Petroleum sulfonate is one of the most important surfactants used in surfactant flooding for enhanced oil recovery, which is mainly obtained by treating high-boiling petroleum fractions in a stirred tank reactor(STR) ...Petroleum sulfonate is one of the most important surfactants used in surfactant flooding for enhanced oil recovery, which is mainly obtained by treating high-boiling petroleum fractions in a stirred tank reactor(STR) or in a fallingfilm reactor(FFR). The synthesis of petroleum sulfonate with ultra-low interfacial tension from viscous petroleum fractions was carried out in a rotating packed bed(RPB) reactor using dilute liquid sulfur trioxide as the sulfonating agent in this study. The effects of various experimental conditions on components content and oil-water interfacial tension(IFT) were investigated. Under the optimum conditions, the active matter content could reach up to 50.3% and the IFT could be equal to 4.7×10-3 m N/m. Compared with the traditional reactor, the active matter content is by 14.12% higher in the RPB as compared to that obtained in the STR. The uneven change of the test oil droplets during the IFT measurement was also discussed. The increase of heavy components content not only can eliminate the contraction phenomenon, but also can reduce the IFT to a minimum. This can be conducive to explaining the reason for producing IFT and the preparation of proper formulations for practical application.展开更多
In view of the problems of high injection pressure and low water injection rate in water injection wells of low permeability reservoirs featuring high temperature and high salinity,two new surfactants were synthesized...In view of the problems of high injection pressure and low water injection rate in water injection wells of low permeability reservoirs featuring high temperature and high salinity,two new surfactants were synthesized,including a quaternary ammonium surfactant and a betaine amphoteric surfactant.The composite surfactant system BYJ-1 was formed by mixing two kinds of surfactants.The minimum interfacial tension between BYJ-1 solution and the crude oil could reach 1.4×10^(-3) mN/m.The temperature resistance was up to 140℃,and the salt resistance could reach up to 120 g/L.For the low permeability core fully saturated with water phase,BYJ-1 could obviously reduce the starting pressure gradient of low permeability core.While for the core with residual oil,BYJ-1 could obviously reduce the injection pressure and improve the oil recovery.Moreover,the field test showed that BYJ-1 could effectively reduce the injection pressure of the water injection well,increase the injection volume,and increase the liquid production and oil production of the corresponding production well.展开更多
The combination of injection of lower saline brine and surfactant will increase recovery in sandstone rocks than either when any of the techniques is singly applied. In this work, core IFT test, pH test, flooding expe...The combination of injection of lower saline brine and surfactant will increase recovery in sandstone rocks than either when any of the techniques is singly applied. In this work, core IFT test, pH test, flooding experiments and measurement of dispersion were performed on four core samples which were grouped into two: group A which were not fired and group B which were fired at a temperature of 500°C for 24 hours. Two low saline brines were prepared: LS1 which was derived by the dilution of seawater four times and LS2 which was derived by ten times diluting the seawater. The surfactant used was ethoxylated alcohol surfactant. Coreflood experiments were then performed on the rock samples starting with the injection of low saline followed by low saline brine combined with surfactant (LSS). Results from the experiments show that with the injection of LS1 brine and LSS1 higher increment in recoveries were obtained for group B than for group A cores. The same trend was also noticed with the injection of LS2 and LSS2. From the results, LS1 gave higher increment in oil recovery than LS2. Also LSS1 gave higher recoveries when compared with LSS2. In all the cases tested, core samples which were fired gave higher recoveries even though they had low permeabilities of 993 md for sample 3 and 1017 md for sample 4 than those which were not fired with higher permeabilities of 1050 md and 1055 md for samples 1 and 2 respectively. This was attributed to the alteration of wettability as well as that of permeability caused by sample firing. The dispersion profiles of the rock samples show that all samples are homogeneous.展开更多
