Simulation of O/W emulsion flow in Alkaline/Surfactant flood for heavy oil recovery

Canadian International Petroleum Conference 2009, CIPC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Wang, J ^a   Dong, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CRUDE OIL; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FLOODS; GASOLINE; OIL FIELDS; OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SECONDARY RECOVERY; WATER FILTRATION;

CHEMICAL ADSORPTION; FIELD-SCALE SIMULATION; FILTRATION THEORY; HEAVY OIL RECOVERY; HEAVY OIL RESERVOIRS; PRESSURE RESPONSE; SIMULATION TECHNIQUE; TERTIARY OIL RECOVERY;

HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION;

EID: 85088763325     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/2009-066     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (17)

1. Johnson, JR, C. E., Status of Caustic and Emulsion Methods, J. Pet. Tech., pp. 85-92, January 1976.
2. Jennings, JR, H.Y., Johnson, JR., C.E. and McAuliffe, C.D., A Caustic Waterflooding Process for Heavy Oils, J. Pet. Tech., pp. 1344-1352, December 1974.
3. FAROUQ ALI, S.M., FIGUEROA, J.M., AZUAJE, E.A. and FARQUHARSON, R.G., Recovery of Lloydminster and Morichal Crudes by Caustic, Acid and Emulsion Floods, JCPT, pp. 53-59, January-March 1979.
4. BRYAN, J. and KANTZAS, A., Enhanced Heavy-oil Recovery by Alkali-Surfactant Flooding, SPE 110728, paper presented at the 2007 SPE Technical Conference and Exhibition held in Anaheim, California, U.S.A., 11-14 November 2007.
5. Dong, M., Displacement of Heavy Oil through Interfacial Instability - A Study of an EOR Method for Murphy East Bodo Heavy Oil Reservoir, Petroleum Technology Research Centre (PTRC) Technical Report, 2004.
6. Dong, M., Liu, Q., Ma, S., and Zhou, W., Displacement of Heavy Oil Through Interfacial Instability: A Study of an EOR Method for CNRL Brintnell Heavy Oil Reservoir, Petroleum Technology Research Centre (PTRC) Technical Report, 2005.
7. Liu, Q., Dong, M., Yue, X. and Hou, J., Synergy of Alkali and Surfactant in Emulsification of Heavy Oil in Brine, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochem. Eng. Aspects, 273, pp. 219-228, 2006.
8. Liu, Q., Dong, M., and Ma, S., Alkaline/Surfactant Flood Potential in Western Canadian Heavy Oil Reservoirs, paper SPE 99791 presented at the 2006 SPE/DOE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery held in Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.A., 22-26 April 2006.
9. ALVARADO, D.A., The Flow of Macroemulsion through Porous Media; Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Petroleum Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 1975.
10. ALVARADO, D.A. and MARSDEN, JR., S.S., Flow of Oil-in-Water Emulsions through Tubes and Porous Media, Soc. Pet. Eng. J., pp. 369-377, December 1979.
11. ABOU-KASSEM, J.H. and FAROUQ ALI, S.M., Modelling of Emulsion Flow in Porous Media, JCPT, Vol. 34, No. 6, pp. 30-38, 1995.
12. MCAULIFFE, C.D., Oil-in-Water Emulsions and Their Flow Properties in Porous Media, J. Pet. Tech., pp. 727-733, June 1973.
13. DEVEREUX, O.F., Emulsion Flow in Porous Solids I. A Flow Model, Chem. Eng. J., Vol. 7, pp. 121-128, 1974.
14. SOO, H. and RADKE, C.J., The Flow Mechanism of Dilute, Stable Emulsion in Porous Media, Ind. Eng. Chem. Fundam., Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 342-347, 1984.
15. SOO, H. and RADKE, C.J., A Filtration Model for the Flow Of Dilute, Stable Emulsions in Porous Media I. Theory, Chem. Eng. Sci., Vol. 41, No. 2, pp. 263-272, 1986.
16. SOO, H. and RADKE, C.J., A Filtration Model for the Flow of Dilute, Stable Emulsions in Porous Media II. Parameter Evaluation and Estimation, Chem. Eng. Sci., Vol. 41, No. 2, pp. 273-281, 1986.
17. Liu, Q., Interfacial Phenomena in Enhanced Heavy Oil Recovery by Alkaline Flood, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Regina, Canada, 2006.