Sub-and supercritical water upgrading of heavy oil: A review of laboratory-scale research on upgrading performance and physicochemical mechanism

Q Zhao, J Niu, Y Dong, Z Song, B Ke, P An, H Jin… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
In order to alleviate the pressure on the international energy supply, people began to turn
their attention to the abundant reserves of heavy oil resources. However, the high density …

Review on mechanisms of petrophysical properties variation during thermal fluids injection into heavy oil reservoirs

S Yang, E Yang, Z Qi, W Yan, J Tian, M Dong… - Geoenergy Science and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Thermal fluids-induced variation petrophysical properties are non-negligible for heavy oil
well production performance during thermal recovery, which has been studied and …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanism of High-Pressure Dilation of Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage by Cyclic Multi-Agent Injection

Q Lv, G Yang, Y Xie, X Ma, Y Wu, Y Yao, L Chen - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
The reservoir properties of super-heavy oil reservoirs in fluvial sedimentation are relatively
poor, with high heterogeneity directly affecting the steam injection rate and expansion …

Numerically Coupled Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Analyses of Ultra-Heavy Oil Reservoirs during the Micro-Fracturing Stage

Y Gao, X Wang, H Jiang, S Ding - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Water injection in SAGD well pairs has rapidly developed to improve the circulation
preheating efficiency and the steam chamber propagation speed. However, a key problem is …

Numerical Investigation of a Novel Bottom-Up Assisted Pressure Drive Process in Oil Sands Reservoirs with Shale Barriers

M Yang, S Wang, Q Feng, Y Yuan - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) is widely applied to recover bitumen and heavy oil
resources. Reservoir heterogeneity, especially the presence of shale barriers, continues to …

Mechanisms and Influence Factors of Downhole Electrical Heating-Assisted Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage Production

Y Wu, B Lv, T Liu, C Wang, Y Jiang, S Li - ACS omega, 2022 - ACS Publications
Approximately 70% steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) wellpairs have entered into the
production phase in China, while due to the fluvial sedimentation environment with strong …

Experimental and Numerical Investigation on Infilled Vertical Well LASER‐Assisted SAGD

D Chao, W Yongbin, Y Guo, L Chihui - Geofluids, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In the SAGD process with dual horizontal wells in heterogeneous reservoirs, the injection
pressure of steam huff‐n‐puff by infilled interwell vertical wells is too high, and the heat …

Digital Simulation of Blockage-Removing Mechanism Upon Microfracturing of Unconsolidated Sandstone Formation

H Zhu, B Lin - ARMA/DGS/SEG International Geomechanics …, 2022 - onepetro.org
Fine migration is considered to be the primary factor leading to the production decline of the
unconsolidated sandstone formations. Micro-fracturing technology is regarded as a practical …

Experimental and Numerical Investigation on Infilled Vertical Well LASER-Assisted SAGD

C Ding, Y Wu, Y Guo, L Chihui - Geofluids (Online), 2022 - search.proquest.com
In the SAGD process with dual horizontal wells in heterogeneous reservoirs, the injection
pressure of steam huff-n-puff by infilled interwell vertical wells is too high, and the heat …

[引用][C] Research Article Experimental and Numerical Investigation on Infilled Vertical Well LASER-Assisted SAGD

D Chao, W Yongbin, Y Guo, L Chihui - 2022