Steam Injection Strategies for Bitumen Recovery from an Element of the Grosmont Carbonate Reservoir

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dc.contributor.advisorChen, Zhangxing (John)
dc.contributor.advisorFarouq Ali, S. M.
dc.contributor.authorSong, Qiuyue
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-30T14:52:38Z
dc.date.available2015-11-20T08:00:33Z
dc.date.issued2015-07-30
dc.date.submitted2015en
dc.description.abstractThe bitumen resource in the Grosmont carbonate deposits in Alberta is over 400 billion barrels, but hitherto a commercial recovery scheme remains elusive. This study employs numerical simulation for several steam-based recovery schemes and proposes steam injection strategies. Selected simulation results were analyzed using analytical methods. A representative geological model of Grosmont was used to examine numerically several steam injection schemes, which included: vertical or horizontal well cyclic, SAGD, and conventional pattern steamfloods. Steamflooding, using vertical steam injectors and a horizontal producer, is proposed for the Grosmont carbonate reservoir to overcome shortcomings of other schemes. The vertical well injector-horizontal well producer steamflood gave the same recovery performance 21 months earlier than the horizontal well cyclic. Analytical methods were used to interpret physical mechanisms operating in steam injection processes for this reservoir, including the steam over-injection, steam override, condensate formation at the steam front and water flashing.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSong, Q. (2015). Steam Injection Strategies for Bitumen Recovery from an Element of the Grosmont Carbonate Reservoir (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27879en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/27879
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/2370
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectGeology
dc.subjectEngineering--Petroleum
dc.subjectEngineering--Operations Research
dc.subject.classificationcarboante reservoiren_US
dc.subject.classificationGrosmonten_US
dc.subject.classificationbitumen recoveryen_US
dc.subject.classificationSteam Assisted Gravity Drainageen_US
dc.subject.classificationCyclic steam stimulationen_US
dc.subject.classificationsteamflooden_US
dc.titleSteam Injection Strategies for Bitumen Recovery from an Element of the Grosmont Carbonate Reservoir
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineChemical and Petroleum Engineering
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)
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