Oil Recovery Strategies for Thin Heavy Oil Reservoirs

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2016-01-13
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Up to 80% of heavy oil reservoirs in Western Canada are less than 5 m thick and as yet the only economic processes are cold production ones which realize recovery factors between 5% and 15%. This implies that >85% of the oil remains in the ground after the process becomes uneconomic to continue operation. At this time, no thermal processes exist that are economic. In the research documented in this thesis, reservoir simulation was used to guide the design of recovery processes for unexploited and post-CHOPS thin heavy oil reservoirs. The results suggest that the economic and environmental performance of the oil recovery processes for thin heavy oil reservoirs can be significantly improved through selection of injectants and operating parameters.
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Engineering--Chemical, Engineering--Petroleum
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Zhao, W. (2016). Oil Recovery Strategies for Thin Heavy Oil Reservoirs (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27170