A Field Experiment of Improved Steamdrive With In-Situ Foaming

Brigham, W.E.; Marcou, J.A.; Sanyal, S.K.; Malito, O.P.; Castanier, L.M.

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“…materials into a steam drive in Kern Rivcr field several times .. 8.15. 16 Early tests checked injectivity. The first one was deemed unsuccessful because of a "faulty batch of surfactant.…”

Section: How Noncondensable Gases Affect Steam Foamsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The capillary pressure is much larger than the inverse of the compressibility ° of steam. 16. The density and temperature of saturated steam vary linearly with the vapor pressure of water.…”

Section: Accumulation Within the Lamella Is Small Compared With Thatmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Eqs. 12 and 13 satisfy the condition on the first variation of n. Because there is only one independent, unconstrained internal variable, V, the condition for stability is that the second derivative of n with respect to V be positive: (16) r" rb Eq. 16 was obtained from Eq.…”

Section: How To Estimate the Amount Of Noncondensable Gas To Add To Amentioning

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The Role of Noncondensable Gas in Steam Foams

Falls

Lawson

Hirasaki

1988

Journal of Petroleum Technology

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“…materials into a steam drive in Kern Rivcr field several times .. 8.15. 16 Early tests checked injectivity. The first one was deemed unsuccessful because of a "faulty batch of surfactant.…”

Section: How Noncondensable Gases Affect Steam Foamsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Accumulation Within the Lamella Is Small Compared With Thatmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Role of Noncondensable Gas in Steam Foams

Falls

Lawson

Hirasaki

1988

Journal of Petroleum Technology

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“…Even at today's low oil prices, steam-foam technology has matured from development to large-scale commercial application in certain oil-producing regions. Examples of recent developments are given by references [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18].…”

Section: Steam Foammentioning

confidence: 99%

Application of Foam for Gas and Water Shut-off: Review of Field Experience

Zhdanov¹,

Amiyan²,

Surguchev³

et al. 1996

Proceedings of European Petroleum Conference

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Tlua paper wu prepared for~semauon aI tic I Y% SPE Europmn PeLIokumCunf.mence kld in Milm, IIIIY. 22-24 I!'w4w 1996. This paper was selecld lor presentatco by tfw SPE Program Ccmmitle.s fdwq _ C4rnfcmmaticm ccmtamed in an abslracl sumnmed by tfw author(s). Ombmts ot Iheã s presentd. fwa not km rwiewed W the SIXiaty of Petroleum Engiwws ard am Wbfectto KJlrq,h~lfw Wllhor(s) Th e material, as presented, dces nol -b rdlect any psttm o It!+ %xiety of Petroleum EIWJimeIS o, its members. Papers Fesenled al SPE meetmgs are su to puhkaticm review by Edttonal Committee al tie Scci* of Petro!e.Im~eers %Lsti to copf IS r.astccted m an abstract of rot more !han X0 wcrds. Ilustratlcos may not by coped. TM abstract sfwukl amtarn R%H'%15%%%!?&Rkhmc15cm, TX7508S+Y3S6 "s.faxol.,,'+w?-,.ts, mt d nbem ar!d by Acw the FE$B! was presented WMe Abstract This paper givesa critical overview of field experience with the use of foam for improved sweep efficiency and control of produced gas in the Former Soviet Union, i n the North Sea and in North America. The field practice demonstrates a wide specter of foam application and reservoir problems which the foam processes-can mitigate.Foam applications are classified as injector and producer treatments for gas and water shut-off. Foam was applied in combination with different recovery strategies such as gas and WAG injection, steam injection, in-situ combustion and waterflooding. The choice of foamer and foam placement strategy are important and depend on the reservoir and type of the problem to address. Many technical failures are explainable by erroneous problem definition.The novelty of the present overview is that it gives a comparison of foam applications in three different geographical areas with different field histories, constraints and requirements on production handling facilities. The review of foam applications in the Former Soviet Union covers field applications of foam in Russia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan. The paper also discusses interesting field examples, previously unpublished with application of new foam processes including polymer enhanced foam and foam treatment for water diversion and shut-off.

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“…[18][19][20] The lease was owned by PetroLewis Inc., and Corco provided field operating services. [18][19][20] The lease was owned by PetroLewis Inc., and Corco provided field operating services.…”

Section: Supri Kern River Field Testmentioning

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An Evaluation of Field Projects of Steam With Additives

Castanier¹,

Brigham²

1991

SPE Reservoir Engineering

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The use of additives to improve both steamdrive and cyclic steam injection in field projects has been tested under a variety of conditions. This technique attempts to reduce gravity override and channeling of the steam by foam generation. Another mechanism appears to be "detergent" cleaning near wellbores by surface-active agents. When successful, this technology seems to be economic even at a low oil price. The results, however, have ranged from excellent to negative. In this paper, we attempt to evaluate the field projects published to date. The results of this study show that the use of additives with stearn can provide significant benefits over the use of stearn alone. Indeed, addition of surfactant to the steam has proved to be both technically and economically successful when the proper products and procedures were used. Caustics have given mixed results but seem to have been effective in at least one cyclicsteam project.

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A Field Experiment of Improved Steamdrive With In-Situ Foaming

Cited by 7 publications

References 13 publications

The Role of Noncondensable Gas in Steam Foams

The Role of Noncondensable Gas in Steam Foams

Application of Foam for Gas and Water Shut-off: Review of Field Experience

An Evaluation of Field Projects of Steam With Additives

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