Laboratory Investigation on Light-Oil Air Injection

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naval Kishore Dubey
Keyword(s):  
Laboratory Investigation ◽  
Air Injection ◽  
Light Oil

Laboratory Investigation on the Feasibility of Light-Oil Autoignition for Application of the High-Pressure Air Injection (HPAI) Process

2012 ◽  
Vol 26 (9) ◽  
pp. 5638-5645 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hu Jia ◽  
Jin-Zhou Zhao ◽  
Wan-Fen Pu ◽  
Yong-Ming Li ◽  
Zhong-Tao Yuan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Laboratory Investigation ◽  
Air Injection ◽  
Light Oil

The Mechanism of Flue Gas Injection for Enhanced Light Oil Recovery

2004 ◽  
Vol 126 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. S. Shokoya ◽  
S. A. (Raj) Mehta ◽  
R. G. Moore ◽  
B. B. Maini ◽  
M. Pooladi-Darvish ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Flue Gas ◽  
Gas Injection ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Air Injection ◽  
Oil Reservoirs ◽  
Flue Gases ◽  
Low Permeability ◽  
Light Oil ◽  
Light Oil Reservoirs

Flue gas injection into light oil reservoirs could be a cost-effective gas displacement method for enhanced oil recovery, especially in low porosity and low permeability reservoirs. The flue gas could be generated in situ as obtained from the spontaneous ignition of oil when air is injected into a high temperature reservoir, or injected directly into the reservoir from some surface source. When operating at high pressures commonly found in deep light oil reservoirs, the flue gas may become miscible or near–miscible with the reservoir oil, thereby displacing it more efficiently than an immiscible gas flood. Some successful high pressure air injection (HPAI) projects have been reported in low permeability and low porosity light oil reservoirs. Spontaneous oil ignition was reported in some of these projects, at least from laboratory experiments; however, the mechanism by which the generated flue gas displaces the oil has not been discussed in clear terms in the literature. An experimental investigation was carried out to study the mechanism by which flue gases displace light oil at a reservoir temperature of 116°C and typical reservoir pressures ranging from 27.63 MPa to 46.06 MPa. The results showed that the flue gases displaced the oil in a forward contacting process resembling a combined vaporizing and condensing multi-contact gas drive mechanism. The flue gases also became near-miscible with the oil at elevated pressures, an indication that high pressure flue gas (or air) injection is a cost-effective process for enhanced recovery of light oils, compared to rich gas or water injection, with the potential of sequestering carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas.

Utilizing the Effect of Nitrogen to Implement Light Oil Air Injection in Malaysian Oil Fields

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zeeshan Mohiuddin ◽  
Anwar Raja Ibrahim ◽  
Ismail Mohd Saaid
Keyword(s):  
Air Injection ◽  
Oil Fields ◽  
Light Oil

Air Injection into Deep Light Oil Reservoirs: Combustion Tube Studies

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Greaves ◽  
R.R. Rathbone ◽  
O. ElAyadi ◽  
M. ElAbidi
Keyword(s):  
Air Injection ◽  
Oil Reservoirs ◽  
Combustion Tube ◽  
Light Oil ◽  
Light Oil Reservoirs

Performance of Air Injection vs. CO2/Water Injection in a Tight, Light-Oil Reservoir: A Laboratory Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (03) ◽  
pp. 1049-1062 ◽  
Author(s):  
William J. O'Brien ◽  
R. Gordon Moore ◽  
Sudarshan A. Mehta ◽  
Matthew G. Ursenbach ◽  
Myron I. Kuhlman
Keyword(s):  
Laboratory Study ◽  
Water Injection ◽  
Air Injection ◽  
Oil Reservoir ◽  
Light Oil

Chemically Assisted Ignition Technologies for a Light Oil Air Injection Process

2008 ◽  
Vol 47 (07) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Li ◽  
S.A. Mehta ◽  
R.G. Moore ◽  
M.G. Ursenbach ◽  
E. Zalewski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Injection ◽  
Injection Process ◽  
Light Oil
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