There is provided a method of producing hydrocarbon material. A first hydrocarbon material is produced from the formation, the first hydrocarbon material including a gaseous hydrocarbon material originally in place in the formation. At least a portion of the produced gaseous hydrocarbon material is injected into the formation to increase the formation pressure. A second hydrocarbon material is produced from the formation.
A method for capturing hydrocarbons from a formation is provided. After a first hydraulic fracturing of a formation to produce a first conditioned formation, and while hydrocarbons are being produced from the first conditioned formation, a predetermined wellbore characteristic is monitored for. The predetermined wellbore characteristic is based on at least a pressure within the first conditioned formation. After detecting the predetermined wellbore characteristic, a second hydraulic fracturing of the formation is effected to produce a second conditioned formation.
E21B 49/02 - Testing the nature of borehole wallsFormation testingMethods or apparatus for obtaining samples of soil or well fluids, specially adapted to earth drilling or wells by mechanically taking samples of the soil
A system for sensing an estimated composition of a produced fluid being conducted from a reservoir includes: at least one device for measuring temperature data; at least one device for obtaining flow rate data, pressure data, pump speed data and valve travel data; a first produced fluid density generator; a second produced fluid density generator; and a composition generator. The first produced fluid density generator is configured to generate a first produced fluid density based on the obtained flow rate, pressure, pump speed and valve travel data. The second produced fluid density generator is configured to generate a second produced fluid density based at least in part on the measured temperature data. The composition generator is configured to: iteratively generate a phantom component content, a bitumen content and a water content for the produced fluid based on at least in part on: a material balance of the produced fluid.
G01N 9/36 - Analysing materials by measuring the density or specific gravity, e.g. determining quantity of moisture
G01N 11/02 - Investigating flow properties of materials, e.g. viscosity or plasticityAnalysing materials by determining flow properties by measuring flow of the material
E21B 49/00 - Testing the nature of borehole wallsFormation testingMethods or apparatus for obtaining samples of soil or well fluids, specially adapted to earth drilling or wells
G06N 3/04 - Architecture, e.g. interconnection topology
E21B 43/24 - Enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons using heat, e.g. steam injection
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Steam assisted gravity drainage processes with the addition of oxygen
A process to recover hydrocarbons from a hydrocarbon reservoir, namely bitumen (API<10; in situ viscosity>100,000 c.p.), said process comprising;
establishing a horizontal production well in said reservoir;
separately injecting an oxygen-containing gas and steam into the hydrocarbon reservoir continuously to cause heated hydrocarbons and water to drain, by gravity, to the horizontal production well, the ratio of oxygen/steam injectant gases being controlled in the range from 0.05 to 1.00 (v/v).
removing non-condensable combustion gases from at least one separate vent-gas well, which is established in the reservoir to avoid undesirable pressures in the reservoir.
A process for upgrading oil including optionally pre-treating a heavy oil including at least one dissolved gas, asphaltenes, water, and mineral solids; reducing at least one dissolved gas content from said heavy oil, optionally further reducing water content from said heavy oil; adding a paraffinic solvent to said heavy oil, at a predetermined paraffinic solvent:heavy oil ratio, facilitating separation of asphaltenes, water, and mineral solids from the heavy oil resulting in a de-asphalted or partially de-asphalted oil (“DAO”)-paraffinic solvent stream, comprising a low asphaltenes content DAO-paraffinic solvent stream and an asphaltenes-mineral solids-paraffinic solvent-water slurry stream; optionally separating the paraffinic solvent and water from the asphaltenes-mineral solids-paraffinic solvent-water slurry stream; optionally separating the DAO-paraffinic solvent stream into a paraffinic solvent rich stream and a DAO stream; and optionally adding diluent to the DAO stream resulting in transportable oil.
C10G 55/06 - Treatment of hydrocarbon oils, in the absence of hydrogen, by at least one refining process and at least one cracking process plural serial stages only including at least one catalytic cracking step
C10G 55/04 - Treatment of hydrocarbon oils, in the absence of hydrogen, by at least one refining process and at least one cracking process plural serial stages only including at least one thermal cracking step
C10L 1/08 - Liquid carbonaceous fuels essentially based on blends of hydrocarbons for compression ignition
C10G 9/36 - Thermal non-catalytic cracking, in the absence of hydrogen, of hydrocarbon oils by direct contact with inert preheated fluids, e.g. with molten metals or salts with heated gases or vapours
C10G 21/00 - Refining of hydrocarbon oils, in the absence of hydrogen, by extraction with selective solvents
7.
