Journal
SPE RESERVOIR EVALUATION & ENGINEERING
Volume 18, Issue 3, Pages 375-386Publisher
SOC PETROLEUM ENG
DOI: 10.2118/176026-PA
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- BP Canada Energy Group ULC
- Brion Energy
- Cenovus Energy
- Chevron Energy Technology Company
- Computer Modelling Group Limited
- ConocoPhillips Canada
- Devon Canada Company
- Foundation CMG
- Husky Energy
- Imperial Oil Limited
- Japan Canada Oil Sands Limited
- Larcina Energy Limited
- Nexen Energy ULC
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- N-Solv Company
- Osum Oil Sands Company
- PennWest Energy
- Statoil Canada Limited
- Suncor Energy
- Total EP Canada
- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
- Schulich School of Engineering at the University of Calgary
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This paper presents the measurements of bitumen thermophysical properties (density and viscosity) over a wide range of temperatures (ambient to 200 degrees C) and pressures (atmospheric to 14 MPa). The measurements have been conducted on three Athabasca bitumen samples taken from different locations. A new method was proposed to correlate the density data as a function of temperature and pressure, with a maximum absolute deviation of 1.7 kg/m(3). The viscosity data were also correlated with two correlations available in literature considering the effect of pressure and temperature on viscosity of bitumen, with an average absolute relative deviation of 9.2%. The measured data and correlations are applicable for the prediction and optimization of oil recovery in the solvent-and thermal-based bitumen-recovery processes such as expanding-solvent steam assisted gravity drainage (ES-SAGD) and heated vapor extraction (VAPEX).
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