WO2011107331A2 - Verfahren und vorrichtung zur "in-situ"-förderung von bitumen oder schwerstöl - Google Patents
Verfahren und vorrichtung zur "in-situ"-förderung von bitumen oder schwerstöl Download PDFInfo
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
- E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
- E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
- E21B43/16—Enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons
- E21B43/24—Enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons using heat, e.g. steam injection
- E21B43/2401—Enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons using heat, e.g. steam injection by means of electricity
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
- E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
- E21B36/00—Heating, cooling or insulating arrangements for boreholes or wells, e.g. for use in permafrost zones
- E21B36/001—Cooling arrangements
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
- E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
- E21B36/00—Heating, cooling or insulating arrangements for boreholes or wells, e.g. for use in permafrost zones
- E21B36/04—Heating, cooling or insulating arrangements for boreholes or wells, e.g. for use in permafrost zones using electrical heaters
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
- E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
- E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
- E21B43/30—Specific pattern of wells, e.g. optimising the spacing of wells
- E21B43/305—Specific pattern of wells, e.g. optimising the spacing of wells comprising at least one inclined or horizontal well
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- the invention relates to a method for "in situ" - promotion of bitumen or heavy oil from oil sands deposits as a reservoir according to the preamble of claim 1.
- the invention also relates to the associated apparatus for performing the method.
- the invention relates to a method for conveying a hydrocarbon-containing substance, in particular bitumen or heavy oil, from a reservoir, wherein the reservoir is acted upon by thermal energy for reducing the viscosity of the substance, including at least two conductor loops for induk ⁇ tive energization as electrical / electromagnetic Heating are provided.
- a respective one of the at least two conductor loops comprises at least two linearly extended conductors, which are guided in a horizontal orientation at a predetermined depth of the reservoir.
- At least two alternating current generator ⁇ ren electric power are provided, which are each connected to one of the conductive loops, a first of said at least two AC generators and at least a second of the at least two AC generators loading omb their frequency are synchronous with each other and operated with a fixed phase relationship to one another.
- the conductors are preferably substantially linear in a section and parallel to each other.
- the phase position preferably has a phase difference of zero.
- a non-zero konstan ⁇ th phase difference may be provided. It is only essential that the two generators to each other have a fixed, ie mutually synchronous phase position. It results from this synchronicity of the fed
- the conductor loops in the reservoir synchronously to each other build a magnetic field and thus amplifies the induced electric field in the reservoir.
- the operation of multiple conductor loops may be provided at a location by sequentially connecting each inverter. This means that the average amount of energy in this intermittent operation can not be maximized.
- the intermittent operation and the alternating operation of induction loops can be provided because interference of the applied center frequency can lead to the extinction of eddy currents which cause dissipation of Joule heat in the reservoir.
- the present invention aims in particular that for the promotion of hydrocarbons such as heavy oils or bitumen from oil sands or oil shale deposits by means of pipe systems which are introduced through drilling, their flowability can be significantly increased. By gravity then drainage of the hydrocarbon mixture can be achieved.
- the alternating current generator ⁇ ren inverter
- the alternating current generator ⁇ ren inverter
- an individual can Stromamplituden- Regulation of the individual conductor loops and alternatively or additionally carried out an adjustment of the phase position.
- the frequency and / or phase of the second of the at least two alternators can be adjusted so that after this adjustment, the two alternators with respect to frequency and / or phase are operated synchronously again ,
- the energization of the conductor loops with respect Stromright. Voltage amplitude and / or frequency and / or phase can be changed. With respect to frequency, the variation can be limited to +/- 10% around the resonant frequency of the capacitively compensated conductor loop.
- the first of the at least two alternating current generators and the second of the at least two alternating current generators can be operated such that their phase positions are constant relative to one another, wherein in particular their phase positions can be offset from one another in a predeterminable manner.
- the at least two AC generator ⁇ ren can produce compared to each other the same or different current amplitudes.
