This work aims to present a methodology to evaluate polymer flooding and compare the results with the conventional waterflooding for a target heavy oil reservoir. The dead oil and produced water (SPW) (104 800 ppm of total solids dissolved) were prepared to represent the reservoir fluids at test conditions (60°C). SPW was the water source to make and determine the polymer concentration (HPAM-ATBS) to get the target viscosity for the injection fluid (10 mPa s at 7.8 s -1 ). Botucatu sandstone samples represented the reservoir formation. We verified the thickness of the polymer solution after flow throughout the rock sample and confirmed higher value than that for injected SPW. Polymer flooding led to the breakthrough delay, shifted the fractional flow to the right, anticipated oil production, and incremented oil recovery. Under the tested conditions, the maximum contribution of polymer flooding occurred up to 70% of water cut.
The formation damage caused by drilling fluid invasion around the wellbore reduces well productivity and changes the reservoir's original characteristics. In this context, drilling fluids specifically designed to perforate pay-zone, known as reservoir drill-in fluids, have been studied to optimize the drilling process and minimize formation damage. This work aimed to evaluate the brine-polymer drill-in fluids rheological behavior, invasion profiles of fluids and formation damage in carbonate and sandstone samples. For this purpose, polymer solutions was prepared using natural (XG) or synthetic (HPAM) polymers, solid-free or including CaCO 3 as bridging agent. Rheological and statistical analyses were performed. In addition, invasion lab tests at constant pressure, followed by oil backflow, were run to represent, respectively, the processes of an overbalanced drilling and a natural clean-up. The displacement tests were performed using carbonate and sandstone samples at connate water saturation and the results were compared. Through rheological evaluation and statistic analysis, the polymer and its concentration were confirmed as the main regulators of viscoelastic characteristics and consistency index for XG formulations, while the CaCO 3 addition caused significant changes only on HPAM formulations. The data of flow dynamics on carbonate samples pointed out that the oil productivity ratio (PR) was more reduced using XG fluid than HPAM one. This behavior was attributed to the higher elastic characteristics and consistency index of the fluid with XG, which provides higher flow resistance. These results were more significant when the CaCO 3 was added to the formulation, i.e., the formation of a filter-cake led to a complete reduction of PR. Comparing the influence of the rock matrix, HPAM fluids invasion was faster for the carbonate sample than for the sandstone one, possibly owing to differences in wettability and heterogeneity as mentioned in the literature. During the clean-up process, all samples showed oil permeability or productivity ratio restoration, but at different rates and cumulative oil volume flooding.
A simple and sensitive UV-Vis spectrophotometric method was developed using a new chromogenic reagent, L-dopasemiquinone, for the quantification of Ni(II) in metallic alloys: Inox, Co-Cr, and Ni-Ti. The complex [Ni(II)(L1-)3]1- presents an intense band at 591 nm, ε = 2.4 x 103 L mol-1 cm-1. Beer’s law is obeyed from 4.02 x 10-5 to 2.01 x 10-4 mol L-1 with limits of detection and quantification of 4.15 x 10-5 mol L-1 and 5.02 x 10-5 mol L-1, respectively. The method was compared with atomic absorption spectrophotometry and inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy obtaining good results. Cobalt and Titanium cause low interference in the method.
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