Advanced techniques for reservoir modeling and simulation of heavy oil and oil sands reservoirs

稠油、油砂油藏油藏建模与模拟先进技术

• 批准号: 355518-2008
• 负责人: Chen, Zhangxing
• 金额: $ 2.45万
• 依托单位: University of Calgary
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2012-01-01 至 2013-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=496831
• 关键词: Advanced; techniques; reservoir; modeling; simulation

Most of the world's petroleum (6 trillion barrels) is heavy oil or oil sands bitumen. Alberta's 174 billion barrels of established oil sands reserves make Canada one of the top two countries globally - along with Saudi Arabia -in terms of proven or economically recoverable crude oil reserves. There are 2.7 billion cubic meters of bitumen locked in Alberta's oil sand. More than 90% of this vast energy source is in deposits too deep underground to be mined at the surface. Thus other methods must be used to coax the molasses-like bitumen, the "raw" heavy crude oil, to the surface.

世界上大部分石油（6万亿桶）是重油或油砂沥青。阿尔伯塔省已探明的油砂储量为1740亿桶，使加拿大与沙特阿拉伯一起成为全球已探明或经济可采原油储量最大的两个国家之一。阿尔伯塔省的油砂中蕴藏着27亿立方米的沥青。这种巨大的能源资源中有90%以上蕴藏在地下太深而无法在地表开采的矿床中。因此，必须使用其他方法将糖蜜样的沥青，即“未加工的”重质原油，诱出地面。