Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:08:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 HeloizeSP_DISSERT.pdf: 5210676 bytes, checksum: 2206731cf8d9981475df85f8e57f31d2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-03-06 / The occurrence of heavy oil reservoirs have increased substantially and, due to the high viscosity characteristic of this type of oil, conventional recovery methods can not be applied. Thermal methods have been studied for the recovery of this type of oil, with a main objective to reduce its viscosity, by increasing the reservoir temperature, favoring the mobility of the oil and allowing an increasing in the productivity rate of the fields. In situ combustion (ISC) is a thermal recovery method in which heat is produced inside the reservoir by the combustion of part of the oil with injected oxygen, contrasting with the injection of fluid that is heated in the surface for subsequent injection, which leads to loss heat during the trajectory to the reservoir. The ISC is a favorable method for recovery of heavy oil, but it is still difficult to be field implemented. This work had as an objective the parametric analysis of ISC process applied to a semi-synthetic reservoir with characteristics of the Brazilian Northeast reservoirs using vertical production and vertical injection wells, as the air flow injection and the wells completions. For the analysis, was used a commercial program for simulation of oil reservoirs using thermal processes, called Steam, Thermal and Advanced Processes Reservoir Simulator (STARS) from Computer Modelling Group (CMG). From the results it was possible to analyze the efficiency of the ISC process in heavy oil reservoirs by increasing the reservoir temperature, providing a large decrease in oil viscosity, increasing its mobility inside the reservoir, as well as the improvement in the quality of this oil and therefore increasing significantly its recovered fraction. Among the analyzed parameters, the flow rate of air injection was the one which had greater influence in ISC, obtaining higher recovery factor the higher is the flow rate of injection, due to the greater amount of oxygen while ensuring the maintenance of the combustion front / A ocorr?ncia de ?leos pesados e ultrapesados v?m aumentando sensivelmente e, devido ? alta viscosidade caracter?stica deste tipo de ?leo, n?o podem ser aplicados os m?todos convencionais de recupera??o. M?todos t?rmicos v?m sendo estudados para recupera??o deste tipo de ?leo, tendo como principal objetivo reduzir a sua viscosidade atrav?s do aumento da temperatura do reservat?rio, favorecendo a mobilidade do ?leo e permitindo um aumento no ?ndice de produtividade dos campos. A Combust?o in situ (CIS) ? um m?todo t?rmico de recupera??o em que o calor ? produzido dentro do reservat?rio pela combust?o de parte do ?leo com oxig?nio injetado, contrastando com a inje??o de fluido aquecido ainda na superf?cie para posterior inje??o, o que acarreta perda de calor durante o trajeto ao reservat?rio. A CIS ? um m?todo prop?cio para recupera??o de ?leo pesado, por?m ainda ? complexo de ser implementado. Este trabalho teve como objetivo a an?lise param?trica do processo CIS aplicado a um reservat?rio semissint?tico com caracter?sticas do Nordeste Brasileiro utilizando po?os verticais de produ??o e inje??o, assim como a vaz?o de inje??o de ar e as completa??es dos po?os. Para an?lise do m?todo foi utilizado um programa comercial de simula??o de reservat?rios de petr?leo usando processos t?rmicos, denominado Steam, Thermal and Advanced Processes Reservoir Simulator (STARS) do Computer Modelling Group (CMG). A partir dos resultados obtidos foi poss?vel comprovar a efici?ncia do processo CIS em reservat?rios de ?leo pesado atrav?s do aumento da temperatura do reservat?rio, promovendo uma grande diminui??o na viscosidade do ?leo, aumentando sua mobilidade no interior do reservat?rio, assim como a melhora na qualidade desse ?leo e aumentando assim, significativamente a sua fra??o recuperada. Dentre os par?metros analisados, a vaz?o de inje??o de ar foi a que apresentou maior influ?ncia no processo CIS, obtendo maior fator de recupera??o quanto maior a vaz?o de inje??o, sendo devido a maior quantidade de oxig?nio garantindo a manuten??o da frente de combust?o

