PTAC Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada
December 13, 2013
Executive Summary
The purpose of the Hot Water Vapour Project (HWVP) was to develop a new technology to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) intensity, while improving recovery from conventional and non-conventional resources. HWVP will result in lower GHG emissions, and minimizes both water usage and land impact compared to alternative EOR approaches for heavy oil resources in Alberta and Saskatchewan. The successful commercialization of a new heavy oil EOR technology could potentially open the door for adapting the same technology to oil sands.
The HWVP technology is a new thermal EOR method for producing incremental oil from a depleted CHOPS reservoir. This is a cyclic technology that consists of an injection phase utilizing hot water vapour and a non-condensable gas (NCG) such as Nitrogen. Once a desired reservoir pressure has been reached, the well is placed back on production utilizing conventional pumping methods.
Hot Water Vapour Process Final Report