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Feasibility study of auto ignition in in-situ combustion process
, Article Journal of the Japan Petroleum Institute ; Volume 51, Issue 5 , 2008 , Pages 287-297 ; 13468804 (ISSN) ; Kharrat, R ; Vossoughi, S ; Rashtchian, D ; Sharif University of Technology
2008
Abstract
Air injection, and the resulting in-situ combustion process, utilizes an inexpensive injectant, air, to accelerate oil recovery and increase reserves. The potential of auto ignition of heavy oil during in situ combustion process was studied in KEM reservoir. The risk of carbonate decomposition due to high temperature was examined. The carbonate rock decomposition was taken at 650°C. The peak of low temperature combustion by producing CO was initiated at 275°C when air was injected. There was no risk of decomposition of the carbonate Sarvak formation due to high temperatures of the process. Enrichment of the injecting fluid by oxygen increased the possibility of ignition. Ignition occurred...
The impact of surfactants on wettability change and level of water imbibition in relation to EOR in carbonate reservoirs
, Article Petroleum Science and Technology ; Volume 31, Issue 20 , 2013 , Pages 2098-2109 ; 10916466 (ISSN) ; Bastani, D ; Badakhshan, A ; Sharif University of Technology
2013
Selecting a Surfactant for Wettability Alteration In Iranian Carbonate Reservoirs
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Bastani, Daruoosh (Supervisor) ; Badakhshan, Amir (Supervisor)
Abstract
Fractured carbonate reservoirs are mostly oil-wet to intermediate-wet. Due to the negative capillary pressure of the matrix poor spontaneous imbibition of reservoir brine occurs in such reservoirs, and water flooding leads into early break through due to the high conductivity of the fracture network. Some surfactants have the ability to change the wettability of rock matrix toward water-wet state by adsorbing onto the rock surface. The phenomenon can result in spontaneous imbibition improvement and thereby increasing water flooding efficiency and recovery from fractured carbonate reservoirs. In this thesis the effect of some surfactants on the wettability of Iranian carbonate reservoir rocks...
Application of artificial neural network for estimation of formation permeability in an iranian reservoir
, Article 1st International Petroleum Conference and Exhibition, Shiraz, 4 May 2009 through 6 May 2009 ; 2009 ; Masihi, M ; Fatholahi, S ; Sharif University of Technology
European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, EAGE
2009
Abstract
The permeability is one of the most important reservoir parameters and its accurate prediction is necessary for reservoir management and enhancement. Although many empirical formulas are derived regarding permeability and porosity in sandstone reservoirs [1], these correlations cannot be modified accurately in carbonate reservoir for the wells which are not cored and there is no welltest data. Therefore estimation of these parameters is a challenge in reservoirs with no coring sample and welltest data. One of the most powerful tools to estimate permeability from well logs is Artificial Neural Network (ANN) whose advantages and disadvantages have been discussed by several authors [2]. In this...
The estimation of formation permeability in a carbonate reservoir using an artificial neural network
, Article Petroleum Science and Technology ; Vol. 30, issue. 10 , Apr , 2010 , p. 1021-1030 ; ISSN: 10916466 ; Masihi, M ; Fatholah,i S ; Sharif University of Technology
Abstract
Reservoir permeability is an important parameter that its reliable prediction is necessary for reservoir performance assessment and management. Although many empirical formulas are derived regarding permeability and porosity in sandstone reservoirs, these correlations cannot be accurately depicted in carbonate reservoir for the wells that are not cored and for which there are no welltest data. Therefore, having a framework for estimation of these parameters in reservoirs with neither coring samples nor welltest data is crucial. Rock properties are characterized by using different well logs. However, there is no specific petrophysical log for estimating rock permeability; thus, new methods...
The estimation of formation permeability in a carbonate reservoir using an artificial neural network
, Article Petroleum Science and Technology ; Volume 30, Issue 10 , 2012 , Pages 1021-1030 ; 10916466 (ISSN) ; Masihi, M ; Fatholahi, S ; Sharif University of Technology
2012
Abstract
Reservoir permeability is an important parameter that its reliable prediction is necessary for reservoir performance assessment and management. Although many empirical formulas are derived regarding permeability and porosity in sandstone reservoirs, these correlations cannot be accurately depicted in carbonate reservoir for the wells that are not cored and for which there are no welltest data. Therefore, having a framework for estimation of these parameters in reservoirs with neither coring samples nor welltest data is crucial. Rock properties are characterized by using different well logs. However, there is no specific petrophysical log for estimating rock permeability; thus, new methods...
