New Heavy Crude Oil Flow Improver Increases Production: Application Scenarios

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Reid Dreher ◽  
Ray Johnston ◽  
Peter Lauzon ◽  
Joey Pierce
Keyword(s):  
Drag Reduction ◽  
Crude Oil ◽  
Oil Production ◽  
Heavy Crude Oil ◽  
New Class ◽  
Crude Oil Production ◽  
Oil Flow ◽  
Heavy Crude ◽  
Flow Improver

As worldwide heavy crude oil production increases, pipelines are faced with challenges to transport these higher viscosity fluids. Historically, heavy crude oil has been a challenge for existing commercially available DRAs. As crude oil gravities fall below ∼23 °API, existing DRAs become ineffective. ConocoPhillips Specialty Products Inc. (CSPI) developed a new class of DRAs to address this need. CSPI’s new heavy crude oil DRA technology, ExtremePower™ Flow Improvers, is proven to increase deliveries of produced heavy crude oil to market. In this paper we will discuss the mechanism of drag reduction, how a heavy crude oil DRA works, and two scenarios in which value is created by utilizing the product.

scholarly journals ANALISIS PENGGUNAAN LISTRIK ARUS SEARAH UNTUK MENINGKATKAN LAJU PRODUKSI MINYAK BUMI JENIS MINYAK BERAT

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-146
Author(s):  
Redaksi Tim Jurnal
Keyword(s):  
Crude Oil ◽  
Direct Current ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Quality ◽  
Electrical Power ◽  
Oil Production ◽  
Heavy Crude Oil ◽  
Technology Application ◽  
Crude Oil Production ◽  
Heavy Crude

rom EEOR, Electro Enhanced Oil Recovery, and a developing technology application which has been established earlier. The difference is ESOR relatively does not improve recovery factor of producing well. Ideally any crude oil producing well will be experiencing pressure decline which may affect crude oil production decrement, naturally. Regarding some similar researches around the world, the use of direct current electrical exposure was proven to increase number of heavy crude oil production. At least salinity, hydrocarbon chemical compounds and crude oil flow in the reservoir (electro-osmosis) involves during chemical processes in the reservoir while ESOR application. Number of electrons conducted from direct current electrical power supply will be a supporting media during chemical process of these parameters. Unfortunately after completing ESOR application in Lapangan X, the result was contradictive with this research hypothesis. Exposure of direct current electrical supply did not increased heavy crude oil production. On a contrary, parameter of salinity and API gravity as produced heavy crude oil quality, were improving significantly.

scholarly journals Heavy Oil Transportation by Pipeline

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
John M. Gerez ◽  
Archie R. Pick
Keyword(s):  
Crude Oil ◽  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Oil Production ◽  
Annual Production ◽  
Heavy Crude Oil ◽  
Daily Production ◽  
Oil Transportation ◽  
Crude Oil Production ◽  
The World ◽  
Heavy Crude

More of the crude oil being produced in the world is heavy oil. It was reported by Meyer and Dietzman (1979) that world annual production of heavy crude oil was about five percent of other oil produced. They forecast that heavy crude oil production would increase. Canadian heavy oil production cumulative to 1979 was reported to be 197 million barrels. By 1996 Canadian daily production levels have risen to the levels shown in Table 1, with annual production of heavy oil and bitumen exceeding cumulative totals produced to 1979.

Flow enhancer influence on non-isothermal systems for heavy crude oil production

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Edgardo J. Suarez-Dominguez ◽  
Josue Fco. Perez-Sanchez ◽  
Arturo Palacio-Perez ◽  
Elena Izquierdo-Kulich ◽  
Susana Gonzalez-Santana
Keyword(s):  
Crude Oil ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Winter Season ◽  
Heavy Crude Oil ◽  
Soy Oil ◽  
Northern Mexico ◽  
Crude Oil Production ◽  
Viscosity Reducer ◽  
Heavy Crude ◽  
Flow Enhancer

