Study of Hydrocarbon Miscible Solvent Slug Injection Process for Improved Recovery of Heavy Oil From Schrader Bluff Pool, Milne Point Unit, Alaska. Final Report
The National Energy Strategy Plan (NES) has called for 900,000 barrels/day production of heavy oil in the mid-1990s to meet our national needs. To achieve this goal, it is important that the Alaskan heavy oil fields be brought to production. Alaska has more than 25 billion barrels of heavy oil depos...
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ftunivnotexas:info:ark/67531/metadc672903 2023-05-15T17:40:12+02:00 Study of Hydrocarbon Miscible Solvent Slug Injection Process for Improved Recovery of Heavy Oil From Schrader Bluff Pool, Milne Point Unit, Alaska. Final Report United States. Department of Energy. 1995-11-01 250 p. Text https://doi.org/10.2172/188915 https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc672903/ English eng University of Alaska Fairbanks. Petroleum Development Laboratory. other: DE96006092 rep-no: DOE/BC/14864--15 grantno: FG22-93BC14864 doi:10.2172/188915 osti: 188915 https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc672903/ ark: ark:/67531/metadc672903 Other Information: PBD: Nov 1995 02 Petroleum Oil Fields Sand Waterflooding Carbon Dioxide Reservoir Engineering Miscible-Phase Displacement Alaska Stratigraphy Porosity Natural Gas Liquids Solvents Reservoir Rock Report 1995 ftunivnotexas https://doi.org/10.2172/188915 2021-01-16T23:08:01Z The National Energy Strategy Plan (NES) has called for 900,000 barrels/day production of heavy oil in the mid-1990s to meet our national needs. To achieve this goal, it is important that the Alaskan heavy oil fields be brought to production. Alaska has more than 25 billion barrels of heavy oil deposits. Conoco, and now BP Exploration have been producing from Schrader Bluff Pool, which is part of the super heavy oil field known as West Sak Field. Schrader Bluff reservoir, located in the Milne Point Unit, North Slope of Alaska, is estimated to contain up to 1.5 billion barrels of (14 to 21{degrees}API) oil in place. The field is currently under production by primary depletion; however, the primary recovery will be much smaller than expected. Hence, waterflooding will be implemented earlier than anticipated. The eventual use of enhanced oil recovery (EOR) techniques, such as hydrocarbon miscible solvent slug injection process, is vital for recovery of additional oil from this reservoir. The purpose of this research project was to determine the nature of miscible solvent slug which would be commercially feasible, to evaluate the performance of the hydrocarbon miscible solvent slug process, and to assess the feasibility of this process for improved recovery of heavy oil from Schrader Bluff reservoir. The laboratory experimental work includes: slim tube displacement experiments and coreflood experiments. The components of solvent slug includes only those which are available on the North Slope of Alaska. Report north slope Alaska University of North Texas: UNT Digital Library Milne Point ENVELOPE(-100.852,-100.852,73.835,73.835) Nes ENVELOPE(7.634,7.634,62.795,62.795) Nes’ ENVELOPE(44.681,44.681,66.600,66.600) |
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The National Energy Strategy Plan (NES) has called for 900,000 barrels/day production of heavy oil in the mid-1990s to meet our national needs. To achieve this goal, it is important that the Alaskan heavy oil fields be brought to production. Alaska has more than 25 billion barrels of heavy oil deposits. Conoco, and now BP Exploration have been producing from Schrader Bluff Pool, which is part of the super heavy oil field known as West Sak Field. Schrader Bluff reservoir, located in the Milne Point Unit, North Slope of Alaska, is estimated to contain up to 1.5 billion barrels of (14 to 21{degrees}API) oil in place. The field is currently under production by primary depletion; however, the primary recovery will be much smaller than expected. Hence, waterflooding will be implemented earlier than anticipated. The eventual use of enhanced oil recovery (EOR) techniques, such as hydrocarbon miscible solvent slug injection process, is vital for recovery of additional oil from this reservoir. The purpose of this research project was to determine the nature of miscible solvent slug which would be commercially feasible, to evaluate the performance of the hydrocarbon miscible solvent slug process, and to assess the feasibility of this process for improved recovery of heavy oil from Schrader Bluff reservoir. The laboratory experimental work includes: slim tube displacement experiments and coreflood experiments. The components of solvent slug includes only those which are available on the North Slope of Alaska. |
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Study of Hydrocarbon Miscible Solvent Slug Injection Process for Improved Recovery of Heavy Oil From Schrader Bluff Pool, Milne Point Unit, Alaska. Final Report |
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Study of Hydrocarbon Miscible Solvent Slug Injection Process for Improved Recovery of Heavy Oil From Schrader Bluff Pool, Milne Point Unit, Alaska. Final Report |
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Study of Hydrocarbon Miscible Solvent Slug Injection Process for Improved Recovery of Heavy Oil From Schrader Bluff Pool, Milne Point Unit, Alaska. Final Report |
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Study of Hydrocarbon Miscible Solvent Slug Injection Process for Improved Recovery of Heavy Oil From Schrader Bluff Pool, Milne Point Unit, Alaska. Final Report |
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Study of Hydrocarbon Miscible Solvent Slug Injection Process for Improved Recovery of Heavy Oil From Schrader Bluff Pool, Milne Point Unit, Alaska. Final Report |
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study of hydrocarbon miscible solvent slug injection process for improved recovery of heavy oil from schrader bluff pool, milne point unit, alaska. final report |
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University of Alaska Fairbanks. Petroleum Development Laboratory. |
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