The impact of connate water saturation and salinity on oil recovery and CO2 storage capacity during carbonated water injection in carbonate rock
, Article Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering ; Volume 27, Issue 7 , 2019 , Pages 1699-1707 ; 10049541 (ISSN) ; Riazi, M ; Ayatollahi, S ; Takband, M ; Sharif University of Technology
Chemical Industry Press
2019
Abstract
Carbonated water injection (CWI) is known as an efficient technique for both CO2 storage and enhanced oil recovery (EOR). During CWI process, CO2 moves from the water phase into the oil phase and results in oil swelling. This mechanism is considered as a reason for EOR. Viscous fingering leading to early breakthrough and leaving a large proportion of reservoir un-swept is known as an unfavorable phenomenon during flooding trials. Generally, instability at the interface due to disturbances in porous medium promotes viscous fingering phenomenon. Connate water makes viscous fingers longer and more irregular consisting of large number of tributaries leading to the ultimate oil recovery...
Experimental Investigation of Acidizing in Natural Fractured Carbonates to the Optimum Injection Condition
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Ayatollahi, Shahabodin (Supervisor)
Abstract
In many cases, oil and gas extraction from reservoirs due to damage and permeability reduction near wellbore is lower than optimum level and reduces the flow of oil into the well. In fact, formation damage is the collapse of natural condition of reservoirs, In addition to delaying production and increasing costs, it causes early desertification of wells. Well stimulation methods are used to solve this problem and increase production. One of the most effective ways to increase the production of wells is well acidizing. In this study, the acid performance of the fractured carbonate reservoirs has been investigated. In this type of reservoirs, due to the existence of high permeable paths of the...
A Carbonate Reservoir Characterization Using AVO Analysis on 3D Seismic Data
, Ph.D. Dissertation Sharif University of Technology ; Pishvaie, Mahmoud Reza (Supervisor) ; Javaherian, Abdolrahim (Supervisor) ; Nabi Bidhendi, Majid (Co-Advisor)
Abstract
In this project, some issues facing the application of AVO in carbonate reservoirs were studied,reviewed and discussed: physical relationships between elastic and reservoir rock properties to estimate compressional and shear wave velocities both on core measurements and well logging data, sensitivity analysis for Gassmann‐Biot and Kuster‐Toksoz rock physics models on the representative carbonate samples, lithology discrimination and reservoir characterization in carbonate intervals using AVO seismic attributes and specifically LambdaRho‐MuRho approach.The studied area (Azadegan Oil Field) is an area about 1174 km2 of 3D seismic data and was containing of six wells in the time of study. In...
Investigation of Rheological Behavior of Polymer on EOR in Carbonate Reservoir
, Ph.D. Dissertation Sharif University of Technology ; Ramazani Saadat Abadi, Ahmad (Supervisor) ; Emadi, Mohammad Ali (Supervisor)
Abstract
The major objectives of this study are to analytically and experimentally investigate the rheological behavior of polymers in the fractured carbonate medium based on the polymer solution properties and operational conditions. The intrinsic and apparent viscosity of high molecular weight-partially hydrolyzed poly (acrylamide) which is mainly used in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) processes hasbeen investigated in reservoir conditions. Since, the EOR efficiency of hydrolyzed poly (acrylamide) is very sensitive to the temperature and salinity of petroleumreservoirs; investigations have been carried out at different possible reservoirtemperatures using high saline polymer solutions. The parameters...
Investigating the Role of Molecular Diffusion on the Performance of Non-Equilibrium Gas Injection in One of the Fractured Reservoirs in Iran
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Ghazanfari, Mohammad Hossein (Supervisor) ; Fatemi, Mobin (Supervisor)
Abstract
Major parts of Iran's oil reservoirs are fractured carbonates, which need time to produce oil due to their much lower permeability than sandstone reservoirs. Molecular diffusion mechanism is an efficient mechanism in oil recovery from fractured reservoirs under gas injection conditions. The main subject of this work is to investigate the role of molecular diffusion mechanism in the non-equilibrium gas injection project and its role in increasing the oil recovery rate in two southern fractured reservoirs located in the west of Iran, taking into account the capillary pressure, as well as the change of interfacial tension closely miscible conditions is also investigated through simulation. The...
