Processing Technologies and Heavy Oil Challenges
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| Event | Start | End | Instructor | Location | Registration |
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| Processing Technologies and Heavy Oil Challenges | 06-Oct | 10-Oct | instructor |
Details :
Oil producers involved in
heavy-oil recovery face special production challenges. However, innovative
drilling, completion, stimulation and monitoring techniques help make heavy-oil
reservoirs profitable assets.
In this introductory course,
participants will be exposed to the challenges in heavy-oil exploitation. They
will be introduced to applications of various key technologies and their
appropriate interpretations. Along with systematic workflows, participants will
learn ways to reduce the lifting cost and make heavy-oil more economically
viable assets.
• Evaluate and develop heavy
oil/oil sands resources
• Understand the importance of
heavy oil resources in today's world energy
market
• Contrast heavy oil resources as
compared to conventional and other unconventional resources with aspects of finding,
developing, and producing
• Understand the geology,
critical attributes, and commerciality of the Canadian heavy oil
• Collect the appropriate data
and evaluate the critical geologic and reservoir parameters of various types of
heavy oil/oil sands resources
• Recognize and evaluate the
environmental challenges required to develop and produce heavy oil/oil sands
resources
• Understand the process and
methodology to evaluate, select, plan, design, and implement a heavy oil recovery
project
• Become knowledgeable of the
worldwide distribution and geologic setting of the more significant heavy oil
occurrences
This introductory course on heavy
oil exploitation is designed to benefit multidisciplinary asset teams including
geologist, geophysicist, reservoir, drilling, production, and completion and
facilities engineers. This course will also benefit all managers and department
heads.
Day
1
o
Introduction
o
Conventional
oils & their future
o
The
nature of heavy oil
o
Global
heavy oil development (onshore and offshore)
o
Industry
trends & challenges
o
Overview
of heavy oil geology
o
Heavy
oil sampling
o
Heavy
oil phase behavior and laboratory measurements methodologies
o
Heavy
oil workflows
Day
2
o
Recovery
processes overview
o
The
primary recovery processes - Horizontal and Multi-Lateral Wells and Cold Heavy
Oil Production with Sand (CHOPS)
o
The
non-thermal recovery processes - Water flood, Chemical Flood and Vapor
Extraction (VAPEX)
o
Thermal
recovery processes - Cyclic Steam Stimulation (CSS), Steam Flood, Steam
Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD), Fire Flood/In Situ Combustion
o
Newly
developed recovery processes - Toe to Heel Air Injection (THAI), THAI with
solid catalyst (CAPRI), Steam Solvent Based Hybrid processes
Day
3
o
Lifting
methods - Gas Lift, Sucker Rod Pumps, Progressive Cavity Pumps (PCP) and Top
Drive PCPs, Hydraulic Pumps, Electrical Submersible Pumps (ESP).
o
Well
testing and metering issues related to heavy oil
o
Sand
management strategy and sand control techniques
Day
4
o
Basic
heavy oil production and processing schemes
o
Emulsion
control and treatment
o
Facilities
design and operations for heavy oil processing
Day
5
o
Onshore
and offshore heavy oil loading systems
o
Heavy
oil transportation and storage options
o
Flow
assurance in heavy oil production and transportation
- All lectures are in colorful presentation
- All lectures are interspersed with interactive discussion
- All lectures include group discussion, case history and exercises
- Actual major incidents as well as industry experience are reviewed
- Participants receive a multicolor course manual
- Pictures of real incidents and case history are shown
- Videos on the subject are shown
daily 09:00 – 14:00