The Interrelationship of Carbonate Reservoir Quality and Dynamic Characterization of Chemical Solutions for Potential of Enhanced Oil Recovery

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xianmin Zhou ◽  
Muhammad Shahzad Kamal
RSC Advances ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 1952-1959
Author(s):  
Yi Zhao ◽  
Fangfang Peng ◽  
Yangchuan Ke

Emulsion with small particle size and good stability stabilized by emulsifiers was successfully prepared for EOR application.


2010 ◽  
Vol 49 (24) ◽  
pp. 12756-12761 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ajay Mandal ◽  
Abhijit Samanta ◽  
Achinta Bera ◽  
Keka Ojha

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongsheng Tan ◽  
Qi Li ◽  
Liang Xu ◽  
Xiaoyan Zhang ◽  
Tao Yu

<p>The wettability, fingering effect and strong heterogeneity of carbonate reservoirs lead to low oil recovery. However, carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) displacement is an effective method to improve oil recovery for carbonate reservoirs. Saturated CO<sub>2</sub> nanofluids combines the advantages of CO<sub>2</sub> and nanofluids, which can change the reservoir wettability and improve the sweep area to achieve the purpose of enhanced oil recovery (EOR), so it is a promising technique in petroleum industry. In this study, comparative experiments of CO<sub>2</sub> flooding and saturated CO<sub>2</sub> nanofluids flooding were carried out in carbonate reservoir cores. The nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) instrument was used to clarify oil distribution during core flooding processes. For the CO<sub>2</sub> displacement experiment, the results show that viscous fingering and channeling are obvious during CO<sub>2</sub> flooding, the oil is mainly produced from the big pores, and the residual oil is trapped in the small pores. For the saturated CO<sub>2</sub> nanofluids displacement experiment, the results show that saturated CO<sub>2</sub> nanofluids inhibit CO<sub>2</sub> channeling and fingering, the oil is produced from the big pores and small pores, the residual oil is still trapped in the small pores, but the NMR signal intensity of the residual oil is significantly reduced. The final oil recovery of saturated CO<sub>2</sub> nanofluids displacement is higher than that of CO<sub>2</sub> displacement. This study provides a significant reference for EOR in carbonate reservoirs. Meanwhile, it promotes the application of nanofluids in energy exploitation and CO<sub>2</sub> utilization.</p>


Fuel ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 235 ◽  
pp. 995-1009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nilanjan Pal ◽  
Sudhir Kumar ◽  
Achinta Bera ◽  
Ajay Mandal

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