Application and Outlook of In-situ Combustion for Developing Heavy Oil Reservoir

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10.2991/icsma-16.2016.36How to use a DOI?

Keywords

In-situ combustion, Heavy oil reservoir, Burning front, Ignition technique

Abstract

As the most potential development method of heavy oil reservoir, in-situ combustion has the maximal recovery factor due to its multiple displacement mechanisms. The paper presents the enhancing oil recovery mechanism of in-situ combustion through analyzing the combustion principle of crude oil in reservoir and displacement mechanism of burning front. Then the five key technologies of in-situ combustion were discussed primarily here on the basis of oil burning characteristic in reservoir, including the selecting criterion of in-situ combustion for heavy oil reservoir, ignition technique, monitoring technique of burning, combustion control technique of burning front, physical and mathematical simulation of in-situ combustion. From the discussion, present technique status was presented, the key problems were exposed, and the technique demands and long term potential were brought forward. As In-situ combustion being in the ascendant, the paper summarized its enhancing oil recovery mechanism, the techniques demanding and the outlook in the future, which provided the most advanced technologies and point out the developing direction about it.

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Xishun Zhang
AU  - Chunqing Lin
AU  - Liming Gu
AU  - Yinghu Xia
AU  - Zhaoxia Guo
AU  - Junfeng Shi
AU  - Ruidong Zhao
AU  - Xin Zhang
AU  - Shiwen Chen
PY  - 2016/12
DA  - 2016/12
TI  - Application and Outlook of In-situ Combustion for Developing Heavy Oil Reservoir
BT  - Proceedings of the 2016 4th International Conference on Sensors, Mechatronics and Automation (ICSMA 2016)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 197
EP  - 201
SN  - 1951-6851
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icsma-16.2016.36
DO  - 10.2991/icsma-16.2016.36
ID  - Zhang2016/12
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