scholarly journals Characterization and selection of polymer for use in future research on improved oil recovery

2008 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 295-303
Author(s):  
Maria de Melo ◽  
◽  
Elizabete Lucas ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Mechanical Degradation ◽  
Improved Oil Recovery ◽  
Hydrolysis Degree ◽  
Reservoir Conditions ◽  
Hydrolyzed Polyacrylamide ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Viscosity Stability

Polymer flooding has been applied for petroleum recovery and the main results of this method are the effective increasing in oil production and the reduction of water circulation The objective of this work is to present a methodology for pre-selecting a polymer to be used in future research on enhanced oil recovery (EOR) by injecting polymer solution. A reservoir was selected and characterized. Seven samples of commercial partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamide (PHPA) were also selected and characterized. Polymer solutions were prepared and characterized in terms of filterability, viscosity, stability (under reservoir conditions) and mechanical degradation. Polymer-reservoir interaction was also investigated. The results showed that it is very useful to establish a methodology to pre-select the more suitable polymer for fluid injection operations in oil field. Besides, for the conditions used in this study, the best polymer presents hydrolysis degree of 30%, molar mass of 5106 and intrinsic viscosity of 10 ml/g.

Oil emulsion characteristics as significance in efficiency forecast of oil-displacing formulations based on surfactants

2021 ◽  
pp. 91-107
Author(s):  
E. A. Turnaeva ◽  
E. A. Sidorovskaya ◽  
D. S. Adakhovskij ◽  
E. V. Kikireva ◽  
N. Yu. Tret'yakov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Surfactant Concentration ◽  
Chemical Flooding ◽  
Optimal Salinity ◽  
Oil Emulsion ◽  
Oil Displacement ◽  
Laboratory Selection ◽  
Reservoir Conditions ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Comprehensive Study

Enhanced oil recovery in mature fields can be implemented using chemical flooding with the addition of surfactants using surfactant-polymer (SP) or alkaline-surfactant-polymer (ASP) flooding. Chemical flooding design is implemented taking into account reservoir conditions and composition of reservoir fluids. The surfactant in the oil-displacing formulation allows changing the rock wettability, reducing the interfacial tension, increasing the capillary number, and forming an oil emulsion, which provides a significant increase in the efficiency of oil displacement. The article is devoted with a comprehensive study of the formed emulsion phase as a stage of laboratory selection of surfactant for SP or ASP composition. In this work, the influence of aqueous phase salinity level and the surfactant concentration in the displacing solution on the characteristics of the resulting emulsion was studied. It was shown that, according to the characteristics of the emulsion, it is possible to determine the area of optimal salinity and the range of surfactant concentrations that provide increased oil displacement. The data received show the possibility of predicting the area of effectiveness of ASP and SP formulations based on the characteristics of the resulting emulsion.

Visco-Elastic Property Studies on Polymer Flooding Systems with High Concentrations

2012 ◽  
Vol 550-553 ◽  
pp. 834-837
Author(s):  
Ji Gang Wang ◽  
Quan Qing Du ◽  
Peng Wu ◽  
Shao Li Hu ◽  
Pan Niu
Keyword(s):  
Elastic Property ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Elastic Characteristic ◽  
Polymer Flooding ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
High Concentration ◽  
Improved Oil Recovery ◽  
High Molecular Weight Polymer ◽  
Molecular Weight Polymer ◽  
Asp Flooding

Keywords: Visco-elastic property; polymer flooding; oil recovery Abstract. Polymer flooding and ASP flooding has improved oil recovery a lot in Daqing oil field. In ASP flooding, the existence of alkali decreases the visco-elastic characteristic of polymer, which decreases the oil recovery of polymer flooding. The aim of this paper was to study the visco-elastic characteristic, shear resistance in high concentration and high molecular weight polymer flooding, and analyzed the suitable parameter of it .They can provide the theory of polymer flooding development and application research.

scholarly journals Enhancing the spontaneous imbibition process using biosurfactants produced from bacteria isolated from Al-Rafidiya oil field for improved oil recovery