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:08:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JofranyaWAP_DISSERT.pdf: 2973696 bytes, checksum: 2de846649570e278d51d0d67ec195c5e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-03-06 / After the decline of production from natural energy of the reservoir, the methods of enhanced oil recovery, which methods result from the application of special processes such as chemical injection, miscible gases, thermal and others can be applied. The advanced recovery method with alternating - CO2 injection WAG uses the injection of water and gas, normally miscible that will come in contact with the stock oil. In Brazil with the discovery of pre-salt layer that gas gained prominence. The amount of CO2 present in the oil produced in the pre-salt layer, as well as some reservoirs is one of the challenges to be overcome in relation to sustainable production once this gas needs to be processed in some way. Many targets for CO2 are proposed by researchers to describe some alternatives to the use of CO2 gas produced such as enhanced recovery, storage depleted fields, salt caverns storage and marketing of CO2 even in plants. The largest oil discoveries in Brazil have recently been made by Petrobras in the pre -salt layer located between the states of Santa Catarina and Esp?rito Santo, where he met large volumes of light oil with a density of approximately 28 ? API, low acidity and low sulfur content. This oil that has a large amount of dissolved CO2 and thus a pioneering solution for the fate of this gas comes with an advanced recovery. The objective of this research is to analyze which parameters had the greatest influence on the enhanced recovery process. The simulations were performed using the "GEM" module of the Computer Modelling Group, with the aim of studying the advanced recovery method in question. For this work, semi - synthetic models were used with reservoir and fluid data that can be extrapolated to practical situations in the Brazilian Northeast. The results showed the influence of the alternating injection of water and gas on the recovery factor and flow rate of oil production process, when compared to primary recovery and continuous water injection or continuous gas injection / O m?todo de recupera??o avan?ada com inje??o alternada WAG-CO2 utiliza da inje??o de ?gua e g?s, g?s esse normalmente misc?vel que vai entrar em contato com o banco de ?leo. No Brasil com a descoberta da camada pr?-sal esse g?s ganhou destaque. A quantidade de CO2 presente no ?leo produzido na camada pr?-sal, assim como acontece em alguns reservat?rios ? um dos desafios a serem vencidos com rela??o ? produ??o sustent?vel uma vez que esse g?s precisa ser processado de alguma maneira. Muitos os destinos para o CO2 s?o propostos por estudiosos, que descrevem algumas alternativas para uso do g?s CO2 produzido, tais como, recupera??o avan?ada, armazenamento em campos depletados, armazenamento em cavernas de sal e ainda comercializa??o do CO2 em plantas. As maiores descobertas de petr?leo, no Brasil, foram feitas recentemente pela Petrobras na camada pr?-sal localizada entre os estados de Santa Catarina e Esp?rito Santo, onde se encontrou grandes volumes de ?leo leve com uma densidade em torno de 28? API, baixa acidez e baixo teor de enxofre. ?leo esse que possui uma grande quantidade de CO2 dissolvido e assim uma solu??o pioneira para o destino desse g?s vem sendo a recupera??o avan?ada. O objetivo dessa pesquisa ? analisar quais os par?metros que tiveram maior influ?ncia no processo de recupera??o avan?ada. As simula??es foram realizadas utilizando o m?dulo GEM da Computer Modelling Group, com o objetivo de realizar estudos do m?todo de recupera??o avan?ada em quest?o. Para a realiza??o deste trabalho, modelos semi-sint?ticos foram utilizados com dados de reservat?rio e fluidos que podem ser extrapolados para situa??es pr?ticas do Nordeste brasileiro. Os resultados mostraram a influ?ncia do processo de inje??o alternada de ?gua e g?s sobre o fator de recupera??o e vaz?o de produ??o de ?leo, quando comparados ? recupera??o prim?ria e inje??o cont?nua de ?gua ou inje??o cont?nua de g?s

