Research Article

Experimental and Numerical Investigation on Infilled Vertical Well LASER-Assisted SAGD

Table 1

Design results of the reservoir and the 2-D physical model.

ItemsReservoirLab

Geometry size (widthheight)/m70180.400.20
SAGD wellspacing/m50.1
Porosity/%3235
Permeability/10-3μm2130088002
Initial oil saturation/%7687
Oil viscosity@50C/mPa.s1123211232
Oil density@50C/kg.m-310081008
(function of oil viscosity, steam temperature , and reservoir )3.43.4
Geometry similarity coefficient: 0.1430.143
Property similarity coefficient: 0.180.18
Time similarity coefficient: 3.910-5t0.26t
Velocity similarity coefficient: /m-3.d-1 (cold water equivalent)0.0230.02