... models evaluated during this study indicated that these models have limited capability to assess the critical rate from the heavy oil reservoir, and appear to have high degree of sensitivity to oil viscosity. This paper provides an integrated approach to assess and manage water cone in a heavy oil...

... Abstract The Umm Niqa Lower Fars (Heavy Oil Field) oil reservoir has very favorable properties of high permeability, low temperature, and moderate oil viscosity for polymer flooding and work is progressing towards implementing a polymer pilot in this target reservoir. Nonetheless, Heavy Oil...

... viscosities that these oils have. This research investigates the ability of several low cost chemical solvents to reduce heavy oil viscosity and also develops four novel formulations with high stability under harsh reservoir conditions and high solubility in crude oil to aid in the reduction of heavy oil...

... was determined. The API gravity, oil viscosity and solution gas to oil ratio were parameterised as a function of horizontal direction and depth. The saturation pressure was modelled using a correlation, being a function of the other variables modelled in space. Over 30 correlations published in the literature...

... ). The oil viscosity is a huge problem in regard to heavy oil as both recovery and processing charges increase proportional to Sulphur content and viscosity of the crude. Heavy Oil can be used by definition internationally to describe oil with high viscosity (Although the Oxford dictionary might have...

... upgrading complex reservoir cathode well oil sand Upstream Oil & Gas Thickness enhanced recovery oxidation april 2018 application electro kinetic porosity Oil Viscosity reference well electric enhanced oil recovery grainstone SARA analysis deposit viscosity laboratory polarization...

... fracturing materials complex reservoir stimulation fracture conductivity viscosity porosity conductivity high proppant concentration Oil Viscosity heavy oil formation hydraulic fracture optimization ultra-low permeability permeability society of petroleum engineers Introduction Geologic...

... reservoir EMH Efficiency ho production oil production field frequency bitumen Upstream Oil & Gas mechanism simulator reservoir steam chamber antenna society of petroleum engineers fluid dynamics heating Oil Viscosity bogdanov Reservoir Conditions Oil Recovery flow in porous media...

... Abstract Heavy oil fields with complex geology present a great challenge for a commercial development. The field described in the paper is a heterogeneous, sparsely fractured carbonate field with oil viscosity of 5,000–10,000 cP. Initial production test proved that the field cannot...

... History Oil Viscosity relative permeability curve permeability curve heavy oil heavy oil field permeability Introduction The main objective of this paper is to share heavy oil relative permeability observations as seen in laboratory data and as used in reservoir simulatons with focus...

... Abstract The "A" East is a heavy oil reservoir in the south of Oman. It was discovered in 1978. The reservoir is sandstone with a 200m thick oil column. Oil sampled from the field showed high oil viscosity and was considered to be problematic for primary production. In 2008, the field...

.... While some of these gases acting with the crude oil to reduce the oil viscosity, some form miscible flooding to reduce oil/water interfacial tension, so as to achieve the purpose of enhancing heavy oil recovery. An optimized selection of the heat self-generating gas agents was performed. By comparison...

... Abstract Viscosity is a key property for evaluation, simulation and development of petroleum reservoirs. The accurate prediction of viscosity will be helpful for, production forecasting, designing future of thermal recovery processes. Reservoir oil viscosity is usually measured isothermally...

... and calibrated it to the 56-year history of primary production. The 258-million-cell geostatistical model was upscaled to a 3.6-million-cell simulation model with the reservoir heterogeneity preserved. Oil viscosity depth-dependence was incorporated. Global elevation of permeability and regional modification...