Research Article

Three-Dimensional Physical Simulation of Heavy Oil Exploitation by Hot Solvent Injection

Table 1

Fluid parameters of the reservoir and model geology.

Physical propertyReservoir dataModel data

Geometric size (m)
Horizontal well length (m)250.25
Well spacing (m)50.05
Porosity (%)3441.5
Permeability (10-3μm2)270012850
Initial oil saturation (%)80.590.85
Oil viscosity at 50ºC (mPa·s)156231024
Oil density at 50ºC (kg·m-3)1032936
Rate of steam injection (t·d-1)1.350.018 (20 ml/min)