Systems and methods for catalytic steam cracking of non-asphaltene containing heavy hydrocarbons
This invention relates to systems and methods for catalytic steam cracking of non-asphaltene containing heavy hydrocarbon fractions. The method enables upgrading heavy hydrocarbons to hydrocarbons capable of being transported through pipelines and/or a pretreated step before further treatment in an upgrading refinery, including the steps of separating the heavy hydrocarbon mixture into a light fraction, a full gasoil fraction and a vacuum residue fraction with or without at least partial reduction or asphaltenes; adding a catalyst to the full gasoil and/or to the blend of this with a reduced asphaltenes fraction and subjecting the catalyst-full gasoil and/or deasphalted oil fraction to catalytic steam cracking to form an effluent stream; separating the effluent stream into a gas stream and a liquid stream; and mixing the liquid stream with the light fraction and the vacuum residue fraction to form an upgraded oil. The system includes hardware capable of performing the method.
C10G 55/04 - Treatment of hydrocarbon oils, in the absence of hydrogen, by at least one refining process and at least one cracking process plural serial stages only including at least one thermal cracking step
C10L 1/08 - Liquid carbonaceous fuels essentially based on blends of hydrocarbons for compression ignition
C10G 9/36 - Thermal non-catalytic cracking, in the absence of hydrogen, of hydrocarbon oils by direct contact with inert preheated fluids, e.g. with molten metals or salts with heated gases or vapours
C10G 21/00 - Refining of hydrocarbon oils, in the absence of hydrogen, by extraction with selective solvents
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(1) Land reclamation services, namely, investigation, modelling, evaluation, monitoring and project management in the fields of land reclamation, remediation, conservation and re-vegetation.
(2) Land development services, namely, assessment, modelling, evaluation, monitoring and advising on land development.
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(1) Marketing of synthetic crude oil, namely, the sale of proprietary crude oil production, and the purchase and sale of third party crude oil production.
(2) Production of bitumen and heavy oil.
(3) Exploration, development, and upgrading of bitumen and heavy oil.
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(1) Crude oil; natural gas, propane, butane, methane, ethane; petroleum coke, lubricating oil, gasoline; sulphur.
(2) Industrial chemicals, namely liquid chlorine, liquid caustic soda; muriatic acid; sodium chlorate; salt chlorate; salt slurry; bulk salt; screened road salt; treated brine.
(3) Sodium hydroxide; hydrochloric acid. (1) Exploration, drilling, production, refining, marketing, namely, arranging for the distribution of, and sale of oil and gas and related products for others.
(2) Investment management in oil and gas; provision of management and financial services related to the oil and gas industry.
(3) Management services respecting the ownership, leasing, exploration and production of petroleum producing properties.
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[ Industrial chemicals, namely, liquid chlorine, liquid caustic soda all for general industrial use; muriatic acid for general industrial use; sodium chlorate for general industrial use; salt chlorate for general industrial use; salt slurry, bulk salt and screened road salt for de-icing; treated brine for general industrial use; sodium hydroxide for general industrial use; hydrochloric acid for general industrial use ] [ Crude oil; natural gas, propane, butane, methane, ethane, petroleum coke all for re-sale, industrial use and commercial use ] Business management in the oil and gas industry; transportation logistics services, namely, arranging the transportation of oil, gas and related products for others Investment management in oil and gas Drilling and pumping of oil Oil and fuel refining Oil exploration
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(1) Sulphur; Industrial chemicals, namely, liquid chlorine, liquid caustic soda; muriatic acid; sodium chlorate; salt chlorate; salt slurry; bulk salt; screened road salt; treated brine; sodium hydroxide; hydrochloric acid; methane; ethane.
(2) Crude oil; natural gas, propane, butane; petroleum coke, lubricating oil, gasoline. (1) Marketing, namely, arranging for the distribution of, and sale of oil and gas and related products for others; Management services respecting the ownership, leasing, exploration and production of petroleum producing properties.
(2) Investment management in oil and gas; Provision of management and financial services related to the oil and gas industry.
(3) Drilling of oil and gas and related products for others.
(4) Production and refining of oil and gas and related products for others.
(5) Exploration of oil and gas and related products for others.
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(1) Crude oil; natural gas, propane, butane, methane, ethane; petroleum coke, lubricating oil, gasoline; sulphur.
