Research Article
Thermal Hydraulic Analysis Using GIS on Application of HTR to Thermal Recovery of Heavy Oil Reservoirs
Table 3
Costs of steam injection by boiler and HTR-PM.
| Injection
mode | Construction
investment
($/(t·y)) | Fuel cost
($/t or $/m3) | Operating
cost ($/t) | Full operating
cost ($/t) | Full cost
for steam
injection ($/t) |
| | Coal | 29.78 | 27.99 | 8.766 | 12.04 | 14.69 | | Natural gas | 15.54 | 0.1541 | 10.45 | 14.50 | 15.88 | | HTR-PM | 95.17 |
— | — | 5.62 | 14.07 |
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Time = 30 years, bank rate = 8%.
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