Experimental Study of Pore-Scale Mechanisms of Carbonated Water Injection

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 73-86

  Riazi, Masoud ^a   Sohrabi, Mehran ^a   Jamiolahmady, Mahmoud ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbonated water injection; CO2 injection; Enhanced oil recovery; Flow diversion; High pressure micromodel

Indexed keywords

CARBONATED WATERS; CO2 INJECTION; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; FLOW DIVERSION; HIGH PRESSURE MICROMODEL;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATION; COALESCENCE; OFFSHORE OIL FIELDS; OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RECOVERY; SECONDARY RECOVERY; VISUALIZATION; WATER RESOURCES;

WATER INJECTION;

ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW MODELING; FLUID INJECTION; FORMATION MECHANISM; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 79951955240     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-010-9606-8     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Barrufet M. A., Said El-Sayed K., Tantawy S. M., Iglesias-Silva G. A.: Liquid viscosities of carbon dioxide + hydrocarbons from 310 K to 403 K. J. Chem. Eng. Data 41(3), 436-439 (1996).
2. Baviere M.: Basic Concepts in Enhanced Oil Recovery Processes. Elsevier, Amsterdam (1991).
3. Bijeljic, B. R., Muggeridge, A. H., Blunt, M. J.: Effect of Composition on Waterblocking for Multicomponent Gas Floods. SPE 77697, SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition held in San Antonio, Texas (2002).
4. 2 Corrosion in the Anadarko Basin, SPE 12608, SPE Deep Drilling and Production Symposium, Amarillo, Texas, 1-3 April (1984).
5. 2 Systems Under Reservoir Conditions. SPE 90198, September (2004).
6. Grigg, R. B., Gregory, M. D., Purkaple, J. D.: Effect of pressure on improved oilflood recovery from tertiary gas injection. Reservoir Engineering SPERE, SPE paper 35426 (1997).
7. Hickok, C. W., et al.: Case Histories of Carbonated Waterfloods in Dewey-Bartlesville Field. SPE 333, SPE Secondary Recovery Symposium, Wichita Falls, Texas, 7-8 May (1962).
8. Holm, L. W.: Carbon dioxide solvent flooding for increased oil recovery. SPE paper 1250-G (1959).
9. Johnson W. E., Macfarlane R. M., Breston J. N., Neil D. C.: Laboratory experiments with carbonated water and liquid carbon dioxide as oil recovery agents. Prod. Mon. 17(1), 15 (1952).
10. MacGuire, P. L., Stalkup, F. I.: Performance analysis and optimisation of the Prudhoe Bay miscible gas project. SPE/DOE 27746 Proceedings of the SPE International Meeting on Petroleum Engineering, Beijing, China, pp. 719-728 (1992).
11. Martin J. W.: Additional oil production through flooding with carbonated water. Prod. Mon. 15(9), 18 (1951).
12. 2 Tertiary Floods, SPERE 507, November (1987).
13. Ramsay, H. J. J., Small, F. R.: Use of carbon dioxide for water injectivity improvement. J. Pet. Technol. 25 (1964).
14. Sohrabi, M., Tehrani, D. H., Danesh, A., Henderson, G.: Visualisation of oil recovery by water-alternating-gas injection using high-pressure micromodels. SPE J. (2004).
15. Sohrabi, M., Danesh, A., Tehrani, D. H., Jamiolahmady, M.: Microscopic mechanisms of oil recovery by near-miscible gas injection. Transp. Porous Media 1573-1634 (2008a).
16. Sohrabi, M., Danesh, A., Jamiolahmady, M.: Visualisation of residual oil recovery by near-miscible gas and swag injection using high-pressure micromodels. Transp. Porous Media 72 (3) (2008b).
17. 2 storage. Bellona Report, May, http://www. bellona. org/factsheets/1191921304. 33 (2007).
18. Tumasyan A. B., Panteleev V. G., Meinster G. P.: Influence de l'anhydride carbonique sur les proprieties physiques du petrole et de l'eau. Nefteprom. dela 2, 20-23 (1969).