scholarly journals Experimental Investigation on Oil Enhancement Mechanism of Hot Water Injection in tight reservoirs

Open Physics ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 703-713 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hao Yongmao ◽  
Lu Mingjing ◽  
Dong Chengshun ◽  
Jia Jianpeng ◽  
Su Yuliang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Water Saturation ◽  
Water Injection ◽  
Hot Water ◽  
Water Flooding ◽  
Water Displacement ◽  
Pore Characteristics ◽  
Irreducible Water Saturation ◽  
Tight Reservoirs ◽  
Oil Water

AbstractAimed at enhancing the oil recovery of tight reservoirs, the mechanism of hot water flooding was studied in this paper. Experiments were conducted to investigate the influence of hot water injection on oil properties, and the interaction between rock and fluid, petrophysical property of the reservoirs. Results show that with the injected water temperature increasing, the oil/water viscosity ratio falls slightly in a tight reservoir which has little effect on oil recovery. Further it shows that the volume factor of oil increases significantly which can increase the formation energy and thus raise the formation pressure. At the same time, oil/water interfacial tension decreases slightly which has a positive effect on production though the reduction is not obvious. Meanwhile, the irreducible water saturation and the residual oil saturation are both reduced, the common percolation area of two phases is widened and the general shape of the curve improves. The threshold pressure gradient that crude oil starts to flow also decreases. It relates the power function to the temperature, which means it will be easier for oil production and water injection. Further the pore characteristics of reservoir rocks improves which leads to better water displacement. Based on the experimental results and influence of temperature on different aspects of hot water injection, the flow velocity expression of two-phase of oil and water after hot water injection in tight reservoirs is obtained.

Experimental Study of Anionic Gemini Surfactant Enhancing Waterflooding Recovery Ratio

2011 ◽  
Vol 361-363 ◽  
pp. 469-472 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shan Fa Tang ◽  
Xiao Dong Hu ◽  
Xiang Nan Ouyang ◽  
Shuang Xi Yan ◽  
Shou Cheng Wen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Interfacial Tension ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Gemini Surfactant ◽  
Water Flooding ◽  
Ionic Surfactant ◽  
Water Medium ◽  
Recovery Efficiency ◽  
Water Displacement ◽  
Anionic Gemini Surfactant ◽  
Oil Water

The oil-water interfacial tension measurement and enhancing water displacement recovery experiment were carried out, and the effects of various parameters such as category of surfactants, anionic Gemini surfactant concentration, water medium salinity, core permeability, polymer and non-ionic surfactant on anionic Gemini surfactants enhancing water displacement recovery were investigated in detail. The results show that surfactants category is different, its enhancing water flooding recovery efficiency is different, and effect of enhanced oil recovery is consistent with surfactant ability to reduce oil-water interfacial tension. The anionic Gemini surfactant AN12-4-12 is the best in enhancing water flooding recovery efficiency, because it can reduce the oil-water interfacial tension to 5×10-3 mN•m-1. Increasing the concentration of AN12-4-12 is favorable to enhance water displacement recovery. Such as when injecting 0.5PV solution containing 800mg•L-1 AN12-4-12, enhancing water displacement recovery is 11.67%. AN12-4-12 has good adaptability to different salinities (5~25×104 mg•L-1) and low permeability reservoir in improving water displacement recovery. Adding non-ionic surfactant ANT into AN12-4-12 solution can further reduce oil-water interfacial tension and enhance water flooding recovery efficiency. For example, injecting 0.5PV surfactant solution containing 400mg•L-1 AN12-4-12 and 100mg•L-1 can enhance water displacement recovery of 10.7%.

Pore-scale modeling of a water/oil two-phase flow in hot water flooding for enhanced oil recovery

RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (104) ◽  
pp. 85373-85382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mingming Lv ◽  
Shuzhong Wang
Keyword(s):  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Hot Water ◽  
Water Flooding ◽  
Phase Flow ◽  
Pore Scale ◽  
Water Displacement ◽  
Pore Throat ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Scale Modeling

The pore-scale behaviors of hot water displacement in a pore–throat microchannel were revealed by simulations for different wettability systems.

Temperature-Dependent Irreducible Water Trapping in Heavy-Oil Reservoirs

SPE Journal ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
Dongqi Ji ◽  
Shuhong Wu ◽  
Baohua Wang ◽  
Zhiping Li ◽  
Fengpeng Lai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Oil Sands ◽  
Elevated Temperatures ◽  
Water Saturation ◽  
Temperature Dependent ◽  
Thermal Methods ◽  
Water Separation ◽  
Irreducible Water Saturation ◽  
Oil Water

