Numerical Study of Enhanced Oil Recovery Using In Situ Oxy-Combustion in a Porous Combustion Tube

2020 ◽  
Vol 142 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Hamdy ◽  
Mohamed Mahmoud ◽  
Olakane Aladeb ◽  
Esmail M. A. Mokheimer
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Reaction Scheme ◽  
Recovery Factor ◽  
Porous Tube ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Oxygen Ratio

Abstract In situ combustion (ISC) in a one-dimensional combustion porous tube has been modeled numerically and presented in this article. The numerical model has been developed using the cmg stars (2017.10) software and it was used to model especial cases for validation against published experimental data. A comprehensive chemical reaction scheme has been developed and used to simulate the ISC process in the lab scale. Moreover, co-injection of oxygen with carbon dioxide (O2/CO2); and co-injection of enriched air (O2/N2) have been further investigated. In the case of using (O2/N2) as an oxidizer, increasing the oxygen ratio from 21% to 50% leads to increasing the oil recovery factor from 31.66% to 66.8%, respectively. In the case of using (O2/CO2) as an oxidizer, increasing the oxygen ratio from 21% to 50% leads to increasing the oil recovery factor from 35.77% to 70.3%, respectively. It was found that the co-injection of (O2/CO2) gives higher values of the oil recovery factor compared with that given when oxygen-enriched air (O2/N2) is injected for ISC. The change in the produced cumulative hydrogen and hydrogen sulfide is considered small whether using (O2/CO2) or (O2/N2) as an oxidizer.

Investigation of Emulsion Flow in Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage

SPE Journal ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (03) ◽  
pp. 440-447 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.C.. C. Ezeuko ◽  
J.. Wang ◽  
I.D.. D. Gates
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Gravity Drainage ◽  
Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage ◽  
Emulsion Flow ◽  
Very High ◽  
Effective Representation

Summary We present a numerical simulation approach that allows incorporation of emulsion modeling into steam-assisted gravity-drainage (SAGD) simulations with commercial reservoir simulators by means of a two-stage pseudochemical reaction. Numerical simulation results show excellent agreement with experimental data for low-pressure SAGD, accounting for approximately 24% deficiency in simulated oil recovery, compared with experimental data. Incorporating viscosity alteration, multiphase effect, and enthalpy of emulsification appears sufficient for effective representation of in-situ emulsion physics during SAGD in very-high-permeability systems. We observed that multiphase effects appear to dominate the viscosity effect of emulsion flow under SAGD conditions of heavy-oil (bitumen) recovery. Results also show that in-situ emulsification may play a vital role within the reservoir during SAGD, increasing bitumen mobility and thereby decreasing cumulative steam/oil ratio (cSOR). Results from this work extend understanding of SAGD by examining its performance in the presence of in-situ emulsification and associated flow of emulsion with bitumen in porous media.

New In-situ Carbon Dioxide Generating Enhance Oil Recovery Technology

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. S. Dzhafarov ◽  
S. V. Brezitsky ◽  
A. K. Shakhverdiev ◽  
G. M. Panakhov ◽  
B. A. Suleimanov
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Enhance Oil Recovery

The Effect of Phase Equilibria on the CO2 Displacement Mechanism

1979 ◽  
Vol 19 (04) ◽  
pp. 242-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.S. Metcalfe ◽  
Lyman Yarborough
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Phase Equilibria ◽  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Miscible Displacement ◽  
Co2 Flooding ◽  
Recovery Method ◽  
Two Fluids ◽  
Reservoir Conditions

