Successfully Increasing Production of a Mature Offshore Heavy Oil Reservoir by Water Flooding Conformance

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yifan He ◽  
Xianbo Luo ◽  
Hongfu Shi
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Water Flooding ◽  
Oil Reservoir ◽  
Heavy Oil Reservoir

Research Status and Prospect of Heavy Oil Recovery Technology

2021 ◽  
Vol 888 ◽  
pp. 111-117
Author(s):  
Yi Zhao ◽  
De Yin Zhao ◽  
Rong Qiang Zhong ◽  
Li Rong Yao ◽  
Ke Ke Li
Keyword(s):  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Development Trend ◽  
Thermal Recovery ◽  
Hot Water ◽  
Water Flooding ◽  
Oil Reservoir ◽  
Heavy Oil Recovery ◽  
Steam Flooding ◽  
Heavy Oil Reservoir

With the continuous exploitation of most reservoirs in China, the proportion of heavy oil reservoirs increases, and the development difficulty is greater than that of conventional reservoirs. In view of the important subject of how to improve the recovery factor of heavy oil reservoir, the thermal recovery technology (hot water flooding, steam flooding, steam assisted gravity drainage SAGD and steam huff and puff) and cold recovery technology (chemical flooding, electromagnetic wave physical flooding and microbial flooding) used in the development of heavy oil reservoir are summarized. The principle of action is analyzed, and the main problems restricting heavy oil recovery are analyzed The main technologies of heavy oil recovery are introduced from the aspects of cold recovery and hot recovery. Based on the study of a large number of literatures, and according to the development trend of heavy oil development, suggestions and prospects for the future development direction are put forward.

scholarly journals The Research and Application of Microbial Degradation Technology on Heavy Oil Reservoir in Huabei Oilfield

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 01054
Author(s):  
Guan Wang ◽  
Rui Wang ◽  
Yaxiu Fu ◽  
Lisha Duan ◽  
Xizhi Yuan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Heavy Oil ◽  
High Surface ◽  
Effective Rate ◽  
Water Flooding ◽  
Oil Reservoir ◽  
Displacement Efficiency ◽  
Oil Viscosity ◽  
Reservoir Conditions ◽  
Heavy Oil Reservoir

Mengulin sandstone reservoir in Huabei oilfield is low- temperature heavy oil reservoir. Recently, it is at later stage of waterflooding development. The producing degree of water flooding is poor, and it is difficult to keep yield stable. To improve oilfield development effect, according to the characteristics of reservoir geology, microbial enhanced oil recovery to improve oil displacement efficiency is researched. 2 microbial strains suitable for the reservoir conditions were screened indoor. The growth characteristics of strains, compatibility and function mechanism with crude oil were studied. Results show that the screened strains have very strong ability to utilize petroleum hydrocarbon to grow and metabolize, can achieve the purpose of reducing oil viscosity, and can also produce biological molecules with high surface activity to reduce the oil-water interfacial tension. 9 oil wells had been chosen to carry on the pilot test of microbial stimulation, of which 7 wells became effective with better experiment results. The measures effective rate is 77.8%, the increased oil is 1,093.5 tons and the valid is up to 190 days.

Experimental Research on Hot Water Flooding of Different Rhythm Heavy Oil Reservoir after the Steam Injection

2012 ◽  
Vol 550-553 ◽  
pp. 2878-2882 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping Yuan Gai ◽  
Fang Hao Yin ◽  
Ting Ting Hao ◽  
Zhong Ping Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Physical Simulation ◽  
Steam Injection ◽  
Hot Water ◽  
Water Flooding ◽  
Oil Reservoir ◽  
Steam Flooding ◽  
Heavy Oil Reservoir ◽  
Swept Volume

Based on the issue of enhancing oil recovery of heavy oil reservoir after steam injection, this paper studied the development characteristics of hot water flooding in different rhythm (positive rhythm, anti-rhythm, complex rhythm) reservoir after steam drive by means of physical simulation. The research shows that the positive rhythm reservoir has a large swept volume with steam flooding under the influence of steam overlay and steam channeling. Anti-rhythm reservoir has a large swept volume with hot water flooding, because hot water firstly flows along the high permeability region in upper part of the reservoir, in the process of displacement, hot water migrates to the bottom of reservoir successively for its higher density.

