Solvent Injection Recovery Processes in Oil Sands (1.2 CEUs) 2013

Key Topics

• Concept of full and partial miscibility
• Historical development of miscible floods
• Solvent processes in oil sands and heavy oil
• Analogy between VAPEX and SAGD
• Fingering, dilution, geo-mechanics, physical dispersion
• Physics of solvent injection in oil sands
• Continuous versus cyclic solvent injection
• Phase behaviour and laboratory data
• Volume averaging methods (analytical & numerical)
• Modeling solvent injection in oil sands
• Field pilot case studies
• Fine grid modeling (numerical)
• Planning & simulating solvent injection processes

Who should Attend

• Researchers involve in laboratory research of solvent processes
• Reservoir and process engineers involve in the modeling & design of solvent-related processes
• Regulators who approve or license solvent recovery projects
• Managers, executives or project managers who need to approve or manage solvent processes
• Suppliers for solvent related field pilots or projects
• Engineering consultants contracted to build solvent process facilities