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008			260224s2009 xxu
245	0	0	_aMicrowave-assited heavy oil production _bAn experimental approach
260			_a _b _cnov./dic. 2009
270			_a09/06/2010 ; 09/06/2010
300			_a7 p. ; 6033-6039
520			_aTranscripción del resumen del autor. Conventional enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods, such as steam injection, are usually not cost-effective for deep wells and wells produced from thin pay zones, because of excessive heat loss to the overburden. For such wells, minimizing heat losses can be achieved using microwave heating. In this study, the feasibility of this method was investigated. Heavy oil samples from conceptual reservoirs (Bati Raman, 9.5° API; Garzan, 12° API; and Camurlu, 18° API) in southeast Turkey were used. Using a novel graphite core holder packed with crushed limestone premixed with crude oil and water, effects of operational parameters, such as heating time and waiting period, as well as rock and fluid properties, such as porosity, permeability, wettability, salinity, and initial water saturation, were studied. It was found that high-salinity water promotes oil production during microwave-assisted production. High water saturations lead to higher oil productions regardless of the viscosity of the oil. It was finally concluded that microwave heating could be used to stimulate heavy oil production.
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773	0		_tEnergy & fuels _g23
942			_cARTICULO
100	1		_aHascakir, Berna _942407
100	1		_aAcar, Cagdas _942408
100	1		_aAkin, Serhat _912236
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