CA2915571C - Procede de drainage par gravite servant a recuperer le petrole visqueux au moyen d'injection proche azeotropique - Google Patents
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- E21B43/16—Enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons
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- E21B43/2406—Steam assisted gravity drainage [SAGD]
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Abstract
De manière générale, un procédé de drainage par gravité pour récupérer de lhuile visqueuse à partir dun réservoir souterrain est décrit aux présentes. Le procédé consiste : a) à injecter de la vapeur et un solvant dans le réservoir pour mobiliser lhuile visqueuse, le solvant étant à létat de vapeur, et la vapeur et le solvant sont injectés, la fraction molaire du solvant de la vapeur et du solvant combinés se situant entre 70 et 100 % de la fraction molaire du solvant azéotropique de la vapeur et du solvant tel que mesuré à la pression de fonctionnement du réservoir; et b) à produire au moins une fraction de lhuile mobilisée, du solvant et de leau.
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| CA2915571A CA2915571C (fr) | 2015-12-16 | 2015-12-16 | Procede de drainage par gravite servant a recuperer le petrole visqueux au moyen d'injection proche azeotropique |
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| CA2915571A CA2915571C (fr) | 2015-12-16 | 2015-12-16 | Procede de drainage par gravite servant a recuperer le petrole visqueux au moyen d'injection proche azeotropique |
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| CA2915571A1 CA2915571A1 (fr) | 2016-02-24 |
| CA2915571C true CA2915571C (fr) | 2017-02-28 |
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| US10487636B2 (en) | 2017-07-27 | 2019-11-26 | Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company | Enhanced methods for recovering viscous hydrocarbons from a subterranean formation as a follow-up to thermal recovery processes |
| US11002123B2 (en) | 2017-08-31 | 2021-05-11 | Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company | Thermal recovery methods for recovering viscous hydrocarbons from a subterranean formation |
| US11142681B2 (en) | 2017-06-29 | 2021-10-12 | Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company | Chasing solvent for enhanced recovery processes |
| US11261725B2 (en) | 2017-10-24 | 2022-03-01 | Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company | Systems and methods for estimating and controlling liquid level using periodic shut-ins |
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| US11142681B2 (en) | 2017-06-29 | 2021-10-12 | Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company | Chasing solvent for enhanced recovery processes |
| US10487636B2 (en) | 2017-07-27 | 2019-11-26 | Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company | Enhanced methods for recovering viscous hydrocarbons from a subterranean formation as a follow-up to thermal recovery processes |
| US11002123B2 (en) | 2017-08-31 | 2021-05-11 | Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company | Thermal recovery methods for recovering viscous hydrocarbons from a subterranean formation |
| US11261725B2 (en) | 2017-10-24 | 2022-03-01 | Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company | Systems and methods for estimating and controlling liquid level using periodic shut-ins |
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