Solar enhanced oil recovery; an assessment of economic feasibility

Technical Report · Tue May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6175244· OSTI ID:6175244

Bergeron, K. D.

There are several qualitative reasons why steam injection enhanced oil recovery (EOR) appears to be well suited to solar energy. These include favorable characteristics with regard to energy utilization, land availability, energy form, and geographical location. A number of technical questions require further research before the characteristics of solar enhanced oil recovery (SEOR) can be precisely specified or optimum systems designed. However, a cost model based on a number of working assumptions indicates competitiveness with conventional fuel burning EOR systems at crude prices and solar collector system costs which can reasonably be expected to occur in the near future.

• Research Organization: Sandia Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-04-0789
• OSTI ID: 6175244
• Report Number(s): SAND-79-0787
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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COST
CSP
Concentrating Solar Power
DATA
DATA FORMS
ECONOMICS
ENERGY
ENHANCED RECOVERY
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
FLUID INJECTION
GRAPHS
HEAT
INFORMATION
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
NUMERICAL DATA
OIL WELLS
PROCESS HEAT
SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS
SOLAR PROCESS HEAT
STEAM INJECTION
THEORETICAL DATA
WELLS