Production of heavy and extra-heavy crude oils generally entails high costs, especially in the winter season, due to heat losses. This work studies the effect of a flow enhancer (a chemical formulation based on biodiesel and oxidized biodiesel of soy oil) on the viscosity of heavy crude oil from different wells in Northern Mexico. The observed results indicate a non-linear decreasing behavior of viscosity concerning temperature and volume fraction of the viscosity reducer. It is also presented a theoretical model that predicts the flow increase that can be achieved using the enhancer in systems in which crude oil temperature is higher than the temperature of the environment. Results showed adequate correspondence between experimental and predicted data. It was found that the enhancer increases the volume of crude oil that can be processed without varying pressure gradient.

scholarly journals A study on cashew nut shell liquid as a bio-based flow improver for heavy crude oil

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 2287-2297
Author(s):  
Sivakumar Pandian ◽  
Patel Chintan Dahyalal ◽  
Shanker Krishna ◽  
S. Hari ◽  
Deepalakshmi Subramanian
Keyword(s):  
Crude Oil ◽  
Pour Point ◽  
Optimum Dose ◽  
Heavy Crude Oil ◽  
Cashew Nut Shell Liquid ◽  
Remarkable Improvement ◽  
Cashew Nut ◽  
Heavy Crude ◽  
Cashew Nut Shell ◽  
Flow Improver

AbstractTransportation of heavy crude oil through pipelines poses a great challenge in oil and gas industry. Crude oil chokes the pipelines when the temperature drops below the pour-point temperature. In the present study, a bio-based additive, i.e., Cashew Nut Shell Liquid (CNSL) has been tested as a flow improver for heavy crude. CNSL was obtained from waste cashew nut shell by means of mechanical extraction, and it was completely characterized. Similarly, the crude oil used in the study was characterized for its physio-chemical properties. Also, the crude oil was subjected to Saturates, Aromatics, Resins and Asphaltene analysis and Fourier Transform Infra-Red analysis. The raw and additive-treated crude oil with different CNSL dosages were subjected to pour-point and rheology measurements and optical micro-imaging analysis which indicated a remarkable improvement in flow whereby an optimum dose of 2000 ppm was observed. Furthermore, the effects of different parameters like shear rate, concentration of the flow improver and the effect of temperature on the crude oil flowability were studied. The process variables were optimized by means of Taguchi method, and the percentage contribution of each parameter was identified with the help of ANOVA table. The results indicate that a remarkable improvement in flow was observed at an optimum dose of 2000 ppm. The contribution of the concentration was found to be around 53%, whereas the contributions of the shear rate and the temperature were only 18.08 and 28.91%, respectively. Therefore, it has been observed that CNSL flow improvers extracted from cheap reasonable resources are more effective as they are cost-effective and eco-friendly when compared to conventional additives.

Rheological modeling and drag reduction studies of Indian heavy crude oil in presence of novel surfactant

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (24) ◽  
pp. 2287-2295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manojkumar Gudala ◽  
Shirsendu Banerjee ◽  
Amit Kumar ◽  
Rama Mohan Rao T ◽  
Ajay Mandal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drag Reduction ◽  
Crude Oil ◽  
Heavy Crude Oil ◽  
Heavy Crude ◽  
Rheological Modeling

scholarly journals Effect of Temperature on The Performance of Naphtha and Kerosene as Viscosity Reduction Agents for Improving Flow Ability of Basrah-Iraq Heavy Crude Oil

2021 ◽  
Vol 84 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-147
Author(s):  
Ali Nasir Khalaf ◽  
Asaad A. Abdullah ◽  
Raheem Khazal Al-Sabur
Keyword(s):  
Drag Reduction ◽  
Crude Oil ◽  
Viscosity Reduction ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Heavy Crude Oil ◽  
Power Law Model ◽  
Number Range ◽  
Flow Rates ◽  
Oil Mixtures ◽  
Heavy Crude

Naphtha and kerosene are mixed with Iraqi heavy crude oil at different concentrations rounded between (3-12) wt.%, in order to reduce viscosity to enhance its followability. This research investigated drag reduction (%Dr) in heavy oil mixtures at different flow rates (2 to 10 m3/hr) in temperature range 20-50C. The experimental results proved that Naphtha offered 40% reduction in pressure drop. The Power law model was adopted in this study to empirically correlate fiction factor (f) and the percentage of drag reduction(%Dr) from experimental data for Reynolds number range (534– 14695) and the concentration range from 3 to12 wt.%.

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