Foam Flooding with Ultra-Low Interfacial Tension to Enhance Heavy Oil Recovery

2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 403-410 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuo Zhang ◽  
Guan-Cheng Jiang ◽  
Le Wang ◽  
Hai-Tao Guo ◽  
Xin-guo Tang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Interfacial Tension ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Heavy Oil Recovery ◽  
Low Interfacial Tension ◽  
Foam Flooding

A Novel Ultra-low Interfacial Tension Foam Flooding Agent to Enhance Heavy Oil Recovery

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wanli Kang ◽  
Shuren Liu ◽  
Ling Wei Meng ◽  
Dongqing Cao ◽  
Haiming Fan
Keyword(s):  
Interfacial Tension ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Heavy Oil Recovery ◽  
Low Interfacial Tension ◽  
Foam Flooding

Investigation of Polymer-Enhanced Foam Flooding with Low Gas/Liquid Ratio for Improving Heavy Oil Recovery

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haihua Pei ◽  
Guicai Zhang ◽  
Jijiang Ge ◽  
Jing Wang ◽  
Baodong Ding ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Heavy Oil Recovery ◽  
Liquid Ratio ◽  
Foam Flooding

Heavy Oil Recovery by CO2-DEA-Foam Flooding

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Nejatian Daraei ◽  
Z. Alipour Heidari ◽  
E. Sahraei
Keyword(s):  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Heavy Oil Recovery ◽  
Foam Flooding

A visual investigation of enhanced heavy oil recovery by foam flooding after hot water injection

2016 ◽  
Vol 147 ◽  
pp. 361-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhengbin Wu ◽  
Huiqing Liu ◽  
Zhanxi Pang ◽  
Yalong Wu ◽  
Xue Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Water Injection ◽  
Hot Water ◽  
Heavy Oil Recovery ◽  
Foam Flooding

Heavy-Oil Recovery by Combined Hot Water and Alkali/Cosolvent/Polymer Flooding

SPE Journal ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (01) ◽  
pp. 74-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.. Tagavifar ◽  
R.. Fortenberry ◽  
E.. de Rouffignac ◽  
K.. Sepehrnoori ◽  
G. A. Pope
Keyword(s):  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Hot Water ◽  
Mobility Control ◽  
Heavy Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Viscosity ◽  
Polymer Flood ◽  
Low Interfacial Tension ◽  
Combined Strategy

Summary A hybrid process is developed and optimized for heavy-oil recovery that combines moderate reservoir heating and chemical enhanced oil recovery in the form of alkali/cosolvent/polymer flood. The process is simulated by use of a model derived from existing laboratory and pilot data of a 5,000-cp heavy-oil field. It is found that hot waterflooding is efficient in heating the reservoir only when high early injectivity is achievable. This may not be the case if incipient fluid injectivity is low and/or long, continuous, horizontal shale baffles are present. To remedy the former, an electrical-preheating period is devised, whereas switching to a horizontal flood could overcome the latter. Once the reservoir temperature is raised sufficiently, a moderately unstable alkali/cosolvent/polymer flood is capable of mobilizing and displacing oil. A best combined strategy for efficient reservoir heating, high oil recovery, and cost effectiveness is found to involve reducing the oil viscosity to values of approximately 300–500 cp and combining a degree of mobility control and low interfacial tension as recovery mechanisms.

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