Feasibility assessment of utilizing thermal wells in shale oil production

• Main Author: Sopyyev, Eziz
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS 2014
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/14218/1/Dissertation%20Eziz%20Sopyyev%2012992.pdf; http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/14218/

We are living in We were living in an oleocene – the age, of oil, where oil and money are linked as cheap energy which is driving power of our modern oil based economy and we have reached its peak. Now its best time to introduce unconventional hydrocarbon reserves to satisfy demand on energy, which is mainly originated from hydrocarbons. Best alternative for conventional hydrocarbons is shale with its oil and gas reserves. Being present almost at any point of earth’s crust makes it more favorable compared to other alternatives. With all its advantages, shale brings up batch of challenges as well. Extracting oil from shale is no simple task; plenty still needs to be understood to make the process more cost-effective to increase economic flow rates. In current work in-situ methods of shale oil production will be observed. Many of this methods are still under pilot stage and need more improvements. Meanwhile, impact of thermal effect on shale formation and shale oil production will be discussed. In parallel to all above mentioned main target of this work is to determine amount of introduced heat to formation and its efficiency.