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Production well
Injection well
(Steam is injected) Injected steam creates a
chamber which heats the
oil.
Oil moves down towards the
production well under the
influence of gravity.
Oil
Fig. 3 Steam assisted gravity drainage (horizontal profile)
flow of these oils, at ambient temperatures is that of a Bingham plastic fluid which
indicates that the semi-solid structure needs high shear to be broken down which
can initiate flow in these oils (Ghaffari et al. 2017). Figure 4 shows the contrasting
Fig. 4 Viscosity versus temperature of crude oils of various API gravities. Reprinted with
permission from Ramírez-González (2016). Copyright (2016) American Chemical Society
R. M. Jadhav and J. S. Sangwai
Production well
Injection well
(Steam is injected) Injected steam creates a
chamber which heats the
oil.
Oil moves down towards the
production well under the
influence of gravity.
Oil
Fig. 3 Steam assisted gravity drainage (horizontal profile)
flow of these oils, at ambient temperatures is that of a Bingham plastic fluid which
indicates that the semi-solid structure needs high shear to be broken down which
can initiate flow in these oils (Ghaffari et al. 2017). Figure 4 shows the contrasting
Fig. 4 Viscosity versus temperature of crude oils of various API gravities. Reprinted with
permission from Ramírez-González (2016). Copyright (2016) American Chemical Society