scholarly journals Experimental Study of In-Situ Upgrading for Heavy Oil Using Hydrogen Donors and Catalyst Under Steam Injection Condition

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiyong Zhang ◽  
Maria Antonieta Barrufet ◽  
Robert H. Lane ◽  
Daulat Debataraja Mamora
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Steam Injection ◽  
Injection Condition ◽  
Hydrogen Donors

In-Situ Upgrading of Heavy Oil/Bitumen During Steam Injection by Use of Metal Nanoparticles: A Study on In-Situ Catalysis and Catalyst Transportation

2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (03) ◽  
pp. 333-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y.. Hamedi Shokrlu ◽  
T.. Babadagli
Keyword(s):  
Porous Medium ◽  
Porous Media ◽  
Zeta Potential ◽  
Raney Nickel ◽  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Nickel Nanoparticles ◽  
Steam Injection ◽  
Metal Particles ◽  
Electrostatic Forces

Summary Studies on the application of transition-metal catalysts for heavy-oil or bitumen in-situ upgrading were conducted in the absence of a porous medium, mainly measuring the characteristics of heavy oil in reaction with metal ions at static conditions with the help of a magnetic stirrer. Metal species in ionic form are not soluble in oil phase. Therefore, metal particles, as inhomogeneous catalysts, are considered in this paper. Furthermore, dynamic tests in porous media are needed to clarify the injection possibility of the metal particles and their effect on in-situ upgrading of heavy oil. Injection of metal particles may deteriorate the recovery process by damaging porous media because of attractive forces such as van der Waals and electrostatic forces between particles and porous rock. A better understanding of these forces and their importance in the retention of particles is required. In this paper, the catalysis effect of pure nanometer-sized nickel during steam-injection application was compared with that of an industrial catalyst such as micron-sized Raney nickel. The changes in the viscosity, refractive index, and asphaltene content were measured after each test to analyze the catalysis effects. Nickel nanoparticles showed a better catalysis compared with Raney nickel. The approximate optimum concentration of the catalysts was determined. Then, the catalysis effect of nickel nanoparticles was studied in the presence of sandpack as a porous medium. The results showed accelerated catalysis in presence of the sands. Also, nickel nanoparticles improved the oil recovery factor. The next phase of this paper studies the injectivity and transport of nickel particles. The injected suspension was stabilized by use of xanthan gum polymer and ultrasonication. The effect of solution pH, which controls the magnitude of the repulsive electrostatic forces, was clarified. Stabilization of the metal particles’ suspension was studied at different pH values through zeta-potential measurements. Also, the zeta potential of the recovered suspensions was studied to confirm the stability of the suspension during travel through the porous medium. Depending on the size, particles carry different charges and have different settling velocities. Therefore, the stabilization pH and dispersant concentration were different from one sample to another. The results of the injectivity tests confirmed the lower retention and better injectivity of nanoparticles in comparison with micron-sized particles.

Surface Facilities for Thermal EOR Projects: Extra Heavy Oil

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gilberto Peña Villegas ◽  
María del Carmen Echeverrías
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Steam Injection ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Steam Flooding ◽  
Facilities Design ◽  
Integrated Project ◽  
Integrated Study ◽  
Global Project ◽  
New Facilities

A Giant Heavy Oil Field requires extending and maintaining the production plateau during a continuous period of more than 30 years. In order to increase the revenues of the global project, the construction of Upgrader plant is always considered. Cold production conditions are first, the project has estimated between 10-8% of the STOIIP obtained through cold production but it would not be enough to extend the production plateau. Therefore, later on it will be necessary to apply thermal EOR techniques, as: • Steam Injection: 1-CSS + Steam Flooding, 2-SAGD or HASD • In-situ combustion Aim for this integrated study was to visualize the new facilities design and modification on the exiting cold production facilities to manage the hot production (investments) in function of reservoir/production requirements. The benefit of this integrated study is to value the additional investments in surface facilities required under thermal EOR production to get the global integrated project evaluation.

scholarly journals Experimental study on viscosity reduction of heavy oil by hydrogen donors using a cavitating jet

RSC Advances ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 2509-2515 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chunhao Wan ◽  
Ruihe Wang ◽  
Weidong Zhou ◽  
Luopeng Li
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
High Pressure ◽  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Viscosity Reduction ◽  
Bubble Collapse ◽  
Extreme Conditions ◽  
High Pressure And Temperature ◽  
Hydrogen Donors ◽  
Cavitating Jet

Cavitating jet technology is used to change the quality and to reduce the viscosity of heavy oil because bubble collapse can cause extreme conditions such as high pressure and temperature.

