Thermal Solvent SAGD
SAGD Fluid Performance Screening
Properly assess how steam additives influence your reservoir. Interface helps you select a solvent, alkaline additive, or non-condensable gas to supplement your steam in the field.
After almost a decade of extensive research, Interface’s SAGD performance evaluation testing is proven to provide pore-scale level data that shows the mechanisms behind how steam additives work.
Publications
Rapid Microfluidic Analysis of Thermal Foam Stability at 250 Degrees Celsius
Bo Bao; Aaron Sanders; Ginger Ren; Thomas de Haas
SPE-18895-MS
A B S T R A C T
A common issue in thermal oil recovery is that a high-permeability path in the reservoir diverts steam from reaching the bulk of the pay region. Injection of thermal foams is an effective approach to improve the oil recovery factor by increasing the effective viscosity of gas phase. Conducting conventional laboratory testing on thermal foams is time consuming, often not representative of field conditions, and delivers limited amount of data.
Measurement of Propane and Butane Diffusion into Heavy Oil using Microfluidics – Is Small Better?
Hongying Zhao; Scott Pierobon; Adam Pettigrew; Jacques Doan-Prevost; Olivier-Francois Garnier; Thomas de Haas
SPE-193015-MS
A B S T R A C T
A common issue in thermal oil recovery is that a high-permeability path in the reservoir diverts steam from reaching the bulk of the pay region. Injection of thermal foams is an effective approach to improve the oil recovery factor by increasing the effective viscosity of gas phase. Conducting conventional laboratory testing on thermal foams is time consuming, often not representative of field conditions, and delivers limited amount of data.
Brochure
Rapid Evaluation of Stimulation Fluids Performance on Reservoir Analogues
The Interface Thermal Solvent Test uses a reservoir analogue, in place of core, in a test similar to sand pack testing. The analogue is designed and fabricated to have a porous pattern replicating the inherent geometries of a specific reservoir. It is filled with water, then bitumen, to establish initial saturations. Testing is conducted under controlled conditions, including steam temperature and pressures.
Interface’s technology platform offers advantages in the evaluation of solvent performance for SAGD. The system’s optical-access enables first-of-its-kind visual insights into asphaltene deposition, steam chamber growth, and steam-to-oil ratio at the pore-scale.