(2) Industrial chemicals namely liquid chlorine, liquid caustic soda; muriatic acid; sodium chlorate; salt chlorate; salt slurry; bulk salt; screened road salt; treated brine.
(3) Sodium hydroxide; hydrochloric acid. (1) Exploration, drilling, production, refining, marketing, namely, arranging for the distribution of, and sale of oil and gas and related products for others.
(2) Investment management in oil and gas; provision of management and financial services related to the oil and gas industry.
(3) Management services respecting the ownership, leasing, exploration and production of petroleum producing properties.
20.
METHODS, SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR PREDICTING RESERVOIR PROPERTIES
Methods, devices and computer-readable media for predicting hydrocarbon production rates for a subterranean formation are described. A method includes: receiving or generating, by at least one processor, well logs from data collected from at least one well in the subterranean formation; generating from the well logs a predicted production rate log for the at least one well; receiving, by the at least one processor, a field dataset for the subterranean formation, the field dataset including field data at locations in 3-dimensions of a volume of the subterranean formation; identifying the predicted production rate log for the at least one well as one or more targets, determining a transform relating the field data and the predicted rate log for the at least one well; and using the transform, generating a predicted production rate for each location of the volume of the subterranean formation.
A process for reducing the olefins and/or di-olefins content of a hydrocarbon-containing feed, such as that resulting from the thermal cracking of heavy oil, thermally cracked bitumen, or thermally cracked petroleum are disclosed. The process involves alkylation of di-olefins and olefins with aromatics already present in the hydrocarbon feed and without removal of nitrogen-, sulfur- or oxygen-containing compounds present in the feed. The process can take place without the need to add an external source of hydrogen, olefins or aromatics.
There is provided a process for producing hydrocarbons from a reservoir. The process includes within the hydrocarbon reservoir, electrically heating a liquid heating fluid such that the liquid heating fluid is evaporated to produce a gaseous heating fluid, heating hydrocarbon-comprising material with the gaseous heating fluid such that the heated hydrocarbon-comprising material is mobilized and such that the gaseous heating fluid is condensed to produce a condensed heating fluid, and electrically heating at least a fraction of the condensed heating fluid such that the at least a condensed heating fluid fraction is re-evaporated, and while the evaporation, the condensing, and the re-evaporation are being effected, producing a produced fluid including at least the mobilized hydrocarbon-comprising material.
Methods, systems and devices for estimating solvent recovery. Pre-solvent injection Coriolis density, temperature and water cut data on a produced fluid line can be used to generate a two component density model. Post-solvent injection Coriolis density, temperature and water cut data, the two component model, a three component model are compared to estimate the solvent recovery.
A process for producing hydrocarbon material from a hydrocarbon reservoir through a production well that is disposed in fluid communication with an injection well via an interwell region disposed within a communication zone, comprising: maintaining pressure within the communication zone above a predetermined high pressure during a high pressure production phase, and during at least a fraction of the high pressure production phase, supplying the first production-initiating fluid to the communication zone such that: mobilization of producible hydrocarbon material within the communication zone is effected, and such that the mobilized hydrocarbon material is conducted to the production well and produced via the production well; and at least a fraction of the supplied non-condensable gaseous material becomes dissolved within hydrocarbon material disposed within the communication zone; effecting a reduction in pressure of the communication zone from above the predetermined high pressure to below a predetermined low pressure such that at least a fraction of the dissolved non- condensable gaseous material becomes liberated from solution within the hydrocarbon material and, upon the liberation, expands and thereby at least contributes to driving the mobilized hydrocarbon material to the production well; after the effected reduction in pressure, maintaining pressure within the communication zone below the predetermined low pressure during a lower pressure production phase; effecting an increase in pressure of the communication zone from below the predetermined low pressure to above the predetermined low pressure; and repeating steps through, at least once.
Solvent is co-injected with steam during the start-up phase of a steam assisted gravity drainage ("SAGD") operation. As well solvent is co-injected with steam during the production phase of a SAGD operation. Both processes improve efficiencies for recovering bitumen from oil sands.
The invention provides an improved method for extracting heavy oil or bitumen contained in a reservoir. The invention involves directing the formation of a solvent fluid chamber through the combination of directed solvent fluid injection and production at combinations of horizontal and/or vertical injection wells so as to increase the recovery of heavy oil or bitumen contained in a reservoir. The wells are preferably provided with flow control devices to achieve uniform production.
