CHOPS

COLD HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION WITH SAND IN THE CANADIAN HEAVY OIL INDUSTRY

Author - Dr. Maurice Dusseault]
Published: March 2002
This report explores the technical, economic and environmental issues related to CHOPS, refers to other new processes and emerging production technologies, and details emerging possibilities for expanding or prolonging CHOPS production in Alberta.

Due to the size of this report it is being presented by Chapter in pdf for ease of access and printing (file sizes are listed).  Associated figures are included at the end of each Chapter.

Chapter   |   Appendix

1,058 KB  Cover Page & Disclaimer

147 KB Table of Contents

199 KB CHOPS Recommendations

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 CHAPTERS
 

684 KB Chapter  1 -  Introduction Pages

501 KB Chapter  2 - World Conventional & Heavy Oil

648 KB Chapter  3 - CHOPS and Related Technologies

1,548 KB Chapter  4 - Physical Processes in CHOPS Production

897 KB Chapter  5 - Case Histories: Luseland Field & Horizontal Wells

579 KB Chapter  6 - Canadian CHOPS Production Practices

410 KB Chapter  7 - Well Instrumentation

435 KB Chapter  8 - Workover for CHOPS Wells

478 KB Chapter  9 - Sands and Fluids Management at the Surface

455 KB Chapter 10 - Environmental Aspects & Regulations

1,126 KB Chapter 11 - Waste, Transport, Treatment, Disposal

495 KB Chapter 12 - Economic Analysis of Disposal Options

1,126 KB Chapter 13 - Technology & The Canadian Heavy Oil Industry

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 APPENDED DOCUMENTS

 254 KB Chapter 14.1 - Appendix 1: Canada's Oil Sands & Heavy Oil Deposit's
 
 282 KB Chapter 14.2 - Appendix 2: Heavy Oil Potential: The Next Fifty Years

 703 KB Chapter 14.3 - Appendix 3: Canadian-Venezuela Comparison

 228 KB  Chapter 14.4 - Appendix 4: End Notes

 857 KB Chapter 14.5 - Appendix 5: Disposal of Dirty Liquids Using Slurry Fracture Injection