Caracterización del crudo pesado de Campo ITT : Caracterización del crudo pesado de la zona sur del Campo ITT

Abstract

The exploitation of light and medium crude oil reserves has generated large revenues, but these volumes are gradually decreasing, so the country must focus on the production of other types of crude oil in the Oriente Basin. The development of heavy and extra-heavy crude oil reserves, which represent half of the country's remaining reserves, and which are located in highly sensitive areas, will enter a stage of growth and high impact; therefore, having a correct environmental management and commitment with nature will be an important challenge in the production, transportation and storage of this type of crude oil. To achieve this objective, it is necessary to know the updated values of the physical, chemical and rheological properties of the crude oil to be extracted, in order to implement new recovery and transportation techniques in an optimal way and reduce the impact on the environment. This document presents an analysis of the problem, field information, the importance of characterizing a crude oil, the laboratory tests required to determine the properties of the crude oil based on ASTM standards, historical information collected, and the results of the characterization of the crude oil from the south zone of the ITT field. As a result, an updated description of the physical, chemical and rheological properties of crude oil is presented based on a descriptive statistical analysis, based on measures of central tendency, position and dispersion measures and the proposal of an optimal recovery method for the southern zone of the ITT field.