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…
In situ combustion (ISC) has been regarded as an efficient technique for the exploitation of heavy oil reserves. In this work, the thermal behavior of one heavy crude oil and the fractions of its saturates, aromatics, resins, and asphaltenes (SARA)…
A good understanding of the interactions between the fractions of Saturates (S), Aromatics (A), Resin (R) and Asphaltenes (A) of crude oils is of great significance for in-situ combustion (ISC). However, due to the vast physiochemical diversity of…
In situ combustion (ISC) plays a significant role in the exploitation of heavy crude oil. In this study, the thermal behaviors and kinetics of combustion of heavy crude oil and its saturates-aromatics-reins-asphaltenes (SARA) fractions were…
Oil-dispersed -Fe2O3 nanocatalysts were prepared by coating -Fe2O3 nanoparticles with oleic acid (OA). Mossbauer spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and field emission scanning electron microscopy were used to characterize -Fe2O3 and -Fe2O3@OA. Their…
Field-scale reservoir simulation of In-Situ Combustion (ISC) process has been a grey area worldwide, due to the complexities of reactions involved and availability of kinetic model that can cover every aspects of an ISC process properly i.e.…
High-Pressure Air Injection (HPAI) as an enhanced oil recovery (EOR) method has a high potential and has already been effectively applied for carbonate reservoirs development. The target object of the current research is a Kirsanovskoe oil field…
The technical advantages of air injection development of different oil reservoirs in China were introduced. Based on the latest research results of laboratory and field tests, the oxidation reaction features of both light and heavy crude oil at…
Thermal methods have attracted a significant attention for the extraction of high-viscosity oil and natural bitumen. One of the promising methods for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) is in-situ combustion (ISC). In the reservoir, the combustion process…
Light crude oil from the lower member of the Paleogene Xiaganchaigou Formation of Gaskule in Qinghai Oilfield was selected to carry out thermal kinetic analysis experiments and calculate the activation energy during the oil oxidation process. The…
The present work describes a set of four in-situ combustion (ISC) tests for assessing the applicability of the technology for the heavy oil (19 API) carbonate field and determining the optimal initial oil saturation. The potential candidate for the…
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…
In situ combustion (ISC) method is considered as a relatively inexpensive and effective method for enhanced oil recovery (EOR). It can achieve a very high oil recovery factor due to a significant increase of pressure and temperature during the…
This work investigates the thermo-oxidative behaviour of saturates, aromatics, and resins, at different pressures of 0.084, 3.0, and 6.0 MPa. Saturates (S), aromatics (Ar), and resins (R) were characterized by elemental analysis, vapor pressure…
Synthesis of Compound Esters based on Acid Chloride of Low-Molecular Petroleum Acids of Baku Marine Oil Fields and Chiral Unsaturated Alcohols. The physicochemical properties of the compound naphthenic acid esters are determined, and the…
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…
In this work, on the example of rock samples from Permian deposits of the heavy oil field from the depth interval 117.5–188.6 m, a comprehensive study of the composition of oil-saturated rocks, as well as thermogravimetric parameters and kinetics of…
As an enhanced oil recovery method, the air injection process (AIP) has been applied for decades. However, deviations are still being identified between laboratory tests and field applications. One possible reason for such deviations is the formation…
In this work, on the example of rock samples from Permian deposits of the heavy oil field from the depth interval 117.5–188.6 m, a comprehensive study of the composition of oil-saturated rocks, as well as thermogravimetric parameters and kinetics of…
This work investigates the thermo-oxidative behaviour of saturates, aromatics, and resins, at different pressures of 0.084, 3.0, and 6.0 MPa. Saturates (S), aromatics (Ar), and resins (R) were characterized by elemental analysis, vapor pressure…
As an enhanced oil recovery method, the air injection process (AIP) has been applied for decades. However, deviations are still being identified between laboratory tests and field applications. One possible reason for such deviations is the formation…
Spontaneous combustion risk of sulfurized rust is the main cause of fire and explosion accidents during crude oil storage and transportation. In order to analyze the effect of crude oil on the thermal behavior of sulfurized rust, thermos-gravimetric…
Spontaneous combustion risk of sulfurized rust is the main cause of fire and explosion accidents during crude oil storage and transportation. In order to analyze the effect of crude oil on the thermal behavior of sulfurized rust, thermos-gravimetric…