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Heavy oil is part of certain petroleum reservoir fluid. Most of heavy oil may be encountered in shallow reservoir. Having lacked of solution gas, the viscosity of heavy oil may reach 1000 cp. Its high viscosity makes it impossible for natural flowing or artificial lift to enhance the recovery of hea...
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| Format: | Final Project |
| Language: | Indonesia |
| Online Access: | https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/7309 |
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| Institution: | Institut Teknologi Bandung |
| Language: | Indonesia |
| Summary: | Heavy oil is part of certain petroleum reservoir fluid. Most of heavy oil may be encountered in shallow reservoir. Having lacked of solution gas, the viscosity of heavy oil may reach 1000 cp. Its high viscosity makes it impossible for natural flowing or artificial lift to enhance the recovery of heavy oil. The high demand of petroleum in the world triggers the petroleum experts to develop a method to lift this valuable heavy oil. The method is thermal recovery. Steamflooding is one of method in thermal recovery. The method lies on the basis that the steam is injected into the reservoir, heating the oil, and displacing the oil. The heating makes the heavy oil less viscous and easier to flow. There are three factors concerning steamflood. They are heat loss, injection temperature, and injection rate. Most of reservoirs are linked to adjacent large water bearing zone or aquifer. The bottom water drive may not only to give a big pressure to keep reservoir pressure high but also to provide high heat loss area. High heat loss makes the heating of heavy less successful. This paper will analyze the impact of bottom water drive on X-Field Ring steamflooding by means of thermal simulator CMG(TM). From the analysis, we may conclude the right steamflooding parameters to undergo steamflooding in an X-Field bottom water drive reservoirs. |
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