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CHAPTER 11 English Version Surfactant Injection
CHAPTER 11 English Version Surfactant Injection
SURFACTANT INJECTION
General
Objective of surfactant injection is to reduce
interfacial tension between displacing fluid
and oil so that oil recovery will be increased
Displacement efficiency increases with the
reduction of interfacial tension
SURFACTANT INJECTION
General
Pore Geometry
Interfacial Tension
Wettability or contact angle
P or P/L
Surfactant chromatographic transfer characteristics
in a particular system
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General
SURFACTANT INJECTION
Technical Issues
Surfactant Slug
SURFACTANT INJECTION
General
External Phase
SURFACTANT INJECTION
General
Sof (%PV)
Water
7.4
Water
Water
11.1
Oil
6.4
Oil
10.6
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General
Mobility Control
SURFACTANT INJECTION
General
Mobility Control
SURFACTANT INJECTION
General
rw ro b
b
qtb
k
= absolute permeability
A = Cross sectional area
[P/ L]
= Lateral pressure gradient across stable bank
rw = relative mobility to water
rw
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General
SURFACTANT INJECTION
Surfactant Adsorption
SURFACTANT INJECTION
Surfactant Adsorption
NaSiO2 (pH>10)
Na2CO3
SURFACTANT INJECTION
Petroleum Sulfonate
Equivalent weight of a sulfonate is the
molecular weight divided by the number of
sulfonate groups in the molecule
Petroleum sulfonates can have a wide range
of properties
Available in large supply
Relatively low price
SURFACTANT INJECTION
Petroleum Sulfonate
SURFACTANT INJECTION
Petroleum Sulfonate
SURFACTANT INJECTION
Laboratory Design
A.Laboratory design by Hill et al (Shell, 1973)
1.
2.
3.
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Petroleum Sulfonate
B.
SURFACTANT INJECTION
Petroleum Sulfonate
B.
Marathon
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Process Description
SURFACTANT INJECTION
Process Description
SURFACTANT INJECTION
Process Description
SURFACTANT INJECTION
Process Description
PVI ~ 15 %
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Process Description
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Process Description
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Process Description
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Field Operation
Water treatment
Fresh
Water
tank
Filter
Filtered
Water
Tank
pump
Injection
Process
pump
Water
softener
Softened
water tank
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Field Operation
heater
pump
tank
cosurfactant
filter
Injection
well
pump
tank
SURFACTANT INJECTION
Application
Total PV
Average porosity
Average permeability,
Oil saturation
: 1635000
: 19.3%
: 211 md
: 40 %
SURFACTANT INJECTION
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