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:08:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 FranciscoPBJ_DISSERT.pdf: 5706323 bytes, checksum: 7e213d2df30615621d9d118318bdfa95 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-02-28 / Petr?leo Brasileiro SA - PETROBRAS / With the increasing of energetic consumption in the worldwile, conventional reservoirs, known by their easy exploration and exploitation, are not being enough to satisfy this demand, what has made necessary exploring unconventional reservoirs. This kind of exploration demands developing more advanced technologies to make possible to exploit those hydrocarbons. Tight gas is an example of this kind of unconventional reservoir. It refers to sandstone fields with low porosity, around 8%, and permeabilities between 0.1 and 0.0001 mD, which accumulates considerable amounts of natural gas. That natural gas can only be extracted by applying hydraulic fracturing, aiming at stimulating the reservoir, by creating a preferential way through the reservoir to the well, changing and making easier the flow of fluids, thus increasing the productivity of those reservoirs. Therefore, the objective of this thesis is analyzing the recovery factor of a reservoir by applying hydraulic fracturing. All the studies were performed through simulations using the IMEX software, by CMG (Computer Modelling Group), in it 2012.10 version / Com o crescimento do consumo energ?tico em todo o mundo, os reservat?rios convencionais, chamados de reservat?rios de f?cil explora??o e produ??o n?o est?o atendendo ? demanda energ?tica mundial, fazendo-se necess?rio a explora??o de reservas n?o convencionais. Esse tipo de explora??o exige o desenvolvimento de tecnologias mais avan?adas para a sua explota??o. Como exemplo dessas reservas, temos os reservat?rios do tipo Tight Gas, onde referem-se aos campos de arenito com baixa porosidade, na faixa de 8%, e permeabilidade na faixa entre 0,1 mD e 0,0001 mD, que acumulam consider?veis reservas de g?s natural, podendo apresentar viabilidade econ?mica para explota??o. O g?s natural nesse tipo de reservat?rio s? pode ser extra?do a partir da aplica??o da t?cnica de faturamento hidr?ulico, que tem por finalidade estimular o po?o, criando um canal de alta condutividade entre o po?o e o reservat?rio alterando e facilitando o fluxo de fluidos, aumentando assim a produtividade do reservat?rio. Assim, o objetivo desse trabalho ? analisar o fator de recupera??o do reservat?rio com a aplica??o do fraturamento hidr?ulico. Os estudos foram realizados atrav?s de simula??es concretizadas no m?dulo IMEX do programa da CMG (Computer Modelling Group), vers?o 2012.10

Esta investigación tiene como objetivo desarrollar el modelamiento de la operación del reservorio Gallito Ciego con un volumen útil de almacenamiento de 366.60MMC, evaluando distintas políticas de operación para mejorar el uso de agua en el sistema. Aplicando una metodología que consiste primero la recopilación y análisis de información de caudales existentes en la estación Yonán y volúmenes históricos del embalse, caudales de salida del reservorio, demandas y los volúmenes distribuidos a los diferentes usuarios ubicados aguas abajo del reservorio. Posteriormente se realiza la configuración y calibración del modelo que es la representación de la operación del embalse con el uso del software HEC-ResSim. Los resultados muestran una representación adecuada de los volúmenes de almacenamiento y las caudales de salida del reservorio. La simulación de la operación actual se evalúa para el período 1998-2017 con un paso de tiempo diario, entradas y volúmenes de agua aguas abajo. Asimismo, la evaluación se lleva a cabo bajo condiciones hidrológicas para año húmedo caudales mayores al 96.62m3/s, en año normal son caudales entre 50.99 m3/s a 96.62 m3/s y año seco caudales menores a 50.99 m3/s. A partir del análisis de la operación actual, se proponen nuevas políticas de agua para mejorar y satisfacer las demandas de agua de los diferentes usuarios (energía, riego, abastecimiento de agua potable). El rendimiento del reservorio se evalúa utilizando indicadores de confiabilidad y vulnerabilidad. Bajo las condiciones actuales, los resultados indican que la confiabilidad disminuye con el tiempo y también mientras los usuarios de agua estén ubicados más lejos del embalse. Además, es probable que, debido a la falta de reglas de operación adecuadas, la sedimentación en el depósito haya aumentado considerablemente, reduciendo la capacidad de almacenamiento del depósito. Por esta razón se plantea 6 alternativas de mejora para los tres escenarios año seco, año medio y año húmedo, que consiste en reducir las demandas y ajustar la apertura de las válvulas