MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF HIGH-FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC HEATING 
OF THE BOTTOM-HOLE AREA OF HORIZONTAL OIL WELLS

L. A. Kovaleva, N. M. Nasyrov, and A. M. Khaidar

UDC 532.546:536.421:537.868

The results of theoretical investigations of the possibility 
of using intense high-frequency electromagnetic radiation in fields 
of high-viscosity oils with the aim of intensifying their production 
have been given. Expressions of the distribution of the electromagnetic 
field strength and the field of heat sources occurring in an oil bed 
under the action of high-frequency electromagnetic radiation transferred 
to the bed through a horizontal well have been obtained. A two-dimensional 
mathematical model of the process of production of oil through horizontal 
wells with simultaneous high-frequency electromagnetic action has 
been developed. The efficiency and profitableness of the method from 
the viewpoint of the energy balance have been evaluated.

Bashkir State University, 32 Frunze Str., Ufa, 450074, 
Russia; email: Liana@ic.bashedu.ru. Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii 
Zhurnal, Vol. 77, No. 6, pp. 105-111, November-December, 2004. 
Original article submitted July 15, 2003; revision submitted December 
29, 2003.