A Simple Model of the Flow in the Steam Chamber in SAGD Oil Recovery

F. J. Higuera, A. Medina

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Abstract

A theoretical model is proposed of the flow of steam and its condensation in the steam chamber that forms in an oil reservoir during steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD). As usual in SAGD, it is assumed that the steam is injected through an upper horizontal pipe and liquid water is recovered through a lower parallel pipe. Numerical computations of the stream function and temperature are used to show that a realistic solution of the problem exists only when the injected mass flux of steam has a special value that depends on other parameters of the problem.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSupercomputing - 10th International Conference on Supercomputing in Mexico, ISUM 2019, Revised Selected Papers
EditorsMoisés Torres, Jaime Klapp
PublisherSpringer
Pages337-345
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)9783030380427
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019
Event10th International Conference on Supercomputing, ISUM 2019 - Monterrey, Mexico
Duration: 25 Mar 201929 Mar 2019

Publication series

NameCommunications in Computer and Information Science
Volume1151 CCIS
ISSN (Print)1865-0929
ISSN (Electronic)1865-0937

Conference

Conference10th International Conference on Supercomputing, ISUM 2019
Country/TerritoryMexico
CityMonterrey
Period25/03/1929/03/19

Keywords

  • Flows through porous media
  • General theory in fluid dynamics
  • Thermal convection

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