Howell Bunger para asegurar la confiabilidad de abastecimiento de agua de la demanda a un valor mayor que la operación real. / This research aims to develop the modeling of the operation of the Gallito Ciego reservoir, evaluating different operation policies to improve the water use in the system. The methodology includes the collection and analysis of information on existing flows in the Yonán control station, reservoir outflows, storage volumes, demands and the distributed volumes to the different users located downstream of the reservoir. In addition, the configuration and calibration of the HEC-ResSim model is carried out. The results show an adequate representation of the storage volumes and the reservoir outflows. The simulation of the current operation is evaluated for the 1998-2017 period with a daily time step, inflows and water volumes downstream. Likewise, the assessment is carried out under wet, normal and dry hydrological conditions of the system. From the analysis of the current operation, new water policies are proposed to improve and satisfy the water demands of the different users (energy, irrigation, municipal supply). The reservoir performance is evaluated using reliability and vulnerability indicators. Under current conditions, results indicate that reliability decreases over time and also as long as water users are located further away from the reservoir. In addition, 6 alternatives are proposed and evaluated to improve the dry year, middle year and wet year scenarios; which, generally, consist of reducing the demands and adjusting the opening of the Howell Bunger valves to increase the reliability in the water supply of the users' demands. Also, it is likely that due to a lack of adequate operating rules, the sedimentation in the reservoir has increased considerably reducing the reservoir storage capacity / Tesis

Reservoir economic performance is based upon future cash flows which can be generated from a reservoir. Future cash flows are a function of hydrocarbon volumetric flow rates which a reservoir can produce, and the market conditions. Both of these functions of future cash flows are associated with uncertainties. There is uncertainty associated in estimates of future hydrocarbon flow rates due to uncertainty in geological model, limited availability and type of data, and the complexities involved in the reservoir modeling process. The second source of uncertainty associated with future cash flows come from changing oil prices, rate of return etc., which are all functions of market dynamics. Robust integration of these two sources of uncertainty, i.e. future hydrocarbon flow rates and market dynamics, in a model to predict cash flows from a reservoir is an essential part of risk assessment, but a difficult task. Current practices to assess a reservoir’s economic performance by using Deterministic Cash Flow (DCF) methods have been unsuccessful in their predictions because of lack in parametric capability to robustly and completely incorporate these both types of uncertainties. This thesis presents a procedure which accounts for uncertainty in hydrocarbon production forecasts due to incomplete geologic information, and a novel real options methodology to assess the project economics for upstream petroleum industry. The modeling approach entails determining future hydrocarbon production rates due to incomplete geologic information with and without secondary information. The price of hydrocarbons is modeled separately, and the costs to produce them are determined based on market dynamics. A real options methodology is used to assess the effective cash flows from the reservoir, and hence, to determine the project economics. This methodology associates realistic probabilities, which are quantified using the method’s parameters, with benefits and costs. The results from this methodology are compared against the results from DCF methodology to examine if the real options methodology can identify some hidden potential of a reservoir’s performance which DCF might not be able to uncover. This methodology is then applied to various case studies and strategies for planning and decision making. / text