Summary Temperature-dependent irreducible water saturation has great implications for heavy-oil production. Especially in processes using thermal methods, the irreducible water saturation varies significantly when temperature rises from the initial reservoir condition to the temperature of injected hot fluids. In this work, the irreducible water saturation retained in a heavy-oil/oil-sands reservoir has been theoretically analyzed as a function of temperature in the view of thermodynamics. This analysis involves oil/water interactions, thermodynamic stability, pendular rings between particles, and a dense random-packing theory. The temperature-dependent irreducible water saturation in two heavy-oil reservoir samples (Coalinga and Huntington Beach) and two oil-sands reservoir samples (Cat Canyon and Peace River) have been analyzed using an oil/water/silica system. The computed results have been compared with published experimental data. The good agreements of the comparison demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed analysis to describe the irreducible water saturation in a heavy-oil/oil-sands reservoir up to 300°C. Through these analyses, the theoretical understandings of temperature-dependent irreducible water in a heavy-oil/oil-sands reservoir have been provided. As temperature increases, the mutual water/oil solubilities are increased by enhanced molecular interactions, as well as the surface energy at an oil/water connecting interface. As a result, the oil/water interfacial tension (IFT) decreases, which diminishes the contact angle and enlarges a water-filled pendular ring between particles at elevated temperatures. Thus, the irreducible water saturation is increased by the enlarged pendular rings in a dense packing porous medium. In addition, this study demonstrates the possibilities to alter the irreducible water saturation appropriately in a heavy-oil/oil-sands reservoir to enhance oil recovery, decrease water cut, save costs of surface oil/water separation, and reduce heat consumption.

scholarly journals A Numerical Method for Computing Recovery of Oil By Hot Water Injection in a Radial System

1965 ◽  
Vol 5 (02) ◽  
pp. 131-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.P. Fournier
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Expansion ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Viscosity Ratio ◽  
Water Injection ◽  
Injection Rate ◽  
Heat Losses ◽  
Hot Water ◽  
Radial System ◽  
System Equation ◽  
Finite Difference Equations

Abstract This report describes work on the problem of predicting oil recovery from a reservoir into which water is injected at a temperature higher than the reservoir temperature, taking into account effects of viscosity-ratio reduction, heat loss and thermal expansion. It includes the derivation of the equations involved, the finite difference equations used to solve the partial differential equation which models the system, and the results obtained using the IBM 1620 and 7090–1401 computers. Figures and tables show present results of this study of recovery as a function of reservoir thickness and injection rate. For a possible reservoir hot water flood in which 1,000 BWPD at 250F are injected, an additional 5 per cent recovery of oil in place in a swept 1,000-ft-radius reservoir is predicted after injection of one pore volume of water. INTRODUCTION The problem of predicting oil recovery from the injection of hot water has been discussed by several researchers.1–6,19 In no case has the problem of predicting heat losses been rigorously incorporated into the recovery and displacement calculation problem. Willman et al. describe an approximate method of such treatment.1 The calculation of heat losses in a reservoir and the corresponding temperature distribution while injecting a hot fluid has been attempted by several authors.7,8 In this report a method is presented to numerically predict the oil displacement by hot water in a radial system, taking into account the heat losses to adjacent strata, changes in viscosity ratio with temperature and the thermal-expansion effect for both oil and water. DERIVATION OF BASIC EQUATIONS We start with the familiar Buckley-Leverett9 equation for a radial system:*Equation 1 This can be written in the formEquation 2 This is sometimes referred to as the Lagrangian form of the displacement equation.

Research Status and Prospect of Heavy Oil Recovery Technology

2021 ◽  
Vol 888 ◽  
pp. 111-117
Author(s):  
Yi Zhao ◽  
De Yin Zhao ◽  
Rong Qiang Zhong ◽  
Li Rong Yao ◽  
Ke Ke Li
Keyword(s):  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Development Trend ◽  
Thermal Recovery ◽  
Hot Water ◽  
Water Flooding ◽  
Oil Reservoir ◽  
Heavy Oil Recovery ◽  
Steam Flooding ◽  
Heavy Oil Reservoir

With the continuous exploitation of most reservoirs in China, the proportion of heavy oil reservoirs increases, and the development difficulty is greater than that of conventional reservoirs. In view of the important subject of how to improve the recovery factor of heavy oil reservoir, the thermal recovery technology (hot water flooding, steam flooding, steam assisted gravity drainage SAGD and steam huff and puff) and cold recovery technology (chemical flooding, electromagnetic wave physical flooding and microbial flooding) used in the development of heavy oil reservoir are summarized. The principle of action is analyzed, and the main problems restricting heavy oil recovery are analyzed The main technologies of heavy oil recovery are introduced from the aspects of cold recovery and hot recovery. Based on the study of a large number of literatures, and according to the development trend of heavy oil development, suggestions and prospects for the future development direction are put forward.

Improving Water Injectivity Through Lateral Radial Drilling into the Reservoir

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Effiong Essien ◽  
Uchenna Onyejiaka ◽  
Stanley Onwukwe ◽  
Nnaemeka Uwaezuoke
Keyword(s):  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Damage Zone ◽  
Water Injection ◽  
Progressive Increase ◽  
Recovery Factor ◽  
Water Flooding ◽  
Increase With Increase ◽  
Drilling Technology ◽  
Water Cut ◽  
Radial Drilling

