NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Unconventional Oil Recovery

NSERC 非常规石油采收工业研究主席

• 批准号: 419919-2015
• 负责人: Babadagli, Tayfun
• 金额: $ 12.32万
• 依托单位: University of Alberta
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Industrial Research Chairs
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2018-01-01 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=644399
• 关键词: NSERC; Industrial; Research; Chair; Unconventional

Oil and natural gas are the largest natural energy resources in Alberta and Canada. Currently, Alberta produces**70% of Canada's oil and 80% of its natural gas. The extraction and revenue from oil and natural gas is an**imperative component of the Alberta economy as one-third of the Alberta Government's revenue is generated**from oil and gas. As the demand and use for oil and gas increases globally and furthermore as oil prices**reached its lowest values, efficient recovery and extraction of heavy-oil and bitumen has become a priority for**the government, the oil industry, research centres and universities - especially the University of Alberta.**The proposed NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Unconventional Oil Recovery is a major research initiative**undertaken by the University of Alberta in response to developing ecologically viable technologies for**extracting or tapping unconventional oil reserves and resources. For the most part, the oil industry has been**technologically unprepared to meet the high demands of heavy oil and bitumen production and consumption**needs. With Alberta having the second largest hydrocarbon reserves in the world (after Saudi Arabia's**conventional oil reserves) that are estimated at 1.7 trillion barrels, currently only 10% of these reserves (173**billion barrels) is recoverable using existing technologies.**Heavy-oil and bitumen reserves deposited below minable depths require in-situ recovery techniques. These**lower-lying resources have considerably more potential than extractable oil sands. Only 15% of these oil**reserves can be mined using existing techniques - leaving 85% of oil reserves untouched. While proven**technologies are successfully applied for surface extraction of mined oil sands, in-situ recovery of heavy-oil**and bitumen is still a considerable challenge due to the technological and economic problems. Through**development of advanced and optimal in-situ recovery techniques under this proposed research program, the**potential to recover 85% of these reserves exists.

石油和天然气是阿尔伯塔省和加拿大最大的自然能源资源。目前，阿尔伯塔省生产了加拿大70%的石油和80%的天然气。石油和天然气的开采和收入是艾伯塔省经济的重要组成部分，因为艾伯塔省政府收入的三分之一来自石油和天然气。随着全球对石油和天然气的需求和使用的增加，以及油价达到最低点，重油和沥青的高效回收和开采已成为政府、石油行业、研究中心和大学（尤其是阿尔伯塔大学）的优先事项。**提议的NSERC非常规石油开采工业研究主席是由阿尔伯塔大学承担的一项重大研究计划**，旨在开发生态可行的技术来开采或开发非常规石油储备和资源。在很大程度上，石油行业在技术上还没有准备好满足重油和沥青生产和消费的高要求。阿尔伯塔省拥有世界第二大碳氢化合物储量（仅次于沙特阿拉伯的常规石油储量），估计为1.7万亿桶，目前只有10%的储量（1730亿桶）可以利用现有技术进行开采。**可开采深度以下的重油和沥青储量需要就地开采技术。这些地势较低的资源比可开采的油砂具有更大的潜力。这些石油储量中只有15%可以用现有技术开采——剩下的85%的石油储量未被开采。虽然成熟的技术已经成功地应用于开采油砂的地面开采，但由于技术和经济问题，重油和沥青的原位开采仍然是一个相当大的挑战。根据该研究计划，通过开发先进和最佳的原位开采技术，这些储量的开采潜力达到85%。