| Autor: |
Jarle Larsen, Jon Knut Ringen, Svein Tollefsen, Hongying Zhao, Jinglin Gao, Tao Yang, Na Jia, Afzal Memon |
| Rok vydání: |
2013 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
All Days. |
| DOI: |
10.2118/165561-ms |
| Popis: |
A common challenge in fluid studies involving heavy oil, and bitumen in particular, is obtaining an in-situ bitumen sample from the highly viscous reservoirs that is water and solid free. In this paper, a salt-water assisted centrifugation (SWAC) method that was developed to effectively extract in-situ bitumen suitable for fluid studies from core samples is presented. The method involved mixing salt water with core sample pieces at a defined ratio. The mixture was then centrifuged at 50°C to separate the bitumen from the water and sand. The result was a clean bitumen sample containing less than 1 wt% of water and 0.1 wt% of sediment and a recovery rate of approximately 90 wt%. The properties of the recovered bitumen were characterized and compared with the properties of another bitumen sample that had been extracted by the mechanical squeeze (MS) method in order to understand how the salt and water used during the process may have impacted the chemical and physical properties of the bitumen sample. The experimental data showed that most of the properties of the two bitumen samples were similar with the exception of a slight variation in measured viscosities at various temperatures. The reasons for these measured viscosity differences are discussed. When compared to commercialized methodologies for removing bitumen samples from cores, such as solvent extraction, MS and hot water/steam flooding methods, the presented solvent free method is characterized for its high bitumen recovery rate and high bitumen sample quality. The SWAC method offers an efficient alternative for extracting in-situ bitumen samples in quantities sufficient for fluid related studies. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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