Oxidation of heavy oil and their SARA fractions: its role in modeling in-situ combustion


AKIN S., Kok M. V., Bagci S., Karacan O.

Proceedings 2000 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition - Reservoir Engineering/Formation Evaluation and Reservoir Geology, Dallas, TX, USA, 1 - 04 October 2000, vol.SIGMA, pp.757-768, (Full Text) identifier

  • Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
  • Volume: SIGMA
  • City: Dallas, TX, USA
  • Page Numbers: pp.757-768
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

In situ combustion experiments conducted on a three-dimensional (3D) semi-scaled physical model that represents one fourth of a repeated five spot pattern were modeled. Four chemical reactions were considered, including, cracking of heavy oil to light oil and coke, heavy oil burning, light oil burning, and coke burning. Most of the experiments were history matched successfully with the exception of ones where a diagonal horizontal producer was used.