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10 - Guidelines For IOR and EOR
10 - Guidelines For IOR and EOR
Dedy Kristanto, MT
Petroleum Engineering Department
UPN Veteran Yogyakarta
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Screening Parameters
Gravity > 25 API
Viscosity < 30 cp
Composition not critical
Oil saturation > 10% mobile oil
Formation type sandstone / carbonate
Net thickness not critical
Average permeability not critical (usually >10md)
Transmissibility not critical
Depth not critical
Temperature not critical
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Miscible Gas Flooding (CO2 Injection)
CO2 Injection Water Separation and Production Well
Injection Well Injection Storage Facilities
From Pump
Pipeline
or Recycle
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Description
Screening Parameters
Gravity > 27 API
Viscosity < 10 cp
Composition C5 - C20 (C5 - C12)
Oil saturation > 30% PV
Formation type sandstone / carbonate
Net thickness relatively thin
Average permeability not critical
Transmissibility not critical
Depth > 2,300 feet
Temperature < 250 F
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Miscible Gas Flooding
(Hydrocarbon Injection)
HC Gas Injection Water Separation and Production Well
Injection Well Injection Storage Facilities
From Pump
Pipeline
or Recycle
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Description
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Miscible Gas Flooding
(Hydrocarbon Injection)
Limitations
Minimum depth is set by pressure needed to maintain
generated miscibility
Ranges from about 1,200 psi for LPG process to 3,000-
5,000 psi for High Pressure Gas Drive, depending on the
oil
Steeply dipping formation is very desirable - permits
gravity stabilization of displacement that normally has
an unfavorable mobility ratio
Challenges
Viscous fingering results in poor vertical and horizontal
sweep efficiency
Large quantities of expensive products required
Solvent may be trapped and not recovered DK - 12 -
Miscible Gas Flooding
(Hydrocarbon Injection)
Screening Parameters
Gravity > 27 API
Viscosity < 10 cp
Composition C2 - C7
Oil saturation > 30% PV
Formation type sandstone / carbonate
Net thickness relatively thin
Average permeability not critical
Transmissibility not critical
Depth > 2,000 feet (LPG)
> 5,000 feet (lean gas)
Temperature > 250F DK - 13 -
Nitrogen / Flue Gas Flooding
N2 Gas Injection Water Separation and Production Well
Injection Well Injection Storage Facilities
From Pump
Pipeline
or Plant
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Screening Parameters
Gravity > 24 API (> 35 for nitrogen)
Viscosity < 10 cp
Composition C1 - C7
Oil saturation > 30% PV
Formation type sandstone / carbonate
Net thickness relatively thin (not critical for
pressure maintenance)
Average permeability not critical
Transmissibility not critical
Depth > 4,500 feet
Temperature not critical
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Surfactant Flooding
Surfactant Injection Water Separation and Production Well
Solution From Well Injection Storage Facilities
Mixing Plant Pump
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Surfactant Flooding
Limitations
Areal sweep more than 50% for waterflood is desired
Relatively homogeneous formation
High amounts of anhydrite, gypsum, or clays are undesirable
Available systems provide optimum behavior within narrow
set of conditions
With commercially available surfactants, formation water
chlorides should be < 20,000 ppm and divalent ions (Ca++ and
Mg++) < 500 ppm
Challenges
Complex and expensive
Possibility of chromatographic separation of chemicals
High adsorption of surfactant
Interactions between surfactant and polymer
Degradation of chemicals at high temperature DK - 20 -
Surfactant Flooding
Screening Parameters
Gravity > 25 API
Viscosity < 20 cp
Composition light intermediates
Oil saturation > 20% PV
Formation type sandstone
Net thickness > 10 feet
Average permeability > 20 md
Transmissibility not critical
Depth < 8,000 feet
Temperature < 225 F
Salinity of formation brine < 150,000 ppm TDS
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Polymer Flooding
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Challenges
Lower injectivity than with water can adversely
affect oil production rates in early stages of
polymer flood
Acrylamide-type polymers loose viscosity due to
sheer degradation, or it increases in salinity and
divalent ions
Xanthan gum polymers cost more, are subject to
microbial degradation, and have greater potential
for wellbore plugging
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Polymer Flooding
Screening Parameters
Gravity > 18 API
Viscosity < 200 cp
Composition not critical
Oil saturation > 10% PV mobile oil
Formation type sandstone / carbonate
Net thickness not critical
Average permeability > 20 md
Transmissibility not critical
Depth < 9,000 feet
Temperature < 225 F
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Thermal (Steamflooding)
Stack Gas Steam Injection Separation and Production Well
Scrubber Generator Well Storage Facilities
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Oil and Water Zone Heated Oil Hot Water Steam and
1 2 3 4
Near Original Reservoir Zone Zone Condensed
Temperature Water Zone DK - 26 -
Thermal (Steamflooding)
Description
Nitrogen and
Deep Enough for Required Pressure
Flue Gas
Surfactant/
Limited by Temperature
Polymer
Surfactant/ Very
Good Fair Difficult Not Feasible
Polymer
Special Thermal:
Shafts, Fractures, Various Techniques Possible
Drainholes, etc.
Mining and Not
No Established Limits
Extraction Feasible
RREW-4-2-EORMethodsVG1-31
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Permeability Guides for Enhanced
Oil Recovery Methods
Permeability (millidarcy)
EOR Method 0.1 10 100 1000 10,000
Hydrocarbon-
- Not Critical if Uniform
Miscible
Nitrogen and
- Not Critical if Uniform
Flue Gas
Surfactant/
Preferred Zone
Polymer
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Oil Gravity Guides for Enhanced
Oil Recovery Methods