The next chapter in CSS
Huff and puff steam injection in heavy oil has been around for 30 years. Are you up to speed on the next chapter in CSS?
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One operator is injecting diluent in their CSS project. Check out page 23 for a full description of the reservoir theory behind this recovery innovation.
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Inject steam into a well, let it soak, and then produce the well. That's Cyclic Steam Stimulation or CSS.
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CSS novelties
Some Alberta operators are running advanced CSS operations.
Although vertical wells have been used historically, horizontal wells have recently become popular for CSS.
Here are a few more advanced CSS scheme innovations.
Rotating direction CSS
Some inject steam in rotating well patterns.
They hope this change in direction will improve recovery.
Rotating wave CSS
Some chase steam from well to well in a wave pattern.
These operators change injection from well to well hoping to reduce the amount of steam required.
Hot water and nitrogen
But rather than steam, one operator injects hot water and nitrogen into a bitumen formation. Then she plans to produce the upgraded bitumen back.
SAGD or CSS?
SAGD and CSS are two ways of introducing heat into bitumen reservoirs. Steam can reduce the viscosity of the reservoir fluid and promote flow to the wellbore.
Some early CSS schemes later became SAGD schemes.
Some CSS schemes tried SAGD and went back to CSS.
And some SAGD schemes have changed to CSS.AppIntel finds them all
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