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The future of oil production is heavy. The World’s heavy oil resources are unparalleled in
magnitude but they present unique challenges to ensure recovery is done in an environmentally
and economically efficient manner. C-FER is ideally positioned and experienced in the following
recovery methods to assist operators and equipment manufacturers in tackling these challenges:
Heavy Oil
THERMAL RECOVERY Thermal extraction of heavy oil, using techniques such as cyclic steam, SAGD and air injection require special approaches for the well casing and artificial lift systems.
Issues that have been investigated by C-FER include:• Low intake-pressure pumping in SAGD wells• Technical and life-cycle economic assessment of normal wellbore and
completion concepts• Casing connection evaluation and qualification for thermal wells• Design and structural modeling of casing, slotted liners and various
forms of sand screens• Beam pump optimization in horizontal wells• Steam injection and production inflow control in SAGD wells• Drilling and completion best practices
COLD PRODUCTION Cold Heavy Oil Production with Sand (CHOPS) is a process developed in Canada where sand production is encouraged to increase inflow in non-thermal heavy oil operations
Issues that have been investigated by C-FER include:
• Technical and economic feasibility of CHOPS in other areas around the world
• Progressing cavity pumping system selection, optimization and run-life tracking
• Elastomer compatibility testing• Gathering line operation with complex water-assisted flow regimes• Handling and disposal of sand
Flow AssuranceCyclic Steam Well Pad
Managing Produced Sand
SAGD Pump Testing System
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Printed in Canada 2013
Todd Zahacy [E] Senior Engineering AdvisorExploration & Production
[email protected][T] 780.450.8989 x 240[F] 780.450.3700