HORIZONTAL PRODUCER WELLS IN INSITU COMBUSTION (ISC) PROCESSES

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1993-04-01

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GREAVES, M
TUWIL, AA
BAGCI, AS

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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.

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Fuel Technology, Energy Engineering and Power Technology, General Chemical Engineering

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/66994

Journal

JOURNAL OF CANADIAN PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY

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https://doi.org/10.2118/93-04-04

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Department of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, Article

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M. GREAVES, A. TUWIL, and A. BAGCI, “HORIZONTAL PRODUCER WELLS IN INSITU COMBUSTION (ISC) PROCESSES,” JOURNAL OF CANADIAN PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY, pp. 58–67, 1993, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/66994.