- the at least two AC generators can be synchronized with each other such that a change of Fre acid sequence and / or representing a change of the phase information of a first of the at least two AC Generators to more of the at least two AC generators ⁇ is transmitted.
- the transmission of the information can preferably take place between control units of the alternators.
- One of the alternators can therefore be defined as a master, which preferably via bus coupling, z. B. optical waveguide, or by radio signal said information - which may represent a clock signal or frequency information - to all other AC generators (slaves) passes, so that for all AC generators ⁇ the same frequency, for example, a preferred operating frequency between 1 kHz and 200 kHz, is used for operation.
- ⁇ setting the current amplitude and a phase difference made on each alternator individually relative to the master builder.
- the at least two AC generators can be synchronized with each other such that a change of frequency and / or a change of the phase information representing ei ⁇ nem clock to the at least two AC generators is transmitted.
- a signal of a separately arranged ⁇ th reference oscillator can be distributed to all AC generator control units and there by means of synthesizers (eg with PLL circuits) the desired frequency and the desired phase - possibly incl. Individually offset phase position - are generated.
- synthesizers eg with PLL circuits
- the transmission of the information for synchronization between control units of the alternators takes place digitally.
- a change in the frequency and / or a change of the phase information representing the frequency and / or the phase position are updated for each of at least two alternating-current generator ⁇ ren by a respective one of the at least two AC generators due to the reception.
- the updating of the frequency and / or phases of all alternators preferably takes place simultaneously.
- the current or voltage amplitude of all generators of a be Maximalwer ⁇ tes, or reduced to zero to a small value, for example below 5%, while the Aktualisie ⁇ tion of the frequency and / or the phase differences occur.
- the increase of the output currents of all generators to the setpoints is then carried out with updated parameters.
- a predetermined value for a current amplitude and a predefined value for a phase difference with respect to the transmitted phase position can be maintained.
- Control options for the energization of the inductors of the conductor loops created, in particular, locally detected temperatures can be used as control variables.
- the temperatures in the reservoir, but possibly also outside the reservoir can be measured.
- thermally low-loaded inductors can preferably be supplied with current or re ⁇ reservoir regions low temperature preferably heated.
- the alternators may be designed so that their operating frequencies are adjustable.
- adjacent conductor loops can be energized in such a way that no extinguishing effects occur.
- the effective resistance presented by the reservoir as a secondary winding can be much higher than that of closely adjacent conductors of widely separated and return conductors, which with comparatively low currents in the conductor loop (primary ⁇ winding) high heating power can be introduced into the reservoir.
- FIG. 1 shows a detail of an oil sand deposit with repeating units as a reservoir and respective horizontal electrical conductor structure running in the reservoir
- Figure 2 shows the scheme of the wiring of four inductor pairs with simultaneous energization with separate generators with mutually adjustable frequency, the associated forward and return conductors are spatially far apart.
- Figure 1 is a perspective view when li ⁇ near repetitive arrangement (Array) shows, in Figure 2 a plan view, that is a horizontal section seen in the Indukto ⁇ rebene from above, shown, wherein the Deckge- Birge ( "overburden"
- Array near repetitive arrangement
- Figure 2 a plan view, that is a horizontal section seen in the Indukto ⁇ rebene from above, shown, wherein the Deckge- Birge ( "overburden"
- FIG. 1 shows an arrangement for inductive heating.
- the conductors 10 and 20 are routed vertically or at a predetermined angle into holes through the overburden ("overburden") and are powered by an RF generator 60 which may be housed in an external housing.
- the conductors 10 and 20 extend substantially at the same depth either side by side or one above the other. It may be useful to offset the ladder.
- Typical distances between the return and return conductors 10, 20 are 10 to 60 m with an outer diameter of the conductors of 10 to 50 cm (0.1 to 0.5 m).
