scholarly journals Application of microfluidic technologies for enhanced oil recovery

2021 ◽  
Vol 2119 (1) ◽  
pp. 012067
Author(s):  
M I Pryazhnikov ◽  
A V Minakov ◽  
A I Pryazhnikov ◽  
I A Denisov ◽  
A S Yakimov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Porous Medium ◽  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Water Flow ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Microfluidic Chip ◽  
Oil Displacement ◽  
Effect Of Water ◽  
Microfluidic Technology ◽  
Homogeneous Porous Medium

Abstract This paper presents the results of testing microfluidic technology for oil displacement problems using cheap and quickly manufactured chips made of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) by milling. The oil displacement process from a microfluidic chip simulating a homogeneous porous medium is studied. The microfluidic chip was manufactured by milling of polymethylmethacrylate. The size of the microchannels was 200 microns. The paper presents the results of visualization and microscopy of the oil displacement process. The effect of water flow on the efficiency of oil displacement from the microfluidic chip was studied.

scholarly journals Computational study of enhanced oil recovery from a porous medium using nanosuspension

2021 ◽  
Vol 1867 (1) ◽  
pp. 012025
Author(s):  
D V Guzei ◽  
S V Ivanova ◽  
D V Platonov ◽  
A I Pryazhnikov
Keyword(s):  
Porous Medium ◽  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Computational Study

scholarly journals Stability, rheological property and oil-displacement mechanism of a dispersed low-elastic microsphere system for enhanced oil recovery

RSC Advances ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (14) ◽  
pp. 8118-8130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongbin Yang ◽  
Wanli Kang ◽  
Hairong Wu ◽  
Yang Yu ◽  
Zhou Zhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rheological Property ◽  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Shear Thickening ◽  
Microstructure Change ◽  
Displacement Mechanism ◽  
Oil Displacement ◽  
Internal Forces ◽  
Thickening Behavior

The dispersed low-elastic microsphere system shows shear-thickening behavior because of the microstructure change and the interaction of internal forces.

Fluorescent visualization of oil displacement in a microfluidic device for enhanced oil recovery applications

The Analyst ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khashayar R. Bajgiran ◽  
Hannah C. Hymel ◽  
Shayan Sombolestani ◽  
Nathalie Dante ◽  
Nora Safa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Properties ◽  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Microfluidic Device ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Visualization Technique ◽  
Oil Displacement

The developed platform offers a simple fluorescent visualization technique to specifically identify the oil and water phases without altering their surface properties which improves on the achievable resolution in EOR applications.

scholarly journals Comparative study on microbial enhanced oil recovery using mannosylerithritol lipids and surfactin

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristiano José de Andrade ◽  
Gláucia Maria Pastore
Keyword(s):  
Ionic Strength ◽  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Surface Activity ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Extreme Conditions ◽  
Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Displacement ◽  
Recovery Processes ◽  
Emulsification Index ◽  
Good Surface

Worldwide oil production has been declining. Microbial enhanced oil recovery is one of the most important tertiary recovery processes. The aim of this work was to evaluate the surface activity properties of surfactin and mannosylerithritol lipids-B. In our previous studies, surfactin and mannosylerithritol lipids were produced using cassava wastewater as substrate and then purified by ultrafiltration. Thus, this work extends our previous studies. Experiments of surface activity under extreme conditions (temperature, ionic strength and pH), oil displacement, removal of oil from sand and emulsification index were carried out. Central composite rotational design was performed under extreme conditions of temperature, pH and ionic strength. The results indicated that ionic strength significantly affected the surface activity of surfactin. On the other hand, ionic strength, but also temperature and pH significantly affected the tenso activity of mannosylerithritol lipids-B. Regarding oil displacement test, mannosylerithritol lipids-B showed higher clear zone than surfactin. Contrary, in the experiments of removal of crude oil from sand, minimal differences were observed between surfactin and mannosylerithritol lipids-B. Therefore, both surfactin and mannosylerithritol lipids-B showed good surface activity under extreme conditions. In addition, it seems that mannosylerithritol lipids-B is subtly better than surfactin for microbial enhanced oil recovery.

scholarly journals Enhanced Oil Recovery: Chemical Flooding

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Ragab ◽  
Eman M. Mansour
Keyword(s):  
Interfacial Tension ◽  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Recovery Phase ◽  
Mobility Ratio ◽  
Chemical Flooding ◽  
Sweep Efficiency ◽  
Oil Displacement ◽  
Remaining Oil ◽  
Oil Displacement Efficiency

The enhanced oil recovery phase of oil reservoirs production usually comes after the water/gas injection (secondary recovery) phase. The main objective of EOR application is to mobilize the remaining oil through enhancing the oil displacement and volumetric sweep efficiency. The oil displacement efficiency enhances by reducing the oil viscosity and/or by reducing the interfacial tension, while the volumetric sweep efficiency improves by developing a favorable mobility ratio between the displacing fluid and the remaining oil. It is important to identify remaining oil and the production mechanisms that are necessary to improve oil recovery prior to implementing an EOR phase. Chemical enhanced oil recovery is one of the major EOR methods that reduces the residual oil saturation by lowering water-oil interfacial tension (surfactant/alkaline) and increases the volumetric sweep efficiency by reducing the water-oil mobility ratio (polymer). In this chapter, the basic mechanisms of different chemical methods have been discussed including the interactions of different chemicals with the reservoir rocks and fluids. In addition, an up-to-date status of chemical flooding at the laboratory scale, pilot projects and field applications have been reported.

