The Numerical Simulation Study of Steam Flooding in Shallow Medium Heavy Oil Reservoirs in Kazakhstan

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ye Tao ◽  
Liwen Zhao ◽  
Kai He ◽  
Lian Duan ◽  
Qiang Zheng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Simulation Study ◽  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Oil Reservoirs ◽  
Steam Flooding ◽  
Heavy Oil Reservoirs

scholarly journals The Supercritical Multithermal Fluid Flooding Investigation: Experiments and Numerical Simulation for Deep Offshore Heavy Oil Reservoirs

Geofluids ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Xianhong Tan ◽  
Wei Zheng ◽  
Taichao Wang ◽  
Guojin Zhu ◽  
Xiaofei Sun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Numerical Model ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Oil Production ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Oil Reservoirs ◽  
Oil Viscosity ◽  
Steam Flooding ◽  
Heavy Oil Reservoirs

The supercritical multithermal fluids (SCMTF) were developed for deep offshore heavy oil reservoirs. However, its EOR mechanisms are still unclear, and its numerical simulation method is deficient. In this study, a series of sandpack flooding experiments were first performed to investigate the viability of SCMTF flooding. Then, a novel numerical model for SCMTF flooding was developed based on the experimental results to characterize the flooding processes and to study the effects of injection parameters on oil recovery on a lab scale. Finally, the performance of SCMTF flooding in a practical deep offshore oil field was evaluated through simulation. The experiment results show that the SCMTF flooding gave the highest oil recovery of 80.89%, which was 29.60% higher than that of the steam flooding and 11.09% higher than that of SCW flooding. The history matching process illustrated that the average errors of 3.24% in oil recovery and of 4.33% in pressure difference confirm that the developed numerical model can precisely simulate the dynamic of SCMTF flooding. Increases in temperature, pressure, and the mole ratio of scN2 and scCO2 mixture to SCW benefit the heavy oil production. However, too much increase in temperature resulted in formation damage. In addition, an excess of scN2 and scCO2 contributed to an early SCMTF breakthrough. The field-scale simulation indicated that compared to steam flooding, the SCMTF flooding increased cumulative oil production by 27122 m3 due to higher reservoir temperature, expanded heating area, and lower oil viscosity, suggesting that the SCMTF flooding is feasible in enhancing offshore heavy oil recovery.

Experimental study and numerical simulation of urea-assisted SAGD in developing exra-heavy oil reservoirs

2021 ◽  
Vol 201 ◽  
pp. 108436
Author(s):  
Daode Hua ◽  
Pengcheng Liu ◽  
Peng Liu ◽  
Changfeng Xi ◽  
Shengfei Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Experimental Study ◽  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Oil Reservoirs ◽  
Heavy Oil Reservoirs

A New High-Temperature Gel for Profile Control in Heavy Oil Reservoirs

2015 ◽  
Vol 138 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Changjiu Wang ◽  
Huiqing Liu ◽  
Qiang Zheng ◽  
Yongge Liu ◽  
Xiaohu Dong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Heat Stability ◽  
Steam Injection ◽  
Oil Reservoirs ◽  
Steam Flooding ◽  
Profile Control ◽  
Heavy Oil Reservoirs

Controlling the phenomenon of steam channeling is a major challenge in enhancing oil recovery of heavy oil reservoirs developed by steam injection, and the profile control with gel is an effective method to solve this problem. The use of conventional gel in water flooding reservoirs also has poor heat stability, so this paper proposes a new high-temperature gel (HTG) plugging agent on the basis of a laboratory experimental investigation. The HTG is prepared with nonionic filler and unsaturated amide monomer (AM) by graft polymerization and crosslinking, and the optimal gel formula, which has strong gelling strength and controllable gelation time, is obtained by the optimization of the concentration of main agent, AM/FT ratio, crosslinker, and initiator. To test the adaptability of the new HTG to heavy oil reservoirs and the performance of plugging steam channeling path and enhancing oil recovery, performance evaluation experiments and three-dimensional steam flooding and gel profile control experiments are conducted. The performance evaluation experiments indicate that the HTG has strong salt resistance and heat stability and still maintains strong gelling strength after 72 hrs at 200 °C. The singular sand-pack flooding experiments suggest that the HTG has good injectability, which can ensure the on-site construction safety. Moreover, the HTG has a high plugging pressure and washing out resistance to the high-temperature steam after gel forming and keeps the plugging ratio above 99.8% when the following steam injected volume reaches 10 PV after gel breakthrough. The three-dimensional steam flooding and gel profile control experiments results show that the HTG has good plugging performance in the steam channeling path and effectively controls its expanding. This forces the following steam, which is the steam injected after the gelling of HTG in the model, to flow through the steam unswept area, which improves the steam injection profile. During the gel profile control period, the cumulative oil production increases by 294.4 ml and the oil recovery is enhanced by 8.4%. Thus, this new HTG has a good effect in improving the steam injection profile and enhancing oil recovery and can be used to control the steam channeling in heavy oil reservoirs.

Numerical Simulation of Electrical-Heating Assisted SAGD in Heterogeneous Heavy Oil Reservoirs

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wu Yongbin ◽  
Li Xingmin ◽  
He Wanjun ◽  
Zhao Fang ◽  
Fang Yueyue ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Oil Reservoirs ◽  
Electrical Heating ◽  
Heavy Oil Reservoirs
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