C10G 1/04 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal by extraction
E21B 43/12 - Methods or apparatus for controlling the flow of the obtained fluid to or in wells
E21B 43/16 - Enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons
27.
HIGH PRESSURE HYDROCARBON FRACTURING ON DEMAND METHOD AND RELATED PROCESS
A method or process of Hydraulic Fracturing a geological, underground hydrocarbon deposit on demand comprising the steps of: using as a source of water an underground aquifer which contains water which is stable and clear in the aquifer but which may include undesirable chemical compounds as soluble components that are not in solution when subjected to reduced pressures at surface conditions such as hydrogen sulfide and other constituents, utilizing the water from the aquifer as a source of water to be used in a hydrocarbon fracturing process and to pump the water under pressure at a predetermined level for the aquifer water and above the bubble point pressure for the water contained in a particular aquifer to prevent undesirable constituents (chemical compounds) of said water from separating out of solution, maintaining said water pressure at a minimum required for each aquifer at all times during the fracturing process, drilling a source well into the aquifer, drilling a disposal well to the aquifer, providing a pump capable of maintaining the required pressure needed to prevent the constituents of the aquifer water from coming out of solution only by maintaining the minimum pressure, establishing a closed loop with a manifold, or a manifold and pumps, to keep the aquifer water circulating at all times until the fracturing operation begins when water will be supplied from that manifold, providing the fracturing operation with water from the manifold, or a manifold and pumps, so as to fracture a hydrocarbon reserve, wherein in using water from an aquifer in the fracturing process and by maintaining said water under pressure at a minimum at all times, said water remains stable and the undesirable constituents remain in solution and the water remains clear thereby avoiding the necessity of treating the water from the aquifer prior to using it in a fracturing processes.
A process for upgrading oil including optionally pre-treating a heavy oil including at least one dissolved gas, asphaltenes, water, and mineral solids; reducing at least one dissolved gas content from said heavy oil, optionally further reducing water content from said heavy oil; adding a paraffinic solvent to said heavy oil, at a predetermined paraffinic solvent:heavy oil ratio, facilitating separation of asphaltenes, water, and mineral solids from the heavy oil resulting in a de-asphalted or partially de-asphalted oil ("DAO")-paraffinic solvent stream, comprising a low asphaltenes content DAO-paraffinic solvent stream and an asphaltenes-mineral solids-paraffinic solvent-water slurry stream; optionally separating the paraffinic solvent and water from the asphaltenes-mineral solids-paraffinic solvent-water slurry stream; optionally separating the DAO-paraffinic solvent stream into a paraffinic solvent rich stream and a DAO stream; and optionally adding diluent to the DAO stream resulting in transportable oil.
C10G 21/06 - Refining of hydrocarbon oils, in the absence of hydrogen, by extraction with selective solvents characterised by the solvent used
C10G 57/00 - Treatment of hydrocarbon oils, in the absence of hydrogen, by at least one cracking process or refining process and at least one other conversion process
29.
REMOVAL OF INTERFERENCES FROM PRODUCED WATER PRIOR TO COLORIMETRIC OR SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC ANALYSIS
Water samples from an in situ recovery operation can be pre-treated using filtration, acidification, extraction, heating and neutralization prior to colourmetric or spectrophotometric analysis to obtain data regarding analytes, such as hardness, that can be used for process control of the in situ recovery operation. For example, in a SAGD surface facility, boiler feed water (BFW) can be sampled and pre-treated to remove interference species. The pre-treated sample is then suitable for colourmetric or spectrophotometric analysis which provides trendable hardness values that can be used to identify upset conditions and react accordingly, such as by adjusting BFW quality.
A process for converting at least one synthesis gas, having a molar H2 to CO ratio between about 0.25 and 1, into at least one hydrocarbon, via Fischer-Tropsch synthesis by contacting the at least one synthesis gas with at least one catalyst, forming at least one hydrocarbon, wherein said at least one catalyst has Water Gas Shift and Fischer-Tropsch synthesis activity.
C01B 3/02 - Production of hydrogen or of gaseous mixtures containing hydrogen
C07C 1/04 - Preparation of hydrocarbons from one or more compounds, none of them being a hydrocarbon from oxides of carbon from carbon monoxide with hydrogen
C10G 2/00 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures of undefined composition from oxides of carbon
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SOLVENT ADDITION TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY OF HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION
Solvent is co-injected with steam during the start-up phase of a steam assisted gravity drainage ("SAGD") operation. As well solvent is co-injected with steam during the production phase of a SAGD operation. Both processes improve efficiencies for recovering bitumen from oil sands.
