Nasser Albartamani, John Ratulowskim DB Robinson Research Ltd., Edmonton, Canada S.M. Farouq Ali, B. Lepski of Alberta
Presented at The 2nd International Conference on Petroleum and Gas Phase Behaviour and Fouling Copenhagen, Denmark, August 27-31, 2000
Summary: Foamy oil phenomenon is associated with primary cold production, a non-thermal recovery process, from heavy-oil reservoirs producing under solution-gas drive mechanism. The foamy oil hypothesis used to explain the unusually high production is still much debated.
This paper describes the results of a study in which a series of PVT and viscosity measurements runs were carried out under different conditions to investigate and better understand foamy oil behavior. Viscosity was measured using three different viscometers, Cambridge Electromagnetic (CEV), a JEFRI capillary and Haake Rotovisco RV2 viscometer.