Experimental study of hydrogen generation from in-situ heavy oil gasification

Fuel ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 122640
Author(s):  
Simin Yang ◽  
Siyuan Huang ◽  
Qi Jiang ◽  
Chunsheng Yu ◽  
Xiang Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Hydrogen Generation

Kinetics of the In-Situ Upgrading of Heavy Oil by Nickel Nanoparticle Catalysts and Its Effect on Cyclic-Steam-Stimulation Recovery Factor

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (03) ◽  
pp. 355-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yousef Hamedi-Shokrlu ◽  
Tayfun Babadagli
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Sulfide ◽  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Nickel Nanoparticles ◽  
Steam Injection ◽  
Recovery Factor ◽  
Organosulfur Compounds ◽  
Catalytic Aquathermolysis ◽  
Kinetics Of ◽  
Steam Stimulation

Summary The effect of nickel nanoparticles on in-situ upgrading of heavy oil (HO) during aquathermolysis and the effect of this process on the recovery through cyclic steam injection were studied. High-temperature experiments were conducted with a benchtop reactor to study the kinetics of the reactions among oil, water, and sandstones in the presence and absence of the nickel nanoparticles. Eighteen experiments were conducted at three different temperatures and at three different lengths of time, and the evolved hydrogen sulfide during the reaction was analyzed. The kinetic analysis showed that nickel nanoparticles reduce the activation energy of the reactions corresponding to the generation of hydrogen sulfide by approximately 50%. This reaction was the breakage of C-S bonds in the organosulfur compounds of the HO. The maximal catalysis effect was observed to be at a temperature of approximately 270°C. Also, the simulated-distillation gas-chromatography (GC) analysis of the oil sample, after the aquathermolysis reactions, confirmed the catalysis effect of nickel nanoparticles. According to this analysis, by catalytic process, the concentration of the components lighter than C30 increased whereas the concentration of heavier components decreased. Next, the effect of the catalytic aquathermolysis on the recovery factor of the steam-stimulation technique was studied. The stimulation experiments consisted of three injection/soaking/production phases. The results showed that the nickel nanoparticles increased the recovery factor by approximately 22% when the nanoparticles were injected with a cationic surfactant and xanthan-gum polymer. This increase of recovery was approximately 7% more than that of the experiment conducted with the surfactant and polymer only.

Experimental Investigation of In-Situ Emulsion Formation To Improve Viscous-Oil Recovery in Steam-Injection Process Assisted by Viscosity Reducer

SPE Journal ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (01) ◽  
pp. 130-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chuan Lu ◽  
Huiqing Liu ◽  
Wei Zhao ◽  
Keqin Lu ◽  
Yongge Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Steam Injection ◽  
Viscosity Reduction ◽  
Injection Process ◽  
Viscous Oil ◽  
Viscosity Reducer ◽  
High Temperature Steam

Summary In this study, the effects of viscosity-reducer (VR) concentration, salinity, water/oil ratio (WOR), and temperature on the performance of emulsions are examined on the basis of the selected VR. Different VR-injection scenarios, including single-VR injection and coinjection of steam and VR, are conducted after steamflooding by use of single-sandpack models. The results show that high VR concentration, high WOR, and low salinity are beneficial to form stable oil/water emulsions. The oil recoveries of steamflooding for bitumen and heavy oil are approximately 31 and 52%, respectively. The subsequent VR flooding gives an incremental oil recovery of 5.2 and 6.4% for bitumen and heavy oil, respectively. Flooding by steam/VR induces an additional oil recovery of 8.4–11.0% for bitumen and 12.1% for heavy oil. High-temperature steam favors the peeling off of oil and improving its fluidity, as well as the in-situ emulsions. VR solution is beneficial for the oil dispersion and further viscosity reduction. The coinjection of high-temperature steam and VR is much more effective for additional oil production in viscous-oil reservoirs.

scholarly journals Partial Hydrogenation of Anthracene with In Situ Hydrogen Produced from Water-Gas Shift Reaction over Fe-Based Catalysts

Catalysts ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 1379
Author(s):  
He Liu ◽  
Shiguang Fan ◽  
Xu Gong ◽  
Jian Wang ◽  
Aijun Guo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Catalytic Activity ◽  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Molecular Hydrogen ◽  
Water Gas Shift ◽  
Partial Hydrogenation ◽  
High Efficient ◽  
Hydrogen Donors ◽  
Shift Reaction ◽  
Water Gas

Partial hydrogenation of anthracene under CO-H2O, N2-H2O, and H2-H2O over Fe-based catalysts was studied at 400 °C and 10 MPa. Results show that the Fe-based catalysts display obvious catalytic activity for anthracene hydrogenation under CO-H2O instead of hydrogenation under N2-H2O and H2-H2O. The activity follows in the order of Fe(NO3)3·9H2O > Fe naphthenate > FeSO4·7H2O. Even though the amount of molecular hydrogen remains higher than that of in situ hydrogen, the anthracene conversion with in situ hydrogen is remarkably higher. It demonstrates that the in situ hydrogen is more active than molecular hydrogen for PAH hydrogenation. To further reveal the exact fate of these Fe-based catalysts, the decomposed products under CO-H2O, N2-H2O and H2-H2O were characterized by TG, XRD, and TEM. Results indicate that the Fe3O4 species play a key role in hydrogenation of anthracene under CO and H2O. Higher catalytic activity for Fe(NO3)3·9H2O is due to its complete decomposition at 350 °C to acquire higher concentration of active Fe3O4 species. The possible form of in situ hydrogen during this process is also discussed. Given that heavy oil contains abundant polyaromatics, these results are meaningful for enhancing hydrogen shuttling to heavy oil by producing natural hydrogen donors and, thus, benefiting the high-efficient upgrading.

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