Improving water injectivity and enhancing oil recovery by wettability control using nanopowders

Ju, Binshan; Tang, Fan; Li, Zhiping

doi:10.1016/j.petrol.2012.03.022

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“…Moreover, nano-fluid (i.e. suspension of NP in a fluid) has been proved to have potential application for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) [9,10]. Among the different types of NP, SNP have been mentioned to be suitable for EOR because of their ability to be easily surface functionalized and some other advantages as noted by Miranda [11] .…”

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“…Among the different types of NP, SNP have been mentioned to be suitable for EOR because of their ability to be easily surface functionalized and some other advantages as noted by Miranda [11] . However, most of silica based NP applied for EOR in sandstone formations [9,11] and their application to carbonate systems are not well discussed.…”

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“…For the individual applications, the first proposed mechanism is wettability alteration of reservoir rock. Based on wettability of surface, three types of SNP are experimentally utilized for EOR: lipophobic and hydrophilic polysilicon NP, hydrophobic and lipophilic polysilicon NP and neutrally wet polysilicon NP [9,14]. In conjunction with wettability alteration, some authors mentioned that interfacial tension reduction can be another mechanism responsible for the increase in oil recovery [15].…”

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“…Oil recovery can increase by 20% when high concentration of nanoparticles is injected. They suggested 2-3% concentration as increase in concentration can result to decrease in permeability [26]. This is usually associated with the nanoparticle size, salt concentration and bulk volume [27,28].…”

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“…Again, the work of Li and Torsaeter [34] was an improved study on wettability alteration and they confirmed earlier reports. Ju et al [26] using a physical model, mathematical model, and a numerical simulator were able to increase recovery by 15.38% when treated with waterwetting wettability control agent (IWWCA) and increasing the oil-wetting wettability control agent (IOWCA) improves recovery (60-80%) in water injection rate. Onyekonwu and Ogolo [7] studied the wettability alteration of three different polysilicon nanoparticles to enhance oil recovery.…”

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Mechanism governing nanoparticle flow behaviour in porous media: insight for enhanced oil recovery applications

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Nanotechnology has found its way to petroleum engineering, it is well-accepted path in the oil and gas industry to recover more oil trapped in the reservoir. But the addition of nanoparticles to a liquid can result in the simplest flow becoming complex. To understand the working mechanism, there is a need to study the flow behaviour of these particles. This review highlights the mechanism affecting the flow of nanoparticles in porous media as it relates to enhanced oil recovery. The discussion focuses on chemical-enhanced oil recovery, a review on laboratory experiment on wettability alteration, effect of interfacial tension and the stability of emulsion and foam is discussed. The flow behaviour of nanoparticles in porous media was discussed laying emphasis on the physical aspect of the flow, the microscopic rheological behaviour and the adsorption of the nanoparticles. It was observed that nanofluids exhibit Newtonian behaviour at low shear rate and non-Newtonian behaviour at high shear rate. Gravitational and capillary forces are responsible for the shift in wettability from oil-wet to water-wet. The dominant mechanisms of foam flow process were lamellae division and bubble to multiple bubble lamellae division. In a water-wet system, the dominant mechanism of flow process and residual oil mobilization are lamellae division and emulsification, respectively. Whereas in an oil-wet system, the generation of pre-spinning continuous gas foam was the dominant mechanism. The literature review on oil displacement test and field trials indicates that nanoparticles can recover additional oil. The challenges encountered have opened new frontier for research and are highlighted herein.

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Prediction of CO2 mass transfer parameters to light oil in presence of surfactants and silica nanoparticles synthesized in cationic reverse micellar system

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Improving water injectivity and enhancing oil recovery by wettability control using nanopowders

Cited by 52 publications

References 12 publications

Adsorption of silica nanoparticles onto calcite: Equilibrium, kinetic, thermodynamic and DLVO analysis

Adsorption of silica nanoparticles onto calcite: Equilibrium, kinetic, thermodynamic and DLVO analysis

Mechanism governing nanoparticle flow behaviour in porous media: insight for enhanced oil recovery applications

Prediction of CO2 mass transfer parameters to light oil in presence of surfactants and silica nanoparticles synthesized in cationic reverse micellar system

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