Barillas, Jennys Lourdes MenesesMartin Júnior, Glen Oliveira2018-06-112018-06-112018-03-05MARTIN JÚNIOR, Glen Oliveira. Estudo do Processo SAGDOX aplicado a um reservatório de óleo pesado. 2018. 114f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Ciência e Engenharia de Petróleo) - Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Terra, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 2018.https://repositorio.ufrn.br/jspui/handle/123456789/25331Heavy oil is more difficult to be extracted, it requires the application of enhanced oil recovery (EOR) processes in order to be produced. The recovery of this type of oil can be improved by thermal processes, that consist in elevating the temperature, causing oil viscosity reduction, allowing it to flow better. The Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) is a well-known method, proved and successfully used around the world. In-situ combustion is another thermal process well consolidated. In order to improve SAGD performance, In-Situ combustion advantages were mixed with SAGD’s, proposing a new process called Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage with Oxygen addition (SAGDOX), by Nexen Inc., in 2013. SAGDOX basically consists in using the wells structure of SAGD, and add a vertical air injector well, aiming to increase oil recovery. The process is in development stage, with laboratory experimentation and physical model tests, with no field testing or pilots yet. In this paper, it was developed a parametric study of SAGDOX process applied to a heavy oil reservoir, with characteristics from Northeast Region of Brazil. Experiments were conducted using STARS software, a thermal reservoir simulator by Computer Modelling Group, and the project total time was considered 20 years. Experiments were planned using Design of Experiments, and cumulative oil production was analyzed for different values for the following operational parameters: steam injection rate, air injection rate, distance between horizontal wells, distance of air injection well and air injector well completion. Sensibility analysis indicated that all parameters were statistically significant, being the distance between horizontal wells the most influent parameter. Further results indicated that is better to inject pure oxygen, instead of air, leading to higher oil recovery factors. The SAGDOX process reached lower oil recovery factors when compared to traditional SAGD but showed that it can anticipate oil production.Acesso AbertoSAGDOXSAGDInjeção de vaporCombustão in-situMétodos térmicos de recuperaçãoSimulação numérica de reservatóriosmasterThesisCNPQ::ENGENHARIAS::ENGENHARIA QUIMICA::TECNOLOGIA QUIMICA::PETROLEO E PETROQUIMICA