CA2114456A1 - Thermal recovery process for recovering oil from underground formations - Google Patents

Thermal recovery process for recovering oil from underground formations

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CA2114456A1
CA2114456A1 CA002114456A CA2114456A CA2114456A1 CA 2114456 A1 CA2114456 A1 CA 2114456A1 CA 002114456 A CA002114456 A CA 002114456A CA 2114456 A CA2114456 A CA 2114456A CA 2114456 A1 CA2114456 A1 CA 2114456A1
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Thomas James Boone
Peter Richard Kry
Richard John Gallant
Harshad Nathubhai Patel
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Imperial Oil Resources Ltd
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP 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

This invention relates to thermal recovery processes for recovering oil from underground formations, where steam, hot water or any other hot liquid or gas is used to heat the oil in the reservoir, thereby reducing the viscosity of the oil and allowing the oil to be recovered at economic rates. The invention is especially suited to the recovery of highly viscous oil or heavy oil, wherein significant viscosity reduction upon heating occurs, and provides for increased efficiency of recovery in conjunction with increased and controlled areal and vertical conformance. The process of the invention comprises:

(a) providing an injection/production well in fluid communication with the underground formation;

(b) establishing a desired maximum rate of injection Qi of fluid into the formation to horizontally fracture the formation;

(c) calculating for the injection rate Qi the duration of the injection to provide a desired pattern or areal extent of fracture extending from said well, and (d) injecting one or more pulses of said fluid through the well at the desired rate Qi, each for the period of time calculated in step (c) in order to fracture the formation.
CA002114456A 1994-01-28 1994-01-28 Thermal recovery process for recovering oil from underground formations Expired - Lifetime CA2114456C (en)

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US20120160495A1 (en) * 2006-02-27 2012-06-28 Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. Thermal recovery of shallow bitumen through increased permeability inclusions
US8863840B2 (en) * 2006-02-27 2014-10-21 Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. Thermal recovery of shallow bitumen through increased permeability inclusions
US8955585B2 (en) 2011-09-27 2015-02-17 Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. Forming inclusions in selected azimuthal orientations from a casing section
US10119356B2 (en) 2011-09-27 2018-11-06 Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. Forming inclusions in selected azimuthal orientations from a casing section
US20170159416A1 (en) * 2015-12-07 2017-06-08 Texas Tech University System Method for optimization of huff-n-puff gas injection in shale reservoirs
US10487635B2 (en) * 2015-12-07 2019-11-26 Texas Tech University System Method for optimization of huff-n-puff gas injection in shale reservoirs
US20200088016A1 (en) * 2015-12-07 2020-03-19 Texas Tech University System Method for optimization of huff-n-puff gas injections in hydrocarbon reservoirs
US11008840B2 (en) * 2015-12-07 2021-05-18 Texas Tech University System Method for optimization of huff-n-puff gas injections in hydrocarbon reservoirs
US11649707B2 (en) * 2015-12-07 2023-05-16 Texas Tech University System Method for optimization of huff-n-puff gas injection in hydrocarbon reservoirs
US20230349278A1 (en) * 2015-12-07 2023-11-02 Texas Tech University System Method for optimization of huff-n-puff gas injection in hydrocarbon reservoirs
CN106437655A (en) * 2016-11-03 2017-02-22 中国石油化工股份有限公司 Crude oil viscosity reducer effect evaluation device and method
CN114427411A (en) * 2020-09-27 2022-05-03 中国石油化工股份有限公司 High-cycle huff-puff later-stage pulse steam injection method for shallow-thin ultra-heavy oil reservoir

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