The primary method for heavy oil and bitumen production across the world is still in-situ
steam-based technology. There are some drawbacks associated with steam-driven heavy …

Steam injection is a widely used oil-recovery method that has been commercially successful
in many types of heavy-oil reservoirs, including the oil sands of Alberta, Canada. Steam is …

The stability of water-in-oil emulsions highly depends on the existence of polar components
and their interactions within the emulsions. Asphaltenes, resins, and water are the main …

Asphaltenes precipitation within reservoir pores or production flowlines can severely
hamper the petroleum-extraction process. Although the effect of temperature and pressure …

The residual oil saturation determination is critical for the performance evaluation of any
Enhance Oil Recovery (EOR) methods. The existing residual oil saturation determination …

In this study, a series of steam and solvent-steam flooding experiments are conducted to
study the produced oil quality in terms of water-oil emulsions. A set of seven experiments are …

This study investigates the effect of clay type on the performance variations of steam-
assisted gravity drainage (SAGD). Two SAGD experiments at identical experimental …

Asphaltenes and resins are the polar and saturates and aromatics are the nonpolar fractions
of the crude oil. The mutual interaction within crude oil fractions results in different overall …

This study investigated the effect of crude oil characteristics and the presence of clays on the
interaction and precipitation tendency of asphaltenes during solvent washing. As solvent n …

Recent core-scale visualization studies performed by us have highlighted the promising
potential of utilizing hydrocarbon solvents in alternating with steam injection for optimizing …