Numerical Study of Single Well Vapor Extraction Process

Table 1

Properties of the simulation model.

Property	Value
Grid type	Cartesian
Length in X-direction	1400 m
Length in Y-direction	80 m
Length in Z-direction	19.6 m
Number of grid cells	5,568
Average porosity	0.33
Horizontal permeability	1500 md
Vertical permeability	750 md
Number of components	4
Temperature	20°C
Connate water saturation	0.15
Initial pressure	1.1 MPa
Initial oil viscosity @ 20°C	8770 mPa·s
Solvent composition	0.7 C3 + 0.3 C1
Well length	800 m
Total hydrocarbon pore volume	615,754 m^3