... & Gas Efficiency Kuwait oil industry application middle east power generation Oil Recovery consumption society of petroleum engineers california energy consumption construction solar energy renewable energy recovery Abstract As major oil and gas companies have been investing...

... 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...

... 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...

... Abstract This paper presents a benchmarking strategy specific to heavy oil projects using thermal recovery methods. We use the new approach to benchmark heavy oil development projects and identify gaps in performance and suggest measures to close those gaps. Typical benchmarking studies...

... 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) in the laboratory scale. In addition, nanotechnology was chosen as an alternative method to unlock...

... a specific type of unconventional oil, 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...

... thermal method water management SAGD produced water discharge Artificial Intelligence steam-assisted gravity drainage recovery steam generation operation Kuwait cartridge filter RO unit reject stream enhanced recovery complex reservoir Feed Water water stream permeate sea water...

... fracture Upstream Oil & Gas generator recovery different value inflow Kovaleva Introduction Investigations on the use of radio frequency electromagnetic waves for heavy oil and bitumen production from challenging reservoirs (deep, shaly, heterogeneous, etc.) have been reported over...

... 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 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...

... 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...

.... 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...

... and water viscosity causes injected water to finger through the reservoir, leaving large quantities of reserves behind. As a result, recovery of heavy oil is less than 20% or even 10% ( Meyer 2003 ). Polymer flood is the most widely used chemical EOR method to recover light oil. By adding polymers to water...

... Abstract ExxonMobil and its Canadian affiliate Imperial Oil Resources are pursuing an integrated research program targeted at developing the next generation of heavy oil recovery processes which utilize hydrocarbon solvents as a mobilizing agent. The key benefits of solvent-based processes...

... 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 will be constructed and will operate to achieve technical and economical objectives within the framework of an enhanced oil...

... 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...

... Abstract Steam injection is the most common technique in heavy oil/bitumen recovery. However, the emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, its water requirements and excessive operational cost and problems entail finding alternative solutions. One approach is combining steam...

.... 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...