Heavy Oil Recovery Methods
Thursday, June 10, 2010
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM – Palomino Rooms, Stampede Park
About the Course
There have been lots of advances in heavy oil recovery techniques in the past twenty years, especially in Alberta, where conventional oil production has been declining. The advancement in horizontal well drilling and the invention of SAGD (Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage) process have resulted in the commercial development of horizontal CSS and many SAGD projects. Emerging recovery technologies are also developing in order to reduce the capital costs, operating costs and environmental impact.
This one-day short course provided a general overview of current and emerging heavy oil recovery methods, with emphasis on field experiences in Alberta and on SAGD.
Agenda
- Introduction
- Commercial Recovery Processes
- CHOPS
- CSS
- Steamflood
- SAGD
- Emerging Recovery Techniques
- Steam Solvent Hybrid (LASER, ES-SAGD, SAP)
- Cross-SAGD
- Fast SAGD
- VAPEX
- THAI
Instructor: KC Yeung
KC Yeung, M.Sc., P.Eng., is Manager of Oil Sands Technology at Husky Energy Inc. in Calgary. He has been working in the heavy oil industry for over 32 years, primarily in the area of reservoir development and R&D, and has been involved in various in-situ projects including cyclic steam stimulation (CSS), steamflood, in-situ combustion, cold heavy oil production with sand (CHOPS), and steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD). For the past few years, he has also given lectures and short courses in in-situ recovery and SAGD in Canada, China and South America.
Mr. Yeung holds B.Sc. (with Distinction) and M.Sc. degrees in Mechanical Engineering, both from the University of Hawaii. He was the 2007 Chairman of the Petroleum Society of CIM and the President of the Canadian Heavy Oil Association (CHOA) for 2005/2006.
