The prediction of reservoir fluid production law play a key role in offshore oil field development plan design. It determines the parameter selection of pump displacement, oilfield submarine pipe capacity, platform fluid handling capacity, power…
The prediction of reservoir fluid production law play a key role in offshore oil field development plan design. It determines the parameter selection of pump displacement, oilfield submarine pipe capacity, platform fluid handling capacity, power…
The prediction of reservoir fluid production law play a key role in offshore oil field development plan design. It determines the parameter selection of pump displacement, oilfield submarine pipe capacity, platform fluid handling capacity, power…
Due to the complex structure and massive volume of large equipment in petrochemical enterprises, it was very difficult to carry out inspection and maintenance work. The traditional expert system used a single knowledge base and reasoning machine, so…
Based on analysis of horizontal well data characteristics, the differences of data distribution and variogram between vertical and horizontal wells in MPE3 oil field of Orinoco heavy oil belt were compared, and modeling strategies were proposed to…
Due to the complex structure and massive volume of large equipment in petrochemical enterprises, it was very difficult to carry out inspection and maintenance work. The traditional expert system used a single knowledge base and reasoning machine, so…
Based on analysis of horizontal well data characteristics, the differences of data distribution and variogram between vertical and horizontal wells in MPE3 oil field of Orinoco heavy oil belt were compared, and modeling strategies were proposed to…
The objective of this study was to assess the feasibility of application of analytics techniques in a new heavy oil asset in Kuwait in the following areas: data integration and visualization to support Well, Reservoir and Facility Management (WRFM),…
Due to the complex structure and massive volume of large equipment in petrochemical enterprises, it was very difficult to carry out inspection and maintenance work. The traditional expert system used a single knowledge base and reasoning machine, so…
The objective of this study was to assess the feasibility of application of analytics techniques in a new heavy oil asset in Kuwait in the following areas: data integration and visualization to support Well, Reservoir and Facility Management (WRFM),…
Based on analysis of horizontal well data characteristics, the differences of data distribution and variogram between vertical and horizontal wells in MPE3 oil field of Orinoco heavy oil belt were compared, and modeling strategies were proposed to…
The prediction of reservoir fluid production law play a key role in offshore oil field development plan design. It determines the parameter selection of pump displacement, oilfield submarine pipe capacity, platform fluid handling capacity, power…
In recent years, big data and relevant analytics technologies have become increasingly popular in E&P industry. Numerous tools and techniques such as Hadoop, HBase, Hive and Mahout have been created to store, administrate and analyze big data with a…
The objective of this study was to assess the feasibility of application of analytics techniques in a new heavy oil asset in Kuwait in the following areas: data integration and visualization to support Well, Reservoir and Facility Management (WRFM),…
In recent years, the application of Big Data technologies and associated analytics has enjoyed significant attention and has seen an enormous growth in the oil industry. This is due to exponential growth of both historical and real-time data being…
Due to the complex structure and massive volume of large equipment in petrochemical enterprises, it was very difficult to carry out inspection and maintenance work. The traditional expert system used a single knowledge base and reasoning machine, so…
The prediction of reservoir fluid production law play a key role in offshore oil field development plan design. It determines the parameter selection of pump displacement, oilfield submarine pipe capacity, platform fluid handling capacity, power…
Heavy oils are sometimes diluted with petroleum solvents for pipeline transportation, and it is necessary to ensure that the selected solvent does not precipitate asphaltenes from the oil. The modified regular solution (MRS) model can predict…
The present work focuses on the improvement of flow properties during the transportation of heavy oil via 0.0254-, 0.0381-, and 0.0508-m-diameter pipelines. The effect of temperature, water cut, natural extract Madhuca Longifolia (ML), and potato…
Development and the required availability of energy resources, especially oil, drew attention to developing methods for transporting high-viscosity and high-pour-point petroleum crude efficiently at a reasonable cost. For this purpose, graphite was…
Heavy crude oil is a valuable energy resource that is very abundant but also very viscous which complicates exploitation of these resources. One efficient and environmentally friendly heavy oil recovery technique uses exothermic oxidation reactions…
On the basis of self-designed and built pipeline system of drag reduction on water annulus transportation of heavy oil, the flow resistance characteristics of heavy oil simulated by 500# white oil under the action of water ring in horizontal pipe…
Objectives/Scope: Mature fields operations, which are almost 70% of today's production have a high water cut content. For each barrel of oil produced there can be 3 or more barrels of water. This means that operational conditions are challenging and…
In order to decrease transportation cost, experimental studies on viscosity reduction of heavy oil-water system and on viscosity changing rules by ultrasonic wave have been carried out. The results show that ultrasonic wave process can reduce reverse…
