oil & gas steam injection oil sand cyclic steam injection bitumen oil production solvent injection huff-n-puff process application heavy oil recovery oil viscosity complex reservoir heating workflow heavy oil reservoir management injection oil...

... as the gas phase. Fluid flow experiments in porous media with heterogeneous permeability structure mimicking natural environments were performed to demonstrate the dynamic stability of the NGS-foam for heavy oil recovery. The propagation of the pre-generated foam was monitored at 10 cm intervals over...

... Abstract A new class of ultra-short hydrophobe surfactants with co-solvent character was investigated as a sole additive to conventional polymer flooding for heavy oil recovery. No alkali was used for emulsification. The surfactants tested are composed of a short hydrophobe (phenol...

... Abstract In this study, a novel technique of low salinity hot water (LSHW) injection with addition of nanoparticles has been developed to examine the synergistic effects of thermal energy, low salinity water (LSW) flooding, and nanoparticles for enhancing heavy oil recovery, while optimizing...

... bitumen porous medium Reservoir Characterization Upstream Oil & Gas simulator discontinuous galerkin method displacement compaction meguerdijian Simulation discontinuous galerkin thermohydromechanical simulator formulation oil sand uniaxial compaction heavy oil recovery boundary riviÃ...

... strongly oil-wet to water-wet. Heavy oil recovery by AS flooding test at 25 °C has been improved significantly. Considering the total volume of heavy oil in the United States is 100~180 billion barrels and a significant amount of these reserves are in ultra shallow reservoirs (<500ft). Results of our...

... geologist heavy oil play petroleum exploration heavy oil recovery flooding zhou guanghui petroleum engineer geology complex reservoir reduction reservoir characterization injection spe 18756 society intercalated barrier spe 18756 conductivity INTRODUCTION Many heavy oil deposits have...

... generation or external heat injection has been exploited successfully. In other reservoirs, mining the oil-bearing formation for oil recovery by surface processing has been practiced. This paper will present an overview of the heavy oil-recovery state of the art and discuss the critical factors leading...