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 3767-3777
Author(s):  
Asaad Faraj Hamzah ◽  
Mohammed Idrees Al-Mossawy ◽  
Wijdan Hussein Al-Tamimi ◽  
Fahad M. Al-Najm ◽  
Zainab Mohsen Hameed
Keyword(s):  
Bacillus Cereus ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Agar Plate ◽  
Enterobacter Aerogenes ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Spontaneous Imbibition ◽  
Formation Water ◽  
Rock Permeability ◽  
Phenotypic Properties ◽  
Improved Oil Recovery

Abstract Among 64 bacterial strains isolated in this study, the best two of biosurfactant-producing bacteria were selected and identified based on the phenotypic properties and molecular approach based on 16S rRNA having 100% similarity to the gram-negative Enterobacter aerogenes B19 strain bacteria and rode gram-positive strain Bacillus cereus ISU-02 in the Nucleotide database of the National Center for Biotechnology Information. The study showed that two selected isolates gave the highest positive results that were used to investigate the biosurfactant production including: interfacial reduction, foaming activity, hemolytic activity, CTAB agar plate, drop collapse assay, oil displacement test and emulsification index E24%. Both Bacillus cereus ISU-02 strain and Enterobacter aerogenes B19 strain have reduced the interfacial tension to 27.61 and 28.93, respectively. Biosurfactants produced from both isolates were tested for oil recovery using spontaneous imbibition process. Bacillus cereus ISU-02 strain gave the highest oil recovery of 66.9% for rock permeability of 843 mD, followed by Enterobacter aerogenes B19 strain with oil recovery of 34% for rock permeability 197 mD, while the lowest rate of oil recovery was 12.1% for FW with permeability of 770 mD. An additional oil rate reached to 7.9% has been recovered from the residual oil when the core plug that was treated with formation water alone was retreated with the cell free biosurfactant supernatant. Use of the new biosurfactants has improved oil recovery better than use of formation water alone or formation water with the commercial surfactant SDS.

scholarly journals Experimental Investigations of Forward and Reverse Combustion for Increasing Oil Recovery of a Real Oil Field

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (17) ◽  
pp. 4581
Author(s):  
Aysylu Askarova ◽  
Evgeny Popov ◽  
Matthew Ursenbach ◽  
Gordon Moore ◽  
Sudarshan Mehta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Numerical Models ◽  
Front Propagation ◽  
Field Application ◽  
Carbonate Reservoir ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Combustion Tube ◽  
Experimental Investigations ◽  
Reservoir Conditions ◽  
Lower Permeability

The work presented herein is devoted to a unique set of forward and reverse combustion tube (CT) experiments to access the suitability and potential of the in situ combustion (ISC) method for the light oil carbonate reservoir. One forward and one reverse combustion tube tests were carried out using the high-pressure combustion tube (HPCT) experimental setup. However, during reverse combustion, the front moved in the opposite direction to the airflow. The results obtained from experiments such as fuel/air requirements, H/C ratio, and recovery efficiency are crucial for further validation of the numerical model. A quantitative assessment of the potential for the combustion was carried out. The oil recovery of forward combustion was as high as 91.4% of the initial oil in place, while that for the reverse combustion test demonstrated a 43% recovery. In the given conditions, forward combustion demonstrated significantly higher efficiency. However, the stabilized combustion front propagation and produced gases of reverse combustion prove its possible applicability. Currently, there is a limited amount of available studies on reverse combustion and a lack of publications within the last decades despite advances in technologies. However, reverse combustion might have advantages over forward combustion for heavy oil reservoirs with lower permeability or might serve as a reservoir preheating technique. These experiments give the opportunity to build and validate the numerical models of forward and reverse combustion conducted at reservoir conditions and test their field application using different scenarios.

scholarly journals Well Killing Technology before Workover Operation in Complicated Conditions

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 654
Author(s):  
Dmitry V. Mardashov ◽  
Mikhail K. Rogachev ◽  
Yury V. Zeigman ◽  
Vyacheslav V. Mukhametshin
Keyword(s):  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Carbonate Reservoir ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Fluid Loss ◽  
Oil Emulsion ◽  
Field Development ◽  
Oil Field Development ◽  
Reservoir Conditions ◽  
Complicated Conditions

