Challenges in Selection and Using of Production Chemicals with CEOR Operations During Polymer Breakthrough Phase

Zagitov, Robert; Venkat, Panneer Selvam; Kothandan, Ravindranthan; Senthur, Sundar; Ramanathan, Sabarinathan

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The current level and prospects for the development of large-volume injection technologies using polymers to increase oil recovery

Podoprigora

Byazrov

Khristich

2022

The Eurasian Scientific Journal

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Currently, there is a worldwide decline in the level of production while maintaining the level of consumption. At the same time, the newly discovered fields are not able to compensate for the volumes of extracted oil, since the volumes of reserves are mainly small or medium. In this regard, it is relevant to introduce technologies to increase oil recovery at already drilled and developed fields. A promising method of increasing oil recovery is polymer flooding, which has many years of successful experience in both Russia and abroad. Polymer flooding technology consists in adding dry polymer to the injected water in concentrations from 0.05 to 0.25 % in order to increase its viscosity, which in turn contributes to improving the flooding process. The polymer rim equalizes the ratio of mobility in the reservoir and allows oil to be uniformly displaced from reservoirs in which there is a heterogeneity in permeability. The key result in the implementation of the technology is an increase in the oil recovery coefficient by improving the coverage of the reservoir by the flooding process, as well as a gradual increase in water availability, without early water breakthroughs from injection to production wells. This technology has wide limits of applicability and has already proven its effectiveness in various geological and physical conditions. This article will consider the physical basis of exposure, the principle of action, the criteria of applicability, the main groups of chemical reagents, and the accumulated domestic and international experience in the design and implementation of polymer flooding technology, development trends and the main difficulties associated with the introduction of this technology.

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The current level and prospects for the development of large-volume injection technologies using polymers to increase oil recovery

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Byazrov

Khristich

2022

The Eurasian Scientific Journal

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Is Chemical EOR Finally Coming of Age?

Delamaide¹

2020

SPE Asia Pacific Oil &Amp; Gas Conference and Exhibition

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Chemical flooding is one of the classical EOR methods, together with thermal methods and gas injection. It is not a new method; indeed, the first polymer flood field pilots date back to the 1950s while the first surfactant-based pilots can be traced back to the 1960s. However, while both gas injection and thermal methods have long been recognised as field proven and are being used at a large scale in multiple fields, it is not the case for chemical EOR. Although there have been over 500 polymer flood pilots recorded, and almost 100 surfactant-based field tests, large scale field applications are few and far between. This situation seems to be evolving however, as more and more large scale chemical projects get underway. This paper proposes to review the status of chemical EOR worldwide to determine whether it is finally coming of age. The status of chemical EOR projects worldwide will be reviewed, focusing on recent and current large-scale field developments. This will allow to establish what is working and where the industry is still encountering difficulties. This review will cover North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa. It is clear that polymer flooding is now indeed becoming a well-established process, with many large-scale projects ongoing or in the early stages of implementation in particular in Canada, Argentina, India, Albania and Oman in addition to China. Strangely enough, the US lags behind with no ongoing large-scale polymer flood. The situation is more complex for surfactant-based processes. At the moment, large-scale projects can only be found in China and – although to a lesser extent – in Canada. The situation appears on the brink of changing however, with some large developments in the early stages in Oman, India and Russia. Still, the economics of surfactant-based processes are still challenging and there is some disagreement between the various actors as to whether surfactant-polymer or alkali-surfactant polymer is the way to go. This review will demonstrate that polymer flooding is now a mature technology that has finally made it to very large-scale field applications. Surfactant-based processes however, are lagging behind due in part to technical issues but even more to challenging economics. Still there is light at the end of the tunnel and the coming years may well be a turning point for this technology.

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Investigation on Fouling During Application of EOR Polymer in Aishwarya Field

Zagitov

Mathur

Subramanian

et al. 2020

Day 1 Mon, November 09, 2020

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Deposition of elastic fouling material on equipment for processing and transportation of crude was observed after EOR polymer breaking through to producing wells of the Aishwarya field. The objective of the study included analyzing polymer containing deposits, concluding on mechanism of precipitation and developing the solution for fouling control based on the novel laboratory test procedure. Aishwarya field is in north-west part of India. Fatehgarh group is the main reservoir unit. Artificial lift in Aishwarya is mainly by ESP. An opportunity to improve the recovery of Aishwarya field via better displacement of oil was envisaged through implementation of EOR polymer flood. HPAM (partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamide) polymer injection was initiated in September 2017. Failures of ESP pumps, significant fouling of strainers of liquid transfer and PWRI pumps, pressure increase in Aishwarya production line which necessitate increased pigging frequency was observed soon after polymer breaking through to producing wells. Detailed analysis of produced water containing back produced polymer and elastic deposits collected from different equipment were performed. Specific test methods have been selected for such analysis including SEC, XRF, XRD, SEM/EDS, FTIR, NMR etc. It was found that Aishwarya deposits contain high concentration of precipitated polymer (to 36%) and polymer was completely hydrolyzed, degree of hydrolysis or DOH at 100%. Chemical nature of polymer was evaluated as Calcium Carboxylates. DOH of returned polymer in Aishwarya produced water was measured upto 79%, significant increase from the initial 25%. Such high DOH significantly dropped tolerance of HPAM to divalent cations and increases potential for precipitation with Calcium in Aishwarya brine having relatively high concentration of Calcium and high value of the relative hardness, the ratio of divalent cations to total cations. Fast increase of DOH was attributed to the relatively high temperature of the Aishwarya reservoir (up to 77 deg C at the OWC zone). Novel test method, accelerated aging test, has been used to investigate the long-term stability of the applied HPAM and more thermally stable polymers containing monomers of acrylamide tertiary butyl sulphonic acid (ATBS) for Aishwarya conditions. Laboratory tests represented 200 – 400 days travelling time at the Aishwarya reservoir temperature. The test results indicated on significantly better viscosity retention and higher polymer thermal stability, represented by the polymer cloud point, of ATBS co-polymers than HPAM for Aishwariya field conditions as more suitable polymer type for polymer flooding than HPAM.

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Challenges in Selection and Using of Production Chemicals with CEOR Operations During Polymer Breakthrough Phase

Cited by 15 publications

References 3 publications

The current level and prospects for the development of large-volume injection technologies using polymers to increase oil recovery

The current level and prospects for the development of large-volume injection technologies using polymers to increase oil recovery

Is Chemical EOR Finally Coming of Age?

Investigation on Fouling During Application of EOR Polymer in Aishwarya Field

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