Abstract Carbon dioxide flooding under miscible conditions is being developed as a major process for enhanced oil recovery. This paper presents results of research studies to increase our understanding of the multiple-contact miscible displacement mechanism for CO2 flooding. Carbon dioxide displacements of three synthetic oils of increasing complexity (increasing number of hydrocarbon components) are described. The paper concentrates on results of laboratory flow studies, but uses results of phase-equilibria and numerical studies to support the conclusions.Results from studies with synthetic oils show that at least two multiple-contact miscible mechanisms, vaporization and condensation, can be identified and that the phase-equilibria data can be used as a basis for describing the mechanism. The phase-equilibria change with varying reservoir conditions, and the flow studies show that the miscible mechanism depends on the phase-equilibria behavior. Qualitative predictions with mathematical models support our conclusions.Phase-equilibria data with naturally occurring oils suggest the two mechanisms (vaporization and condensation) are relevant to CO2 displacements at reservoir conditions and are a basis for specifying the controlling mechanisms. Introduction Miscible-displacement processes, which rely on multiple contacts of injected gas and reservoir oil to develop an in-situ solvent, generally have been recognized by the petroleum industry as an important enhanced oil-recovery method. More recently, CO2 flooding has advanced to the position (in the U.S.) of being the most economically attractive of the multiple-contact miscibility (MCM) processes. Several projects have been or are currently being conducted either to study or use CO2 as an enhanced oil-recovery method. It has been demonstrated convincingly by Holm and others that CO2 can recover oil from laboratory systems and therefore from the swept zone of petroleum reservoirs using miscible displacement. However, several contradictions seem to exist in published results.. These authors attempt to establish the mechanism(s) through which CO2 and oil form a miscible solvent in situ. (The solvent thus produced is capable of performing as though the two fluids were miscible when performing as though the two fluids were miscible when injected.) In addition, little experimental work has been published to provide support for the mechanisms of multiple-contact miscibility, as originally discussed by Hutchinson and Braun.One can reasonably assume that the miscible CO2 process will be related directly to phase equilibria process will be related directly to phase equilibria because it involves intimate contact of gases and liquids. However, no data have been published to indicate that the mechanism for miscibility development may differ for varying phase-equilibria conditions.This paper presents the results of both flow and phase-equilibria studies performed to determine the phase-equilibria studies performed to determine the mechanism(s) of CO2 multiple-contact miscibility. These flow studies used CO2 to displace three multicomponent hydrocarbon mixtures under first-contact miscible, multiple-contact miscible, and immiscible conditions. Results are presented to support the vaporization mechanism as described by Hutchinson and Braun, and also to show that more than one mechanism is possible with CO2 displacements. The reason for the latter is found in the results of phase-equilibria studies. SPEJ P. 242

On the modeling of thermohydrodynamic and biogeochemical processes in the inland water objects

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daria Gladskikh ◽  
Evgeny Mortikov ◽  
Victor Stepanenko
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Measurement Data ◽  
Dimensional Model ◽  
Three Dimensional Model ◽  
Inland Water ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Biochemical Processes ◽  
Dimensional Models

<p>Currently, one-dimensional and three-dimensional models are widely used to model thermohydrodynamic and biochemical processes in lakes and water rеreservoirs. One-dimensional models are highly computationally efficient and are used to parameterize land water bodies in climate models, however, when calculating large lakes and reservoirs with complex geometry, such models may incorrectly reproduce processes associated with horizontal heterogeneity. This becomes especially important for the prediction of water quality and euthrophication.</p><p>A three-dimensional model of thermohydrodynamics and biochemistry of an inland water obect is presented, which is based on the hydrostatic RANS model [1-3], and the parameterization of biochemical processes is implemented by analogy with the scheme for calculating biochemistry in the one-dimensional LAKE model [4]. Thus, the three-dimensional model is supplemented by a description of the transport of substances such as oxygen (O<sub>2</sub>), carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>), methane (CH<sub>4</sub>), as well as phyto- and zooplankton. The effect of turbulent diffusion and large-scale water movements on the distribution of a methane concentration field is studied.</p><p>To verify the calculation results, idealized numerical experiments and comparison with the measurement data on Lake Kuivajärvi (Finland) were used.</p><p>The work was supported by grants of the RF President’s Grant for Young Scientists (MK-1867.2020.5, MD-1850.2020.5) and by the RFBR (18-05-00292, 18-35-00602, 20-05-00776). <br><br>References:<br>[1] Mortikov E.V. Numerical simulation of the motion of an ice keel in stratified flow // Izv. Atmos. Ocean. Phys. 2016. 52. P. 108-115.<br>[2] Mortikov E.V., Glazunov A.V., Lykosov V.N. Numerical study of plane Couette flow: turbulence statistics and the structure of pressure-strain correlations // Russian Journal of Numerical Analysis and Mathematical Modelling. 2019. V. 34, N 2. P. 119-132.<br>[3] D.S. Gladskikh, V.M. Stepanenko, E.V. Mortikov, On the influence of the horizontal dimensions of inland waters on the thickness of the upper mixed layer. // Water Resourses. 2019. 18 pages. (submitted)<br>[4] Victor Stepanenko, Ivan Mammarella, Anne Ojala, Heli Miettinen, Vasily Lykosov, and Vesala Timo. LAKE 2.0: a model for temperature, methane, carbon dioxide and oxygen dynamics in lakes. Geoscientific Model Development, 9(5): 1977–2006, 2016.</p>