Well killing is an important technological stage before conducting workover operation, one of the tasks of which is to preserve and restore the natural filtration characteristics of the bottomhole formation zone (BFZ). Special attention should be paid to the choice of well killing technologies and development of wells in complicated conditions, which include abnormally low reservoir pressure, high oil-gas ratio and carbonate reservoir type. To preserve the filtration characteristics of the productive formation and prevent fluid losses in producing wells during well killing operation, blocking compositions are used. At the same time, an informed choice of the most effective well killing technologies is required. Consequently, there is a need to conduct laboratory physicochemical and coreflood experiments simulating geological, physical, and technological conditions of field development, as similar as possible to actual reservoir conditions. The article presents the results of experimental studies on the development well killing technologies of producing wells during workover operation in various geological, physical, and technological conditions of oil field development. Physicochemical and coreflood laboratory experiments were carried out with the simulation of the processes of well killing and development of wells in reservoir conditions with the use of modern high-technology equipment in the Enhanced Oil Recovery Laboratory of the Department of Development and Operation of Oil and Gas Fields at St. Petersburg Mining University. As a result of the experimental studies, new compositions of well killing and stimulation fluids were developed, which ensure to prevent fluid loss, gas breakthrough, as well as the preservation, restoration and improvement of the filtration characteristics of the BFZ in the conditions of terrigenous and carbonate reservoirs at different stages of oil field development. It is determined that the developed process fluids, which include surfactants (YALAN-E2 and NG-1), have a hydrophobic effect on the porous medium of reservoir rocks, which ultimately contributes to the preservation, restoration and improvement of the filtration characteristics of the BFZ. The value of the presented research results is relevant for practice and confirmed by the fact that, as a result of field tests of the technology for blocking the BFZ with the composition of inverse water–oil emulsion during well killing before workover operation, an improvement in the efficiency of wells operation was obtained in the form of an increase in their oil production rate by an average of 5–10 m3/day, reducing the time required for the well to start operating up to 1–3 days and reducing the water cut of formation fluid by 20–30%.

Nanofluids based on hydrolyzed polyacrylamide and aminated graphene oxide for enhanced oil recovery in different reservoir conditions

Fuel ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 310 ◽  
pp. 122299
Author(s):  
Cláudia K.B. de Vasconcelos ◽  
Felipe S. Medeiros ◽  
Bruna R.S. Diniz ◽  
Marcelo M. Viana ◽  
Vinicius Caliman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Graphene Oxide ◽  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Reservoir Conditions ◽  
Hydrolyzed Polyacrylamide

Feasibility of Waterflooding for a Carbonate Oil Field Through Whole-Field Simulation Studies

2015 ◽  
Vol 137 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenting Yue ◽  
John Yilin Wang
Keyword(s):  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Injection Rate ◽  
Carbonate Reservoir ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Improved Oil Recovery ◽  
Smackover Formation ◽  
Artificial Lift ◽  
Production History ◽  
Current Production ◽  
The Impact

The carbonate oil field studied is a currently producing field in U.S., which is named “PSU” field to remain anonymity. Discovered in 1994 with wells on natural flow or through artificial lift, this field had produced 17.8 × 106 bbl of oil to date. It was noticed that gas oil ratio had increased in certain parts and oil production declined with time. This study was undertaken to better understand and optimize management and operation of this field. In this brief, we first reviewed the geology, petrophysical properties, and field production history of PSU field. We then evaluated current production histories with decline curve analysis, developed a numerical reservoir model through matching production and pressure data, then carried out parametric studies to investigate the impact of injection rate, injection locations, and timing of injection, and finally developed optimized improved oil recovery (OIR) methods based on ultimate oil recovery and economics. This brief provides an addition to the list of carbonate fields available in the petroleum literature and also improved understandings of Smackover formation and similar analogous fields. By documenting key features of carbonated oil field performances, we help petroleum engineers, researchers, and students understand carbonate reservoir performances.

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