In one aspect, there is provided a process for producing hydrocarbons from a reservoir, comprising: within the reservoir, electrically heating a liquid heating fluid such that the liquid heating fluid is evaporated to produce a gaseous heating fluid that heats the liquid hydrocarbon material within the reservoir such that the heated liquid hydrocarbon material is mobilized and such that the gaseous heating fluid is condensed to produce a condensed heating fluid, wherein the liquid heating fluid includes at least a fraction of the condensed heating fluid such that at least a fraction of the condensed heating fluid is refluxed; and producing a fluid including the mobilized hydrocarbon material; wherein the hydrocarbon reservoir is spaced apart from the earth's surface by a minimum distance of less than 75 metres.
There is provided a process for producing hydrocarbons from a reservoir. The process includes within the hydrocarbon reservoir, electrically heating a liquid heating fluid such that the liquid heating fluid is evaporated to produce a gaseous heating fluid, heating hydrocarbon material with the gaseous heating fluid such that the heated hydrocarbon material is mobilized and such that the gaseous heating fluid is condensed to produce a condensed heating fluid, and electrically heating at least a fraction of the condensed heating fluid such that the at least a condensed heating fluid fraction is re-evaporated, and while the evaporation, the condensing, and the re-evaporation are being effected, producing a produced fluid including at least the mobilized hydrocarbon material.
A hydrocarbon producing process comprising operating a first thermally- actuated gravity drainage-based process with a first well pair within a first communication zone, wherein the first thermally-actuated gravity drainage-based process includes injecting a mobilizing gaseous material into the first communication zone via an injection well of the first well pair such that hydrocarbon material is mobilized, and producing mobilized hydrocarbon material that has drained into a production well of the first well pair; operating a second thermally-actuated gravity drainage-based process with a second well pair within a second communication zone, wherein the second thermally-actuated gravity drainage-based process includes injecting a mobilizing gaseous material into the second communication zone via an injection well of the second well pair such that hydrocarbon material is mobilized, and producing mobilized hydrocarbon material that has drained into a production well of the second well pair; and after a drive process pre-condition has been established, and while a heated gaseous material is at least being supplied to the first communication zone via an injection well of one of the well pairs, applying a pressure differential across the first and second communication zones; wherein the drive process pre-condition has been established when: (a) the first and second communication zones have merged; or (b) the viscosity of hydrocarbon material within an intermediate reservoir region disposed between the first and second communication zones becomes sufficiently low such that the hydrocarbon material is capable of being mobilized in response to the application of a pressure differential; or (c) the minimum viscosity of hydrocarbon material, within the intermediate reservoir region becomes disposed below about 1200 centipoise; or (d) the minimum temperature within the intermediate reservoir region becomes disposed above 90 degrees Celsius.
Methods and systems for controlling operation of a plurality of wells are described. A system may include a plurality of control devices for adjusting the operational inputs of the plurality of wells; a plurality of input devices for measuring well conditions and production rates; and a controller having at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured for: generating models for each of the plurality of wells based on historical well data from the plurality of input devices, the models mapping a production rate based on at least one operational input; based on one or more defined total operational constraints across all of the plurality of wells and the models, determining a distribution of operational inputs across the plurality of wells or well portions which results in an optimal total production rate; and generating signals for applying, at the plurality of control devices, the operational inputs to the wells or portions of the wells in accordance with the determined distribution.
There is provided a hydrocarbon production process comprising producing hydrocarbon material with a well pair within a reservoir, wherein the producing includes injecting a production-initiating fluid via an injection well of the well pair into a communication zone such that hydrocarbon material is mobilized and conducted to a production well of the well pair, and producing the mobilized hydrocarbon, that has been received by the production well, via the production well; suspending the production of the hydrocarbon material; and after the suspension of the production, injecting fluid communication-initiating fluid, via the production well, into an interwell region disposed between the injection well and the production well.
There is provided a process for upgrading a hydrocarbon material. The process includes: (a) treating a hydrocarbon material-comprising feed, wherein the treating includes cracking a hydrocarbon material-comprising feed, such that an upgraded intermediate is produced; and (b) in the absence, or the substantial absence, of adscititious diatomic hydrogen, reducing the content of olefinic material within at least a fraction of the upgraded intermediate such that an olefinic material content-reduced product is produced.