Effects of Oil Wettability on the Performance of a Cyclone-Type Oil Separator

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (01) ◽  
pp. 1850010
Author(s):  
Joon Ahn ◽  
Seongil Jang
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Surface Treatment ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Separation Efficiency ◽  
Refrigeration System ◽  
High Separation

The effects of oil wettability on the performance of a cyclone-type oil separator was studied through in situ experimentation and in a real refrigeration system. Based on previous research, the geometry of the oil separator in the present study was designed with an oil recovery device installed at its bottom to mount it on the actual refrigerator. The performance of the oil separator without surface treatment was predicted by applying design correlations proposed in the open literature, which were then compared with the experimental data. Through surface treatment, oleophilic or oleophobic properties were given to the inner wall and helix of the oil separator, and its performance was measured in a real refrigeration system. Oil wettability had a great effect on the performance of the oil separator, and in order to obtain high separation efficiency, oleophilic properties were found to be advantageous not only in the inner wall but also in the helix.

Secondary Oil Recovery by Water Injection: A Numerical Study

2013 ◽  
Vol 334-335 ◽  
pp. 83-88
Author(s):  
A. de Lima Cunha ◽  
Severino Rodrigues de Farias Neto ◽  
Antônio Gilson Barbosa de Lima ◽  
E. Santos Barbosa
Keyword(s):  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Water Injection ◽  
Recovery Process ◽  
Recovery Factor ◽  
Oil Reservoir ◽  
Isothermal Process ◽  
Ansys Cfx ◽  
Commercial Package ◽  
Secondary Oil Recovery

In this work we carried out a numerical study of the heavy oil recovery process in oil reservoir through water injection. We performed transient tridimensional numerical simulations, considering an isothermal process, with a variation in the position of water injection section (interior and surface) in the reservoir, using the ANSYS CFX 11 commercial package and evaluated its effects on the recovery factor of oil. The numerical results showed that varying the flow rate of water injection from 0.10 to 0.25 kg/s there was an increase in the flow of water and oil produced in 193% and 28%, respectively, and the recovery factor in 16.7%

Enhance Heavy Oil Recovery by In-Situ Carbon Dioxide Generation and Application in China Offshore Oilfield

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaofei Jia ◽  
Kuiqian Ma ◽  
Yingxian Liu ◽  
Bin Liu ◽  
Jing Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Heavy Oil Recovery

Investigation on Foam Self-Generation Using In Situ Carbon Dioxide (CO2 ) for Enhancing Oil Recovery

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 399-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fayang Jin ◽  
Peng Wei ◽  
Wanfen Pu ◽  
Lan Zhang ◽  
Zhen Qian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Co2

Study on In Situ Carbon Dioxide-Generation Flooding

2012 ◽  
Vol 502 ◽  
pp. 179-183
Author(s):  
Hong Jing Zhang ◽  
Shuang Bo Dong ◽  
Zhe Kui Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Flow Direction ◽  
Physical Models ◽  
Viscosity Reduction ◽  
Oil Viscosity ◽  
Foamy Oil ◽  
Oil Displacement ◽  
Generation Technology

Aiming at the source and corrosiveness of carbon dioxide, the in-situ carbon dioxide generation technology to enhance oil recovery was proposed。This paper presents the in-situ carbon dioxide generation technology mechanism, the expansion, viscosity reduction; oil-displacement efficiency and foamy oil of this technology were experimentally evaluated by using microscopic models and physical models. The experimental results indicated that the in-situ carbon dioxide generation technology could be used to produce enough carbon dioxide and get good efficiencies of oil expansion, reduction of viscosity and enhancement of oil displacement. Under the conditions of 2010mPa•s in oil viscosity, 60°C and 10MPa, the volume of oil could be expanded by25%, and the viscosity of oil can reduced to 52.7% , and the CO2 can displacement，restraining viscous fingering and changing liquid flow direction and carrying the residual oil.

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