Microwave assisted gravity drainage of heavy oils

2008-12-01
Hascakir, Berna
Acar, Cagdas
Schlumberger, Schlumberger
Demiral, Birol
Akın, Serhat
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Conventional EOR methods like steam-injection are usually not cost effective for deep wells and wells producing from thin pay zones, due to excessive heat loss to the overburden. For such wells minimizing heat losses can be achieved by using microwave heating assisted gravity drainage. In this study, the feasibility of this method was investigated. Heavy oil samples from conceptual reservoirs (Bati Raman (9.5 API), Garzan (12 API) and Camurlu (18 API)) in south east Turkey were used. Using a novel graphite core holder packed with crushed limestone premixed with crude oil and water effects of operational parameters like heating time and waiting period as well as rock and fluid properties like porosity, permeability, wettability, salinity, and initial water saturation were studied.
Production monitoring, Production control, Upstream oil & gas, Enhanced recovery, Microwave energy, Reservoir surveillance, Production logging, Microwave, Oil production, Water saturation
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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/87324
International Petroleum Technology Conference, IPTC 2008
Department of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, Conference / Seminar

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B. Hascakir, C. Acar, S. Schlumberger, B. Demiral, and S. Akın, “Microwave assisted gravity drainage of heavy oils,” Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2008, vol. 3, p. 1908, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=67650565707&origin=inward.
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