Energy balance in steam injection projects
SPE Paper 121489, "Energy Balance in Steam Injection Projects Integrating Surface-Reservoir Systems", presents a workflow to analyze the integration of surface and reservoir systems for SAGD that potentially better estimates energy transfers in the various components of the system to enhance both the oil recovery and the economics of the project.
The approach underscores the need to integrate both reservoir and surface facility models and planning in order to optimize recover and project ROI. The full article can be found here.
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