Performance prediction of in situ combustion processes

2001-01-01
In this research, in situ combustion performance calculations were performed using different algorithms, which were based on oil recovery/volume burned correlative methods. The correlations were based on field and laboratory combustion tube results. A computer method was developed and applied to different heavy crude oil fields. The results showed that an in situ combustion process is applicable in these fields if the volume burned is 30% for field 1 and 40% for field 2.
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Citation Formats
M. V. Kök, “Performance prediction of in situ combustion processes,” Energy Sources, pp. 937–943, 2001, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/35977.