SELECTION OF CRITERIA FOR IN-SITU COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGY APPLICATION BASED ON THE ANALYSIS OF THE WORLD EXPERIENCE IMPLEMENTATION AND LABORATORY TESTS RESULTS
UDC: 622.276.654
DOI: 10.33285/0207-2351-2021-9(633)-18-25
Authors:
MAKSAKOV KIRILL IGOREVICH1,
LESINA NATALYA VALERIEVNA1,
USACHEV GENNADIY ALEKSANDROVICH1
1 LUKOIL-Engineering LLC, Moscow, Russian Federation
Keywords: in-situ combustion, high-viscosity oil, enhanced oil recovery method, criteria of application, thermal influence, combustion tube, a mobilized oil shaft, compressor equipment
Annotation:
The article analyzes the world experience of applying in-situ combustion (ISC) and the results of laboratory studies for high-viscous oil fields. Based on the results of this analysis, the geological and physical criteria for the in-situ combustion application for high-viscous oil deposits have been developed. The numerical range of criteria is quite wide, the dependence of the oil recovery factor on different values of characteristics is not revealed, which confirms the universality of this enhanced oil recovery method. The main limitations for the in-situ combustion method implementation are associated with the formation of a mobilized oil barrier ("plug"), identified during laboratory studies, the complexity of the equipment selection and the method of combustion initiation, for the determination of which it is necessary to conduct a wide set of laboratory and field studies. This article provides a brief list of necessary laboratory and field tests before implementing in-situ combustion.
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