With the increased water content in heavy oil gathering pipelines and application of cold transportation methods, understanding adhesion behavior in heavy oil/water/pipeline wall systems has greatly gained in importance. Here, a combined experimental…
The oil industry consists of a great diversity of stages such as the extraction, storage, transportation, and processing of crude oil. In particular, oil storage turns out to be an area of interest for research because this specific stage is…
Background Heavy and super-heavy oils are characterized by a high content of resins and asphaltenes, which complicate the transportation and refining of oil and lead to an increase in the cost of refinery products. Currently, of particular interest…
As one of the most abundant metals in heavy oils, Ni has suffered so notably increasing impacts from industrial and traffic activities that anthropogenic Ni emissions have altered natural geochemical processes. The coral Ni/Ca has become a reliable…
A continuous increase in the global demand for liquid fuels has led to increased reliance on unconventional sources of fossil fuels such as bitumen. The extraction, midstream transportation, and ultimate processing of heavy oils presents a…
Heavy oil reservoirs contain a large amount of hydrocarbons that are relatively difficult to produce and lift to the surface due to the very low mobility of these heavy oils. Even after producing these heavy oils, transportation problems arise as…
The development of concentrated and highly stable oil-in-water (O/W) emulsion is considered to be a cost-effective alternative for the transportation of produced heavy crude oils. However, the demulsification of a transported O/W emulsion is…
With the present energy scenario, the oil companies are persuading to exploit crude oil resources with high viscosity and an extreme chemical composition which makes production and transportation complex. The rheology of crude oil is related to the…
In the lubricated pipe flow (LPF) of non-conventional oils, a water annulus acts as the lubricant. It separates the viscous oil from the pipe wall by taking a steady state position at the high shear region in the pipe. Compared to transporting the…
Recently, global attraction has shifted toward heavy unconventional crude oil due to the depletion of light oil resources. Generally, heavy crude oils are highly viscous in nature
Heavy crude oil (HCO) is still possessing concrete challenges due to its ineffective flowing characteristics. Asphaltenes and resins are the complex fractions of heavy oil, possessing relatively high polar constituents of heteroatoms, which tend to…
In view of the situation that heavy oil well production fluid needs to be gathered and transferred by heating or with heat water to ensure the normal operation, a kind of cold transportation viscosity reducer was developed through the compounding of…
Amongst the innumerable challenges that permeate the production chain of heavy oils, the transportation stage deserves to be highlighted. Due to its high viscosity, heavy oils exhibit considerable flow resistance, requiring auxiliary mechanisms to…
Heavy crude oil shows high viscosity combined with low mobility, which affects the efficient transportation through pipelines. Drag has long been identified as the main reason for the loss of energy in pipeline fluid transmission and other similar…
Heavy crude oils are complex fluid mixture with a high proportion of asphaltic molecules, sulfur and several heavy metals like nickel, vanadium, and nitrogen. These components will affect negatively transporting viscous crude oil from production…
The use of asphaltic crude oil resources as an alternative to offset light oil supplies over the next years has attracted oil field attention. However, its high viscosity greatly impedes the production of asphaltic crude oil from wells and…
Abstract: Viscosity reduction is one of the key issues for heavy oil reservoir development and its transportation. Up to now, the mechanisms for ultrasonic viscosity reduction still remain unclear, especially for that of heavy crude oil which needs…
Heavy or extra-heavy crude oil has difficulty in transportation, especially for off shore. Catalytic upgrade treatment with iron oil-soluble catalyst (FASFe) was used in this paper to reduce crude oil's viscosity and meet the transport demand. After…
The increasing energy demand is persuading oil companies to exploit unconventional reserves of heavy and extra heavy crude oil, which are characterized for their elevated viscosities and upraised production costs. Expensive flow modifiers are often…
Numerous viscosity predicting models for mixed crude oil at various operating conditions had been established and widely applied in oil industry, but little attention was paid on the mixed viscosity of heavy or extra-heavy oil with a certain amount…
The highly viscous property of heavy oil often causes problems in its transportation in pipelines. Mixing heavy oil with light oil as well as ultrasound treatment are viable solutions to this problem. In this study, extra heavy crude oil samples were…
The composition and structure of pour point depressant/viscosity reducer for pipeline transportation and its application effect in long-distance pipeline transportation in China as well as the application effect of oil-soluble viscosity reducer and…
Reducing the viscosity of heavy oil is of great significance in petroleum production and transportation. In this paper, we studied the reduction of viscosity of crude oil under the irradiation of a 532 nm laser in which the variation of current,…
The production of crude oil has three stages: formation drive, wellbore lifting, and pipeline transportation. This paper summarizes the application effects of flow improvers within several long-distance pipelines in China. The effects of oil- and…