By means of experiments of C02 miscibility with crude oil, four nonpolar chemicals were evaluated in order to enhance the miscibility of C02 with crude oil. Through pre-slug injection and joint injection of toluene in...By means of experiments of C02 miscibility with crude oil, four nonpolar chemicals were evaluated in order to enhance the miscibility of C02 with crude oil. Through pre-slug injection and joint injection of toluene in CO2, crude oil displacement experiments in the slim-tube were conducted to investigate effects of the toluene- enhanced C02 flooding under simulated subterranean reservoir conditions. Experimental results showed that toluene can enhance extraction of oil into C02 and dissolution of C02 into oil with the increment of 251% and 64% respectively. Addition of toluene can obviously improve the oil recovery in either pre-slug injection or joint injection, and the crude oil recovery increased with the increase of the toluene concentration. The oil recov- ery can increase by 22.5% in pre-slug injection with the high toluene concentration. Pre-slug injection was recom- mended because it can consume less toluene than joint injection. This work could be useful to development and application of the CO） flooding in the oil recoverv as well as CO2 emission reduction.展开更多
Given the rise in oil productivity from conventional and unconventional resources in Canada using Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR), the need to understand and characterize these techniques, for the purpose of recovery opti...Given the rise in oil productivity from conventional and unconventional resources in Canada using Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR), the need to understand and characterize these techniques, for the purpose of recovery optimization, has taken a prominent role in resource management. Chemical flooding has proved to be one of the most efficient EOR techniques. This study investigated the potential of employing Ionic Liquids (ILs) as alternative chemical agents for improving oil recovery. There is very little attention paid to employing this technique as well as few experimental and simulation studies. Consequently, very limited data are available. Since pilot and field studies are relatively expensive and time consuming, a numerical simulation study using CMG-STARS simulator was utilized to explore the efficiency of employing 1-Ethyl-3-Methyl-Imidazolium Acetate ([EMIM][Ac]) and 1-Benzyl-3-meth- limidazolium chloride ([BenzMIM][Cl]) with respect to improving medium oil recovery. Eight different lab-scale sandpack flooding experiments were selected to develop a numerical model to obtain the history matching of the experimental flooding results using CMG-CMOST. We observed that the main challenge was tuning the relative permeability curves to achieve a successful match for the oil recovery factor. Finally, a sensitivity study was performed to examine the effect of the chemical injection rate, the chemical concentration, the slug size, and the initiation time on oil recovery. The results showed a noticeable increase in the oil RF when injecting IL compared to conventional waterflooding.展开更多
This research studies the motion of immiscible two-phase liquid flow in a capillary tube through a numerical approach employing the volume of fluid method,for simulating the core-annular flow and water flooding in oil...This research studies the motion of immiscible two-phase liquid flow in a capillary tube through a numerical approach employing the volume of fluid method,for simulating the core-annular flow and water flooding in oil reservoirs of porous media.More specifically,the simulations are a representation of water flooding at a pore scale.A capillary tube model is established with ANSYS Fluent and verified.The numerical results matches well with the existing data available in the literature.Penetration of a less viscous liquid in a liquid of higher viscosity and the development of a residual wetting film of the higher viscosity liquid are thoroughly investigated.The effects of Capillary number,Reynolds Number and Viscosity ratio on the residual wetting film are studied in detail,as the thickness is directly related to the residual oil left in the porous media after water flooding.It should be noticed that the liquids considered in this research can be any liquids of different viscosity not necessarily oil and water.The results of this study can be used as guidance in the field of water flooding.展开更多
Surfactant/alkali flooding is one of the best chemical flooding methods to enhance the oil Recovery Factor(RF).In this research,Ionic Liquid/Alkali(ILA)mixtures were chosen to represent a form of chemical flooding exp...Surfactant/alkali flooding is one of the best chemical flooding methods to enhance the oil Recovery Factor(RF).In this research,Ionic Liquid/Alkali(ILA)mixtures were chosen to represent a form of chemical flooding experiments.The selected Ionic Liquids(ILs),{[EMIM][Cl],[THTDPH][Cl],[EMIM][Ac],[BzMIM][Cl],[DMIM][Cl],[BzMIM][TOS],[dMIM][TOS]and[MPyr][TOS]},were introduced to investigate their efficiency in improving heavy oil(14o API)RF from the sand packs.Besides,the use of mixtures of the same ionic liquids and brine(3.37 wt.% salts)with an alkali(Sodium Bicarbonate[NaHCO3])were also investigated.In this experimental study,the flooding process started with injecting about 3.2 Pore Volumes(PVs)of only brine,followed by one PV of the chemical composites,and flushed with two PVs of formation brine.The study discussed the influence of cation type,anion type,the structure of the ILs,and the effect of combining ILs/alkali on the RF.The results revealed that the proposed chemical mixtures are effective in enhancing the recovery factor.ILs with shorter alkyl chain and more aromatic rings are noticeably more efficient in enhancing the RF.Finding the optimum composition of([DMIM][Cl]+NaHCO3)the chemical slug increased the additional RF up to 31.55(%OOIP).Also,increasing the slug size to two PVs improved the RF to 42.13(%OOIP).The recovery factor mechanism was explained and supported by measuring the effect of IL types on the viscosity,Surface Tension(SFT),and Zeta Potential(ZP)of the mixture.展开更多
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文摘By means of experiments of C02 miscibility with crude oil, four nonpolar chemicals were evaluated in order to enhance the miscibility of C02 with crude oil. Through pre-slug injection and joint injection of toluene in CO2, crude oil displacement experiments in the slim-tube were conducted to investigate effects of the toluene- enhanced C02 flooding under simulated subterranean reservoir conditions. Experimental results showed that toluene can enhance extraction of oil into C02 and dissolution of C02 into oil with the increment of 251% and 64% respectively. Addition of toluene can obviously improve the oil recovery in either pre-slug injection or joint injection, and the crude oil recovery increased with the increase of the toluene concentration. The oil recov- ery can increase by 22.5% in pre-slug injection with the high toluene concentration. Pre-slug injection was recom- mended because it can consume less toluene than joint injection. This work could be useful to development and application of the CO） flooding in the oil recoverv as well as CO2 emission reduction.
