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Passive Reservoir Heating for ImprovedBitumen Recovery
M.P. Cimolai, S.C. Solanki and N.R. Edmunds
CIPC 2009-145
June 17, 2009
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2Passive Heating Advantages
What interest would there be for a process that could:
1. Increase SAGD recovery efficiency by ~ 20%?
2. Remove direct steam injection in a thermal recovery process?
3. Optimize the application of solvent for bitumen recovery?
4. Robustly produce bitumen in low grade reservoir?
5. Effectively produce bitumen over bottom water?
6. Successfully exploit thin, non-commercial bitumen zones?
The geology of the Saleski Upper Grosmont carbonateprovides a framework to achieve these advantages.
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3Passive Reservoir Heating Concept
Region 1
Region 3
Region 5
12 m
25 m
12 m
Sub-economic
Sub-economic
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Example SAGD Model
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Time (years)
Oil
Rate
(m3/d
)o
r%
Reco
very
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CS
OR
(m3/m
3)
Oil Rate Percent Recovery CSOR
Region 3 SAGD Recovery
Expanding Steam Chamber Average
Productivity of ~100 m3/d
Subsurface
Energy Balance GJ %
Heat Injected 2,285,990 100
Heat Produced 968,024 42
Heat Loss 1,317,966 58
Heat Retained 462,481 20
Heat Migrated 855,485 38
Migrated Below 461,540 21
Migrated Above 393,945 17
Energy Required 8.80 GJ/m3
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10 cP
60 cP
SAGD Chamber atEnd of Steaming
2. T at End of Steaming
3. T at Abandonment
1. Steam Chamber at End of Steaming
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6Passive Heat-Assisted Recovery (PHARM)
Unassisted PHARM Depletion
PHARM Depletion at Abandonment
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Example SAGD Model - Passive Heating Recovery
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r%
Reco
very
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CS
OR
(m3/m
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Region 3 Oil Rate Region 5 Oil Rate Total Oil Rate CSOR
PHARM Recovery Enhancement
(8.80 – 6.64)
25%Efficiency
Gain
Subsurface
Energy Balance GJ %
Heat Injected 2,285,990 100
Heat Produced 1,007,236 44
Heat Loss 1,278,754 56
Heat Retained 461,906 20
Heat Migrated 816,848 36
Migrated Below 458,944 20
Migrated Above 396,072 16
Energy Required 6.64 GJ/m3
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Impact of Passive Recovery Volumes
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Time (years)
Pe
rce
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Re
gio
n5
/Re
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n3
Pro
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cti
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PHARM Zone Contribution Percentage
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Temperature Profile across Lower Zone
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Time (years)
Te
mp
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ture
(C)
Below Lower Marl Mid Lower Zone Base Lower Zone
PHARM Heating Profile
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Temperature Profile across Lower Zone
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Time (years)
Te
mp
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ture
(C)
Below Lower Marl Mid Lower Zone Base Lower Zone Base Lower Zone with PreHeat
PHARM Heating Profile after Pre-Heat
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SAGD Model - Passive Heating Recovery
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Time (years)
CS
OR
(m3/m
3)
Region 3 Region 5 Regions 1 & 5
PHARM CSOR Enhancement
43% Region 5 Recovery
37% Region 1 Recovery
63% Region 3 Recovery
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12Solvent Based Gravity Drainage with PHARM
The application of solvents for bitumen recovery has received widespreadindustry interest as an additive to reduce steam requirements – currentlyunder commercial development with ESSO (LASER) and Encana (SAP).With PHARM, the straddle formation is pre-heated, eliminating the needfor direct steaming.
“What would be the advantage of solvent injection athigher initial reservoir temperatures?”
Solvent Injector
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m = 43,550 (kφ/µ)0.51
Grosmont Oilwith PHARM
@ 150 C
Solvent Drainage Rate(After Nenniger, “How Fast is Solvent Based Gravity Drainage”, CIPC 2008-139)
m
Solvent Bitumen
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Grosmont Solvent Viscosity/Productivity
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10
100
1,000
10,000
100,000
1,000,000
10,000,000
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Temperature (C)
De
ad
Oil
Vis
co
sit
y(c
P)
or
Pro
du
cti
vit
y(m
3/d
)
Oil Viscosity Example Productivity
m = 43,550 (kφ/µ)0.51
Example with Solvent in Heated Reservoir
Expanding 25m Steam Chamber
Average Productivity of 100 m3/d
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Grosmont PHARM Permeability Thresholds
0.0001
0.0010
0.0100
0.1000
1.0000
10.0000
100.0000
1,000.0000
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100,000.0000
1,000,000.0000
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Temperature (C)
Dra
inag
eR
ate
Perm
eab
ilit
y(m
d)
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Production
Rate
(m3/d)
Reservoir Quality with PHARM and Solvent
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16PHARM Bitumen over Water
Solvent over bottom water:
1. Preheating from top down
2. Buoyancy of diluted bitumen
3. Pressure maintenance indepletion chamber.
ISC over bottom water:
1. Utilize waste, thin bitumen
2. Maximize combustion/heating
3. Ready air injection at contact
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21Breccia Triple Porosity System
Breccia Porosity
1. Matrix
2. Grainstone
3. Vug/Fracture
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23Key PHARMing Advantages
1. PHARM provides multiple opportunities for improved bitumenrecovery in layered reservoirs.
2. Within a pre-heated reservoir, the application of solvent issignificantly enhanced, permitting the drainage of otherwiseinaccessible lower grade reservoir.
3. PHARM can provide an effective means of producing bitumen overunderlying bottom water.
4. Extensive karsting within the Upper Grosmont can provide achannel network for enhanced dispersion of reservoir fluids uniqueto a carbonate environment, providing a greater effectiveness forPHARM processes.
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