Brine Ions and Mechanism of Low Salinity Water Injection in Enhanced Oil Recovery: A Review

Hosseini, Seyednooroldin; Shuker, Muhannad Talib; Sabet, Maziyar; Ahmad, Zaini; Hosseini, Zeinab; Shabib-Asl, Abdolmohsen

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“…The addition of graphene improved the viscosity of the polymer, leading in enhanced processing energy requirements. Figure 16 displays that LDPE followed by a Newtonian pursuing a frequency-free plateau and a shear thinning area at extremely low frequencies, but the upper frequency decreased viscosity values [42,43,44]. Newtonian performance completely vanished with the incorporation of 3.0wt% graphene for the nanocompound samples, showing the parallel linear connections remain unchanged through multiple parameters such as shear thinning performance and viscosity.…”

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“…Its absolute characteristics, such as superior electrical conductivity, mechanical elasticity, thermal conductivity, and visual clarity, provide different responsibility and cause it to be notable theoretically [40]. The function of nanofiller in preparation of polymer nanocompounds has been studied extensively [41,42,43,44]. Graphene has an enormous external surface area and the formation of long-range carbon-carbon connectivity for suitable mechanical and electrical characteristics of polymer nanocompounds is achieved even at an amount lower than the CNT nanofiller [45,46,47,48].…”

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Inclusion of graphene on LDPE properties

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Soleimani

2019

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The spread of graphene in low-density polyethylene (LDPE) improves LDPE/graphene nanocompounds' thermal/mechanical/electrical characteristics. The images of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) verify full graphene exfoliation at 1000 °C. Inclusion graphene develops crystallinity; increases the local order of lattice and thermal stability of LDPE/graphene nanocompounds. The consistent distributions and further inclusion of graphene caused the great heat breakdown strength, increasing heat breakdown activation energy and a superior melting point (Tm) for LDPE nanocompounds. Percolation occurs with the graphene incorporation of 0.5 wt%. The complex viscosity test showed Newtonian behavior for LDPE at a very low frequency. But, graphene inclusion to LDPE changed the viscosity performance from liquid-like to solid-like which caused a decrease in the melt flow rate (MFR) values for all LDPE/graphene nanocompounds.

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Inclusion of graphene on LDPE properties

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2019

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“…Wettability alteration is known as the main EOR mechanism of both low-salinity flooding (Hosseini et al 2015 ) and nanoparticles injection. Numerous studies examined the application of various nanoparticles with low-salinity phase for different intentions.…”

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A review on application of nanoparticles for EOR purposes: history and current challenges

Iravani

Khalilnezhad

2023

J Petrol Explor Prod Technol

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Applications of nanotechnology in several fields of petroleum industry, e.g., refinery, drilling and enhanced oil recovery (EOR), have attracted a lot of attention, recently. This research investigates the applications of nanoparticles in EOR process. The potential of various nanoparticles, in hybrid and bare forms for altering the state of wettability, reducing the interfacial tension (IFT), changing the viscosity and activation of other EOR mechanisms are studied based on recent findings. Focusing on EOR, hybrid applications of nanoparticles with surfactants, polymers, low-salinity phases and foams are discussed and their synergistic effects are evaluated. Also, activated EOR mechanisms are defined and specified. Since the stabilization of nanofluids in harsh conditions of reservoir is vital for EOR applications, different methods for stabilizing nanofluids through EOR procedures are reviewed. Besides, a discussion on different functional groups of NPs is represented. Later, an economic model for evaluation of EOR process is examined and “Hotelling” method as an appropriate model for investigation of economic aspects of EOR process is introduced in detail. The findings of this study can lead to better understanding of fundamental basis about efficiency of nanoparticles in EOR process, activated EOR mechanisms during application of nanoparticles, selection of appropriate nanoparticles, the methods of stabilizing and economic evaluation for EOR process with respect to costs and outcomes.

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“…Worldwide oil demand and decline in the well production rate has led to the implementation of improved oil recovery (IOR) and enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods to sustain oil production (Golabi et al, 2012;Shabib-Asl et al, 2014;Ayoub et al, 2015;Hosseini et al, 2015a;Hosseini et al, 2015b;Shabib-Asl et al, 2015a;Shabib-Asl et al, 2015b;Dianatnasab et al, 2016;Shabib-AsL et al, 2019a;Shabib-Asl et al, 2019b). Tight oil reservoirs provide 45% of total oil production in the U.S. and 9% of world oil production (Wang et al, 2016;Shabib-Asl and Plaksina, 2019;Shabib-Asl et al, 2020), yet the oil recovery from the primary production and waterflooding of such formations is as low as 10-15%, compared to 40% from conventional reservoirs (Hosseini et al, 2015a).…”

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Performance of CO2 Foam Huff and Puff in Tight Oil Reservoirs

2022

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The challenges associated with unconventional reservoirs are related to their intrinsic nature: extremely low porosity and permeability. Combinations of horizontal wells and multistage hydraulic fracturing techniques have been developed to overcome the production obstacles and unlock the vast amount of oil in place in such formations. However, oil production still exhibits a sharp decline within the first 2 years after the stimulation, leading to an oil recovery of less than 15%. Thus, enhanced oil recovery methods need to be investigated to further increase the production rates and the recovery. In this study, laboratory experiments and numerical simulations were conducted to evaluate the performance of the CO2 foam huff and puff process and its impacts on oil recovery in tight oil formations. More specifically, the foam half-life was measured as a function of surfactant concentration and followed by the foam drainage ratio and its rheological properties in the subsequent tests. Reservoir simulations were conducted using the lab data and the field data collected from Cardium formation. Sensitivity analyses were finally carried out to investigate the effects of controlling variables on the CO2 foam performance. Experimental results revealed that the optimal surfactant concentration was found to be 0.2%, which is the critical micelle concentration point. Simulation results show that CO2 foam huff and puff can increase the oil recovery by more than 11% compared to that of the primary production. Moreover, sensitivity analyses show that the production time, injection time, and soaking time are the main effecting parameters, while the injection rate and the incremental injection rate are less important.

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Brine Ions and Mechanism of Low Salinity Water Injection in Enhanced Oil Recovery: A Review

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Inclusion of graphene on LDPE properties

Inclusion of graphene on LDPE properties

A review on application of nanoparticles for EOR purposes: history and current challenges

Performance of CO2 Foam Huff and Puff in Tight Oil Reservoirs

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