Investigating the Effect of CO2Flooding on Asphaltenic Oil Recovery and Reservoir Wettability

2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 1118-1127 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. A. Hamouda ◽  
E. A. Chukwudeme ◽  
D. Mirza
Keyword(s):  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Reservoir Wettability

scholarly journals Multiphase, Multicomponent Simulation for Flow and Transport during Polymer Flood under Various Wettability Conditions

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Ji Ho Lee ◽  
Kun Sang Lee
Keyword(s):  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Substantial Reduction ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Water Production ◽  
Flow Process ◽  
Flow And Transport ◽  
Polymer Flood ◽  
Reservoir Simulator ◽  
Reservoir Wettability ◽  
Flow And Mass Transport

Accurate assessment of polymer flood requires the understanding of flow and transport of fluids involved in the process under different wettability of reservoirs. Because variations in relative permeability and capillary pressure induced from different wettability control the distribution and flow of fluids in the reservoirs, the performance of polymer flood depends on reservoir wettability. A multiphase, multicomponent reservoir simulator, which covers three-dimensional fluid flow and mass transport, is used to investigate the effects of wettability on the flow process during polymer flood. Results of polymer flood are compared with those of waterflood to evaluate how much polymer flood improves the oil recovery and water-oil ratio. When polymer flood is applied to water-wet and oil-wet reservoirs, the appearance of influence is delayed for oil-wet reservoirs compared with water-wet reservoirs due to unfavorable mobility ratio. In spite of the delay, significant improvement in oil recovery is obtained for oil-wet reservoirs. With respect to water production, polymer flood leads to substantial reduction for oil-wet reservoirs compared with water-wet reservoirs. Moreover, application of polymer flood for oil-wet reservoirs extends productive period which is longer than water-wet reservoir case.

scholarly journals Modeling Wettability Variation during Long-Term Water Flooding

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renyi Cao ◽  
Changwei Sun ◽  
Y. Zee Ma
Keyword(s):  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Water Flooding ◽  
Residual Oil ◽  
Displacement Efficiency ◽  
Oil Saturation ◽  
Residual Oil Saturation ◽  
Polar Substance ◽  
Oil Displacement Efficiency ◽  
Reservoir Wettability

Surface property of rock affects oil recovery during water flooding. Oil-wet polar substances adsorbed on the surface of the rock will gradually be desorbed during water flooding, and original reservoir wettability will change towards water-wet, and the change will reduce the residual oil saturation and improve the oil displacement efficiency. However there is a lack of an accurate description of wettability alternation model during long-term water flooding and it will lead to difficulties in history match and unreliable forecasts using reservoir simulators. This paper summarizes the mechanism of wettability variation and characterizes the adsorption of polar substance during long-term water flooding from injecting water or aquifer and relates the residual oil saturation and relative permeability to the polar substance adsorbed on clay and pore volumes of flooding water. A mathematical model is presented to simulate the long-term water flooding and the model is validated with experimental results. The simulation results of long-term water flooding are also discussed.

scholarly journals The effect of nanoparticles on reservoir wettability alteration: a critical review

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilmy Eltoum ◽  
Yu-Long Yang ◽  
Ji-Rui Hou
Keyword(s):  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
Hydrocarbon Reservoirs ◽  
Oil Reservoirs ◽  
Wettability Alteration ◽  
Ambient Conditions ◽  
Nanofluid Stability ◽  
Novel Concept ◽  
Reservoir Wettability

Abstract A novel concept of treating oil reservoirs by nanofluids is being developed to improve oil recovery and reduce the trapped oil in hydrocarbon reservoirs. Nanoparticles show great potential in enhancing oil recovery under ambient conditions. In this paper, the approaches of wettability alteration by using nanofluid, stability of nanofluids, and the most reliable wettability alteration mechanisms associated with variant types of nanoparticles have been reviewed. Moreover, the parameters that have a significant influence on nanofluid flooding have been discussed. Finally, the recent studies of the effect of nanoparticles on wettability alteration have been summarised and analysed. Furthermore, this paper presents possible opportunities and challenges regarding wettability alteration using nanofluids.

Organic Oil Recovery - Resident Microbial Enhanced Production Pilot in Bahrain

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Venske ◽  
Ali Mohamed ◽  
Ammar Shaban ◽  
Nelson Maan ◽  
Dr. Colin Hill ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Pilot Test ◽  
Initial State ◽  
Improved Oil Recovery ◽  
Microbial Life ◽  
Enhanced Production ◽  
Recoverable Reserves ◽  
Pilot Implementation ◽  
Pumping Equipment ◽  
Reservoir Wettability

Abstract Tatweer Petroleum has been involved in a Pilot study to determine the efficacy of Organic Oil Recovery (OOR), a unique form of microbial enhanced oil recovery as a means of maximising oil recovery from its Rubble reservoir within the Awali field. OOR harnesses microbial life already present in an oil-bearing reservoir to improve oil recovery through changes in interfacial tensions, which in the case of Rubble will increase the heavy oil's mobility and improve recovery rates and reservoir wettability. These changes could increase recoverable reserves and extend field life through improved oil recovery with negligible topsides modifications. The Pilot injection is implemented by injecting a specific nutrient blend directly at the wellhead with ordinary pumping equipment. The well is then shut-in for an incubation period and thereafter returned to production. In Tatweer Petroleum's Awali field the Rubble reservoir is one of the shallowest oil reservoirs in the Bahrain and the first oil discovery in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region. The reservoir can be found at depths of around 1400 – 1900 ft. During initial laboratory testing of the Rubble target wells the reservoir showed a diverse and abundant resident ecology which has been proven capable of undergoing the necessary characteristic changes to facilitate enhanced production from the target wells. The Pilot test on one of these wells, called Well (A) within this paper, took place in July 2020 and due to this process, the ecology of this well showed these same changes in characteristics in the reservoir along with an associated oil response. The full method of implementation of the Pilot test will also be discussed in detail and will include any challenges and/or successes in this area. The initial state ecology reports of Well (A) are demonstrated and compared to that of post-Pilot test ecology. We also present the production figures for the well prior to and post the Pilot implementation. A correlation will be demonstrated between changes in ecology and an increase in production.

The Effects of Wettability on Gel Performance in Layered Heterogeneous Reservoirs

2013 ◽  
Vol 448-453 ◽  
pp. 4028-4032 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guang Xi Shen ◽  
Ji Ho Lee ◽  
Kun Sang Lee
Keyword(s):  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Produced Water ◽  
Water Production ◽  
Substantial Cost ◽  
Heterogeneous Reservoirs ◽  
Reservoir Performance ◽  
Water Breakthrough ◽  
Gel Treatment ◽  
Reservoir Wettability

Regarding the application of enhanced oil recovery (EOR), reservoir heterogeneity leads to early water breakthrough and significant water production, so that substantial cost may be needed to treat the produced water. Gel treatments have been widely used to prevent early water breakthrough and great amount of water production by the modification of permeability. Reservoir wettability gives significant impact on gel treatment. This study is to assess the effect of wettability on the reservoir performance during gel treatment in layered heterogeneous reservoirs. Performances were compared in terms of water-oil ratio and cumulative oil recovery for different wettability conditions. With respect to oil recovery, there is no striking improvement by gel treatment. However, the results indicate that gel process presents 77% decrement of water-oil ratio over waterflood for oil-wet system and 51% for water-wet system. Gel is distributed in reservoir more widely for oil-wet conditions than water-wet conditions, which means the effect of gels is more dominant in oil-wet conditions rather than water-wet conditions.

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