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.
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July 21, 2021
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2018 final project technical report
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2017 annual project technical report
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2016 annual project technical report
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2015 annual project technical report
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2014 annual project technical report
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2013 annual project technical report
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2012 annual project technical report
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Imperial Oil Resources - Cyclic solvent process pilot
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Annual
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Date Created
2013-06-13
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2018-12-14T18:29:12.108041
Date Modified
2021-07-21
Date Issued
2013-06-13
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IETP Application No. 06-094