Comparative analysis of steam delivery cost for surface and downhole steam drive technologies

Technical Report · Thu Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:5996561

Hart, C M

A basis is established for evaluating the economic performances of the technologies for enhanced recovery of heavy crude being investigated through the Department of Energy's Project DEEP STEAM. Conventional surface steam drive is compared with: (1) thermally efficient delivery (through insulated strings) of surface generated steam; (2) low pressure combustion downhole steam generation; (3) high pressure combustion downhole steam generation; (4) high pressure combustion downhole steam generation using air as the oxygen source; and (5) high pressure combustion downhole steam generation substituting pure oxygen for air. A parametric analysis is performed for varying depths, injection rates, and steam qualities.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 5996561
• Report Number(s): SAND-81-0758; ON: DE82003914
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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