NSERC / Foundation CMG Industrial Research Chair in Reservoir Simulation

NSERC / Foundation CMG 油藏模拟工业研究主席

• 批准号: 365863-2012
• 负责人: Chen, Zhangxing
• 金额: $ 6.75万
• 依托单位: University of Calgary
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Industrial Research Chairs
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=619328
• 关键词: NSERC; Foundation; CMG; Industrial; Research

Solvent enhanced bitumen recovery has been identified as a strong candidate for economizing the energy, waterconsumptions and associated reduction of the GHG emissions compared to current steam based recoverymethods such as CSS and SAGD. Although the concepts and primary mechanisms of solvent based recoveryprocesses are known and some have been tried successfully in the field, there is an alarming level of absence ofthe key elements which are crucial for optimizing these solvent processes. Missing is the concrete data andmechanistic understanding of solvent-bitumen interactions at operating conditions. New technologies need tobe developed that will extend the expected prosperity provided by the oil and gas resources far into the future.These technologies are the outcomes of data gained through experimental lab work and the correspondingmodels that this Chair program will develop. Industry needs this information continue their economically andenvironmentally sustainable exploitation of our natural energy resources. This work will create the knowledgebase needed to build robust, reliable and valid models for reservoir and process simulations. With thisknowledge and these tools, it will be possible to not only design and optimize new and existing downholerecovery processes but to advance the technology used for upgrading and refining. These developments canthen be pursued commercially by industry. The Chair program in solvent enhanced recovery processes is a keyenabler for solvent-based technology that is politically, socially and environmentally acceptable. The intentionis to support industry in the development of recovery and separation processes that sustain economically viableheavy oil recovery in a less energy intensive and more environmentally benign manner.

与目前基于蒸汽的回收方法(如CS和SAGD)相比，溶剂强化沥青回收已被认为是节省能源、水耗和相关减少温室气体排放的强有力的候选方法。尽管基于溶剂的回收过程的概念和主要机理已为人所知，一些已在现场成功尝试，但仍然严重缺乏对优化这些溶剂过程至关重要的关键要素。缺乏具体的数据和对操作条件下溶剂-沥青相互作用的机理理解。需要开发新的技术，将石油和天然气资源提供的预期繁荣延续到未来。这些技术是通过实验实验室工作获得的数据的结果，以及本教席计划将开发的相应模型。工业界需要这些信息，继续在经济上和环境上可持续地开发我们的自然能源资源。这项工作将创建所需的知识库，为油藏和过程模拟建立健壮、可靠和有效的模型。有了这些知识和这些工具，不仅可以设计和优化新的和现有的油井回收流程，而且可以推进用于升级和精炼的技术。然后，这些开发就可以由工业进行商业开发了。溶剂强化回收过程中的主席计划是基于溶剂的技术的关键推动者，该技术在政治、社会和环境方面都是可接受的。其目的是支持工业开发回收和分离工艺，以较低的能源密集度和更环保的方式维持经济上可行的重油开采。