... Abstract This paper investigates the performance of a pilot linear Fresnel steam generator, for Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR), under the climatic conditions of Kuwait. Simulation results are compared to previously published results from a similar pilot installation in Miraah of Oman which...

... power generation Oil Recovery consumption society of petroleum engineers california energy consumption construction solar energy renewable energy recovery This category is a candidate to provide the best solution, however still in the development phase. Zhao et al. reached an efficiency...

... Abstract Lower Fars heavy oil <16 °API is considered a type of conventional heavy oil, which will be considered as priority petroleum production system for future heavy oil recovery in Kuwait. These types of oils are abundant in great amounts in Ratga field North Kuwait, yet expensive...

... antennas in horizontal boreholes. Ultimately, the extra energy waste is avoided and the maximum heating efficiency is accomplished. Artificial Intelligence frequency heating efficiency complex reservoir Thickness oil sand Upstream Oil & Gas heating bitumen heating process recovery...

... approach to evaluate the reservoir complexity against recovery factors for 33 North Sea fields. Their scoring approach was based solely on geological complexity and scored nine parameters that are subject to a high degree of expert judgment. Wickens and Kelly (2010) developed correlation between recovery...

... heating using conventional methods such as steam. However, these approaches are often accompanied by high energy consumption, large amounts of wastewater generation, and undesirable environmental damage. Recently, nanoparticles have become an attractive agent for enhancing oil recovery (EOR...

..., which is available in tight carbonate reservoirs. Extreme heavy oil <5 °API exists in large quantities in Kuwaiti fields. This study presents a novel heavy oil classification especially for <5 °API crude oil types as well as their potential recoveries. All recoveries considered for this study...

...-1 (Pass-1 & Pass-2) array receives feed water from the Booster Pump. The feed stream after the first array is split into permeate or product and reject. The reject of the 1st Stage Array is then fed to the 2nd Stage array. The 1st Pass RO unit is designed for 74% recovery & 2nd Pass RO unit...

... process requires setting the equations for the pressure and temperature and oil recovery, which is the objective of this study. After constructing the model and solving it, an energy balance and economic analysis was performed to analyze the effectiveness of the process with example cases. Formulation...

... to number of wells and patterns. The results can be scaled up to different size of reservoirs and patterns with similar recovery processes. This study scrutinizes the feasibility of a reversal of the typical scenario where injection is based on production. Thus, it serves as a useful and realistic example...

... Abstract In a thermal Enhanced Oil Recovery project of Kuwait, the static reservoir description uncertainties were identified based on initial static description. The associated development impact and possible risks to the project is then evaluated using a commercial uncertainty analysis tool...

... Abstract Although the previous static experiments provided critical information as to the existence of a critical temperature range that yields the maximum heavy-oil recovery during steam/solvent injection, dynamic experiment are needed to account for the relationship between the solvent...

... facilities life. Investigations are underway to accelerate this tail-end production, with initial studies indicating that a polymer flood, enhanced oil recovery scheme, could be attractive. This paper describes the appraisal programme, the lessons learnt and how these have been applied in designing...

.... Enhanced recovery techniques to exploit these reservoirs are quite varied, including the polymers injection; it is to add polymers into the water injection of high molecular weight before being injected into the reservoir, thereby improving mobility ratio water - oil. This study examines the feasibility...

... Abstract The heavy oil resources worldwide are estimated at 3396 billion barrels. With depletion of light oil, we have to face the technical and economical challenges of developing heavy oil fields. The recovery of heavy oil reservoirs is often less than 20%, or even below 10%. Even though...

... of specialized production methods with a systemic approach, since each one is a combination of technologies that works together as a system with the mission of improving recovery of hydrocarbons in an economical, safely and environmentally friendly manner. The probability that a heavy oil well...

... Abstract Polymer and alkali-polymer (AP) flooding are investigated in laboratory corefloods for potential application in a 2000 cP – 5000 cP heavy oil field. An augmentation of oil recovery is noted with the addition of very low concentrations of partially-hydrolyzed polyacrylamide (HPAM...

...Statement of the problem History Matching Sole injection of steam or solvent may not be sufficient to make any heavy-oil/bitumen recovery process successful. Their alternate injection resulting in hot solvent injection could be a solution to this problem. It is well known that the oil...

... Recovery (LASER) ImperLDO 2LO¶V &ROG /DNH ILHOG is the largest application of CSS in the world producing approximately 150,000 bbls/day of heavy oil. LASER is a patented process that involves adding a relatively small volume of solvent by volume to the steam that is injected as part of the CSS...

.... The coupling idea realized in EMIR makes possible to directly model the dynamics of EMH coupled with fluid distributions (mainly, water) and based on instantaneous and precise electromagnetic computations. We made use of EMIR to model 2D bitumen recovery under EMH conditions and to further estimate...