Self-gasified biosystems for enhanced oil recovery

2021 ◽  
pp. 2150274
Author(s):  
B. A. Suleimanov ◽  
S. J. Rzayeva ◽  
U. T. Akhmedova
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Heterogeneous Porous Medium ◽  
Oil Displacement ◽  
Subcritical Region ◽  
Reservoir Conditions

Microbial enhanced oil recovery is considered to be one of the most promising methods of stimulating formation, contributing to a higher level of oil production from long-term fields. The injection of bioreagents into a reservoir results in the creation of oil-displacing agents along with a significant amount of gases, mainly carbon dioxide. Earlier, the authors failed to study the preparation of self-gasified biosystems and the implementation of the subcritical region (SR) under reservoir conditions. Gasified systems in the subcritical phase have better oil-displacing properties than nongasified systems. In a heterogeneous porous medium, the filtration profile of gasified liquids in the SR should be more uniform than for a degassed liquid. Based on experimental studies, the superior efficiency of oil displacement by gasified biosystems compared with degassed ones has been demonstrated. The possibility of efficient use of gasified hybrid biopolymer systems has been shown.

Capillary Impregnation of Viscous Fluids in a Multi-Layered Porous Medium

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shabina Ashraf ◽  
Jyoti Phirani
Keyword(s):  
Porous Medium ◽  
Porous Media ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Viscous Fluids ◽  
Spontaneous Imbibition ◽  
Lab On Chip ◽  
Capillary Impregnation ◽  
Relative Placement ◽  
Homogeneous Porous Medium ◽  
Wetting Fluid

Abstract Capillary impregnation of viscous fluids in porous media is useful in diagnostics, design of lab-on-chip devices and enhanced oil recovery. The impregnation of a wetting fluid in a homogeneous porous medium follows Washburn’s diffusive law. The diffusive dynamics predicts that, with the increase in permeability, the rate of spontaneous imbibition of a wetting fluid also increases. As most of the naturally occurring porous media are composed of hydrodynamically interacting layers having different properties, the impregnation in a heterogeneous porous medium is significantly different from a homogeneous porous medium. A Washburn like model has been developed in the past to predict the imbibition behavior in the layers for a hydrodynamically interacting three layered porous medium filled with a non-viscous resident phase. It was observed that the relative placement of the layers impacts the imbibition phenomena significantly. In this work, we develop a quasi one-dimensional lubrication approximation to predict the imbibition dynamics in a hydrodynamically interacting multi-layered porous medium. The generalized model shows that the arrangement of layers strongly affects the saturation of wetting phase in the porous medium, which is crucial for oil recovery and in microfluidic applications.

scholarly journals Enhanced oil recovery from high-viscosity oil deposits by acid systems based on surfactants, coordining solvents and complex compounds

Georesursy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 103-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyubov K. Altunina ◽  
Vladimir A. Kuvshinov ◽  
Lyubov A. Stasyeva ◽  
Ivan V. Kuvshinov
Keyword(s):  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
High Viscosity ◽  
Complex Compounds ◽  
Natural Mode ◽  
Inorganic Acid ◽  
Acid Oil ◽  
Oil Displacement ◽  
Oil Deposits ◽  
High Viscosity Oil

Physicochemical aspects of enhanced oil recovery (EOR) from heavy high-viscosity deposits, developed in natural mode and combined with thermal methods, using systems based on surface-active substances (surfactants), coordinating solvents and complex compounds are considered, which chemically evolve in situ to acquire colloidal-chemical properties that are optimal for oil displacement. Thermobaric reservoir conditions, interactions with reservoir rock and fluids are the factors causing the chemical evolution of the systems. To enhance oil recovery and intensify the development of high-viscosity deposits, acid oil-displacing systems of prolonged action based on surfactants, inorganic acid adduct and polyatomic alcohol have been created. As a result of experimental studies of acid-base equilibrium in the systems with donor-acceptor interactions – polybasic inorganic acid and polyol, the influence of electrolytes, non-electrolytes and surfactants, the optimal compositions of the systems were selected, as well as concentration ranges of the components in the acid systems. When the initially acid system interacts with the carbonate reservoir to release CO2, the oil viscosity decreases 1.2-2.7 times, the pH of the system rises and this system evolves chemically turning into an alkaline oil-displacing system. As a result it provides effective oil displacement and prolonged reservoir stimulation. The system is compatible with saline reservoir waters, has a low freezing point (minus 20 ÷ minus 60 oC), low interfacial tension at the oil boundary and is applicable in a wide temperature range, from 10 to 200 oC. In 2014-2018 field tests of EOR technologies were successfully carried out to intensify oil production in the test areas of the Permian-Carboniferous deposit of high-viscosity oil in the Usinsk oil field, developed in natural mode and combined with thermal-steam stimulation, using the acid oil-displacing system based on surfactants, coordinating solvents and complex compounds. The pilot tests proved high efficiency of EOR technologies, as far as the oil production rate significantly increased, water cut decreased to intensify the development. The EOR technologies are environmentally safe and technologically effective. Commercial use of the EOR is promising for high-viscosity oil deposits.

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