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Alternatives for optimization of the heavy oil production in onshore marginal fields in Brazil; Alternativas para otimizacao de producao de oleos pesados em campos marginais terrestres no Brasil

Abstract

The intention of this article is to present possible alternatives for optimization of the production of heavy oils in marginal onshore fields in Brazil. The use of gas micro-turbines, the application of SAGD (Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage), the use of the drilling technique for river crossing and to a proposal for a new system of the rig less workovers are approached. The focus is the search of the increment of the production, the increase of the factor of final recovery, the global reduction of the costs and the minimization of the environmental impacts. The volumes of heavy oils in Campos Basin and in national onshore areas they are significant and, therefore, techniques and procedures that optimize its production are strategic. In the Brazilian Northeast there are a series of small fields of low productivity, in general of heavy oils, some in production there are more than twenty years that need of a reduction of the cost for barrel to continue producing. A realistic and responsible posture with the use of probabilistics concepts, techniques of engineering of the reliability, adoption of 'tolerable' levels of risk (associate to the return), attendance on line of the sceneries, premises and criteria, (proposal of the  More>>
Authors:
Souza, Arlindo Antonio de; [1]  Santos, Edmilson Moutinho dos [2] 
  1. PETROBRAS, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
  2. Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), SP (Brazil). Inst. de Eletrotecnica e Energia. Programa Interunidades de Pos-graduacao em Energia
Publication Date:
Jul 01, 2004
Product Type:
Conference
Report Number:
ETDE-BR-20977999
Resource Relation:
Conference: Rio oil and gas expo and conference 2004, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil), 4-7 Oct 2004; Other Information: 7 refs., 4 figs.
Subject:
02 PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM; VISCOSITY; PRODUCTION; OPTIMIZATION; OIL FIELDS; ENHANCED RECOVERY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; RISK ASSESSMENT
OSTI ID:
20977999
Research Organizations:
Instituto Brasileiro de Petroleo e Gas (IBP), Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
Country of Origin:
Brazil
Language:
Portuguese
Other Identifying Numbers:
TRN: BR0801897
Availability:
Also available from the Library of the Brazilian Nuclear Energy Commission, Rio de Janeiro, in electronic form. Codes: IBP060_04; BR0801897.pdf; Commercial reproduction prohibited; OSTI as DE20977999
Submitting Site:
BR
Size:
[6] pages
Announcement Date:
Feb 14, 2008

Citation Formats

Souza, Arlindo Antonio de, and Santos, Edmilson Moutinho dos. Alternatives for optimization of the heavy oil production in onshore marginal fields in Brazil; Alternativas para otimizacao de producao de oleos pesados em campos marginais terrestres no Brasil. Brazil: N. p., 2004. Web.
Souza, Arlindo Antonio de, & Santos, Edmilson Moutinho dos. Alternatives for optimization of the heavy oil production in onshore marginal fields in Brazil; Alternativas para otimizacao de producao de oleos pesados em campos marginais terrestres no Brasil. Brazil.
Souza, Arlindo Antonio de, and Santos, Edmilson Moutinho dos. 2004. "Alternatives for optimization of the heavy oil production in onshore marginal fields in Brazil; Alternativas para otimizacao de producao de oleos pesados em campos marginais terrestres no Brasil." Brazil.
@misc{etde_20977999,
title = {Alternatives for optimization of the heavy oil production in onshore marginal fields in Brazil; Alternativas para otimizacao de producao de oleos pesados em campos marginais terrestres no Brasil}
author = {Souza, Arlindo Antonio de, and Santos, Edmilson Moutinho dos}
abstractNote = {The intention of this article is to present possible alternatives for optimization of the production of heavy oils in marginal onshore fields in Brazil. The use of gas micro-turbines, the application of SAGD (Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage), the use of the drilling technique for river crossing and to a proposal for a new system of the rig less workovers are approached. The focus is the search of the increment of the production, the increase of the factor of final recovery, the global reduction of the costs and the minimization of the environmental impacts. The volumes of heavy oils in Campos Basin and in national onshore areas they are significant and, therefore, techniques and procedures that optimize its production are strategic. In the Brazilian Northeast there are a series of small fields of low productivity, in general of heavy oils, some in production there are more than twenty years that need of a reduction of the cost for barrel to continue producing. A realistic and responsible posture with the use of probabilistics concepts, techniques of engineering of the reliability, adoption of 'tolerable' levels of risk (associate to the return), attendance on line of the sceneries, premises and criteria, (proposal of the methodology GERISK), are relevant factors that can propitiate not only the reduction of the cost for produced barrel as well as to take the an increase of the factor of final recovery of the field. (author)}
place = {Brazil}
year = {2004}
month = {Jul}
}