Comparison of wellbore stability of UBD in the case of laser drilling and conventional operation
, Article 76th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2014: Experience the Energy - Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2014 ; 2014 , Pages 1736-1740 ; ISBN: 9781632666949 ; Nakhaee, A ; Koohian, A ; Irawan, S ; Habibpour, M ; Shahvar, M ; Sharif University of Technology
Abstract
In recent years, growing interest in underbalanced drilling has resulted in the rapid development of its associated equipment technology, practices, and procedures. Underbalanced drilling is used to avoid lost circulation, formation damage, and decreasing weight on bit. However, the risk of wellbore collapse due to lake of hydrostatic mud pressure is high; therefore, using good geo-mechanical model may avoid wellbore instability problems. In order to evaluate the potential for wellbore instability, it is necessary to use an elastoplastic model to compute the stresses and strains around the bore hole. Furthermore, it should be mentioned that the laser drilling process depends extremely on the...
Effects of low-salinity water coupled with silica nanoparticles on wettability alteration of dolomite at reservoir temperature
, Article Petroleum Science and Technology ; Volume 34, Issue 15 , 2016 , Pages 1345-1351 ; 10916466 (ISSN) ; Jamialahmadi, M ; Esmaeilzadeh, F ; Ghazanfari, M. H ; Sharif University of Technology
Taylor and Francis Inc
Abstract
Wettability alteration in porous media is one of the mechanisms for enhancing oil recovery through injecting low-salinity water into carbonate reservoirs, in which active ions can remove the carboxylic oil component from the rock surface, altering the rock's wettability toward a water-wet condition. This study investigated the concomitant effects of low-salinity water and hydrophilic SiO2 nanoparticles on oil-wet dolomite rock. Results revealed that low-salinity water coupled with hydrophilic nano-SiO2 in oil-wet dolomite rock remarkably affected the wettability alteration of the rock, showing that the simultaneous presence of ions in water and hydrophilic nano-SiO2 led to considerable...
Experimental investigation of inorganic scale deposition during smart water injection - A formation damage point of view
, Article IOR NORWAY 2017 - 19th European Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery: Sustainable IOR in a Low Oil Price World, 24 April 2017 through 27 April 2017 ; 2017 ; 9789462822092 (ISBN) ; Mokhtari, R ; Ayatollahi, S ; Riahi, S ; Malekzade, E ; Sharif University of Technology
Abstract
Smart water injection is determined as an effective EOR process to change the wettability and interfacial tension for better micro/macro sweep efficiencies. This water contains reactive ions such as Mg ∧(2+), Ca ∧(2+) and SO-4 ∧(2-) which can act as potential determining ions and change the surface charge of calcite rocks. One of the major concerns in the execution of an effective waterflood, especially in tight carbonate reservoirs, is the incompatibility between the formation brine and the injecting water. This research work aims to investigate the most important challenge of waterflooding process related to the possible formation damage because of inorganic scale deposition during...
Application of a mathematical method in calculation of the skin variation during a real field acidizing operation
, Article Chemical Engineering Science ; Volume 192 , 2018 , Pages 829-839 ; 00092509 (ISSN) ; Jamshidi, S ; Jahangiri, H. R ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier Ltd
2018
Abstract
The efficiency of an acidizing operation is usually assessed through ordinary well testing methods. These methods are performed only after the acidizing operation, and it is difficult to monitor and evaluate real-time efficiency of acidizing operation. Understanding the performance of the acidizing during the service, by analysis of the acidizing data is a viable approach to this costly and challenging process. The estimation of the skin changes needs an appropriate mathematical method that can handle the main aspects of an acidizing operation. It is tedious to model a real acidizing operation due to the heterogeneity of the reservoir, an unknown reaction rate of acid in reservoir condition,...