In this paper, as far as the ASP flooding in the pilot area of Daqing oilfield is concerned, the effect of apparent viscosity of ASP solution on enhanced oil recovery have been studied by comparison of experiments on ...In this paper, as far as the ASP flooding in the pilot area of Daqing oilfield is concerned, the effect of apparent viscosity of ASP solution on enhanced oil recovery have been studied by comparison of experiments on artificial heterogeneous cores with on natural cores. The results showed that the decrease in the concentration of alkali could increase the apparent viscosity of ASP solutions, namely, the apparent viscosity increased and the IFT couldn’t get ultra low, and the oil recovery efficiency by ASP solution with a reasonably lower concentration of alkali was not less than that with a higher concentration of alkali and ultra low IFT. The experiments with models having impermeable interlayers between adjacent layers, and by means of “co-injection and separate production” showed that the ASP solution with a higher viscosity and a lower alkali concentration was more beneficial to starting-up medium and low permeability layers and enhancing total oil recovery. Therefore, to heterogeneous reservoir, as factors of affecting oil recovery, the apparent viscosity may be more important than the ultralow IFT. Furthermore, on the premise that the concentration of surfactant and the concentration of polymer keep constant, ASP flooding with low alkali concentration not only enlarges the selectable range of surfactants and decreases the cost of ASP flooding, but also solves the problem of alkali scales. Finally, a dynamic absorption experiment was performed with a 05 meter long linked-up natural core to determine alkali wastage in formation. The result being accord with the application case in the pilot confirmed that it was not necessary to add the alkali too much in ASP flooding from a new direction.展开更多
针对低渗透油藏注入性差、洗油效率低,水驱无法有效提高采收率等问题,提出了一种低界面张力小分子驱油剂(LST溶液)提高低渗透油藏采收率新技术,评价了该驱油剂的界面活性、增黏性、乳化性、润湿性及其油藏环境适应性和驱油效果。结果表...针对低渗透油藏注入性差、洗油效率低,水驱无法有效提高采收率等问题,提出了一种低界面张力小分子驱油剂(LST溶液)提高低渗透油藏采收率新技术,评价了该驱油剂的界面活性、增黏性、乳化性、润湿性及其油藏环境适应性和驱油效果。结果表明,该驱油剂具有良好的界面活性和增黏性。在6788.23 mg/L的矿化水中,质量分数为0.4%时的LST溶液的油水界面张力为0.012 m N/m,且黏度与油藏原油黏度(3.4 m Pa·s)相近。LST溶液具有较好的油水乳化能力,可改善油藏水润湿性。在47.2℃、油水比为1∶1的条件下,LST乳状液的稳定时间为120 min。岩心经LST溶液处理后,水相接触角由57.0°降至12.5°,油相接触角由24.3°增至38.6°。LST溶液具有良好的静态抗吸附性能,经岩心3次吸附后,LST残液与原油间的界面张力仍能达到10^(-2)m N/m数量级,黏度达2.895 m Pa·s,乳状液静置10、120 min的析水率分别为38.6%、73.4%。LST溶液的耐盐性能较好。在矿化度为16570 mg/L的环境下,其油水界面张力低于7×10^(-2)m N/m、黏度为3.06 m Pa·s。LST溶液的驱油效果较好,可有效封堵高渗透孔道,启动低渗透孔道残余油。注入0.4 PV 0.4%LST溶液可使均质岩心(0.05μm^(2))的水驱驱油效率提高11.21百分点,非均质岩心(级差3~10)水驱后的综合采收率提高6.55百分点~19.41百分点。LST溶液可以实现低剂量或低成本有效提高水驱采收率,在低渗透非均质油藏化学驱提高采收率方面具有较好的应用前景。展开更多
基金supported by Project of the National Twelfth Five-Year Research Program of China (Grants. 2014BAE03B02)
文摘Petroleum sulfonate is one of the most important surfactants used in surfactant flooding for enhanced oil recovery, which is mainly obtained by treating high-boiling petroleum fractions in a stirred tank reactor(STR) or in a fallingfilm reactor(FFR). The synthesis of petroleum sulfonate with ultra-low interfacial tension from viscous petroleum fractions was carried out in a rotating packed bed(RPB) reactor using dilute liquid sulfur trioxide as the sulfonating agent in this study. The effects of various experimental conditions on components content and oil-water interfacial tension(IFT) were investigated. Under the optimum conditions, the active matter content could reach up to 50.3% and the IFT could be equal to 4.7×10-3 m N/m. Compared with the traditional reactor, the active matter content is by 14.12% higher in the RPB as compared to that obtained in the STR. The uneven change of the test oil droplets during the IFT measurement was also discussed. The increase of heavy components content not only can eliminate the contraction phenomenon, but also can reduce the IFT to a minimum. This can be conducive to explaining the reason for producing IFT and the preparation of proper formulations for practical application.
文摘In view of the problems of high injection pressure and low water injection rate in water injection wells of low permeability reservoirs featuring high temperature and high salinity,two new surfactants were synthesized,including a quaternary ammonium surfactant and a betaine amphoteric surfactant.The composite surfactant system BYJ-1 was formed by mixing two kinds of surfactants.The minimum interfacial tension between BYJ-1 solution and the crude oil could reach 1.4×10^(-3) mN/m.The temperature resistance was up to 140℃,and the salt resistance could reach up to 120 g/L.For the low permeability core fully saturated with water phase,BYJ-1 could obviously reduce the starting pressure gradient of low permeability core.While for the core with residual oil,BYJ-1 could obviously reduce the injection pressure and improve the oil recovery.Moreover,the field test showed that BYJ-1 could effectively reduce the injection pressure of the water injection well,increase the injection volume,and increase the liquid production and oil production of the corresponding production well.
