Evaluation of a Composite Flooding Formula Used to Enhance the Oil Recovery of Ansai Oil Field

2020 ◽  
Vol 984 ◽  
pp. 183-188
Author(s):  
Rong Jun Zhang ◽  
Xiao Ke Wang ◽  
Jin Lin Zhao ◽  
Zheng Peng Zhou ◽  
Gang Chen
Keyword(s):  
Interfacial Tension ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Comprehensive Evaluation ◽  
High Surface ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Chemical Flooding ◽  
Surfactant Flooding ◽  
Technical Requirements ◽  
Viscoelastic Surfactant

The composite flooding formula utilizes the characteristics of polymer flooding and surfactant flooding to compensate for the shortage of single component chemical flooding, reduce the oil-water interfacial tension to a certain extent, and broaden the maintenance range of low interfacial tension. The combined effects and synergies in the oil displacement process enhance oil recovery and allow it to adapt to a wider range of reservoir conditions. In this paper, the high surface active polymer-surfactant flooding formula suitable for the Chang 6 reservoir in Ansai Oilfield was evaluated. The general technical index of the viscoelastic surfactant fracturing fluid and the composite flooding surfactant were evaluated. The technical requirements are evaluation criteria, and comprehensive evaluation is made from several aspects such as salt tolerance, interfacial tension and emulsifying properties.

scholarly journals Evaluating the potential of natural surfactants in the petroleum industry: the case of hydrophobins

2018 ◽  
Vol 90 (2) ◽  
pp. 305-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marijana Blesic ◽  
Valentina Dichiarante ◽  
Roberto Milani ◽  
Markus Linder ◽  
Pierangelo Metrangolo
Keyword(s):  
Interfacial Tension ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
High Surface ◽  
Petroleum Industry ◽  
Hydrocarbon Mixture ◽  
Chemical Flooding ◽  
Biological Origin ◽  
Natural Surfactants ◽  
Oil Water ◽  
The Moment

AbstractEnhancing oil recovery from currently available reservoirs is a major issue for petroleum companies. Among the possible strategies towards this, chemical flooding through injection of surfactants into the wells seems to be particularly promising, thanks to their ability to reduce oil/water interfacial tension that promotes oil mobilization. Environmental concerns about the use of synthetic surfactants led to a growing interest in their replacement with surfactants of biological origin, such as lipopeptides and glycolipids produced by several microorganisms. Hydrophobins are small amphiphilic proteins produced by filamentous fungi with high surface activity and good emulsification properties, and may represent a novel sustainable tool for this purpose. We report here a thorough study of their stability and emulsifying performance towards a model hydrocarbon mixture, in conditions that mimic those of real oil reservoirs (high salinity and high temperature). Due to the moderate interfacial tension reduction induced in such conditions, the application of hydrophobins in enhanced oil recovery techniques does not appear feasible at the moment, at least in absence of co-surfactants. On the other hand, the obtained results showed the potential of hydrophobins in promoting the formation of a gel-like emulsion ‘barrier’ at the oil/water interface.

scholarly journals EFFECT OF OPTIMUM SALINITY?ON MICROEMULSION FORMATION TO ATTAIN ULTRALOW INTERFACIAL TENSION FOR CHEMICAL FLOODING APPLICATION

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-69
Author(s):  
Yani Faozani Alli ◽  
Edward ML Tobing
Keyword(s):  
Interfacial Tension ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Surfactant Solution ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Phase Behaviour ◽  
Major Influence ◽  
Chemical Flooding ◽  
Improved Oil Recovery ◽  
Ultralow Interfacial Tension ◽  
Optimum Salinity

