Nanoparticles for Enhanced Oil Recovery: Phase Transition of Aluminum-Cross-Linked Partially Hydrolyzed Polyacrylamide under Low-Salinity Conditions by Rheology and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 2948-2958 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abduljelil Sultan Kedir ◽  
John Georg Seland ◽  
Arne Skauge ◽  
Tormod Skauge

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>



2012 ◽  
Vol 94 (3) ◽  
pp. 683-706 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Mitchell ◽  
John Staniland ◽  
Romain Chassagne ◽  
Edmund J. Fordham




2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Griselda Garcia-Olvera ◽  
Teresa Reilly ◽  
Teresa E. Lehmann ◽  
Leilei Zhang ◽  
Vladimir Alvarado


2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (10) ◽  
pp. 1356-1359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Hee Han ◽  
J.S. Kim ◽  
Jun Kue Park ◽  
Kyu Won Lee ◽  
J.-I. Jin ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 1100-1109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia E. Avalos ◽  
Brennan J. Walder ◽  
Jasmine Viger-Gravel ◽  
Arnaud Magrez ◽  
Lyndon Emsley

Multi-dimensional NMR is used to quantitatively identify a mixed order–disorder and displacive mechanism for the ferroelectric phase transition of lead germanate.



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