Numerical Simulation and Sensitivity Analysis of In-Situ Combustion Process in a Laboratory System

The complications of In-Situ Combustion in heavy oil reservoirs cause the investigators to pay more attention to numerical simulation rather than experimental models. On the other hand, development of numerical simulation softwares supports them in this way. In this investigation an experimental model is simulated by numerical simulation software and sensitivity analysis of crude production in In-Situ Combustion process is evaluated by various parameters. Hence, the value of influence of these parameters is measured by sensitivity analysis. The operational parameters those are selected are pre-heating temperature, pre-heating by steam, air injection rate, and comparison of air injection to oxygen saturated air injection.