Assessment of research needs for oil recovery from heavy-oil sources and tar sands

Penner, S.S.; Benson, Sarah; Camp, F.W.; Clardy, Jon; Deutch, J. M.; Kelley, A.; Lewis, Alun; Mayer, F.; Oblad, A.G.; Sieg, R.P.; Skinner, Walter; Whitehurst, D.D.

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“…Steam stimulation and water-flooding methods in oil recovery were tested at the oil fields of the Shengli, Liaohe, and Xinjiang regions, but unfortunately their implementation had no effect. The in situ combustion method is reported to have gained some advantages over other methods in multiple studies and has thus begun to be actively used in heavy oil production in China [20,22,26,27].…”

Section: Prior History Of the In Situ Combustion Methodsmentioning

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“…The basic principle of the in situ combustion method is that when using a bottom-hole zone or injection well, the conditions necessary for initiating and forming a stable combustion front are created. At the same time, an oxidizer, which allows for the maintenance of a stable combustion process, is injected through the injection well into the reservoir [27,28]. Depending on the movement of the combustion front and the air flow, the process can proceed both in the forward and a reverse direction.…”

Section: The Main Processes Of the In Situ Combustion Methodsmentioning

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“…As noted above, extensive descriptions of reaction zones and the main processes involved are available in the literature [27,29,34]. However, this information is not sufficient since it lacks enough data on the effect of the heterogeneous natural structure of the deposit, because it is the latter that can significantly or even radically change the development course of processes, as well as lead to an unpredictable scenario [31][32][33][34].…”

Section: Recent Advances In the Study Of In Situ Combustion Methodsmentioning

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Global estimates for our remaining capacity to exploit developed oil fields indicate that the currently recoverable oil (light oil) will last for approximately 50 years. This necessitates the development of viscous and superviscous oil fields, which will further compensate for the loss of easily produced oil. In situ combustion is the most promising production method, which allows for increased oil recovery from a reservoir. This being the case, this study provides an overview of global trends regarding the research and implementation of the method under consideration, in order to promote understanding of its applicability and effectiveness. The background to the development of the method is discussed in detail, illustrating the growing interest of researchers in its study. Cases of both successful as well as inefficient implementations of this method in real oil fields are considered. The main focus of the article is to investigate the influence of the parent rock and catalysts on the combustion process, as this is a new and actively developing area in the study of enhanced oil recovery using in situ combustion. Geological surveys, in addition to experimental and numerical studies, are considered to be the main methods that are used to investigate processes during in situ combustion. The analysis that we carried out led us to understand that the processes which occur during the combustion of heavy oil are practically unpredictable and, therefore, poorly understood. The specificity of the oil composition under consideration depends on the field, which can lead to a change in the required temperature regimes for its production. This indicates that there exists multiple specific applications for the method under consideration, each requiring additional full studies into both the fractional composition of oil and its reservoirs. The article also considers various technologies for implementing the in situ combustion method, such as ND-ISC, THAITM, COSH, CAGD, and SAGD. However, the literature review has shown that none of the technologies presented is widely used, due to the lack of an evidence base for their successful application in the field. Moreover, it should be noted that this method has no limits associated with the oil occurrence depth. This technology can be implemented in thin reservoirs, as well as in flooded, clayey, sandy, and carbonate reservoirs. The review we have presented can be considered as a guide for further research into the development of global solutions for using the proposed method.

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“…The thermal conversion of heavy oil has attracted great interests in recent years owing to the decrease in middle distillate or increase in low quality crude oil (Li and Song, 2002;Meng et al, 2004). The upgrading of tar sands bitumen from Utah has been compared with different processes such as visbreaking, thermal cracking, coking, catalytic cracking and hydropyrolysis (Ponner, 1982). However, the refiners need more gasoline and diesel fuel to satisfy the market demand while coke is an undesired by-product and its yield is the deciding parameter for the design of thermal process.…”

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“…Source: Ponner (1982) The main features of coking processes for heavy-oil upgrading are low cost, hydrogen generation, produce large amount of gas, easy operations and low liquid yield. The coking processes could be important for countries like India where a large amount of domestic gas (LPG) is required, but in oil producing countries coking processes, may not be totally appropriate since they reduce liquid yield and each case needs detailed analysis.…”

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Comparison between refinery processes for heavy oil upgrading: a future fuel demand

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Petroleum refining industry is entering into the significant era of reformation due to the depletion of light petroleum and an increase in heavy or extra heavy crude oil production. There is a strong need to revise the processes that are commercially available for heavy crude oil refining. Upgrading of heavy and extra heavy oil by means of catalytic processes requires new generation catalyst along with several modifications of process conditions. This review focuses on the description of different ways to convert heavy crude oils into synthetic crude oil. Specific illustrative examples of hydroprocessing indicated how such studies may open up new routes in the search of suitable catalyst and process for upgrading heavy petroleum. [

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Assessment of research needs for oil recovery from heavy-oil sources and tar sands

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Recent Advances in the Study of In Situ Combustion for Enhanced Oil Recovery

Recent Advances in the Study of In Situ Combustion for Enhanced Oil Recovery

Comparison between refinery processes for heavy oil upgrading: a future fuel demand

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