为进一步提高老油田水驱采收率,以低矿化度下的地层水和表面活性剂十六烷基羟丙基磺基甜菜碱(HHSB)溶液为对象,通过室内物理模拟研究了它们在低渗多孔介质中的流动特征及驱油特征。研究结果表明,低矿化度下地层水及表面活性剂溶液与岩...为进一步提高老油田水驱采收率,以低矿化度下的地层水和表面活性剂十六烷基羟丙基磺基甜菜碱(HHSB)溶液为对象,通过室内物理模拟研究了它们在低渗多孔介质中的流动特征及驱油特征。研究结果表明,低矿化度下地层水及表面活性剂溶液与岩石表面作用更强、流动阻力更小。低矿化度(4700 mg/L)地层水、高矿化度(47000 mg/L)地层水与岩心润湿接触角分别为83°和84.5°;低矿化度下质量分数0.3%的十六烷基羟丙基磺基甜菜碱(HHSB)溶液在岩石表面吸附损失量为23.33%,而高矿化度下HHSB溶液在岩石表面吸附损失量仅为16.73%;经岩石表面吸附后,低矿化度表面活性剂溶液与原油界面张力为0.0045 m N/m,而高矿化度表面活性剂溶液与原油界面张力为0.008 m N/m。提高采收率实验结果表明,高矿化度水驱、低矿化度水驱的采收率分别为32.5%和33.8%;高矿化度水驱(采收率32.5%)后转低矿化度水驱、高矿化度水驱后转高矿化度表面活性剂驱、高矿化度水驱后转低矿化度表面活性剂驱分别可提高采收率1.3%、6.2%和8.2%,总的采收率分别为33.8%、38.7%和40.7%;低矿化度水驱(采收率33.8%)后转低矿化度表面活性剂驱可提高采收率7.3%,总采收率为41.1%。低矿化度水驱加后续低矿化度表面活性剂驱的组合方式可使采收率达最高。展开更多
Coreflood,interfacial tension(IFT),contact angle,and phase behavior measurements were performed to investigate the viability of a hybrid of low-salinity water,surfactant,and CO_(2) flood enhanced oil recovery(EOR)proc...Coreflood,interfacial tension(IFT),contact angle,and phase behavior measurements were performed to investigate the viability of a hybrid of low-salinity water,surfactant,and CO_(2) flood enhanced oil recovery(EOR)process.Low-permeability carbonate reservoir cores were aged for eight weeks at reservoir temperature and pressure.Coreflood and contact angle between oil droplets and core surface measurements were performed.Additional contact angle measurements on sandstone and shale cores were also performed.The coreflood sequences were seawater flood,followed by low-salinity water flood,followed by surfactant floods until residual oil saturations to each flooding sequences and finally CO_(2) injection.Coreflood in low-permeability carbonate cores show that the hybrid EOR process produces incremental oil up to twenty-five percent beyond seawater flooding.Contact angle measurements on carbonate,sandstone and shale cores indicate that wettability alteration and IFT decrease are the main oil-mobilizing mechanisms in the hybrid EOR process.The hybrid EOR process mobilizes part of the residual oil because:(i)low-salinity brine improves wettability towards hydrophilic condition favorable for surfactant flooding;(ii)surfactant in lowsalinity water solubilizes some of the remaining oil as Winsor type IImicroemulsion and lowers IFT between oil and water;and(iii)CO_(2) will follow surfactant to mobilize more of the remaining oil in the wettability-improved condition.展开更多
文摘为进一步提高老油田水驱采收率,以低矿化度下的地层水和表面活性剂十六烷基羟丙基磺基甜菜碱(HHSB)溶液为对象,通过室内物理模拟研究了它们在低渗多孔介质中的流动特征及驱油特征。研究结果表明,低矿化度下地层水及表面活性剂溶液与岩石表面作用更强、流动阻力更小。低矿化度(4700 mg/L)地层水、高矿化度(47000 mg/L)地层水与岩心润湿接触角分别为83°和84.5°;低矿化度下质量分数0.3%的十六烷基羟丙基磺基甜菜碱(HHSB)溶液在岩石表面吸附损失量为23.33%,而高矿化度下HHSB溶液在岩石表面吸附损失量仅为16.73%;经岩石表面吸附后,低矿化度表面活性剂溶液与原油界面张力为0.0045 m N/m,而高矿化度表面活性剂溶液与原油界面张力为0.008 m N/m。提高采收率实验结果表明,高矿化度水驱、低矿化度水驱的采收率分别为32.5%和33.8%;高矿化度水驱(采收率32.5%)后转低矿化度水驱、高矿化度水驱后转高矿化度表面活性剂驱、高矿化度水驱后转低矿化度表面活性剂驱分别可提高采收率1.3%、6.2%和8.2%,总的采收率分别为33.8%、38.7%和40.7%;低矿化度水驱(采收率33.8%)后转低矿化度表面活性剂驱可提高采收率7.3%,总采收率为41.1%。低矿化度水驱加后续低矿化度表面活性剂驱的组合方式可使采收率达最高。
基金The authors are grateful to Abu Dhabi National Oil Company(ADNOC)and the Petroleum Institute(PI)at Abu DhabiMarathon Center of Excellence for Reservoir Studies(MCERS)and Center for Earth Materials,Mechanics,Characterization(CEMMC)at Colorado School of Mines(CSM)for their support of this study.
文摘Coreflood,interfacial tension(IFT),contact angle,and phase behavior measurements were performed to investigate the viability of a hybrid of low-salinity water,surfactant,and CO_(2) flood enhanced oil recovery(EOR)process.Low-permeability carbonate reservoir cores were aged for eight weeks at reservoir temperature and pressure.Coreflood and contact angle between oil droplets and core surface measurements were performed.Additional contact angle measurements on sandstone and shale cores were also performed.The coreflood sequences were seawater flood,followed by low-salinity water flood,followed by surfactant floods until residual oil saturations to each flooding sequences and finally CO_(2) injection.Coreflood in low-permeability carbonate cores show that the hybrid EOR process produces incremental oil up to twenty-five percent beyond seawater flooding.Contact angle measurements on carbonate,sandstone and shale cores indicate that wettability alteration and IFT decrease are the main oil-mobilizing mechanisms in the hybrid EOR process.The hybrid EOR process mobilizes part of the residual oil because:(i)low-salinity brine improves wettability towards hydrophilic condition favorable for surfactant flooding;(ii)surfactant in lowsalinity water solubilizes some of the remaining oil as Winsor type IImicroemulsion and lowers IFT between oil and water;and(iii)CO_(2) will follow surfactant to mobilize more of the remaining oil in the wettability-improved condition.