The impact of connate water saturation and salinity on oil recovery and CO2 storage capacity during carbonated water injection in carbonate rock
, Article Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering ; 2018 ; 10049541 (ISSN) ; Riazi, M ; Ayatollahi, S ; Takband, M ; Sharif University of Technology
Chemical Industry Press
2018
Abstract
Carbonated water injection (CWI) is known as an efficient technique for both CO2 storage and enhanced oil recovery (EOR). During CWI process, CO2 moves from the water phase into the oil phase and results in oil swelling. This mechanism is considered as a reason for EOR. Viscous fingering leading to early breakthrough and leaving a large proportion of reservoir un-swept is known as an unfavorable phenomenon during flooding trials. Generally, instability at the interface due to disturbances in porous medium promotes viscous fingering phenomenon. Connate water makes viscous fingers longer and more irregular consisting of large number of tributaries leading to the ultimate oil recovery...
Characterization and estimation of reservoir properties in a carbonate reservoir in Southern Iran by fractal methods
, Article Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology ; Volume 8, Issue 1 , 2018 , Pages 31-41 ; 21900558 (ISSN) ; Bagheri, M ; Masihi, M ; Sharif University of Technology
Springer Verlag
2018
Abstract
Reservoir heterogeneity has a major effect on the characterization of reservoir properties and consequently reservoir forecast. In reality, heterogeneity is observed in a wide range of scales from microns to kilometers. A reasonable approach to study this multi-scale variations is through fractals. Fractal statistics provide a simple way of relating variations on larger scales to those on smaller scales and vice versa. Simple statistical fractal models (fBm and fGn) can be useful to understand the model construction and help the reservoir structure characterization. In this paper, the fractal methods (fGn and fBm) have been applied to characterize and to estimate of reservoir properties....
Simulation study of Conventional Fire Flooding (CFF) in fractured combustion cells: A promising tool along experiment
, Article 1st International Petroleum Conference and Exhibition, Shiraz, 4 May 2009 through 6 May 2009 ; 2009 ; Kharrat, R ; Ghotbi, C ; Sharif University of Technology
European association of geoscientists and engineers, EAGE
2009
Abstract
The Conventional Fire Flooding (CFF) process application feasibility on fractured carbonated reservoirs remained questionable. In this paper first combustion parameters and reaction kinetics of a naturally fractured low permeability carbonated heavy oil reservoir in Iran called Kuh-E-Mond applied to simulation study. After that, simulator has been validated with Kuh-E-Mond combustion tube experiment. Recovery mechanism in single block matrix is different from one in conventional model since oxygen first flows into the fractures and then diffuses from all sides into the matrix. Combustion of the oil in the fractures produces some water ahead of fracture combustion front which prohibits oxygen...
Integrated seismic attributes to characterize a widely distributed carbonate clastic deposit system in khuzestan province, SW Iran
, Article Journal of Geophysics and Engineering ; Volume 6, Issue 2 , 2009 , Pages 162-171 ; 17422132 (ISSN) ; Nabi Bidhendi, M ; Javaherian, A ; Pishvaie, M. R ; Sharif University of Technology
2009
Abstract
Integrated seismic attributes, coherency, acoustic impedance (AI), lambda-rho (λρ) and mu-rho (μρ), were used to delineate and to characterize a complex regional channel deposition system in a carbonate reservoir interval in the upper part of the Sarvak Formation. The study area incorporates three adjacent oil fields in SW Iran (Khuzestan Province) covered by three individual 3D seismic surveys having a total area of about 2800 km 2. We generated a regional horizon-based coherency cube using these three seismic surveys. This revealed a carbonate clastic deposition channelling system over the entire study area. We characterized this channel deposition system in agreement with regional...
An atomistic insight into the implications of ion-tuned water injection in wetting preferences of carbonate reservoirs
, Article Journal of Molecular Liquids ; Volume 293 , 2019 ; 01677322 (ISSN) ; Badizad, M. H ; Ghatee, M. H ; Ayatollahi, S ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier B.V
2019
Abstract
The efficiency of water flooding methods is known to improve by applying ion-tuned water injection. Although there is a consensus that such improvement happens through reversing reservoir wettability characteristics to more water-wet state, the true impact of ions is still ambiguous among contradictory debates. The well-known molecular dynamics (MD) simulation techniques would shed light on such ambiguities to gain deep atomic-scale understanding of the process. Results from MD simulations show that the presence of Na+ and Cl¯ ions leads to the formation of an electrical double layer in adjacency of calcite surface while Mg2+ ions dominantly make complexes with hydrocarbons throughout the...