Abstract Poor formation permeability and near well bore damage may limit water injectivity into the reservoir in a water injection project. This paper seeks to evaluate the effect of radial drilling technique on water injectivity and oil recovery in water flooding operation. Radial drilling technology utilizes hydraulic energy to create lateral perpendicular small holes through the casing into the reservoir. The holes may extend to 100 m (330 ft) into the reservoir to access fresh formations beyond the near wellbore, and damage zone. A black oil simulator (Eclipse 100) was used to modeling a lateral radial drill from the borehole into the reservoir, and that of a conventional perforation of the wellbore respectively. A simulation study was carried out using various presumed radial drill configurations in determining injectivity index, displacement efficiencies, recovery factor and water cut of the process. The determined results were further compared with that of the conventional perforation process case respectively. The results show a significant improvement in water injectivity in radial drill case with the increasing length and number of radials as compared to the conventional wellbore perforation case. The determined Recovery factor shows a progressive increase with increase in the numbers of radials drilled, irrespective of the radial length. However, it was observed that, the more the number and length of the radials drilled in to the reservoir, the higher the water cut from producer wells. Radial Drilling Technology, therefore, has a promising potential to improving water injectivity into the reservoir and thereby optimizing oil recovery in a water flooding operation.

Software Tool for the Study, Analysis and Evaluation of Enhanced Oil Recovery Processes

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. L. Delgadillo-Aya ◽  
M.L.. L. Trujillo-Portillo ◽  
J.M.. M. Palma-Bustamante ◽  
E.. Niz-Velasquez ◽  
C. L. Rodríguez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Water Injection ◽  
Software Tool ◽  
Steam Injection ◽  
Hot Water ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Analytical Models ◽  
Financial Assessment ◽  
Recovery Processes

Abstract Software tools are becoming an important ally in making decisions on the development or implementation of an enhanced oil recovery processes from the technical, financial or risk point of view. This work, can be manually developed in some cases, but becomes more efficient and precise with the help of these tools. In Ecopetrol was developed a tool to make technical and economic evaluation of enhanced oil recovery processes such as air injection, both cyclic and continuous steam injection, and steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) and hot water injection. This evaluation is performed using different types of analysis as binary screening, analogies, benchmarking, and prediction using analytical models and financial and risk analysis. All these evaluations are supported by a comprehensive review that has allowed initially find favorable conditions for different recovery methods evaluated, and get a probability of success based on this review. Subsequently, according to the method can be used different prediction methods, given an idea of the process behavior for a given period. Based on the prediction results, it is possible to feed the software to generate a financial assessment process, in line with cash flow previously developed that incorporates all the elements to be considered during the implementation of a project. This allows for greater support to the choice or not the application of a method. Finally the tool to evaluate the levels of risks that outlines the development of the project based on the existing internal methodology in the company, identifying the main and level of criticality and define actions for prevention, mitigation and risk elimination.

scholarly journals The Effect of Fracturing Fluid Saturation on Natural Gas Flow Behavior in Tight Reservoirs

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (20) ◽  
pp. 5278
Author(s):  
Mianmo Meng ◽  
Yinghao Shen ◽  
Hongkui Ge ◽  
Xiaosong Xu ◽  
Yang Wu
Keyword(s):  
Gas Flow ◽  
Water Saturation ◽  
Flow Behavior ◽  
Tight Gas ◽  
Fracturing Fluid ◽  
Taiyuan Formation ◽  
Irreducible Water Saturation ◽  
Tight Reservoirs ◽  
The One ◽  
Median Pore

Hydraulic fracturing becomes an essential method to develop tight gas. Under high injection pressure, fracturing fluid entering into the formation will reduce the flow channel. To investigate the influence of water saturation on gas flow behavior, this study conducted the gas relative permeability with water saturation and the flow rate with the pressure gradient at different water saturations. As the two dominant tight gas-bearing intervals, the Upper Paleozoic Taiyuan and Shihezi Formations deposited in Ordos Basin were selected because they are the target layers for holding vast tight gas. Median pore radius in the Taiyuan Formation is higher than the one in the Shihezi Formation, while the most probable seepage pore radius in the Taiyuan Formation is lower than the one in the Shihezi Formation. The average irreducible water saturation is 54.4% in the Taiyuan Formation and 61.6% in the Shihezi Formation, which indicates that the Taiyuan Formation has more movable water. The average critical gas saturation is 80.4% and 69.9% in these two formations, respectively, which indicates that the Shihezi Formation has more movable gas. Both critical gas saturation and irreducible water saturation have a negative relationship with porosity as well as permeability. At the same water saturation, the threshold gradient pressure of the Taiyuan Formation is higher than the one in the Shihezi Formation, which means that water saturation has a great influence on the Taiyuan Formation. Overall, compared with the Shihezi Formation, the Taiyuan Formation has a higher median pore size and movable water saturation, but water saturation has more influence on its gas flow capacity. Our research is conducive to understanding the effect of fracturing fluid filtration on the production of natural gas from tight reservoirs.

New Expression of Oil/Water Relative Permeability Ratio vs. Water Saturation and its Application in Water Flooding Curve

2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 817-830 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feng Xu ◽  
Longxin Mu ◽  
Xianghong Wu ◽  
Tianjian Sun ◽  
Yutao Ding ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Relative Permeability ◽  
Water Saturation ◽  
Water Flooding ◽  
Permeability Ratio ◽  
Oil Water
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