Data-driven Adaptive Control of the Heating Process used for Enhanced Oil Recovery

Nexen Energy ULC是一家位于加拿大阿尔伯塔卡尔加里的公司，是一家完整的解决方案提供商， 上游石油和天然气能源。本研究的重点是调查、分析和设计控制 提高油砂采收率的战略。尼克森在这一过程中申请了专利。萨斯喀彻温 位于里贾纳大学主校区的研究理事会（SRC）拥有一个实验装置， 试验台的设计，实验，数据分析，并实现加热过程的控制 优化石油生产的战略。加热过程使用嵌入的加热元件进行 注入地层中的威尔斯油井，以替代蒸汽辅助重力泄油等方法 （SAGD）和蒸气萃取（VAPEX）。这将导致以较低的功率实现较高的产油率 与目前的原位提取方法相比，这节省了大量的资本成本。 本文的研究重点是设计数据驱动的自适应供热控制策略 用于加热元件的工艺，以优化石油生产，而不会使元件负担过重， 不必要的熔化这项研究可能导致从油砂中生产商业级石油。

Nexen Energy ULC, a Canadian company located in Calgary, Alberta, is a complete solution provider for upstream oil and gas energy resources. The focus of this research is to investigate, analyze, and design control strategies for enhanced oil sands recovery. Nexen has patents pending on this process. The Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) located at the University of Regina's main campus hosts an experimental setup as a test bench for the design of experiments, data analysis, and implementation of heating process control strategies to optimize the oil production. The heating process is carried out using heating elements embedded into the oil wells in formation as an alternative to the methods such as Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD), and Vapor Extraction (VAPEX). This will lead to a higher-rate oil production with lower power expenditure with significant capital cost savings compared to current in-situ extraction methods. The proposed research focuses on the design of the data-driven adaptive control strategies on the heating process used in heating elements to optimize the oil production without over burdening the elements leading to an unwanted melt down. This research can lead to a commercial-rate oil production from the oil sands.