文摘Given the rise in oil productivity from conventional and unconventional resources in Canada using Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR), the need to understand and characterize these techniques, for the purpose of recovery optimization, has taken a prominent role in resource management. Chemical flooding has proved to be one of the most efficient EOR techniques. This study investigated the potential of employing Ionic Liquids (ILs) as alternative chemical agents for improving oil recovery. There is very little attention paid to employing this technique as well as few experimental and simulation studies. Consequently, very limited data are available. Since pilot and field studies are relatively expensive and time consuming, a numerical simulation study using CMG-STARS simulator was utilized to explore the efficiency of employing 1-Ethyl-3-Methyl-Imidazolium Acetate ([EMIM][Ac]) and 1-Benzyl-3-meth- limidazolium chloride ([BenzMIM][Cl]) with respect to improving medium oil recovery. Eight different lab-scale sandpack flooding experiments were selected to develop a numerical model to obtain the history matching of the experimental flooding results using CMG-CMOST. We observed that the main challenge was tuning the relative permeability curves to achieve a successful match for the oil recovery factor. Finally, a sensitivity study was performed to examine the effect of the chemical injection rate, the chemical concentration, the slug size, and the initiation time on oil recovery. The results showed a noticeable increase in the oil RF when injecting IL compared to conventional waterflooding.
文摘This research studies the motion of immiscible two-phase liquid flow in a capillary tube through a numerical approach employing the volume of fluid method,for simulating the core-annular flow and water flooding in oil reservoirs of porous media.More specifically,the simulations are a representation of water flooding at a pore scale.A capillary tube model is established with ANSYS Fluent and verified.The numerical results matches well with the existing data available in the literature.Penetration of a less viscous liquid in a liquid of higher viscosity and the development of a residual wetting film of the higher viscosity liquid are thoroughly investigated.The effects of Capillary number,Reynolds Number and Viscosity ratio on the residual wetting film are studied in detail,as the thickness is directly related to the residual oil left in the porous media after water flooding.It should be noticed that the liquids considered in this research can be any liquids of different viscosity not necessarily oil and water.The results of this study can be used as guidance in the field of water flooding.
文摘Surfactant/alkali flooding is one of the best chemical flooding methods to enhance the oil Recovery Factor(RF).In this research,Ionic Liquid/Alkali(ILA)mixtures were chosen to represent a form of chemical flooding experiments.The selected Ionic Liquids(ILs),{[EMIM][Cl],[THTDPH][Cl],[EMIM][Ac],[BzMIM][Cl],[DMIM][Cl],[BzMIM][TOS],[dMIM][TOS]and[MPyr][TOS]},were introduced to investigate their efficiency in improving heavy oil(14o API)RF from the sand packs.Besides,the use of mixtures of the same ionic liquids and brine(3.37 wt.% salts)with an alkali(Sodium Bicarbonate[NaHCO3])were also investigated.In this experimental study,the flooding process started with injecting about 3.2 Pore Volumes(PVs)of only brine,followed by one PV of the chemical composites,and flushed with two PVs of formation brine.The study discussed the influence of cation type,anion type,the structure of the ILs,and the effect of combining ILs/alkali on the RF.The results revealed that the proposed chemical mixtures are effective in enhancing the recovery factor.ILs with shorter alkyl chain and more aromatic rings are noticeably more efficient in enhancing the RF.Finding the optimum composition of([DMIM][Cl]+NaHCO3)the chemical slug increased the additional RF up to 31.55(%OOIP).Also,increasing the slug size to two PVs improved the RF to 42.13(%OOIP).The recovery factor mechanism was explained and supported by measuring the effect of IL types on the viscosity,Surface Tension(SFT),and Zeta Potential(ZP)of the mixture.
