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Evaluation of vapour extraction process and its prospect as an enhanced oil recovery method

Bayat, Ali Esfandyari and Junin, Radzuan and Kharrat, Riyaz and Hejri, Shahab (2015) Evaluation of vapour extraction process and its prospect as an enhanced oil recovery method. International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology, 9 (4). pp. 394-421. ISSN 1753-3317

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJOGCT.2015.069628

Abstract

The vapour extraction (VAPEX) process is a promising technique to extract heavy oil and bitumen while minimising environmental pollution and capital costs compared to conventional thermal processes. This paper comprehensively reviews the literature on the vapour extraction process to elucidate why VAPEX is not yet operational at the field scale. It was found that unfeasibility of the VAPEX process is mainly attributed to operational issues. A sufficient number of parameters that are associated with these two issues and affect the VAPEX process are evaluated in this paper

Item Type:Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:heavy oil, non-condensable gas, solvent
Subjects:T Technology > T Technology (General)
T Technology > TP Chemical technology
Divisions:Petroleum and Renewable Energy Engineering
ID Code:55108
Deposited By: Fazli Masari
Deposited On:10 Aug 2016 07:15
Last Modified:15 Feb 2017 07:38

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