Enhancing Carbon Dioxide and Water Flooding Sweep Efficiency using High Strength Crosslinked Polymer Gel
Abstract
Carbon dioxide flooding is one of the most applied enhanced oil recovery techniques worldwide. Since it can increase oil recovery significantly. The oil recovery potential that can be acquired from carbon dioxide flooding can be extremely diminished due to reservoir heterogeneity. This research undergoes an extensive lab evaluation of crosslinked micro-particle gel under carbon dioxide and water conditions to evaluate its ability to improve conformance, and hence sweep efficiency when performing a carbon dioxide and water, referred to as Water Alternating Gas, treatment. The research determines the impact of some factors on the gel performance, and quantifies this impact. The factors studied include the presence of residual oil, the change in gel concentration, and the injection flow rates of both the carbon dioxide and the water. Results show that the gel's performance is strongly impacted by all these factors. This research is one the first to evaluate particle gels under carbon dioxide and water conditions together, which makes its results extremely important for both carbon dioxide flooding, and Water Alternating Gas applications.
Recommended Citation
S. Fakher et al., "Enhancing Carbon Dioxide and Water Flooding Sweep Efficiency using High Strength Crosslinked Polymer Gel," Proceedings of the 80th EAGE Conference and Exhibition (2018, Copenhagen, Denmark), European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE), Jun 2018.
Meeting Name
80th EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2018: Opportunities Presented by the Energy Transition (2018: Jun. 11-14, Copenhagen, Denmark)
Department(s)
Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
Carbon dioxide; Enhanced recovery; Floods; Mine flooding; Reservoirs (water); Water injection; Water treatment, Carbon dioxide flooding; Cross-linked polymers; Enhanced oil recovery; Gel concentration; Injection flow rate; Reservoir heterogeneity; Water alternating gas; Water conditions, Oil well flooding
International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
978-946282254-2
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2018 Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Jun 2018