Microemulsion formation in surfactant solution has a major influence on the success of chemical injection techniques, and is one of the enhanced oil recovery methods. Its transparent and translucent homogenous mixtures of oil and water in the presence of surfactant have an ability to displace the remaining oil in the reservoir by reducing interfacial tension between oil and water. In this study, the effect of surfactant solution salinity on the formation of microemulsion and its mechanism to reduce the interfacial tension between water and oil from X oil field in Central Sumatera were carried out through compatibility observation, phase behaviour test and interfacial tension measurements in a laboratory. The results showed that microemulsion formation depends on the salinity of aqueous phase associated with different surfactant solubility by altering the polar area of surfactant. The optimum salinity was obtained with the addition of 0.65% Na2CO3 in which microemulsion was formed and the solubilization ratio of oil and water were equally high. At this condition the ultralow interfacial tension was around 10-3 dyne/cm and enabled improved oil recovery in mature oil fields after waterflooding

scholarly journals Research progress of viscoelastic surfactants for enhanced oil recovery

2021 ◽  
pp. 014459872098020
Author(s):  
Ruizhi Hu ◽  
Shanfa Tang ◽  
Musa Mpelwa ◽  
Zhaowen Jiang ◽  
Shuyun Feng
Keyword(s):  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Research Progress ◽  
Surfactant Flooding ◽  
Sweep Efficiency ◽  
The World ◽  
Washing Efficiency ◽  
Viscoelastic Surfactants ◽  
Viscoelastic Surfactant

Although new energy has been widely used in our lives, oil is still one of the main energy sources in the world. After the application of traditional oil recovery methods, there are still a large number of oil layers that have not been exploited, and there is still a need to further increase oil recovery to meet the urgent need for oil in the world economic development. Chemically enhanced oil recovery (CEOR) is considered to be a kind of effective enhanced oil recovery technology, which has achieved good results in the field, but these technologies cannot simultaneously effectively improve oil sweep efficiency, oil washing efficiency, good injectability, and reservoir environment adaptability. Viscoelastic surfactants (VES) have unique micelle structure and aggregation behavior, high efficiency in reducing the interfacial tension of oil and water, and the most important and unique viscoelasticity, etc., which has attracted the attention of academics and field experts and introduced into the technical research of enhanced oil recovery. In this paper, the mechanism and research status of viscoelastic surfactant flooding are discussed in detail and focused, and the results of viscoelastic surfactant flooding experiments under different conditions are summarized. Finally, the problems to be solved by viscoelastic surfactant flooding are introduced, and the countermeasures to solve the problems are put forward. This overview presents extensive information about viscoelastic surfactant flooding used for EOR, and is intended to help researchers and professionals in this field understand the current situation.

Numerical effects on the simulation of surfactant flooding for enhanced oil recovery

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olaitan Akinyele ◽  
Karl D. Stephen
Keyword(s):  
Interfacial Tension ◽  
Cell Size ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Flow In Porous Media ◽  
Numerical Dispersion ◽  
Sharp Change ◽  
Surfactant Flooding ◽  
Fractional Flow ◽  
Time Step ◽  
Scale Models

Abstract Numerical simulation of surfactant flooding using conventional reservoir simulation models can lead to unreliable forecasts and bad decisions due to the appearance of numerical effects. The simulations give approximate solutions to systems of nonlinear partial differential equations describing the physical behavior of surfactant flooding by combining multiphase flow in porous media with surfactant transport. The approximations are made by discretization of time and space which can lead to spurious pulses or deviations in the model outcome. In this work, the black oil model was simulated using the decoupled implicit method for various conditions of reservoir scale models to investigate behaviour in comparison with the analytical solution obtained from fractional flow theory. We investigated changes to cell size and time step as well as the properties of the surfactant and how it affects miscibility and flow. The main aim of this study was to understand pulse like behavior that has been observed in the water bank to identify cause and associated conditions. We report for the first time that the pulses occur in association with the simulated surfactant water flood front and are induced by a sharp change in relative permeability as the interfacial tension changes. Pulses are diminished when the adsorption rate was within the value of 0.0002kg/kg to 0.0005kg/kg. The pulses are absent for high resolution model of 5000 cells in x direction with a typical cell size as used in well-scale models. The growth or damping of these pulses may vary from case to case but in this instance was a result of the combined impact of relative mobility, numerical dispersion, interfacial tension and miscibility. Oil recovery under the numerical problems reduced the performance of the flood, due to large amounts of pulses produced. Thus, it is important to improve existing models and use appropriate guidelines to stop oscillations and remove errors.