Mechanisms of Enhancing Recovery of the Superficial Heavy Oil Reservoir

2012 ◽  
Vol 550-553 ◽  
pp. 468-471
Author(s):  
Fu Sheng Zhang ◽  
Jian Ouyang ◽  
De Wei Wang ◽  
Xin Fang Feng ◽  
Li Qing Xu
Keyword(s):  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Water Flooding ◽  
Chemical Agent ◽  
Oil Reservoir ◽  
Displacement Efficiency ◽  
Oil Displacement ◽  
Oil Displacement Efficiency ◽  
Heavy Oil Reservoir ◽  
Enhance Oil Recovery

The core displacement experiments show that displacement system containing chemical agent can enhance oil recovery by over 20% comparing to water flooding. Mechanisms by which chemical agent enhance oil recovery of heavy oil reservoir water flooding are: (1) improving mobility ratio by significantly decreasing viscosity of heavy oil, volumetric sweep efficiency is improved; (2) increasing capillary number by significantly decreasing oil-water interfacial tension, oil displacement efficiency is increased; (3) changing wettability of the rock surface from oil-wet to water-wet by significantly reducing the contact angle between displacement liquid and sandstone surface, capillary force is changed from the resistance force to the motive force, the residual oil is expelled from the small pores and the wall of pores, oil displacement efficiency is significantly increased.

Study and Application of EOR on Conventional Heavy Oil Reservoir

2011 ◽  
Vol 236-238 ◽  
pp. 825-828
Author(s):  
Chuan Min Xiao
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Oil Reservoirs ◽  
Water Flooding ◽  
Oil Reservoir ◽  
Pilot Test ◽  
Gel Time ◽  
Heavy Oil Reservoirs ◽  
Output Ratio ◽  
Heavy Oil Reservoir ◽  
Displacement Adjustment Method

According to the characters of conventional heavy oil reservoir, liquid and exploitation progress, displacement adjustment method was applied to reduce degression and enhance recovery. The experiment results showed the gel time could be controlled and the strength could be adjusted. The flooding oil rate was more 14.3％ than water flooding in the lab. The pilot test showed that the test effect of moveable gel flooding was significantly good, the accumulated incremental oil production of 6 well groups is 54756t, input-output ratio is 1: 4.1, which shows satisfactory effects in improving the water flooding effect in this conventional heavy oil reservoirs.

Water Flooding Performance Prediction in Layered Heavy Oil Reservoir

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yigang Liu ◽  
Xiaodong Han ◽  
Cunliang Chen ◽  
Hongyu Wang ◽  
Hao Liu
Keyword(s):  
Performance Prediction ◽  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Water Flooding ◽  
Oil Reservoir ◽  
Heavy Oil Reservoir

Quantitative Evaluation of Water Flooding in a Low Resistivity Heavy Oil Reservoir with NMR and Conventional Logs

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinlei Shi ◽  
Jiansheng Zhang ◽  
Yunlong Lu ◽  
Zhilei Han ◽  
Yifan He
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Balance Equation ◽  
Material Balance ◽  
Water Flooding ◽  
Oil Reservoir ◽  
Displacement Efficiency ◽  
Material Balance Equation ◽  
Heavy Oil Reservoir ◽  
Mixed Water ◽  
Water Resistivity

Abstract The classification of water flooding severity is crucial for planning reservoir production and improving the recovery ratio. In this paper, we study a siliciclastic heavy oil reservoir in Bohai Bay, with resistivity reading close to, or even lower than the wet zone (3~5Ω.m). In this environment, computing original reservoir Sw using Traditional hydrocarbon saturation equation is challenging. As a result, the displacement efficiency of a water drive cannot be accurately determined. In order to properly evaluate displacement efficiency, we must estimate initial reservoir Sw (Swirr) and the modern day Sw. Sw can typically be estimated from NMR data with a proper T2 time cutoff. However, in heavy oil reservoirs, the relaxation times of oil and capillary bound water overlap, leading to an over-estimation of Sw. We propose to compensate for the heavy oil effect by adjusting the cutoff until NMR Sw matches the Sw from core Mercury Injection for Capillary Pressure (MICP). As oilfield development proceeds, water displaces some oil in the pore space. Since the injected water has higher salinity than reservoir water, formation resistivity (Rw) becomes lower. Based on the material balance theory, the variable multiple water injection material balance equation is established, and the equation set is established by combining the material balance equation with the Simandoux equation and the calculation formula of mixed water resistivity (Rwz). According to the rock electricity experiment under different salinity, the dynamic rock electricity parameters are used in the Simandoux equation, and the mixed water resistivity and modern day Sw after water flooding are solved iteratively under the original SW constraint. The displacement efficiency is calculated as the difference between Sw and modern day Sw. The proposed method was applied to 10 wells and improved the Sw accuracy by 5%-15%. The continuous solution Rw from our method matches Rw measured in the lab. The calculated displacement efficiency is compared with actual production history and the accuracy improved from 68% to 80%.

Properties of Emulsions Formed In Situ In a Heavy-Oil Reservoir during Water Flooding: Effects of Salinity and pH

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 699-710 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wanfen Pu ◽  
Chao Shen ◽  
Shishi Pang ◽  
Xingjian Tang ◽  
Qingtao Tian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Water Flooding ◽  
Oil Reservoir ◽  
Heavy Oil Reservoir
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