A Novel Ultra-Low Interfacial Tension Nanofluid for Enhanced Oil Recovery in Super-Low Permeability Reservoirs

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derong Xu ◽  
Baojun Bai ◽  
Ziyu Meng ◽  
Qiong Zhou ◽  
Zhe Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Interfacial Tension ◽  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Low Permeability ◽  
Low Interfacial Tension ◽  
Low Permeability Reservoirs

Ultra-Low Interfacial Tension of a Surfactant under a Wide Range of Temperature and Salinity Conditions for Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery

2018 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 252-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derong Xu ◽  
Wanli Kang ◽  
Liming Zhang ◽  
Jiatong Jiang ◽  
Zhe Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Interfacial Tension ◽  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Low Interfacial Tension

scholarly journals Enhanced Oil Recovery by a Suspension of Core-Shell Polymeric Nanoparticles in Heterogeneous Low-Permeability Oil Reservoirs

Nanomaterials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 600 ◽  
Author(s):  
Long ◽  
Wang ◽  
Zhu ◽  
Huang ◽  
Leng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Newtonian Fluid ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Polymeric Nanoparticles ◽  
Low Permeability ◽  
High Permeability ◽  
Permeability Ratio ◽  
Nanoparticle Suspension ◽  
Shear Rates ◽  
Low Permeability Reservoirs

Polymeric nanoparticle suspension is a newly developed oil-displacing agent for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) in low-permeability reservoirs. In this work, SiO2/P(MBAAm-co-AM) polymeric nanoparticles were successfully synthesized by a simple distillation–precipitation polymerization method. Due to the introduction of polymer, the SiO2/P(MBAAm-co-AM) nanoparticles show a favorable swelling performance in aqueous solution, and their particle sizes increase from 631 to 1258 nm as the swelling times increase from 24 to 120 h. The apparent viscosity of SiO2/P(MBAAm-co-AM) suspension increases with an increase of mass concentration and swelling time, whereas it decreases as the salinity and temperature increase. The SiO2/P(MBAAm-co-AM) suspension behaves like a non-Newtonian fluid at lower shear rates, yet like a Newtonian fluid at shear rates greater than 300 s−1. The EOR tests of the SiO2/P(MBAAm-co-AM) suspension in heterogeneous, low-permeability cores show that SiO2/P(MBAAm-co-AM) nanoparticles can effectively improve the sweep efficiency and recover more residual oils. A high permeability ratio can result in a high incremental oil recovery in parallel cores. With an increase of the permeability ratio of parallel cores from 1.40 to 15.49, the ratios of incremental oil recoveries (low permeability/high permeability) change from 7.69/4.61 to 23.61/8.46. This work demonstrates that this SiO2/P(MBAAm-co-AM) suspension is an excellent conformance control agent for EOR in heterogeneous, low-permeability reservoirs. The findings of this study can help to further the understanding of the mechanisms of EOR using SiO2/P(MBAAm-co-AM) suspension in heterogeneous, low-permeability reservoirs.

scholarly journals Study on three phase foam for Enhanced Oil Recovery in extra-low permeability reservoirs

2018 ◽  
Vol 73 ◽  
pp. 55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming Zhou ◽  
Juncheng Bu ◽  
Jie Wang ◽  
Xiao Guo ◽  
Jie Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Foam Stability ◽  
Temperature Tolerance ◽  
Resistance Coefficient ◽  
Low Permeability ◽  
Displacement Efficiency ◽  
Three Phase ◽  
Profile Control ◽  
Low Permeability Reservoirs

Poly (MSt-MMA) nanosphere as foam stabilizing agent was synthesized by emulsion polymerization. The three phase foam was prepared with Disodium 4-Dodecyl-2,4′-Oxydiben Zenesulfonate (DOZS) as foaming agent, Hydrolyzed Polyacrylamide (HPAM) and synthesized poly (MSt-MMA) nanospheres as the mixed foam stabilizing agents. It had outstanding foaming performance and foam stability. The optimal three phase foam system consisting of 0.12 wt% HPAM, 0.04 wt% poly (MSt-MMA) nanospheres and 0.12 wt% DOZS by orthogonal experiment, had high apparent viscosity, which showed that three components had a very good synergistic effect. The three phase foam’s temperature tolerance and salt tolerance were researched in laboratory tests. Flooding oil experiment showed that the average displacement efficiency of three phase foam system was 16.1 wt% in single core experiments and 21.7 wt% in double core experiments. Resistance coefficient of low permeability core was more than those of high permeability core, but their residual resistance coefficients were small. The results of core experiment and pilot test indicated that the three phase foam had good profile control ability and generated low damage to the low permeability layer for extra-low permeability reservoirs. Three phase foam flooding has great prospects for Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) in extra-low permeability reservoirs.

Smart mobility control agent for enhanced oil recovery during CO2 flooding in ultra-low permeability reservoirs

Fuel ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 241 ◽  
pp. 442-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Zhang ◽  
Mingwei Gao ◽  
Qing You ◽  
Hongfu Fan ◽  
Wenhui Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Control Agent ◽  
Mobility Control ◽  
Low Permeability ◽  
Co2 Flooding ◽  
Smart Mobility ◽  
Low Permeability Reservoirs
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