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Syncrude
Extra-Heavy Oil, Oil Sands, Oil Shale 3 Billion Barrels per Year
Synthetic Fuel
Coal, Natural Gas ~0.1 Billion Barrels per Year
Specific Gravity
<0.870 0.870 to 0.920
Heavy
Extra-Heavy (Alberta Heavy
>0.929
>1.000 0.945 to 1.007)
(Alberta Bitumen
1.014)
Viscosity
~ 50 cP ~5,000 ~10,000 ~100,000 Solid
Middle East
North America
South America
North America South America Middle East Asia Africa Russia Europe
Extra-Heavy Crude
Extra-Heavy Crude
Largest Deposit, nearly 90% of Worlds Extra-Heavy Oil: Orinoco Heavy Oil Belt, Venezuela
- The Venezuelan national oil company says: 1,360 billion barrels (1.36 trillion) in place.
Oil Sands
(Tar Sands)
81% of worlds estimated oil-sand supply is in Canada Oil sands: Bitumen in sand deposits at a 1% to 20% level Bitumen wont flow at room temperature, must be heated
Currently, mostly open-pit mining is used, but 80% of the reserves are too deep for open-pit mining.
Upgrading
In order to obtain syncrude for use in a refinery, must: Crack large molecules to smaller, less viscous ones
Add hydrogen to carbon-rich, hydrogen-deficient molecules Remove sulfur (5%) and nitrogen (0.6%)
Oil Shale
Oil Shale
Enormous resources worldwide: 2.9 trillion barrels of technically recoverable oil 0.50 - 2.0 trillion barrels of technically recoverable oil in the USA
1.) Underground mining and surface retorting of kerogen (1970s) 2.) in situ: Heat to 700 degrees F underground, vaporizing water to steam, shattering rock (under development by Shell Oil)
production).
In situ: Requires energy for heating
CHOPS
The production of sand creates long channels or wormholes with high permeability. The combination of foamy oil behavior and the high permeability channels accounts for the high recovery factors and high production rates
CHOPS
More profitable than thermal methods Very low CAPEX (cheap verticals) OPEX has been reduced NO Pumping issues (PC pumps can handle large sand %) Sand disposal has been solved
PPT
P - Pressure P - Pulsing T Techniques Sharp pressure pulses applied to the liquid in wells Reduces advective instabilities Reduces capillary blockage effects Reduces pore throat blockage
Increases the basic flow rate Increases OOIP recovery Reduces coning, viscous fingering Reduces plugging by fines and asphaltenes Helps overcome capillary barriers at throats Emerging technology, much remains to be optimized
GAD
G Gravity A Assisted D Drainage methods Horizontal wells are essential Flow is driven by density differences Most effective with a gas phase Wells produce slowly, but recovery ratios can be very high, >90%
Not for thermal heavy oil Good kv is required Ideal approach for converting old conventional fields to a GD process Operating expenses are quite low Should be considered for new fields, and for renewing old fields