Optimal Distance Between Wells In SAGD Based On Material Balance Method

DOI

10.2991/aime-18.2018.34How to use a DOI?

Keywords

physical and mathematical modeling, oil recovery, steam-assisted gravity drainage, underground hydromechanics, numerical methods, heat and mass transfer

Abstract

The article discusses the modeling of SAGD using the method of material balance and Butler’s model. This method is very important in the development of heavy oil fields. The application of the integral approach based on the material balance method and Butler’s model allows saving time of modeling without loss of accuracy, giving physically consistent results. For the first time in such integral approach, debits of water and oil are considered to be variable. Real data on Western fields are used for calculations. The final results are comparable with similar data on foreign articles, which are, however, calculated using the basic system of equations of mechanics of multiphase systems, requiring large time-consuming. The key result is an optimal distance between the wells, allowing the development of real fields with maximum economic benefit

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - A.Ya. Gilmanov
AU  - A.P. Shevelev
PY  - 2018/04
DA  - 2018/04
TI  - Optimal Distance Between Wells In SAGD Based On Material Balance Method
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference "Actual Issues of Mechanical Engineering" (AIME 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 174
EP  - 178
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aime-18.2018.34
DO  - 10.2991/aime-18.2018.34
ID  - Gilmanov2018/04
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