Performance of Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage in Thin Oil Sand Reservoirs: Well Pair Configuration

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dc.contributor.advisorGates, Ian Donald
dc.contributor.authorZohrehvand, Shiva
dc.contributor.committeememberBergerson, Joule A
dc.contributor.committeememberHejazi, Hossein
dc.contributor.committeememberEgberts, Philip
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-08T23:12:14Z
dc.date.available2016-01-08T23:12:14Z
dc.date.issued2016-01-08
dc.date.submitted2016en
dc.description.abstractSuccess of Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) depends on reservoir properties and operational parameters. Here, both areas are targeted and performance of SAGD in thin oil sand reservoirs with changing the well configuration is studied. Specifically, the influence of the injection and production wellpair configuration as well as the number of injector wells in a homogeneous formation with thicknesses of 5, 7, and 10m were investigated. The wellpairs were relocated to make different patterns where the spacing between injection and production wells was changed. SAGD performance was assessed numerically and the cumulative steam oil ratio, oil production, heat loss, and oil recovery factor were compared. The results suggest that the horizontal and vertical distances between injectors and the producer well, their locations from over or underburden and their alignments affect the performance of SAGD operation. The results also show that addition of an offset injector well can be beneficial.en_US
dc.identifier.citationZohrehvand, S. (2016). Performance of Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage in Thin Oil Sand Reservoirs: Well Pair Configuration (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27300en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/27300
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/2737
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectEngineering
dc.subjectEngineering--Petroleum
dc.subject.classificationSAGDen_US
dc.subject.classificationOil Sanden_US
dc.subject.classificationThin Reservoirsen_US
dc.titlePerformance of Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage in Thin Oil Sand Reservoirs: Well Pair Configuration
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineChemical and Petroleum Engineering
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)
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