Radio Frequency Heating combined with Solvent Extraction- A method for oil recovery from surface oil sands

Ramcharan, Tamitha; Hosein, Raffie

doi:10.1016/j.petrol.2019.04.048

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“…Faradonbeh et al (2016) purposed a method of electrical heating using solvent and water as a fluid transfer to target heat into the formation for in-situ extraction of bitumen using downhole electrical heating. Then it will create the vapor chamber that could be used before the SAGD project takes place, and it is highly promising to reduce the water surface to create steam (Andarcia et al, 2014;Guo et al, 2019;Ramcharan & Hosein, 2019). Therefore, it more advantages over the conventional SAGD project in the side of capital operation cost (Seeam et al, 2018).…”

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“…Radiofrequency heating is a cheaper and faster method which has uniform heating for the entire area and could even be applied to deeper formations than ERH. Literature shows that radiofrequency (RF) is more practical than electric resistivity heating (ERH), with oil recovery ranging from 50 to 80% (Ramcharan & Hosein, 2019), when the RF process occurs continuously and provides excessive heat around the borehole, it could damage the integration around the borehole and equipment from the radio frequency (Z. Wang et al, 2018).…”

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The Prospect of Electrical Enhanced Oil Recovery for Heavy Oil: A Review

Afdhol

Erfando

Hidayat

et al. 2020

J. earth energy eng.

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This paper presents a review of electrical heating for the recovery of heavy oil which the work adopts methods used in the past and the prospects for crude oil recovery in the future. Heavy oil is one of the crude oils with API more than 22 which has the potential to overcome the current light oil crisis. However, high viscosity and density are challenges in heavy oil recovery. The method is often used to overcome these challenges by using thermal injection methods, but this method results in economic and environmental issues. The electrical heating method could be a solution to replace conventional thermal methods in which the methodology of electrical heating is to transfer heat into the reservoir due to increasing oil mobility. Because the temperature rises, it could help to reduce oil viscosity, then heavy oil will flow easily. The applications of electrical heating have been adopted in this paper where the prospects of electrical heating are carried out to be useful as guidelines of electrical heating. The challenge of electrical heating is the excessive heat will damage the formation that must be addressed in the prospect of electrical heating which must meet energy efficiency. The use of Artificial intelligence becomes a new technology to overcome problems that are often found in conventional thermal methods where this method could avoid steam breakthrough and excessive heat. Therefore, it becomes more efficient and could reduce costs.

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The Prospect of Electrical Enhanced Oil Recovery for Heavy Oil: A Review

Afdhol

Erfando

Hidayat

et al. 2020

J. earth energy eng.

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“…RF-radiation is presently also used for the heating and extraction of heavy hydrocarbons (kerogen, oil shale, tar sand, heavy oil, etc.) from the soil, using the large penetration depth to heat these materials, thereby lowering their viscosity for easier extraction . This is discussed in more detail later.…”

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“…The temperature levels which can be achieved by dielectric RF heating are not high enough for the cracking of hydrocarbons. 75,76 Ultrasonic Cracking. The application of ultrasound in the chemical industry (sonochemistry) is discussed in many papers.…”

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Review of Electric Cracking of Hydrocarbons

Tijani

Zondag

Delft

2022

ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng.

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The cracking of hydrocarbons is a highly energyintensive process with large CO 2 emissions. Industrial steam crackers use gas-fired furnaces, which produce a global CO 2 emission of about 366 Mt/year. Modern crackers have been improved through the years to increase performance and reduce greenhouse emissions. However, the improvements are limited, and the required future CO 2 emission reductions cannot be achieved with the present designs. Electrification is a promising option to make cracking processes more sustainable, especially if renewable electricity is used. Electric heating will result in energy savings as flue gas losses are avoided, while CO 2 emissions will be reduced radically if renewable electricity is used. This paper evaluates the current state of electric cracking and identifies potential electric heating technologies for the electrification of cracking processes. Various electric heating technologies are reviewed, an extensive literature search is conducted on their application in cracking processes, and industrial applications of electric cracking are compiled. The study shows that resistance (Ohmic) heating is a promising electric heating technology for steam cracking of naphtha. The technology is relatively easy to scale up and can be used to retrofit existing crackers. The cost of electric cracking is expected to be higher than conventional cracking, mainly due to the current electricity price being higher than the gas price. However, the cost of naphtha represents about 80% of the ethylene production cost, so possible selectivity improvements could reduce the overall cost through lower feedstock consumption. The electrification of the cracking processes can be stimulated by guaranteeing sufficient availability of renewable electricity and by introducing a CO 2 tax.

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“…Radio-frequency (RF) technology which is often applied for the cumulative acquisition of heavy oil around the borehole [67], [68]. Literature shows Radio Frequency Heating is more practical than electrical resistive for surface oil sand which RFH is cheaper, quicker and heating is uniform and deeper than ERH, with oil recoveries ranging from 50 to 80% [58], when the RF process occurs continuously and provides excessive heat around the borehole, and it can damage the integration around the borehole and equipment from the radio frequency [69].…”

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Electrical Heating for Heavy Oil: Past, Current, and Future Prospect

Hasibuan¹,

Regina²,

Wahyu³

et al. 2020

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This paper presents a review of the electrical heating method for heavy oil recovery based on past, current, and future prospects of electrical heating. Heavy oil is one of the potential crude oil used as a link to reduce the crisis of light oil used today. The obstacle of heavy oil is a high viscosity and density in which thermal injection is a method for heavy oil recovery, but it results in economic and environmental issues. Electrical heating is one of the thermal methods by transferring heat into the reservoir. The basic process of electrical heating is to increase the mobility of the oil. Because the temperature rises, it can reduce oil viscosity and makes it easier for heavy oil to flow. The past and current developments have been carried out to fill up the gap of electrical heating projects. The future prospects must meet energy efficiency, and the excessive heat will damage formation that must be tackled in the future prospect. the works adopt several electrical heating projects and applications in the world where the works give a brief future prospect of electrical heating.

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Radio Frequency Heating combined with Solvent Extraction- A method for oil recovery from surface oil sands

Cited by 14 publications

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The Prospect of Electrical Enhanced Oil Recovery for Heavy Oil: A Review

The Prospect of Electrical Enhanced Oil Recovery for Heavy Oil: A Review

Review of Electric Cracking of Hydrocarbons

Electrical Heating for Heavy Oil: Past, Current, and Future Prospect

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