Comprehensive review of enhanced oil recovery strategies for heavy oil and bitumen reservoirs in various countries: Global perspectives, challenges, and solutions

M Seidy-Esfahlan, SA Tabatabaei-Nezhad… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
This study presents a comprehensive review of enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods
tailored specifically for high permeable heavy oil/bitumen (HOB) reservoirs, encompassing …

Integrated characterization of wormhole network by use of a modified pressure-gradient-based (PGB) sand failure criterion and ensemble-based history matching …

S Yang, D Yang - Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, a damped iterative ensemble Kalman filter (IEnKF) technique has been
developed and integrated with a recently modified pressure-gradient-based (PGB) sand …

Performance evaluation of hybrid steam-solvent processes in a post-CHOPS reservoir with consideration of wormhole network

M Zhao, S Yang, D Yang - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
In this paper, techniques have been developed to evaluate performance of steam, solvents,
and hybrid steam-solvent processes in a post-CHOPS reservoir with consideration of …

Integrated characterization of wormhole growth and propagation dynamics in CHOPS reservoirs with a unified and consistent ensemble-based framework

S Yang, D Yang, M Zhao - Geoenergy Science and Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, a unified and consistent ensemble-based framework has been established for
the first time to simulate the wormhole growth and propagation dynamics in a cold heavy oil …

Characterization of wormhole growth and propagation dynamics during cold heavy oil production with sand (CHOPS) processes by integrating rate transient analysis …

L Jiang, J Liu, T Liu, D Yang - SPE Journal, 2022 - onepetro.org
In this work, theoretical models have been formulated, validated, and applied to characterize
the dynamic wormhole growth and propagation dynamics during cold heavy oil production …

A modified pressure-gradient-based (PGB) sand failure criterion for dynamically and preferentially characterizing wormhole growth and propagation during CHOPS …

S Yang, Z Fan, D Yang - Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, a recently developed pressure-gradient-based (PGB) sand failure criterion has
been modified to improve its applicability for accurately quantifying the dynamic and …

Characterization of sand production for clayey-silt sediments conditioned to hydraulic slotting and gravel packing: Experimental observations, theoretical formulations …

Y **, N Wu, Y Li, D Yang - SPE Journal, 2022 - onepetro.org
In our previous work (** et al. 2021), an experimental effort has been made to
microscopically observe sand failure, migration within a matrix, invasion toward gravel …

A new low-damage drilling fluid for sandstone reservoirs with low-permeability: Formulation, evaluation, and applications

C Wang, Y Wang, E Kuru… - Journal of …, 2021 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Drilling-induced formation damage is the key factor dominating the failure of the
development of hydrocarbon reservoirs with low-permeability (ie, tight formation). In this …

Characterization of Wormhole Growth and Propagation Dynamics During CHOPS Processes by Integrating Rate Transient Analysis and a Pressure-Gradient-Based …

L Jiang, J Liu, T Liu, D Yang - SPE Canadian Energy Technology …, 2024 - onepetro.org
Abstract Characterization of the wormhole growth and propagation dynamics has been
made possible with the semi-analytical models developed in this work by integrating both …

Characterization of Sand Production for Clayey-Silt Sediments Conditioned to Hydraulic Slotting and Packing: Experimental Observations, Theoretical Formulations …

Y **, N Wu, Y Li, D Yang - Offshore Technology Conference, 2022 - onepetro.org
In our previous work, an experimental effort has been made to microscopically observe the
sand failure, migration within a matrix, invasion to gravel packing, and production for …