公开(公告)号：US20110272152A1

公开(公告)日：2011-11-10

申请号：US13074825

申请日：2011-03-29

申请人： Robert Kaminsky ,  Adam Coutee ,  Matthew A. Dawson ,  Owen J. Hehmeyer ,  Hao Huang ,  Ivan J. Kosik ,  Jean-Pierre Lebel ,  Robert Chick Wattenbarger

发明人： Robert Kaminsky ,  Adam Coutee ,  Matthew A. Dawson ,  Owen J. Hehmeyer ,  Hao Huang ,  Ivan J. Kosik ,  Jean-Pierre Lebel ,  Robert Chick Wattenbarger

IPC分类号： E21B43/16

CPC分类号： E21B43/166 ,  E21B43/30

摘要： To recover oil, including viscous oil, from an underground reservoir, a cyclic solvent-dominated recovery process may be used. A viscosity reducing solvent is injected, and oil and solvent are produced. Unlike steam-dominated recovery processes, solvent-dominated recovery processes cause viscous fingering which should be controlled. To control viscous fingering, operational synchronization is used within groups and not between adjacent groups.

摘要翻译： 为了从地下储层回收包括粘性油在内的油，可以使用以循环溶剂为主的回收工艺。 注入降粘溶剂，制成油和溶剂。 与蒸汽主导的回收过程不同，以溶剂为主的回收过程会引起粘性指法，这些指法应受到控制。 为了控制粘性指法，在组内而不是相邻组之间使用操作同步。

公开(公告)号：US20120325467A1

公开(公告)日：2012-12-27

申请号：US13510823

申请日：2010-10-06

申请人： Jean-Pierre Lebel ,  Thomas J. Boone ,  Adam S. Coutee ,  Matthew A. Dawson ,  Owen J. Hehmeyer ,  Robert D. Kaminsky ,  Rahman Khaledi ,  Ivan J. Kosik ,  Mori Y. Kwan ,  Robert Chick Wattenbarger

发明人： Jean-Pierre Lebel ,  Thomas J. Boone ,  Adam S. Coutee ,  Matthew A. Dawson ,  Owen J. Hehmeyer ,  Robert D. Kaminsky ,  Rahman Khaledi ,  Ivan J. Kosik ,  Mori Y. Kwan ,  Robert Chick Wattenbarger

IPC分类号： E21B43/22

CPC分类号： E21B43/16

摘要： A method of operating a cyclic solvent-dominated recovery process (CSDRP) for recovering viscous oil from a subterranean reservoir of the viscous oil. The cyclic solvent process involves using an injection well to inject a viscosity-reducing solvent into a subterranean viscous oil reservoir. Reduced viscosity oil is produced to the surface using the same well used to inject solvent. The process of alternately injecting solvent and producing a solvent/viscous oil blend through the same wellbore continues in a series of cycles until additional cycles are no longer economical. Aspects of the invention relate to the particular volume of solvent injected in each cycle, when to switch from production to injection, the injection pressure to be used, the production pressure to be used, and to middle and late life operation.

摘要翻译： 一种操作循环溶剂主导回收方法（CSDRP）的方法，用于从粘性油的地下储层中回收粘性油。 循环溶剂方法包括使用注入井将降粘剂溶剂注入到地下粘性油储层中。 使用与注入溶剂相同的孔，向表面产生降粘性油。 交替注入溶剂并通过同一井筒生产溶剂/粘稠油混合物的过程继续进行一系列循环，直到额外的循环不再经济。 本发明的方面涉及在每个循环中注入的溶剂的特定体积，何时从生产切换到注射，要使用的注射压力，使用的生产压力以及中后期的使用寿命。

公开(公告)号：US08899321B2

公开(公告)日：2014-12-02

申请号：US13084256

申请日：2011-04-11

申请人： Matthew A Dawson ,  Owen J Hehmeyer ,  Robert D Kaminsky ,  Mori Y Kwan ,  Jean-Pierre Lebel ,  Robert Chick Wattenbarger ,  Thomas J Boone

