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Systems and methods for accelerating production of viscous hydrocarbons in a subterranean reservoir with thermally activated chemical agents Download PDF

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WO2014151712A3
WO2014151712A3 PCT/US2014/026299 US2014026299W WO2014151712A3 WO 2014151712 A3 WO2014151712 A3 WO 2014151712A3 US 2014026299 W US2014026299 W US 2014026299W WO 2014151712 A3 WO2014151712 A3 WO 2014151712A3
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hydrocarbons
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Andrew C. REES
Calvin Coulter
Russell Engelman
Uriel Guerrero-Aconcha
Spencer Taylor
Allan Peats
Huang Zeng
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Bp Corporation North America, Inc.
Suncor Energy, Inc.
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/16—Enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons
    • E21B43/24—Enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons using heat, e.g. steam injection
    • E21B43/2406—Steam assisted gravity drainage [SAGD]
    • E21B43/2408—SAGD in combination with other methods
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/16—Enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons
    • E21B43/24—Enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons using heat, e.g. steam injection

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Abstract

A method for mobilizing viscous hydrocarbons in a reservoir includes (a) injecting an aqueous solution into the reservoir with the reservoir at the reservoir ambient temperature. The aqueous solution includes water and a water-soluble chemical agent that is substantially non-decomposable and substantially non reactive in the reservoir at the reservoir ambient temperature. In addition, the method includes (b) adding thermal energy to the reservoir at any time after (a) to increase the temperature of at least a portion of the reservoir to an elevated temperature greater than the ambient temperature of the reservoir. Further, the method includes (c) in response to the elevated temperature in (b), mobilizing at least a portion of the hydrocarbons in the reservoir by reducing the viscosity of the hydrocarbons and allowing the chemical agent to enhance mobilization of the hydrocarbons.
PCT/US2014/026299 2013-03-15 2014-03-13 Systems and methods for accelerating production of viscous hydrocarbons in a subterranean reservoir with thermally activated chemical agents WO2014151712A2 (en)

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