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:08:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 RutinaldoAN_DISSERT.pdf: 3892841 bytes, checksum: c2e0ab636612eb7f303f7c05dcbc863a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-08-28 / Como os recursos de hidrocarbonetos convencionais est?o se esgotando, a crescente demanda mundial por energia impulsiona a ind?stria do petr?leo para desenvolver mais reservat?rios n?o convencionais. Os recursos mundiais de betume e ?leo pesado s?o estimados em 5,6 trilh?es de barris, dos quais 80% est?o localizados na Venezuela, Canad? e EUA. Um dos m?todos para explorar estes hidrocarbonetos ? o processo de drenagem gravitacional assistido com inje??o de vapor e solvente (ES-SAGD Expanding Solvent Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage). Neste processo s?o utilizados dois po?os horizontais paralelos e situados verticalmente um acima do outro, um produtor na base do reservat?rio e um injetor de vapor e solvente no topo do reservat?rio. Este processo ? composto por um m?todo t?rmico (inje??o de vapor) e um m?todo misc?vel (inje??o de solvente) com a finalidade de causar a redu??o das tens?es interfaciais e da viscosidade do ?leo ou betume. O objetivo deste estudo ? analisar a sensibilidade de alguns par?metros operacionais, tais como: tipo de solvente injetado, qualidade do vapor, dist?ncia vertical entre os po?os, porcentagem de solvente injetado e vaz?o de inje??o de vapor sobre o fator de recupera??o para 5, 10 e 15 anos. Os estudos foram realizados atrav?s de simula??es concretizadas no m?dulo STARS (Steam Thermal, and Advanced Processes Reservoir Simulator) do programa da CMG (Computer Modelling Group), vers?o 2010.10, onde as intera??es entre os par?metros operacionais, estudados em um modelo homog?neo com caracter?sticas de reservat?rios semelhantes aos encontrados no Nordeste Brasileiro, foram observadas. Os resultados obtidos neste estudo mostraram que os melhores fatores de recupera??o ocorreram para n?veis m?ximos do percentual de solvente injetado e da dist?ncia vertical entre os po?os. Observou-se tamb?m que o processo ser? rent?vel dependendo do tipo e do valor do solvente injetado

The Trail Member of the upper Cretaceous Ericson Sandstone, part of the Mesaverde Group, is exposed along hundreds of square kilometers through Wyoming along the flanks of several Laramide structural uplifts. This presents a unique opportunity to study the detailed architecture based on bed-scale heterogeneity and better assess the reservoir potential of these strata in outcrop exposure on a regional-scale, and to then relate these observations to producing fields nearby. The fluvial-dominated Trail Member formed as sediments traveled from the active Sevier thrust belt to the Cretaceous Interior Seaway, forming a basinward progradational clastic wedge along a relatively high gradient. The high energy, tectonically active setting led to preservation of sand-rich, often compositionally immature fluvial strata. Though there is an abundance of sand-rich strata in the Trail Member, production from this interval has been unpredictable in current and past fields such as the Trail Unit of southwestern Wyoming.Twelve detailed stratigraphic columns were described at three sites along the eastern flank of the Rock Springs Uplift to show facies heterogeneity beyond what is often available through wells, 69 hand samples were collected for determination of porosity and permeability, and photogrammetric characterization was performed at the three sites. Average porosity decreases along strike from north to south along with net-to-gross. The vertical changes in fluvial architecture within the Trail Member reflect changes in available accommodation. While thickness of the Trail Member is highly variable, ranging between 79 to 108 meters across the study area, there is an overall trend of thickening to the south. Although the character of the Trail strata changes appreciably along strike direction, this interval is consistently rich in sand, and grain size does not change drastically along the length of observed outcrops. This study demonstrated that spatial variability in the thickness, local accommodation, porosity, and net-to-gross of the Trail Member, as well as temporal variability in the amount and character of reservoir sands and channel stacking patterns play an important role in the unpredictability of this reservoir. This study will enable reservoir modeling and aid in future exploration projects within the Trail Member and other comparable systems with similar fluvial architecture and internal heterogeneity.