The Impact of Hexane on the Dynamic Viscosity of Kazakhstans’s Heavy Oil
Logvinenko A.
February 2025Dr D. Pylarinos
Engineering, Technology and Applied Science Research
2025#15Issue 119386 - 19389 pp.
The Republic of Kazakhstan has significant heavy oil and natural bitumen reserves. Some of these reserves contain highly viscous oil of more than 1000 mPa·s at shallow depths. The main recovery techniques are thermal methods, which use steam or hot water injections. One of the variants used to improve the thermal methods is the addition of a liquid or gaseous solvent. In this study, hexane was used as an additive solvent. The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of hexane on dead heavy oil in the Sarybulak field in the context of dynamic viscosity reduction. Mixtures of heavy oil and hexane in various proportions were prepared and studied. In addition, the dependence of the dynamic viscosity of heavy oil on the hexane content was evaluated.
dynamic viscosity , heavy oil , hexane , solvent , thermal EOR
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Satbayev University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
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