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dc.contributor.advisorTorsæter, Olenb_NO
dc.contributor.authorMarianayagam, Kristin Rekanb_NO
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-19T12:16:33Z
dc.date.available2014-12-19T12:16:33Z
dc.date.created2012-11-10nb_NO
dc.date.issued2012nb_NO
dc.identifier566934nb_NO
dc.identifierntnudaim:7243nb_NO
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/239852
dc.description.abstractThe world’s total oil reserves are to some extent dominated by heavy oil. The heavy oil reserves are doubled in volume compared to conventional oil reserves. As conventional oil reservoirs are depleting, heavy oil and bitumen possesses a great potential in covering parts of the future energy demand. The possibility of horizontal drilling has created a pathway for SAGD (Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage), which is the most preferred heavy oil and bitumen recovery method. The mechanism of SAGD involves two parallel horizontal wells, one for production and one for injection. The production well is situated at the bottom of the reservoir and the injection well is placed above. Steam is injected and heats up the oil which is then able to flow to the production well by gravity drainage. In the present thesis, a numerical study of parameters has been performed in relation to SAGD implementation in the Athabasca field. The thermal simulator utilized is CMG STARS. The Athabasca field is located in Northern Alberta in the Western Canada Sedimentary basin. Due to the complexity of core extraction in bitumen reservoirs, a comprehensive sensitivity analysis is significant in order to determine the appropriate production approach. The present study confirmed that a decrease in viscosity and increase in porosity yielded higher oil recoveries. All oil recoveries found in 3D simulations were within model uncertainties compared to the 2D result. Increase in horizontal and vertical permeabilities resulted in higher oil recovery up to a certain limit, where exceeding permeabilities provided limited increase in oil recovery. The effect of different vertical well spacing proved to have minor effect on amount of oil produced. Yet, based on cumulative steam oil ratio (CSOR) it was proposed to maintain a vertical well spacing in the range of 3.5 to 7 meters.nb_NO
dc.languageengnb_NO
dc.publisherInstitutt for petroleumsteknologi og anvendt geofysikknb_NO
dc.subjectntnudaim:7243no_NO
dc.subjectMTGEOP Geofag og petroleumsteknologino_NO
dc.subjectReservoarteknologino_NO
dc.titleNumerical Simulation Study on Parameters related to Athabasca Bitumen Recovery with SAGDnb_NO
dc.typeMaster thesisnb_NO
dc.source.pagenumber120nb_NO
dc.contributor.departmentNorges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Fakultet for ingeniørvitenskap og teknologi, Institutt for petroleumsteknologi og anvendt geofysikknb_NO


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