... stimulation (CSS in short) before 2005, and both oil production and OSR were unsatisfactory. There are no alternative but to test in-situ combustion for the purpose of improve oil recovery for such multilayered heavy oil reservoir. As a result, there are up to 91 well groups operated in inverted nine-spot...

... recovery. By 1963, it was evident that availability of operating staff would be a major prob- lem. We stopped initiation of new in-situ combustion projects until the issue of the comparative merits of in-situ combustion and steam injection was settled. Practical issues stopped this investigation. Steam...

... combustion will be an important process in world-wide operations in the future. Résumé Le procede de combustion in-situ a atteint un degré d'intêret mondial au début des années 1950. Ce procédé rendait possible la récupération d'un pourcentage élevé de pétrole à partir de dépots connus d'hydrocarbures...

... drainage injector in-situ combustion process Upstream Oil & Gas Santhal field circulation Exhibition thermal method Completion Installation and Operations production enhancement reservoir time interval Mehsana India optimization chattopadhyay Cambay Basin combustion front enhanced oil...

... and treating facilities required for these recovery methods is expensive both to purchase and install but also to operate. A lot of focus of research has been on reduced steam processes, such as thermal-solvent techniques, as well as in situ combustion technologies such as Air Injection. Here, air injection...

... strong gas drive. These features make the process particularly attractive in pressure-depleted reservoirs that are either very thick or very thin. The application of in-situ combustion has been restricted in part by difficulties in predicting its performance in new reservoirs or under new operating...

... combustion front mole fraction injection infill well Introduction Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) is widely used to recover Athabasca oil sands in western Canada. In-Situ Combustion (ISC) provides an alternative to steam injection with the advantages of low operating cost and high energy...

.... This dominance of steam drive over in situ combustion, where conditions are suited to either process is in recognition of the trend of industry practice in California. Thickness of Individual Zones The minimum pay zone thickness for practical use of combustion is 3 feet, and that for steam or hot water...

... in-situ combustion Oil Recovery reservoir Introduction Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) could increase technically and/or economically recoverable oil. In current reservoir management practice, various EOR options are considered much earlier in the productive life of a field. Adopting the same...

... followed by steam injection and/or in situ combustion. First, the thermodynamic restrictions for the process were determined. Then verification concept experiments were performed in the autoclave setup in static and dynamic modes with various operational parameters. The effects of temperature, pressure...

... acknowledgment of SPE copyright. 1. D’Silva , J. , and Kakade , G. : "In-Situ Combustion with Solvent Injection" paper SPE 117684 prepared for presentation at the 2008 SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada 20-23 October 2...

... surface abandonment combustion plug in-situ combustion process society of petroleum engineers abandonment permeability integrity corrosion perforation TOC dependable abandonment Introduction Isolation of hydrocarbon-bearing intervals, overpressured intervals, uncemented annuli, and any...

... gasification of coal. A laboratory combustion tube together with ex- tensive _auxiliary equipment have been designed and assembled. This apparatus has been success- fully operated and data has been collected which simulates in situ gasification. This labora- tory reactor, its operation and some preliminary...

... oil and bitumen reservoirs, we can consider the fuel for in situ combustion to be essentially a coke material that is rich in carbon, but which has a very low hydrocarbon and hydrogen content. Combustion Front Propagation: The chief purpose of operating ISC is to sweep the reservoir with hot...

... Abstract. The almost 20 years' experience gained in operating in situ combustion projects in Romanian oil fields will be discussed in connection with three industrial projects and 13 pilot tests, of which seven are to be soon expanded to industrial operations. The in situ combustion process...

... sweeping by a combustion zone will of course depend on how they view the in situ combustion or HPAI process. For heavy oils, the displacement provided by the thermal front is a very important component of the recovery mechanism. For light oils, some operators look at the role of the combustion reactions...

... as combustion proceeds with the continuous supply of an oxidizing agents and fuel source (Buist, 1999). Although, ISB is very effective in the control of oil spill, decision for ISB may be complex. Several parameters such as physical, environmental and operational factors, may limit the use of in-situ burning...

... at 2Omm, 5Omm and 8Omm horn the top inner surface of the cell, as shown in Fig. 2. Approximate adiabatic temperature control of the cell during operation was achieved using three wound ceramic tape heaters. Further details of the equipment are given by Al-Honi 1997, The in-situ combustion experiments were...

... a sensitivity of operational parameters and the result permitted to study the relation between the oilfield operational variables steam-assisted gravity drainage thermal method Upstream Oil & Gas SAGD enhanced recovery calculation McNeil reaction combustion injection situ combustion process...

... downhole implementation petroleum society combustion process situ combustion thermal method downhole catalytic upgrading process upstream oil & gas heavy oil upgrading combustion article begin catalyst crude oil steam-assisted gravity drainage enhanced recovery sagd brine...