Propane–Bitumen Interactions during Cyclic Solvent Injection─ A Cold Lake Case Study

S Mohammadi, L Yuan, M Yousefi… - Energy & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Common bitumen recovery processes, such as steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) and
vapor extraction (VAPEX), are not suitable for thin reservoirs due to the heavy consumption …

Mechanics of foamy oil during methane-based cyclic solvent injection process for enhanced heavy oil recovery: a comprehensive review

E Basilio, T Babadagli - SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, 2020 - onepetro.org
Foamy oil flow is a commonly encountered drive mechanism in the primary production
(depletion of naturally methane‐saturated heavy oil) and secondary stage (cyclic gas …

Numerical Simulation of Nonequilibrium Foamy Oil for Cyclic Solvent Injection in Reservoirs after Cold Heavy Oil Production with Sand

T Chen, JY Leung - SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, 2021 - onepetro.org
Nonequilibrium foamy oil behavior and solvent transport are two important recovery
mechanisms for cyclic solvent injection (CSI) processes in post-cold heavy oil production …

Use of air to improve the efficiency of foamy flow and reservoir pressurization in heavy oil recovery

YJ Soh, T Babadagli - Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
Primary recovery of heavy-oil is remarkably low due to high viscosity and low energy by
solution gas exsolution to drive the oil. Gas injection to improve foamy flow and also to dilute …

Cost Effective EOR in Heavy-Oil Containing Sands by Gas Injection: Improvement of the Efficiency of Foamy Flow and Pressurization

YJ Soh, T Babadagli - SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and …, 2017 - onepetro.org
Primary recovery of heavy-oil is remarkably low due to high viscosity and low energy by
solution gas exsolution to drive the oil. Gas injection to improve foamy flow and also to dilute …

A Practical Approach for Scale-Up of Solvent Transport Mechanisms in Post-CHOPS EOR Applications

JJ Martinez-Gamboa, M Wang, JY Leung - SPE Latin America and …, 2017 - onepetro.org
Abstract Cold Heavy Oil Production with Sand (CHOPS) is widely used as a primary non-
thermal production technique in thin heavy oil reservoirs in Western Canada and the …

Displacement Mechanics and Stability of Foamy Oil during Secondary Recovery of Heavy Oil Using Methane and Air

B Meza, EJ Teodoro - 2019 - era.library.ualberta.ca
Heavy oil and extra-heavy oil (natural bitumen and oil sands) resources represent 70% of
the global petroleum reserves and are mostly found in shallow reservoirs with thin pay …

Post-CHOPS EOR using Gas Solvents and Air

YJ Soh - 2017 - era.library.ualberta.ca
Ye-Ji Soh Page 1 Post-CHOPS EOR using Gas Solvents and Air by Ye-Ji Soh A thesis submitted
in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science In Petroleum …