Fines-Migration-Assisted Oil and Gas Recovery (Low Salinity Water Injection)

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Zeinijahromi ◽  
P. Bedrikovetsky
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Water Injection ◽  
Fines Migration ◽  
Gas Recovery ◽  
Low Salinity ◽  
Low Salinity Water ◽  
Salinity Water ◽  
Low Salinity Water Injection

Injectivity formation damage due to fines migration

2018 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 700
Author(s):  
Larissa Chequer ◽  
Mohammad Bagheri ◽  
Abbas Zeinijahromi ◽  
Pavel Bedrikovetsky
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Model ◽  
Water Injection ◽  
Laboratory Data ◽  
Formation Damage ◽  
Fines Migration ◽  
Low Salinity ◽  
Low Salinity Water ◽  
Damaged Zone ◽  
Salinity Water ◽  
Low Salinity Water Injection

Formation damage by fines migration during low-salinity water injection can greatly affect field-scale waterflooding projects. In this paper, we present the basic governing equations for single-phase flow with detachment, migration and straining of natural reservoir fines. We perform laboratory corefloods with low-salinity water injections and monitor the breakthrough particle concentration and pressure drop across the core. The analytical model for linear flow matches the laboratory data with high accuracy. The analytical model for radial flow predicts well behaviour from laboratory-tuned coefficients. The calculations show that fines migration during low-salinity water injection causes significant injectivity decline. For typical values of fines-migration model coefficients, injectivity index declines 2–8 times during 10−3 pore volumes injected and the radius of the damaged zone does not exceed a few metres. We present two field cases on waterflooding and low-salinity water injection. The radial model presents good agreement with well injectivity field data.

Single-Well Chemical-Tracer Modeling of Low-Salinity-Water Injection in Carbonates

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (01) ◽  
pp. 118-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emad W. Al-Shalabi ◽  
Haishan Luo ◽  
Mojdeh Delshad ◽  
Kamy Sepehrnoori
Keyword(s):  
Water Injection ◽  
Low Salinity ◽  
Chemical Tracer ◽  
Low Salinity Water ◽  
Single Well ◽  
Salinity Water ◽  
Low Salinity Water Injection

Novel Insights into Mechanisms of Oil Recovery by Low Salinity Water Injection

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Sohrabi ◽  
P. Mahzari ◽  
S. A. Farzaneh ◽  
J. R. Mills ◽  
P. Tsolis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Water Injection ◽  
Low Salinity ◽  
Low Salinity Water ◽  
Salinity Water ◽  
Low Salinity Water Injection
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