Theoretical and physical modeling of a solvent vapour extraction (VAPEX) process for heavy oil recovery

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 65, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 93-104

  Moghadam, Samane ^a   Nobakht, Morteza ^a   Gu, Yongan ^b  

^a FEKETE ASSOCIATES INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

heavy oil production; oil production modeling; solvent chamber evolution; solvent vapour extraction (VAPEX); solvent based enhanced oil recovery

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTABLE PARAMETERS; ANALYTICAL MODELS; ASPHALTENE PRECIPITATIONS; BEST FITS; CONSTANT THICKNESS; FALLING VELOCITIES; HEAVY OIL RECOVERIES; HEAVY OIL RECOVERY PROCESS; MEASURED DATUM; OIL PRODUCTION MODELING; PHYSICAL MODELING; PHYSICAL MODELS; SOLVENT-BASED ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; TRANSITION ZONES; VISCOSITY REDUCTIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSOLUTION; ENHANCED RECOVERY; MODELS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SOLVENTS; VELOCITY; WELL STIMULATION;

HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION;

DISSOLUTION; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; HEAVY OIL; HIGH PRESSURE; OIL PRODUCTION; PERMEABILITY;

EID: 60549084145     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2008.12.029     Document Type: Article

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