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An experimental study on the applicability of water-alternating-co 2 injection in the secondary and tertiary recovery in one iranian reservoir

Motealleh, M ; Sharif University of Technology | 2012

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1080/10916466.2010.514584
  3. Publisher: 2012
  4. Abstract:
  5. The objective of this study was to experimentally investigate the performance of water-alternating gas (WAG) injection in one of Iran's oil reservoirs that encountered a severe pressure drop in recent years. Because one of the most appropriate studies to evaluate the reservoir occurs generally on rock cores taken from the reservoir, core samples drilled out of the reservoir's rock matrix were used for alternating injection of water and gas. In the experiments, the fluid system consisted of reservoir dead oil, live oil, Co 2, and synthetic brine; the porous media were a number of carbonate cores chosen from the oilfield from which the oil samples had been taken. All coreflood experiments were conducted using live (recombined) oil at 1,700 psi and reservoir temperature of 115°F. A total of four displacement experiments were performed in the core, including two experiments on secondary WAG injection and others on the tertiary water and gas invaded zones WAG injections. Prior to each test porosity and permeability of dried cores were calculated then 100% water-saturated cores were oil-flooded to obtain connate water saturation. Therefore, all coreflooding tests started with the samples at irreducible water saturation. Parameters such as oil recovery factor, water cut, and gas-oil ratio and production pressure of the core were recorded for each test. The most similar experimental work with the main reservoir condition, indicated that approximately 64% oil were recovered after 1 pore volume of WAG process at 136,000 ppm brine salinity. Although tests show ultimate recovery of 79% and 55% for secondary and tertiary injection in gas and water invaded zones, respectively, immiscible WAG injection efficiency in the gas and water invaded zones will not be proper. In the similar test to field properties, the average pressure difference about 70 Psig was observed, which shows stable front displacement. These experiments showed that there was significant improvement in the oil recovery for alternating injection of water and Co 2, especially in the secondary recovery process. Water breakthrough time in almost all of the tests shows frontal displacement of injected fluid in cores and produced gas-oil ratio changes a little whenever the injection is miscible and increases rapidly in immiscible processes
  6. Keywords:
  7. CO 2 ; Water alternating gas injection (WAG) ; Alternating injection ; Carbonate cores ; Coreflood experiments ; Coreflooding test ; Dead-oil ; experimental ; Experimental studies ; Fluid systems ; Frontal displacement ; Gas oil ratios ; Injected fluids ; Injection efficiency ; Irreducible water saturation ; Live oil ; Oil recoveries ; Oil reservoirs ; Oil samples ; Pore volume ; Pressure differences ; Reservoir conditions ; Reservoir temperatures ; Rock core ; Rock matrix ; secondary and tertiary injection ; Synthetic brine ; Water breakthrough ; Water cuts ; Water saturations ; Water-alternating-gas injection
  8. Source: Petroleum Science and Technology ; Volume 30, Issue 24 , 2012 , Pages 2571-2581 ; 10916466 (ISSN)
  9. URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10916466.2010.514584#.VmO62y6Hi-E