C10G 47/22 - Non-catalytic cracking in the presence of hydrogen
C10G 57/00 - Treatment of hydrocarbon oils, in the absence of hydrogen, by at least one cracking process or refining process and at least one other conversion process
A system for sensing an estimated composition of a produced fluid being conducted from a reservoir includes: at least one device for measuring temperature data; at least one device for obtaining flow rate data, pressure data, pump speed data and valve travel data; a first produced fluid density generator; a second produced fluid density generator; and a composition generator. The first produced fluid density generator is configured to generate a first produced fluid density based on the obtained flow rate, pressure, pump speed and valve travel data. The second produced fluid density generator is configured to generate a second produced fluid density based at least in part on the measured temperature data. The composition generator is configured to: iteratively generate a phantom component content, a bitumen content and a water content for the produced fluid based on at least in part on: a material balance of the produced fluid.
G01F 1/74 - Devices for measuring flow of a fluid or flow of a fluent solid material in suspension in another fluid
G01N 9/36 - Analysing materials by measuring the density or specific gravity, e.g. determining quantity of moisture
G01N 11/02 - Investigating flow properties of materials, e.g. viscosity or plasticityAnalysing materials by determining flow properties by measuring flow of the material
The invention provides an improved method for producing heavy oil or bitumen in a reservoir. The invention involves directing the formation of a solvent fluid chamber through the combination of directed solvent fluid injection and production at combinations of horizontal and/or vertical injection wells so as to increase the recovery of heavy oil or bitumen in a reservoir.
C09K 8/58 - Compositions for enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons, i.e. for improving the mobility of the oil, e.g. displacing fluids
C10G 1/04 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal by extraction
E21B 43/22 - Use of chemicals or bacterial activity
E21B 43/30 - Specific pattern of wells, e.g. optimising the spacing of wells
40.
HIGH PRESSURE MULTISTAGE CENTRIFUGAL PUMP FOR FRACTURING HYDROCARBON RESERVES
The present invention relates to a multistage centrifugal pump design, which has the diffusers, impellors, and a shaft, inserted within a high pressure housing, such that this assembly is fully enclosed within the housing, and the housing is of sufficient strength to be suitable for safe pressure containment of the fluids being pumped. This invention describes the technical details used to reconfigure the multistage centrifugal pump design to increase the discharge pressure capabilities higher than the 6,000 psig of current designs.
This invention relates to systems and methods for catalytic steam cracking of non-asphaltene containing heavy hydrocarbon fractions. The method enables upgrading heavy hydrocarbons to hydrocarbons capable of being transported through pipelines and/or a pretreated step before further treatment in an upgrading refinery, including the steps of separating the heavy hydrocarbon mixture into a light fraction, a full gasoil fraction and a vacuum residue fraction with or without at least partial reduction or asphaltenes; adding a catalyst to the full gasoil and/or to the blend of this with a reduced asphaltenes fraction and subjecting the catalyst-full gasoil and/or deasphalted oil fraction to catalytic steam cracking to form an effluent stream; separating the effluent stream into a gas stream and a liquid stream; and mixing the liquid stream with the light fraction and the vacuum residue fraction to form an upgraded oil. The system includes hardware capable of performing the method.
C10G 55/06 - Treatment of hydrocarbon oils, in the absence of hydrogen, by at least one refining process and at least one cracking process plural serial stages only including at least one catalytic cracking step
A hydrocarbon production process comprising operating a first early stage hydrocarbon production process within a first communication domain with a first well pair, and operating a second early stage hydrocarbon production process within a second communication domain with a second well pair, such that an intermediate reservoir region including stranded bitumen becomes disposed between the first and second communication domains; wherein the first early stage hydrocarbon production process includes injecting a first production- initiating fluid via a first injection well of the first well pair into a first communication domain such that hydrocarbon material is mobilized and conducted to a first production well of the first well pair, and producing the received hydrocarbon material via the first production well; and wherein the second early stage hydrocarbon production process includes injecting a second production- initiating fluid via a second injection well of the second well pair into a second communication domain such that hydrocarbon material is mobilized and conducted to a second production well of the second well pair, and producing the received hydrocarbon material via the second production well; selecting a pre-selected zone within the reservoir, wherein the selecting is based upon temperature fall-off data within the first and second communication zones; and positioning a portion of an infill well within the pre-selected zone for receiving mobilized hydrocarbon material of at least the intermediate reservoir region and for producing the received hydrocarbon material.