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.

From Biomedical to Oil Industry: Promising Mesoporous Materials for Oil Field Applications

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Wasel Alsmaeil ◽  
Mohamed Amen Hammami ◽  
Amr Ismail Abdel-Fattah ◽  
Mazin Yousef Kanj ◽  
Emmanuel P Giannelis
Keyword(s):  
Mesoporous Silica ◽  
Interfacial Tension ◽  
Mesoporous Materials ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles ◽  
Exchange Process ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Stimuli Responsive ◽  
High Salinity Water

Abstract Developing nanocarriers deliver molecules to targeted locations has received widespread attention in different fields ranging from biomedical to oil and gas industries. Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles (MSNs), where the pore size diameter ranges from 2-50 nm, have become attractive in many fields including biomedicine. One advantage is the ability to control the size, morphology of the particles, and the internal and external surfaces properties which enable encapsulating molecules of different size and charges. Moreover, it is possible to functionalize the pores and the surface of the MSNs, which make them suitable to host different molecules and release them in situ in a controlled manner. Despite the numerous studies of MSNs, little has been devoted to subsurface applications. This review will highlight some of the interesting characteristics of MSNs that make them promising carriers of molecules for slow and/or stimuli-responsive delivery for oil field applications. For example, they could be utilized for the controlled release of surfactants for enhanced oil recovery applications to minimize surfactant losses near the well-bore area. The mesoporous materials can be designed to harvest the ions normally present in oil field water, and the high temperatures encountered when travelling deep in the reservoir to release the surfactant. The ion exchange process makes it possible to engineer the MSNs to release their cargo for efficient and stimuli responsive delivery applications. The ion-responsive release was analyzed by the interfacial tension behavior between crude oil and high salinity water (HSW). It is concluded that the interfacial tension could be reduced up to 0.0045 mN/m when the mesoporous silica particles are suspended in HSW in comparison to 0.9 mN/m when suspended in DI water.

Indoor Study of Viscosity Reducer for Thickened Oil of Huancai

2012 ◽  
Vol 268-270 ◽  
pp. 547-550
Author(s):  
Qing Wang Liu ◽  
Xin Wang ◽  
Zhen Zhong Fan ◽  
Jiao Wang ◽  
Rui Gao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Interfacial Tension ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Heavy Oil ◽  
High Viscosity ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Viscosity Reduction ◽  
Oil Viscosity ◽  
Low Viscosity ◽  
Viscosity Reducer ◽  
Oil Water

Liaohe oil field block 58 for Huancai, the efficiency of production of thickened oil is low, and the efficiency of displacement is worse, likely to cause other issues. Researching and developing an type of Heavy Oil Viscosity Reducer for exploiting. The high viscosity of W/O emulsion changed into low viscosity O/W emulsion to facilitate recovery, enhanced oil recovery. Through the experiment determine the viscosity properties of Heavy Oil Viscosity Reducer. The oil/water interfacial tension is lower than 0.0031mN•m-1, salt-resisting is good. The efficiency of viscosity reduction is higher than 90%, and also good at 180°C.

Optimization of Surfactant and Polymer for SP Flooding of Zahra Oil

2014 ◽  
Vol 535 ◽  
pp. 701-704 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng Lv ◽  
Ming Yuan Li ◽  
Mei Qin Lin
Keyword(s):  
Interfacial Tension ◽  
Polymer Solution ◽  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
High Viscosity ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Interfacial Tensions

Producing ultra-low interfacial tensions and maintaining high viscosity is the most important mechanism relating to SP flooding for enhanced oil recovery. The interfacial tension between surfactant (PJZ-2 and BE)/polymer solution and Zahra oil was evaluated in the work. Based on the evaluatiojn of interfacial tension, the polymer FP6040s/surfactant BE system was selected as the SP flooding system for Zahra oil field.

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