heavy oil

This work investigates the root cause of strong oil/water emulsion and if sludge formation is occurring within the reservoir using a robust integrated approach.

In this year’s Heavy Oil feature, it’s clear that, even as many enhanced recovery techniques become established and mainstream, supporting technologies continue to march forward to allow a better and more-robust understanding of our trade.

In this work, a perturbed-chain statistical associating fluid theory equation of state has been developed to characterize heavy-oil-associated systems containing polar components and nonpolar components with respect to phase behavior and physical properties.

This paper aims to present thoroughly the application of subsurface safety injection valves in extremely high-temperature environments.

This paper presents a comprehensive model of geothermal exploitation for depleted deep heavy oil reservoirs through supercritical CO2 injection.

The first two wells at Brava Energia’s Atlanta field are producing, with four more to be connected this year.

This paper describes a project in the heavy oil Captain field in the UK sector of the North Sea in which reduced environmental impact dovetails with improved economics.

This paper describes a polymer-injection pilot in the Chichimene heavy oil field in Colombia.

This paper describes installation of autonomous inflow control valves in the Bretaña Norte field in Peru, enabling effective water control even though the trial well was placed in the flank, close to the oil/water contact.

This paper describes a foamed cement solution designed and implemented to cement shallow intermediate casing strings in a heavy oil play in Northeast Alberta.