Thermal Recovery of Oil and Bitumen by Roger M. Butler

Thermal Recovery of Oil and Bitumen Roger M. Butler ebook
Format: pdf
ISBN: 0139149538, 9780139149535
Page: 496
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Improving Energy Efficiency in Thermal Oil Recovery. The pilot will use three parallel horizontal wells with electrical cables to conduct heat throughout the targeted bitumen formation. Optimal's E2EOR® Ideal for High Salinity, Heavy Oil Production. Grizzly's independent engineering firm, GLJ Petroleum Consultants, estimated the Thickwood Thermal Project will ultimately recover approximately 107 million barrels of bitumen in their report dated December 31, 2011. Jen-Russel-Houston held up a half-tube of core of high-density fractures riddled throughout bitumen saturated rock. Enhanced Bitumen Recovery Using High Permeability Pathways. Tertiary Recovery, Also Known As Enhanced Oil Recovery. Crude oil is currently a primary source of energy globally, but the decline of light oil reserves has shifted attention to large deposits of untapped heavy oil and bitumen energy resources (~70 % of the World’s 9-13trillion barrel oil resource). Improving Energy Efficiency in Thermal Oil Recovery Surface FacilitiesN.M. April 19, 2013 - Reducing fresh water use and enhancing oil recovery in oil sands development are among five new pilot projects supported by Alberta's The project is designed to develop the bitumen in a reservoir that is too viscous for conventional production, but does not require as much heat as most current thermal projects. Can oil sands/heavy oil/bitumen be mined or recovered through steam injection in an environmentally sustainable way that does not compromise valuable freshwater supplies? The onset that the 'tar sands' classification is scientifically incorrect , as he explains that “[tar sands] terminology should be avoided because oil sands are neither tar nor sands…tar is not a raw material; instead, it is a residual product that remains after severe thermal cracking of heavy oil”. Methods of Enhanced Oil Recovery. There are currently two main categories of processes for in situ—i.e., underground, without mining—thermal recovery of bitumen and heavy oil: steam injection and combustion. Data for Regional EOR Involvement by Method Elusive.