Extension of In-Situ Combustion Process from Pilot to Semi-Commercial Stage in Heavy Oil Field of Balol

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Roychaudhury ◽  
N.S. Rao ◽  
S.K. Sinha ◽  
S. Sur ◽  
K.K. Gupta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Combustion Process ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
In Situ Combustion

Canadian Operator Works To Transform an Oil Field Into a Hydrogen Factory

2021 ◽  
Vol 73 (03) ◽  
pp. 38-40
Author(s):  
Trent Jacobs
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Production ◽  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Hydrogen Generation ◽  
Combustion Process ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
In Situ Combustion ◽  
Associated Gas

As the oil and gas industry scans the known universe for ways to diversify its portfolio with alternative forms of energy, it might want to look under its own feet, too. For inside every oil reservoir, there may be a hydrogen reservoir just waiting to get out. The concept comes courtesy of Calgary-based Proton Technologies. Founded in 2015, the young firm is the operator of an aging heavy oil field in Saskatchewan. There, on a small patch of flat farm-land, Proton has been producing oil to pay the bills. At the same time, it has been experimenting with injecting oxygen into its reservoir in a bid to produce exclusively hydrogen. Proton says its process is built on a technical foundation that includes years of research and works at the demonstration scale. Soon, the firm hopes to prove it is also profitable. While it produces its own hydrogen, Proton is licensing out the technology to others. In January, fellow Canadian operator Whitecap Resources secured a hydrogen production license of up to 500 metric tons/day from Proton. Whitecap produces about 48,000 B/D, and thanks to carbon sequestration, the operator has claimed a net negative emissions status since 2018. Proton says it has struck similar licensing deals with other Canadian operators but that these companies have not yet made public announcements. Where these projects go from here may end up representing the ultimate test for Proton’s innovative twist on the in-situ combustion process known so well to the heavy-oil sector. “In-situ combustion has been used in more than 500 projects worldwide over the last century. And, they have all produced hydrogen,” said Grant Strem, a cofounder and the CEO of Proton. Strem is a petroleum geologist by back-ground who spent the majority of his career working on heavy-oil projects for Canadian producers and research analysis with the banks that fund the upstream sector. While his new venture remains registered as an oil company, the self-described explorationist has come to look at oil fields very differently than he used to. “In an oil field, you have oil—hydrocarbons, which are made of hydrogen and carbon. The other fluid down there is H2O. So, an oil field is really a giant hydrogen-rich, energy-dense system that’s all conveniently accessible by wells,” Strem explained. But, in those past examples, the hundreds of other in-situ combustion projects, hydrogen production was merely a byproduct, an associated gas of sorts. It was the result of several reactions generated by air injections that producers use an oxidizer to heat up the heavy oil and get it flowing. What Proton wants to do is to super-charge the hydrogen-generating reactions by using the oil as fuel while leaving the carbon where it is. That ambition includes doing so at a price point that is roughly five times below that of Canadian natural gas prices and an even smaller fraction of what other hydrogen-generation methods cost.

Application and Exploration of Early In-Situ Combustion Huff-and-Puff Technology in a Deep Undisturbed Reservoir with Extra Heavy Oil

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Wang Xiaoyan ◽  
Zhao Jian ◽  
Yin Qingguo ◽  
Cao Bao ◽  
Zhang Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
High Temperature ◽  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Gas Injection ◽  
Thermal Recovery ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Pilot Test ◽  
In Situ Combustion ◽  
Coiled Tubing

Summary Achieving effective results using conventional thermal recovery technology is challenging in the deep undisturbed reservoir with extra-heavy oil in the LKQ oil field. Therefore, in this study, a novel approach based on in-situ combustion huff-and-puff technology is proposed. Through physical and numerical simulations of the reservoir, the oil recovery mechanism and key injection and production parameters of early-stage ultraheavy oil were investigated, and a series of key engineering supporting technologies were developed that were confirmed to be feasible via a pilot test. The results revealed that the ultraheavy oil in the LKQ oil field could achieve oxidation combustion under a high ignition temperature of greater than 450°C, where in-situ cracking and upgrading could occur, leading to greatly decreased viscosity of ultraheavy oil and significantly improved mobility. Moreover, it could achieve higher extra-heavy-oil production combined with the energy supplement of flue gas injection. The reasonable cycles of in-situ combustion huff and puff were five cycles, with the first cycle of gas injection of 300 000 m3 and the gas injection volume per cycle increasing in turn. It was predicted that the incremental oil production of a single well would be 500 t in one cycle. In addition, the supporting technologies were developed, such as a coiled-tubing electric ignition system, an integrated temperature and pressure monitoring system in coiled tubing, anticorrosion cementing and completion technology with high-temperature and high-pressure thermal recovery, and anticorrosion injection-production integrated lifting technology. The proposed method was applied to a pilot test in the YS3 well in the LKQ oil field. The high-pressure ignition was achieved in the 2200-m-deep well using the coiled-tubing electric igniter. The maximum temperature tolerance of the integrated monitoring system in coiled tubing reached up to 1200°C, which provided the functions of distributed temperature and multipoint pressure measurement in the entire wellbore. The combination of 13Cr-P110 casing and titanium alloy tubing effectively reduced the high-temperature and high-pressure oxygen corrosion of the wellbore. The successful field test of the comprehensive supporting engineering technologies presents a new approach for effective production in deep extra-heavy-oil reservoirs.

Modeling In-Situ Combustion in a Heavy Oil Field in Romania

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Priestley ◽  
Jorge Alejandro Ruiz ◽  
Paul F Naccache ◽  
Guenther Glatz ◽  
Virgil Crecana
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
In Situ Combustion

scholarly journals An in situ combustion process for recovering heavy oil using scaled physical model

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 2681-2688 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xian Zhang ◽  
Qingwang Liu ◽  
Zhenzhong Fan ◽  
Qicheng Liu
Keyword(s):  
Physical Model ◽  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Combustion Process ◽  
In Situ Combustion

Improving heavy oil oxidation performance by oil-dispersed CoFe2O4 nanoparticles in In-situ combustion process for enhanced oil recovery

Fuel ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 285 ◽  
pp. 119216
Author(s):  
Seyedsaeed Mehrabi-Kalajahi ◽  
Mikhail A. Varfolomeev ◽  
Chengdong Yuan ◽  
Almaz L. Zinnatullin ◽  
Nikolay O. Rodionov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Combustion Process ◽  
Oil Oxidation ◽  
Cofe2o4 Nanoparticles ◽  
In Situ Combustion ◽  
Oxidation Performance

Seismic monitoring of in‐situ combustion in the Balol heavy‐oil field

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hossein Mehdi Zadeh ◽  
Ravi Prakash Srivastava ◽  
Nimisha Vedanti ◽  
Martin Landrø
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Seismic Monitoring ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
In Situ Combustion

A New, Fast, and Efficient Method for Evaluating the Influence of Catalysts on In-Situ Combustion Process for Heavy Oil Recovery

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamil Sadikov ◽  
Chengdong Yuan ◽  
Seyed Saeed Mehrabi-Kalajahi ◽  
Mikhail A. Varfolomeev ◽  
Sarvardzhon A. Talipov
Keyword(s):  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Efficient Method ◽  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Combustion Process ◽  
Heavy Oil Recovery ◽  
In Situ Combustion

Coking behavior and kinetics study of a catalytic in-situ combustion process for heavy oil

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (7) ◽  
pp. 739-745 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xian Zhang ◽  
Yongjian Liu ◽  
Hongchang Che ◽  
Dandan Shan
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Combustion Process ◽  
Kinetics Study ◽  
In Situ Combustion
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