- An electrical double line 10, 20 in FIG. 1 with the aforementioned typical dimensions has a longitudinal inductivity coating of 1.0 to 2.7 ⁇ / m.
- the characteristic frequency of an inductor arrangement of FIG. 1 is due to the loop length of the double line 10, 20 and the integrated series capacitances.
- FIG. 2 In Figure 2, four high-frequency power generators 60 ', 60'',60''' and 60 '''' are present as the invention
- Kemgene- generators which respectively in pairs, two of the in ⁇ ductors 1 to 8 drive (four inductors 1, 2, 3, 4 as a lead, the remaining four inductors 5, 6, 7, 8 as a return conductor).
- the individual inductors 1 to 8 are arranged according to FIG. 1 in the reservoir 100.
- a connection 15 is connected to the ends of the inductors which connect the forward and return conductors
- Connection 15 can be arranged above or below ground. With this arrangement, it is possible in particular to power multiple ⁇ In duktorpase simultaneously with different currents at different frequencies, according to the invention is provided with different frequencies just no operation but a synchronous operation of the generators and therefore of the inductors.
- the power generators 60 ', 60'',60''', 60 ''' each have ⁇ wells a control unit 61 ', 61'',61''', 61 ''', which together via a bus 70 or another connection communicate with each other in terms of communication or data. Information can be exchanged between the control units 61 ', 61'',61''', 61 '''via the bus 70. It is assumed that the power generator 60 'represents a master in terms of frequency and phase to be set, to which the other power generators 60 ", 60'", 60 "" adapt.
- the frequency and phase position currently set at the power generator 60 ' are preferably determined by the controller 61' of the power generator 60 'and transmitted to all other control units 61 ", 61"', 61 "" in any desired coding.
- the received control units 61 '', 61 ''',61''' values via the bus 70 emp ⁇ collected message, and then control the slave power generators 60 '''', 60 ''',60''''in such a way in that they adapt the frequency and the phase position for the current to be output to the frequency and phase position of the master power generator 60 '.
- all dependent nursegenerato ⁇ ren 60 '', 60 ''',60''' the substantially same frequency is set as the frequency at the master power generator 60'.
- the phase position it may be useful for all the dependent power generators 60 “, 60"', 60 “” to adjust to the exact same phase position of the master power generator 60'. The phase difference is thus zero.
- the power generators 60 ', 60'',60''', 60 '''' can be operated with mutually offset phase position, provided there are no shifts in operation.
- all provided power generators 60 ', 60'',60''', 60 ''' can be operated depending on a clock signal.
- This clock signal can be transmitted to all the control units 61 ', 61 ", 61"', 61 "" of the power generators 60 ', 60 ", 60"', 60 “” connected to the bus 70, see also FIG then all the performance-generators 60 ', 60'',60''', 60 '''' in frequency and phase to adjust according to the clock signal and ak ⁇ tual ensue.
- an oscillator can be operated, which dictates the frequency.
- an arrangement of the power generator outside the reservoir also an underground installation of the generator is possible, which may be advantageous in some circumstances.
- the electrical power would be at low frequency, ie 50-60Hz or possibly also as a DC, down and could be a conversion into the kHz range underground, so that no losses occur in the overburden ⁇ .
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| US13/580,762 US9085973B2 (en) | 2010-03-03 | 2011-02-09 | Method and device for the “in-situ” transport of bitumen or extra-heavy oil |
| RU2012141990/03A RU2589011C2 (ru) | 2010-03-03 | 2011-02-09 | УСТРОЙСТВО И СПОСОБ ДЛЯ ДОБЫЧИ НА МЕСТЕ ЗАЛЕГАНИЯ (in-situ) БИТУМА ИЛИ ТЯЖЕЛОЙ ФРАКЦИИ НЕФТИ |
| CA2791822A CA2791822C (en) | 2010-03-03 | 2011-02-09 | Method and device for the "in-situ" transport of bitumen or extra-heavy oil |
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