发明人： Matthew A Dawson ,  Owen J Hehmeyer ,  Robert D Kaminsky ,  Mori Y Kwan ,  Jean-Pierre Lebel ,  Robert Chick Wattenbarger ,  Thomas J Boone

IPC分类号： E21B47/00 ,  E21B43/16 ,  G06Q99/00

CPC分类号： E21B43/16 ,  G06Q99/00

摘要： Described are methods of distributing a viscosity reducing solvent to a set of wells terminating in an underground oil reservoir where the variation in the net solvent injection rate is minimized. The net solvent injection rate is the difference between the total solvent injection rate and the total solvent production rate from the set of wells, for example on an instantaneous or daily rate basis. Minimizing this variation can reduce costs associated with surface solvent storage, subsurface solvent storage, and solvent supply, since solvent supply often is least expensive when supplied at near a fixed rate. One option is to operate well pairs and to inject solvent into one well of the pair while producing oil and solvent from the other well of the pair. These methods are particularly useful in solvent-dominated, cyclic or non-cyclic, viscous oil recovery processes.

摘要翻译： 描述了将减粘溶剂分配到终止于地下储油室中的一组井，其中净溶剂喷射速率的变化最小化的方法。 净溶剂注入速率是从一组孔中的总溶剂注入速率和总溶剂生产速率之间的差异，例如以瞬时或每日速率为基础。 最小化这种变化可以降低与表面溶剂储存，地下溶剂储存和溶剂供应相关的成本，因为当以接近固定速率供应时，溶剂供应通常是最便宜的。 一个选择是操作井对，并将溶剂注入到一对井中，同时从该井的另一个井中产生油和溶剂。 这些方法在以溶剂为主的，循环的或非循环的粘稠油回收方法中特别有用。

公开(公告)号：US20110295771A1

公开(公告)日：2011-12-01

申请号：US13084256

申请日：2011-04-11

申请人： Matthew A Dawson ,  Owen J Hehmeyer ,  Robert D Kaminsky ,  Mori Y Kwan ,  Jean-Pierre Lebel ,  Robert Chick Wattenbarger ,  Thomas J Boone

发明人： Matthew A Dawson ,  Owen J Hehmeyer ,  Robert D Kaminsky ,  Mori Y Kwan ,  Jean-Pierre Lebel ,  Robert Chick Wattenbarger ,  Thomas J Boone

IPC分类号： E21B43/16 ,  G06Q90/00

CPC分类号： E21B43/16 ,  G06Q99/00

摘要： Described are methods of distributing a viscosity reducing solvent to a set of wells terminating in an underground oil reservoir where the variation in the net solvent injection rate is minimized. The net solvent injection rate is the difference between the total solvent injection rate and the total solvent production rate from the set of wells, for example on an instantaneous or daily rate basis. Minimizing this variation can reduce costs associated with surface solvent storage, subsurface solvent storage, and solvent supply, since solvent supply often is least expensive when supplied at near a fixed rate. One option is to operate well pairs and to inject solvent into one well of the pair while producing oil and solvent from the other well of the pair. These methods are particularly useful in solvent-dominated, cyclic or non-cyclic, viscous oil recovery processes.

摘要翻译： 描述了将减粘溶剂分配到终止于地下储油室中的一组井，其中净溶剂喷射速率的变化最小化的方法。 净溶剂注入速率是从一组孔中的总溶剂注入速率和总溶剂生产速率之间的差异，例如以瞬时或每日速率为基础。 最小化这种变化可以降低与表面溶剂储存，地下溶剂储存和溶剂供应相关的成本，因为当以接近固定速率供应时，溶剂供应通常是最便宜的。 一个选择是操作井对，并将溶剂注入到一对井中，同时从该井的另一个井中产生油和溶剂。 这些方法在以溶剂为主的，循环的或非循环的粘稠油回收方法中特别有用。