Enhanced Recovery Methods for Heavy Oil and Tar Sands

Auteurs : SPEIGHT James G.   ISBN :  9781933762258  Prix : 150 Euros, 179 $US, 983,94 FF Date de Parution :  Sep 2009 hardback, 160 x 230 mm, 350 pages

Recent articles state that in the US alone, there is an excess of 1,000 billion barrels of "stranded" undiscovered oil remaining in the ground. Out of the 1,124 Bbbl undeveloped in the US, an estimated 210 Bbbl can be retrieved using more enhanced recovery (otherwise known as EOR) methods. With conventional production steadily declining, advances in enhanced recovery will be required so that more drillers can extend their oil production and make their reservoirs last longer. Thanks to significant drilling technology breakthroughs, wells are digging deeper for more unconventional resources, particularly heavy oil. However, a practical guide on heavy oil-related recovery methods is critically needed for drillers and producers alike. To fill this gap, James Speight, a well-respected professor and author, provides a must-read for all drillers, domestic and abroad, that are involved in production enhancement.
Titled Enhanced Oil Recovery Handbook, Speight provides the current methods of recovery for heavy oil and tar sand bitumen technology, broken down by thermal and non-thermal methods. Speight provides complete coverage on heavy oil recovery, including:

- Geology and origin of heavy oil
- Oil properties of heavy oil
- Introductory methods for primary, secondary and tertiary methods of recovery - Non-thermal methods, such as carbon dioxide flooding and nitrogen flooding
- Thermal methods of recovery, including steam drive injection, in situ combustion ("fire flooding") and combination of forward combustion and waterflood ("advanced waterflooding")
- Conversion factors and a glossary of terms.

Any engineer and/or oil personnel, upcoming and current, that works with heavy oil and tar sand bitumen will greatly benefit from this much-needed text.

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