The Impacts of Aqueous Ions on Interfacial Tension and Wettability of an Asphaltenic–Acidic Crude Oil Reservoir during Smart Water Injection

2014 ◽  
Vol 59 (11) ◽  
pp. 3624-3634 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mostafa Lashkarbolooki ◽  
Shahab Ayatollahi ◽  
Masoud Riazi
Keyword(s):  
Interfacial Tension ◽  
Crude Oil ◽  
Water Injection ◽  
Oil Reservoir ◽  
Smart Water ◽  
Aqueous Ions

Study of Oil Displacement Performance of Hydroxyl Sulfobetaine Surfactant

2013 ◽  
Vol 853 ◽  
pp. 223-228
Author(s):  
Pu Yue ◽  
Fan Zhang ◽  
Hui Li Fan
Keyword(s):  
Interfacial Tension ◽  
Crude Oil ◽  
Mass Fraction ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Water Flooding ◽  
Actual Condition ◽  
Oil Reservoir ◽  
Oil Film ◽  
Oil Displacement

In this paper, new alkali-free hydroxyl sulfobetaine surfactant designed for the target oil reservoir in our laboratory was used. The interfacial tension property, emulsifying capability, peeling the oil film between surfactant/polymer binary oil-displacing system and the target crude oil and the viscosity of the system were investigated systematically. Finally, oil-displacement capacity of the binary oil-displacing system on the target reservoirs natural cores was discussed. The experimental results indicated under the actual condition of the target oil reservoir with total salinity ranging from 4694mg/L to 24270mg/L and temperature being 50°C, the surfactant/polymer binary oil-displacing system with surfactant mass fraction ranging from 0.025% to 0.2% and polymer mass fraction of 0.15% could reach ultra-low interfacial tension with the target crude oil rapidly. The surfactant/polymer binary system above mentioned could emulsified crude oil easily and the volume fraction of WinsorIII middle phase microemulsion could be up to 53.06%. It also could peel the oil film adhered to oil-wet quartz plate quickly and increase the viscoelastic of surfactant/polymer binary oil-displacing system slightly. The displacement experiments made by using natural core in the target oil field indicated that oil recovery was improved by 15% after water flooding. All these results showed that hydroxyl sulfobetaine surfactant had a good potential for flooding in EOR.

Smart Water injection strategies for optimized EOR in a high temperature offshore oil reservoir

2018 ◽  
Vol 165 ◽  
pp. 743-751 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zahra Aghaeifar ◽  
Skule Strand ◽  
Tina Puntervold ◽  
Tor Austad ◽  
Farasdaq Muchibbus Sajjad
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Water Injection ◽  
Oil Reservoir ◽  
Smart Water ◽  
Offshore Oil ◽  
Injection Strategies

scholarly journals Effect of ionic strength in low salinity water injection processes

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 17-26
Author(s):  
Gustavo Maya Toro ◽  
Luisana Cardona Rojas ◽  
Mayra Fernanda Rueda Pelayo ◽  
Farid B. Cortes Correa
Keyword(s):  
Ionic Strength ◽  
Interfacial Tension ◽  
Crude Oil ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Water Injection ◽  
Spontaneous Imbibition ◽  
Low Salinity ◽  
Low Salinity Water ◽  
Salinity Water ◽  
Low Salinity Water Injection

Low salinity water injection has been frequently studied as an enhanced oil recovery process (EOR), mainly due to promising experimental results and because operational needs are not very different from those of the conventional water injection. However, there is no agreement on the mechanisms involved in increasing the displacement of crude oil, except for the effects of wettability changes. Water injection is the oil recovery method mostly used, and considering the characteristics of Colombian oil fields, this study analyses the effect of modifying the ionic composition of the waters involved in the process, starting from the concept of ionic strength (IS) in sandstone type rocks. The experimental plan for this research includes the evaluation of spontaneous imbibition (SI), contact angles, and displacement efficiencies in Berea core plugs. Interfacial tension and pH measurements were also carried out. The initial scenario consists in formation water (FW), with a total concentration of 9,800 ppm (TDS) (IS ~ 0.17) and a 27 °API crude oil. Magnesium and Calcium brine were also used in a first approach to assess the effect of the divalent ions. Displacement efficiency tests are performed using IS of 0.17, 0.08, and 0.05, as secondary and tertiary oil recovery and the recovery of oil increases in both scenarios. Spontaneous imbibition curves and contact angle measurements show variations as a function of the ionic strength, validating the displacement efficiencies. Interfacial tension and pH collected data evidence that fluid/fluid interactions occur due to ionic strength modifications. However, as per the conditions of this research, fluid/fluid mechanisms are not as determining as fluid/rock.

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