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),…
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),…
Subsea completions offer a number of advantages, but intervention operations can be complex and expensive. A horizontally completed multilateral well exhibited unexpected sand production and a tubing leak leading to the well being shut in. This paper…
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),…
Natural gas hydrate emerges as a sustainable and alternative clean energy source. Japan (2013) and China (2017) have performed production trials on marine natural gas hydrate successfully. Sand production with associated risk is one of the main…
Environmental impact and economics of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) and bitumen transportation are among the major challenges of oil sands operations. We propose and assess a new approach to address these important challenges by using diluted bitumen (DilBit)…
How oil sands bitumen is produced (through mining or in situ methods) and how the crude is processed (either upgraded to synthetic crude oil, SCO, or diluted to produce dilbit) result in a range of crude properties with distinct downstream emissions.…
Maintaining and supporting complete biodegradation during remediation of petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated groundwater in constructed wetlands is vital for the final destruction and removal of contaminants. We aimed to compare and gain insight into…
The Government of Canada has implemented measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including a carbon tax and its proposed Clean Fuel Standard. Alberta's Oil Sands industry, arguably one of Canada's largest and most energy intensive industries,…
In this work, crude oil fractions obtained using n-pentane were analyzed using atmospheric pressure photoionization coupled to ultrahigh-resolution magnetic resonance mass spectrometry. The crude oil was supported on Ottawa sand and transferred to a…
An in-situ spiral separator was designed to sand removal and purification NGH to solve the problems of equipment wear, reservoir collapse and so on, based on the solid fluidization method and combined with the physical properties of mixed slurry.…
Settling tanks have been widely applied to water and sand separation from crude oil. At present, the related studies on the effect of water and sand separation in settling tanks mainly focus on computational simulation methods. This paper puts…
Friction and wear behavior of nitrile butadiene rubber in crude oil with sand was investigated by the reciprocating wear tester, while the movement of sand grains of different shapes during the wear process was also studied. Morphology and chemical…
The spiral separator is an important tool for desanding in natural gas hydrate production, and the change of hydrate reservoir parameters has a great impact on spiral separator behavior. Mastering the influence law is helpful to improve the…
Trinidad and Tobago (TT) have been producing crude oil commercially since 1908. For the past few decades, TTs crude oil production has been in steady decline because most of the oil reservoirs are beyond the primary phase of their production. This…
Crude oil spills near oilfields, a continuous threat to the surrounding soil security and ecological environment, are attracting increased environmental monitoring and protection. There is an urgent need to improve the existing methods for…
Because the thermal release correlates directly with the success of in-situ combustion (ISC) technology, this research performs a series of investigations concerning thermal behavior and kinetics of heavy crude oil during combustion using high…
The purpose of the study is to accurately predict the erosion wear rate and service life of screen pipe protective sleeve in natural gas mining. Firstly, according to the reservoir and completion characteristics, the flow channel model of the screen…
The domestic and abroad experience of production test of natural gas hydrate shows that the problem of sand production is a key factor restricting the effective development of hydrate resources. From the perspective of the flow in porous media of…
Natural gas hydrates are a potential energy resource that can ease the energy crisis, and their development has attracted an increasing amount of worldwide attention. Submarine natural gas hydrates are mainly stored in the shallow strata of deep…
The petrophysical evaluation of the Titas gas field (Titas-15) has been carried out for its reservoir characterization and to quantify the reservoir hydrocarbon prospects and gas productivity. The Quick Log Analysis Tool (QLAT) of PE2 Essentials…
Sand production, which poses a great challenge for sustainable methane gas production, is commonly encountered during natural gas extraction from unconsolidated hydrate-bearing sediments. However, studies on the subject are still limited. This paper…
The good outcrops exposed along the California orogenic belt as well as successful exploration & development provide examples for the study of sandstone injections (injectites). Sandstone injections are widely developed in a variety of sedimentary…
The Government of Canada has implemented measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including a carbon tax and its proposed Clean Fuel Standard. Alberta's Oil Sands industry, arguably one of Canada's largest and most energy intensive industries,…
Over time, crude oil in ship tankers will destabilize where heavier component of crude oil such as emulsified crude oil with sands, are partitioned at the bottom of storage tank. The presence of these components at the bottom of the storage tank such…
Soil-side corrosion of the bottom plates of above ground crude oil storage tanks is a major corrosion challenge in the oil and gas industry, especially when these tanks are constructed on oiled-sand pads. Severe corrosion has been identified on tank…
How oil sands bitumen is produced (through mining or in situ methods) and how the crude is processed (either upgraded to synthetic crude oil, SCO, or diluted to produce dilbit) result in a range of crude properties with distinct downstream emissions.…