Cyclic Steam Injection design and Optimization

Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage Design (SAGD) and Optimization

• Steam Stimulation -  an enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technique that involves injecting steam into a reservoir to heat and move heavy, viscous crude oil. This process reduces the oil's viscosity and increases its mobility, allowing it to flow more easily to production wells. 
• Steam Flooding - an enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technique that involves injecting steam into an oil reservoir to heat heavy, viscous oil, making it less viscous and easier to flow. The process uses both a thermal mechanism (heating the oil) and a displacement mechanism (physically pushing the oil) to force it towards production wells. It is particularly effective for recovering heavy oil from reservoirs where the oil is too thick to flow easily on its own.
• Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage - an in-situ recovery technique for heavy oil or bitumen that uses a pair of parallel horizontal wells, one above the other. The top well injects steam, which heats the heavy oil to reduce its viscosity, causing it to flow down by gravity into the lower production well, where it is pumped to the surface.
• In-Situ Combustion - an enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technique that involves injecting air into a reservoir to burn a portion of the heavy oil in place. This controlled, underground combustion creates a high-temperature front that reduces the viscosity of the remaining oil, making it easier to flow toward the production well. The process is often called fire flooding and is similar to the "in-situ" process of separating bitumen from sand underground.
• Solvent Assisted Recovery Processes - are a method of extracting heavy oil and bitumen by injecting solvents into the reservoir. These solvents mix with the oil, reducing its viscosity, which allows it to flow more easily to production wells. This can be used on its own or in combination with heat-based processes like steam to improve oil recovery efficiency, especially for heavy crude oil that is too thick to flow on its own