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Thermal Recovery of Oil and Bitumen by Roger M. Butler

Thermal Recovery of Oil and Bitumen Roger M. Butler ebook
Format: pdf
Page: 496
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ISBN: 0139149538, 9780139149535

Image I recently got the chance to tag along with a group of journalism fellows on a tour of some oil sands production sites in Alberta, which is home to almost all of Canada's oil sands reserves.The Canadian oil They are a mix of naturally occurring bitumen, sticky oil and abrasive sand. In situ (in place recovery or without excavation) is currently being done using steam injection with well recovery to heat and mobilize the goo. This apparently paradoxical situation is occurring because supplies of conventional crude oil have peaked while growing economies in South America have increased demand for refined fuel. Cenovus-christina-lake-oil-sands Experts say more bitumen will be recovered from thermal projects than traditional mining by 2015; but this latest report means that's already ahead of schedule. With today's technology there are roughly 170 billion barrels of oil to be recovered in the tar sands, and an additional 1.63 trillion barrels worth underground if every last bit of bitumen could be separated from sand. Thermal Projects Wabiskaw - Recognized the potential for cost-effective thermal recovery of a 2.0 billion barrel bitumen deposit in the Grand Rapids Formation within the Woodenhouse area. Trinidad and Tobago High Commission in Canada exploring Drilling Operations for Heavy Oil Resource. SAGD extracts bitumen from underground by drilling wells into the reservoir, as with conventional oil and natural gas production. Image source:US EIA of oil sand assets in Alberta. SAGD recovery involves drilling pairs of horizontal wells, one placed above the other in each pair. Steam is Another drilling technology being discussed is also a form of thermal recovery called cyclic steam stimulation (CSS). There are currently two main categories of processes for in situ—i.e., underground, without mining—thermal recovery of bitumen and heavy oil: steam injection and combustion. It won't add any more to GHG emission than other sources of Oil, or indeed actually less, IF AND ONLY IF they use Nuclear Electricity, Nuclear Steam & Process Heat and Nuclear Hydrogen to extract & refine the bitumen.