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Varun Pathak

MSc 2011

Currently with CMG

Research topic: “Hot Solvent Injection for Heavy-Oil and Bitumen Recovery"

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Publications:

 

  1. Pathak, V., Babadagli, T. and Edmunds, N.R.: “Heavy Oil and Bitumen Recovery by Hot Solvent Injection,” J. Petr. Sci. and Eng., vol. 78, 2011, 637-645.

  2. Pathak, V., Babadagli, T. and Edmunds, N.R.: “Mechanics of Heavy Oil and Bitumen Recovery by Hot Solvent Injection,” SPE Res. Eval. and Eng., vol. 15, no. 2, 182-194, April 2012.

  3. Pathak, V., Babadagli. T., Majorowicz, J. and Unsworth, M.: “Evaluation of Engineered Geothermal Systems as a Heat Source for Oilsands Production in Northern Alberta,” Natural Resources Research, vol. 23, no. 2, 247-265, June 2014.

  4. Pathak, V., Babadagli, T. and Edmunds, N.R.: “Experimental Investigation of Bitumen Recovery from Fractured Carbonates Using Hot-Solvents,” J. of Canadian Petr. Tech., vol. 52, no. 4, 289-295, 2013.

  5. Pathak, V., Babadagli, T. and Edmunds, N.R.: “Hot Solvent Injection for Heavy Oil/Bitumen Recovery: An Experimental Investigation,” SPE 137440, 2010 SPE Canadian Unconventional Resources and Int. Petr. Conf., Calgary, AB, Canada, 19-21 Oct. pp 14.

  6. Pathak, V., Babadagli, T. and Edmunds, N.R.: “Mechanics of Heavy Oil and Bitumen Recovery by Hot Solvent Injection,” SPE 144546, 2011 SPE Western North American Regional Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, 7-11 May. pp 17.

  7. Pathak, V., Babadagli, T. and Edmunds, N.R.: “Experimental Investigation of Bitumen Recovery from Fractured Carbonates Using Hot-Solvents,” SPE 159439, 2012 SPE Annual Tech. Conf. and Exh., San Antonio, TX, 8-10 Oct., pp. 12.

  8. Pathak, V., Babadagli, T., Majorowicz, J. and Unsworth, M.: “Generation of Hot Water from Hot-Dry-Rock for Heavy-Oil/Bitumen Recovery in Northern Alberta, Canada,” American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, 5-9 Dec., 2011.

  9. Pathak, V., Babadagli, T., Majorowicz, J. and Unsworth, M.: “Harnessing Geothermal Energy for Oilsands Extraction in Northern Alberta,” 1st Helmholtz-Alberta Initiative Science Forum, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, Sept. 29, 2011.
     

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