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Experimental study of polymer flooding in fractured systems using five-spot glass micromodel: The role of fracture geometrical properties
, Article Energy Exploration and Exploitation ; Volume 30, Issue 5 , 2012 , Pages 689-706 ; 01445987 (ISSN) ; Ghazanfari, M ; Kharrat, R ; Sharif University of Technology
SAGE
2012
Abstract
Water flooding is being widely used in the petroleum industry and has been considered as a simple inexpensive secondary recovery method. But in fractured formations, existence of fracture system in reservoir rock induces an adverse effect on oil recovery by water flooding. Polymer flooding has been successfully applied as an alternative enhanced oil recovery method in fractured formations. But, the role of fracture geometrical properties on macroscopic efficiency of polymer flooding is not yet well-understood, especially in fractured five-spot systems. In this work five-spot glass micromodel, because of micro-visibility, ease of multiple experimentations and also presence of the unexplored...
Experimental investigation of mechanical behavior and microstructural analysis of bagasse fiber-reinforced polypropylene (BFRP) composites to control lost circulation in water-based drilling mud
, Article Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering ; Volume 100 , 2022 ; 18755100 (ISSN) ; Jafari Behbahani, T ; Ghotbi, C ; Nasiri, A ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier B.V
2022
Abstract
During the drilling operation in high-permeability, natural and artificial fractured formations, the lost circulation of drilling mud is a common problem. Various methods have been applied to control lost circulation and among these methods, using Lost Circulation Materials (LCM) is the most common method that blocks the fluid loss channels in the formation by creating structures. In this project, the aim is to develop and use natural fiber-reinforced composites as LCM can be an innovative and technical solution. Natural fiber-reinforced composites have excellent properties such as high specific strength, non-abrasive, eco-friendly, and biodegradability. It seems to be possible that...
Mechanistic study of wettability alteration of oil-wet calcite: The effect of magnesium ions in the presence and absence of cationic surfactant
, Article Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects ; Volume 482 , October , 2015 , Pages 403-415 ; 09277757 (ISSN) ; Al Maamari, R. S ; Ayatollahi, S ; Mehranbod, N ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier
2015
Abstract
Over 60% of the world's discovered oil reserves are held in carbonate reservoirs, which are mostly naturally fractured. Conventional water flooding results in low oil recovery efficiency in these reservoirs as most of them are oil-wet. On account of negative capillary forces, injected brine cannot penetrate simply into an oil-wet matrix of fractured formations to force the oil out. Wettability alteration of the rock surface to preferentially more water-wet state has been extensively studied using both smart water and surfactants separately. This study aims to study the effects of Mg2+ as one of the most important wettability influencing ions on the wetting properties of oil-wet carbonate...