CA2342955A1 - Liquid addition to steam for enhancing recovery of cyclic steam stimulation or laser-css - Google Patents

Liquid addition to steam for enhancing recovery of cyclic steam stimulation or laser-css Download PDF

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CA2342955A1
CA2342955A1 CA002342955A CA2342955A CA2342955A1 CA 2342955 A1 CA2342955 A1 CA 2342955A1 CA 002342955 A CA002342955 A CA 002342955A CA 2342955 A CA2342955 A CA 2342955A CA 2342955 A1 CA2342955 A1 CA 2342955A1
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LASER-CSS provides a method to improve cyclic steam-based thermal recovery methods for heavy oils and bitumen. A key improvement over prior art consists of mixing liquid hydrocarbons into the injected steam instead of injecting such hydrocarbon as a separate slug in front of a steam stimulation cycle. The objective of the invention is to enhance field applications of Cyclic Steam Stimulation (CSS) by contacting and mobilizing more of the bitumen with the same amount of steam.
This is to help increase the recovery efficiency and ultimate recovery normally achieved with conventional CSS-type process operations. The proposed LASER-CSS method utilizes existing CSS wells at some intermediate stage of reservoir depletion.
Liquid hydrocarbons are directly mixed and flashed into the injected steam lines, injected into the CSS wellbores and further transported as vapors to contact heavy oil or bitumen surrounding steamed areas between adjacent wells. For the most part injected hydrocarbons are reproduced dissolved within the produced bitumen phase. The optimum loading of hydrocarbons injected with steam will be chosen to maximize pressure drawdown and fluid removal of the reservoir using conventional CSS
artificial lift equipment already in place.
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