Opportunities and Challenges of Polymer Flooding in Heavy Oil Reservoir in South of Oman

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gael Riethmuller ◽  
Ali Abri ◽  
Nasser Al Azri ◽  
Gerco Stapel ◽  
Sander Nijman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Polymer Flooding ◽  
Oil Reservoir ◽  
Heavy Oil Reservoir

Pelican Lake Field: First Successful Application of Polymer Flooding In a Heavy-Oil Reservoir

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (03) ◽  
pp. 340-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Delamaide ◽  
Alain Zaitoun ◽  
Gérard Renard ◽  
René Tabary
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Polymer Flooding ◽  
Oil Reservoir ◽  
Heavy Oil Reservoir

scholarly journals POLYMER FLOODING IN A HIGH SALINITY HEAVY-OIL RESERVOIR

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. M. O. Silveira ◽  
L. F. Lopes ◽  
R. B. Z. L. Moreno
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Oil ◽  
High Salinity ◽  
Polymer Flooding ◽  
Oil Reservoir ◽  
Heavy Oil Reservoir

Geochemical Modeling to Evaluate the Performance of Polymer Flooding in a Highly Sour Sandstone Heavy Oil Reservoir

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Taha Al-Murayri ◽  
Dawood Sulaiman Kamal ◽  
Jose Gregorio Garcia ◽  
Mojdeh Delshad ◽  
Christopher Britton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Geochemical Modeling ◽  
Polymer Flooding ◽  
Oil Reservoir ◽  
Heavy Oil Reservoir

Polymer Flooding of a Heavy Oil Reservoir with an Active Aquifer

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhitao Li ◽  
Mojdeh Delshad ◽  
Mohammad Lotfollahi ◽  
Heesong Koh ◽  
Haishan Luo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Polymer Flooding ◽  
Oil Reservoir ◽  
Heavy Oil Reservoir

scholarly journals Insights into Enhanced Oil Recovery by Polymer-Viscosity Reducing Surfactant Combination Flooding in Conventional Heavy Oil Reservoir

Geofluids ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Yuqiu Chen ◽  
Hong He ◽  
Qun Yu ◽  
Huan Liu ◽  
Lijun Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Polymer Flooding ◽  
Viscosity Reduction ◽  
Oil Reservoir ◽  
Sweep Efficiency ◽  
Heavy Oil Reservoir ◽  
Incremental Oil Recovery ◽  
Ultralow Ift ◽  
Swept Area

Polymer flooding has a significant potential to enhance oil recovery in a light oil reservoir. However, for polymer flooding in a conventional heavy oil reservoir, due to unfavorable mobility ratio between water and oil, the improvement of sweep efficiency is limited, resulting in a low incremental oil recovery and failure to achieve high-efficiency development for polymer flooding in a conventional heavy oil reservoir. Inspired by the EOR mechanisms of the surfactant-polymer (SP) flooding process, the polymer-viscosity reducing surfactant flooding (P-VRSF) system was proposed to enhance conventional heavy oil recovery. Thus, to gain an insight into enhancing oil recovery by P-VRSF in a conventional heavy oil reservoir, the viscosity property, oil-water interfacial tension property, and oil viscosity reduction property were investigated. A series of parallel sand pack experiments were conducted to investigate enhanced oil recovery ability of polymer flooding and P-VRSF in a heterogeneous reservoir. Then, the 2D micromodel flooding experiments were conducted to investigate the EOR mechanism from porous media to pore level. Results demonstrated that polymer could increase the viscosity of injection water and improve the sweep efficiency. The emulsifying stability of surfactant with ultralow IFT (10-3 mN/m) was worse than that of the surfactant with higher IFT (10-2 mN/m). The viscosity reduction rate of the surfactant with higher IFT was higher than 80% at different oil-water volume ratios. The incremental oi recovery of P-VRSF was higher than that of polymer flooding. Moreover, the polymer-viscosity reducing surfactant with higher IFT could have higher incremental oil recovery. The 2D micromodel flooding results showed that the swept area of polymer flooding and P-VRSF was larger than that of water flooding. Moreover, the swept area of the surfactant with good emulsifying stability was larger than that of the surfactant with ultralow IFT. These findings could provide insights into enhancing oil recovery by P-VRSF in the conventional heavy oil reservoir.

Surfactant-Polymer Flooding: One-Spot EOR Pilot Design for a Middle-Eastern Heavy Oil Reservoir

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Taha Al-Murayri ◽  
Abrahim Abdulgadir Hassan ◽  
Narjes Al-Mahmeed ◽  
Guillaume Suzanne ◽  
Juan-Pablo Sanchez
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Polymer Flooding ◽  
Oil Reservoir ◽  
Pilot Design ◽  
Heavy Oil Reservoir
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