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The assessment of fracture geometrical properties on the performance of conventional in situ combustion

Fatemi, S. M ; Sharif University of Technology

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1080/10916460903419214
  3. Abstract:
  4. The aim of the present work is to evaluate the effect of fractures geometrical properties such as orientation, density, location, and networking on the conventional fire flooding (CFF) process performance through simulation analysis. Combustion parameters of a fractured low-permeable carbonate heavy oil reservoir in Iran called Kuh-E-Mond (KEM); applied for simulation study and simulator has been validated with KEM combustion tube experimental data. The validated model was modified to study CFF in 3D semi-scaled combustion cells. Simulation results confirmed that CFF is more feasible in the case of densely fractured reservoirs such as those in the Middle East
  5. Keywords:
  6. Enhanced heavy oil recovery ; Combustion parameters ; Combustion tubes ; Experimental data ; Fractured carbonate reservoirs ; Fractured reservoir ; Geometrical property ; Heavy oil recovery ; Heavy oil reservoirs ; In-situ ; Middle East ; Process performance ; Simulation analysis ; Simulation result ; Simulation studies ; Carbonation ; Fracture ; Geometry ; Heavy oil production ; Petroleum reservoir engineering ; Petroleum reservoirs ; Thermal oil recovery ; Three dimensional ; In situ combustion
  7. Source: Petroleum Science and Technology ; Volume 29, Issue 6 , Feb , 2011 , Pages 613-625 ; 10916466 (ISSN)
  8. URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10916460903419214