文摘The combination of injection of lower saline brine and surfactant will increase recovery in sandstone rocks than either when any of the techniques is singly applied. In this work, core IFT test, pH test, flooding experiments and measurement of dispersion were performed on four core samples which were grouped into two: group A which were not fired and group B which were fired at a temperature of 500°C for 24 hours. Two low saline brines were prepared: LS1 which was derived by the dilution of seawater four times and LS2 which was derived by ten times diluting the seawater. The surfactant used was ethoxylated alcohol surfactant. Coreflood experiments were then performed on the rock samples starting with the injection of low saline followed by low saline brine combined with surfactant (LSS). Results from the experiments show that with the injection of LS1 brine and LSS1 higher increment in recoveries were obtained for group B than for group A cores. The same trend was also noticed with the injection of LS2 and LSS2. From the results, LS1 gave higher increment in oil recovery than LS2. Also LSS1 gave higher recoveries when compared with LSS2. In all the cases tested, core samples which were fired gave higher recoveries even though they had low permeabilities of 993 md for sample 3 and 1017 md for sample 4 than those which were not fired with higher permeabilities of 1050 md and 1055 md for samples 1 and 2 respectively. This was attributed to the alteration of wettability as well as that of permeability caused by sample firing. The dispersion profiles of the rock samples show that all samples are homogeneous.
文摘In this paper, as far as the ASP flooding in the pilot area of Daqing oilfield is concerned, the effect of apparent viscosity of ASP solution on enhanced oil recovery have been studied by comparison of experiments on artificial heterogeneous cores with on natural cores. The results showed that the decrease in the concentration of alkali could increase the apparent viscosity of ASP solutions, namely, the apparent viscosity increased and the IFT couldn’t get ultra low, and the oil recovery efficiency by ASP solution with a reasonably lower concentration of alkali was not less than that with a higher concentration of alkali and ultra low IFT. The experiments with models having impermeable interlayers between adjacent layers, and by means of “co-injection and separate production” showed that the ASP solution with a higher viscosity and a lower alkali concentration was more beneficial to starting-up medium and low permeability layers and enhancing total oil recovery. Therefore, to heterogeneous reservoir, as factors of affecting oil recovery, the apparent viscosity may be more important than the ultralow IFT. Furthermore, on the premise that the concentration of surfactant and the concentration of polymer keep constant, ASP flooding with low alkali concentration not only enlarges the selectable range of surfactants and decreases the cost of ASP flooding, but also solves the problem of alkali scales. Finally, a dynamic absorption experiment was performed with a 05 meter long linked-up natural core to determine alkali wastage in formation. The result being accord with the application case in the pilot confirmed that it was not necessary to add the alkali too much in ASP flooding from a new direction.
文摘针对低渗透油藏注入性差、洗油效率低,水驱无法有效提高采收率等问题,提出了一种低界面张力小分子驱油剂(LST溶液)提高低渗透油藏采收率新技术,评价了该驱油剂的界面活性、增黏性、乳化性、润湿性及其油藏环境适应性和驱油效果。结果表明,该驱油剂具有良好的界面活性和增黏性。在6788.23 mg/L的矿化水中,质量分数为0.4%时的LST溶液的油水界面张力为0.012 m N/m,且黏度与油藏原油黏度(3.4 m Pa·s)相近。LST溶液具有较好的油水乳化能力,可改善油藏水润湿性。在47.2℃、油水比为1∶1的条件下,LST乳状液的稳定时间为120 min。岩心经LST溶液处理后,水相接触角由57.0°降至12.5°,油相接触角由24.3°增至38.6°。LST溶液具有良好的静态抗吸附性能,经岩心3次吸附后,LST残液与原油间的界面张力仍能达到10^(-2)m N/m数量级,黏度达2.895 m Pa·s,乳状液静置10、120 min的析水率分别为38.6%、73.4%。LST溶液的耐盐性能较好。在矿化度为16570 mg/L的环境下,其油水界面张力低于7×10^(-2)m N/m、黏度为3.06 m Pa·s。LST溶液的驱油效果较好,可有效封堵高渗透孔道,启动低渗透孔道残余油。注入0.4 PV 0.4%LST溶液可使均质岩心(0.05μm^(2))的水驱驱油效率提高11.21百分点,非均质岩心(级差3~10)水驱后的综合采收率提高6.55百分点~19.41百分点。LST溶液可以实现低剂量或低成本有效提高水驱采收率,在低渗透非均质油藏化学驱提高采收率方面具有较好的应用前景。
