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Innovative Energy Technologies Program project 06-094 : cyclic solvent test pilot

Description

Reports on a cyclic solvent process (CSP) experimental pilot project at Cold Lake in the Clearwater formation. CSP is a non-thermal, in-situ bitumen recovery process that utilizes injected solvent to reduce the viscosity of the bitumen, enabling its production from wells drilled for that purpose. The liquid-phase solvent is injected into a horizontal well cyclically and, because of the large mobility contrast between the solvent and the bitumen, it fingers into the bitumen. Following injection, the solvent-bitumen blend is produced from the same well. Cyclic injection and production operations continue for multiple cycles over several years until the bitumen produced no longer justifies the cost of the solvent or until the bitumen production rate is no longer economic.

Updated

July 21, 2021

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CSP IETP Imperial Oil Resources Innovative Energy Technology Program bitumen cyclic solvent process in-situ mining oil sands

Title and publication information

Type
Report
Alternative Title

Imperial Oil Resources - Cyclic solvent process pilot

Frequency

Annual

Publisher / Creator Information

Publisher

Energy

Resource Dates

Date Created

2013-06-13

Date Added

2018-12-14T18:29:12.108041

Date Modified

2021-07-21

Date Issued

2013-06-13

Audience information

Identifiers

Local Identifier

IETP Application No. 06-094

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