HORIZONTAL PRODUCER WELLS IN INSITU COMBUSTION (ISC) PROCESSES

GREAVES M., TUWIL A., BAGCI A.

JOURNAL OF CANADIAN PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY, cilt.32, sa.4, ss.58-67, 1993 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 32 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 1993
  • Doi Numarası: 10.2118/93-04-04
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF CANADIAN PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Aerospace Database, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), Communication Abstracts, Environment Index, Metadex, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.58-67
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

A simple 3-D physical model has been developed to investigate the use of horizontal producer wells in in situ combustion processes. The semi-scaled 3-D model was a rectangular box with 40 cm by 40 cm by 10 cm dimensions. Dry in situ combustion experiments were conducted with three different well configurations: (1) a vertical injector and horizontal producer, (2) a vertical injector and two horizontal producers, and (3) injector and producer, both vertical. A matrix of 60 thermocouples was used to obtain temperature profile information, in the vertical and horizontal mid-planes. Most experiments were conducted with sandpacks containing a high saturation of heavy crude oil So(i) congruent-to 0.80. For each horizontal well configuration, the effect of oxygen flux and oxygen enrichment (21% and 3.5% oxygen) was investigated.