A new approach for ranking enhanced oil recovery methods based on multi-gene genetic programming

Pirizadeh, Mohsen; Alemohammad, Nafiseh; Manthouri, Mohammad; Pirizadeh, Meysam

doi:10.1080/10916466.2022.2030752

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“…The initial phase of assessing EOR potential in a field entails EOR screening, traditionally relying on analytical methodologies outlined by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) [6,15,17]. However, there is a burgeoning interest in leveraging machine-learning techniques for EOR screening [44][45][46][47][48][49]. This section elucidates the outcomes derived from both traditional analytical screening methods and machine-learning approaches applied to field data.…”

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Enhancing Injectivity in Lithuanian Hydrocarbon Reservoirs through Wettability-Altering Surfactant Injection

Dangi,

Pal

2024

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Improved and efficient recovery methods are investigated as possible candidates to arrest the production decline and to improve the injection capacity in hydrocarbon fields in Lithuania. The data show that the Cambrian reservoirs in Lithuania are mixed to oil-wet in nature, which results in poor water-flooding efficiency. Wettability alteration could help in improved water injection and, at the same time, it could help recover additional oil from the residual oil saturation zone of the reservoir. In this paper, a screening exercise is conducted to help alter reservoir wettability, improve water injection efficiency, and to improve oil recovery. Analytical and machine-learning supported methods are used for screening. Based on the screening results, dilute surfactant-based injection techniques are suggested as a potential method to improve injectivity and, thereby, recovery from the field. An initial experimental analysis targets the wettability of the rock from the field, followed by testing for wettability-altering surfactants. Based on the findings of the screening study and experimental analysis, it is recommended that we initiate a core flooding experimental program to investigate wettability changes and enhance injection and recovery from the field.

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