Thermal Recovery of Heavy Oil: Management Tools & Best Practices For Technology Selection, Process Design and Risk Reduction

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Overview of the course

Thermal Recovery methods are very different from conventional techniques. Operators are continuously looking for innovative and cost-effective technologies and solutions to develop resources and to optimize the value of assets, but the investments of time and resources are immense and the risk/opportunity needs to be scrutinized intelligently.

This 3-day course reviews the basics of thermal technology including screening criteria, best practices and process risk evaluation. We will focus on recent implementations of Cyclic Steam Stimulation (CSS) and Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) and will analyse several field examples of risk reduction methods and life cycle optimization using Smart Field techniques.

• Overview and Recent advances in CSS and SAGD;
• Detailed screening tools including a description of analytical techniques;
• A hands-on practice of simulation methods for process design;
• A review of oil field management methods applied to thermal projects;
• A comparative review of modern field surveillance tools;
• A detailed review of risk assessment and risk mitigation methods applied to thermal projects;
• A hands-on practice of risk evaluation tools and a participant discussion of related field development issues involving thermal projects.

Who is the course for?

The course has been developed for senior-level executives of oil field and service companies interested in understanding the value of modern field management techniques as applied to thermal processes.

Senior and junior engineering staff involved in the development of thermal projects at the pilot or full-field level will greatly benefit from exposure to recent advances in the Smart Field arena.

What can I do after attending?

• Understand how CSS and SGAD can be practiced with increased profitability;
• Be able to compare the benefit/costs of modern surveillance techniques;
• Have acquired hands-on practice of process simulation tools and an understanding of the pros and cons of their use;
• Possess an understanding the benefits and limitations of risk assessment methodology;
• Ability to assess the need for a process pilot in the context of a full field development.