Numerical studies of gas exsolution in a live heavy-oil reservoir

SPE/PS-CIM/CHOA International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium Proceedings

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Uddin, M ^a  

^a ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEATION; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

GAS EXSOLUTION; GAS PHASE FORMATION; SUPERSATURATED LIVE HEAVY OILS; THERMAL RESERVOIR SIMULATORS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

EID: 33646578485     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/97739-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (30)

1. Treinen, RJ, et al.: "Hamaca: solution gas drive recovery in a heavy oil reservoir, experimental results," Paper SPE 39031 presented at the 1997 Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference and Exhibition, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug. 30-Sept. 3.
2. Sahni, A. at el.: "Experiments and analysis of heavy oil solution gas drive," SPE 71498, presented at the 2001 Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana, Sept. 30 - Oct. 3.
3. Moulu, J.C.: "Solution gas drive: experiments and simulation," J. Pet. Sci. Eng. (Oct. 1989) 2, 379.
4. Yortsos, Y.C. and Parlar, M.: "Phase change in binary systems in porous media: application to solution-gas drive," Paper SPE 19697 presented at the 1989 Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition of SPE of AIME, San Antonio, TX, Oct. 8-11.
5. Kashchiev, D. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Kinetics of the initial stage of isothermal gas phase formation," J. Chem. Phys. (Mar. 1993) 98, 4690.
6. Wall, C.G. and Khurana, A.K.: "The effect of rate pressure decline and liquid viscosity on low-pressure gas saturations in porous media," J. Inst. Pet. (Nov. 1972) 58, 335.
7. El-Yousfi, A. at el.: "Mechanisms of solution gas drive liberation during pressure depletion in porous media," C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris (1991) 313, Serie II, 1093.
8. Bernath, L.: "Theory of bubble formation in liquids," Ind. Eng. Chem. (Jun. 1952) 1310.
9. Danesh, A. at el.: "Pore level visual investigation of oil recovery by solution gas drive and gas injection," paper SPE 16956 presented at the 1987 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, TX, Sept. 27-30.
10. Li, X. and Yortsos, Y.C.: "Visualization and numerical studies of bubble growth during pressure depletion," Paper SPE 22589 presented at the 1991 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, TX, Oct. 6-9.
11. Cole, R.: "Boiling Nucleation," Adv. Heat Trans. (1974) 10, 85.
12. Kamath, J. and Boyer, R.E.: "Critical gas saturation and supersaturation in low-permeability rocks," Paper SPE 26663 presented at the 1993 Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, TX, Oct. 3-6
13. Fisch, J.C. at el.: "Nucleation," J. Appl. Phys. (1948) 19, 775.
14. Claridge, E.L. and Prats, M.: "A proposed model and mechanism for anomalous foamy heavy oil behavior," Paper SPE 29243 presented at the 1995 International Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, AB, Jun. 19-21.
15. Maini, B.B.: "Foamy-oil Flow," Paper SPE 68885, J. Cdn. Pet. Tech. (Oct. 2001) 54
16. Maini, B.B. at el.:, "Significance of foamy-oil behaviour in primary production of heavy oils," J. Cdn. Pet. Tech. (Nov. 1993) 32, 50.
17. Wieland, D.R. and Kennedy, H.T.: "Measurement of bubble frequency in cores," Trans. AIME (1957) 210, 122.
18. Theofanous, T. at el.: "Theoretical study on bubble growth in constant and time-dependent pressure fields," Chem. Eng. Sci. (1969) 24, 885.
19. Szekely, J. and Martins, G.P.: "Non-equilibrium effects in the growth of spherical gas bubbles due to solute diffusion," Chem. Eng. Sci. (1971) 26, 147.
20. Szekely, J. and Fang, S.D.: "Non-equilibrium effects in the growth of spherical gas bubbles due to solute diffusion -II: The combined effects of viscosity, liquid inertia, surface tension, and surface kinetics," Chem. Eng. Sci. (1973) 28, 2127.
21. Lillico, D.A. at el.: "Gas bubble nucleation kinetics in a live heavy oil," Colloids and Surfaces, A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects (2001) 192, 25.
22. Li, X.: Bubble growth during pressure depletion in porous media, Ph.D Dissertation, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (May 1993).
23. Dominguez, A. at el.: "Gas cluster growth by solute diffusion in porous media. Experiments and automaton simulation on pore network," International Journal of Multiphase Flow (Jan. 2000) 26, 1951.
24. CMG STARS: Advanced Process and Thermal Reservoir Simulator, Computer Modelling Group Ltd., Office #200, 3512-33 Street N.W. Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2L 2A6, (1999).
25. Uddin, M. et al.: "Modelling of gas exsolution in a live heavy oil," AERI/ARC Core Industry Research Program, Report No. 0203-2, Alberta Research Council, Alberta, (Oct. 2002).
26. Uddin, M. et al.: "Parameter estimation of the foamy oil model for different flow regimes," AERI/ARC Core Industry Research Program, Report No. 0304-3, Alberta Research Council, Alberta, (Jul. 2003).
27. Tang, G.Q. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Gas and liquid-phase relative permeabilities for cold production from heavy oil," SPE 56540, presented at the 1999 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, Oct. 3-6.
28. Kumar, R. at el.: "An Investigation into enhanced recovery under solution gas drive in heavy oil reservoirs," SPE 59336 presented at the 2000 SPE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, Tulsa, OK, Apr. 2-5.
29. Pooladi-Darvish, M. and Firoozabadi, A.: "Solution gas drive in heavy oil reservoirs," J. Cdn. Pet. Tech., (Apr. 1999) 38, 54.
30. Delshad, M.: Trapping of micellar fluids in berea sandstone, Ph.D. dissertation, University of Texas, Austin, (1990).