Physical and Numerical Simulation of an Extra-Heavy Crude Oil Downhole Upgrading Process Using Hydrogen Donors Under Cyclic Steam Injection Conditions (Record no. 131093)

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Título Physical and Numerical Simulation of an Extra-Heavy Crude Oil Downhole Upgrading Process Using Hydrogen Donors Under Cyclic Steam Injection Conditions
Subtítulo SPE 69561
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Lugar de publicación, distribución, etc. Dallas, Texas
Nombre de publicador, distribuidor, etc. Society of Petroleum Engineers
Fecha de publicación, distribución, etc. 2001
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Fecha de carga 12/09/06 ; 17/07/01
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Resumen Physical simulation experiments of a Downhole Upgrading Process showed that use of a hydrogen donor additive (tetralin) in the presence of methane (natural gas) and the mineral formation under steam injection conditions (280°C and residence times greater than 24 h) led to an increase of at least three degree in API gravity of the treated Extra-Heavy Crude Oil, three-fold viscosity reduction and, approximately, 8% decrease in the asphaltene content with respect to the original crude. In the present work, a continuous bench scale plant was used at different temperatures (280-315°C) and residence times (24-64 h) for carrying out kinetic studies. A reaction model involving four pseudo-components (light, medium, heavy and asphaltene fractions) was used and the kinetic parameters (pre-exponential factors and activation energies) were determined. Using these data, compositional-thermal numerical simulations were carried out and validated using the bench scale data. The results showed a good match between the calculated and experimental °API gravities of the upgraded crude oil (average relative error 4%) Using the previous model, the Downhole Upgrading Process was numerically simulated under cyclic steam injection conditions (injection of 2500 bbl/d of 1:1 steam/tetralin with 75% quality steam) for 20 days, followed by 10 days of soaking period) in a typical Orinoco Basin reservoir (9°API). The simulation runs showed the production of 12°API upgraded crude oil, accumulated over a 100 day-cycle. However, a reduction in the percentage of conversion of tetralin was observed (0.8%) in comparison with the bench scale experiments (3%), which was attributed to gravitational segregation of the steam coupled with low mixing efficiency of the hydrogen donor with the extra-heavy crude oil at reservoir conditions.
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100 1# - RESPONSABLE PERSONAL
Apellido, Nombre Ovalles, Cesar
9 (RLIN) 6299
100 1# - RESPONSABLE PERSONAL
Apellido, Nombre Martinis, Jorge
9 (RLIN) 6300
100 1# - RESPONSABLE PERSONAL
Apellido, Nombre Pérez-Pérez, Alfredo
9 (RLIN) 6301
100 1# - RESPONSABLE PERSONAL
Apellido, Nombre Cotte, Edgar
9 (RLIN) 6302
100 1# - RESPONSABLE PERSONAL
Apellido, Nombre Castellanos, Luis
9 (RLIN) 6303
100 1# - RESPONSABLE PERSONAL
Apellido, Nombre Rodríguez, Héctor
9 (RLIN) 845
111 2# - AUTORIDAD DE CONGRESO
Nombre de congreso Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference (7th : 2001 mar. 25-28 : Buenos Aires, Argentina)
9 (RLIN) 5738
700 1# - OTRA AUTORIDAD PERSONAL
Nombre Martinis, Jorge
9 (RLIN) 6300
700 1# - OTRA AUTORIDAD PERSONAL
Nombre Pérez-Pérez, Alfredo
9 (RLIN) 6301
700 1# - OTRA AUTORIDAD PERSONAL
Nombre Cotte, Edgar
9 (RLIN) 6302
700 1# - OTRA AUTORIDAD PERSONAL
Nombre Castellanos, Luis
9 (RLIN) 6303
700 1# - OTRA AUTORIDAD PERSONAL
Nombre Rodríguez, Héctor
9 (RLIN) 845
711 2# - ENTRADA AGREGADA--NOMBRE DE REUNIÓN
Nombre de congreso/reunión o jurisdicción como elemento de entrada Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference (7th : 2001 mar. 25-28 : Buenos Aires, Argentina)
800 1# - RESPONSABLE EDICION
Nombre Ovalles, Cesar
9 (RLIN) 6299
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Link <a href="https://biblioteca.iapg.org.ar/ArchivosAdjuntos/LACPEC2001/Spe69561.pdf">https://biblioteca.iapg.org.ar/ArchivosAdjuntos/LACPEC2001/Spe69561.pdf</a>
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