A review on advanced nanoparticle-induced polymer flooding for enhanced oil recovery

Kakati, Abhijit; Bera, Achinta; Al-Yaseri, Ahmed

doi:10.1016/j.ces.2022.117994

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“…Several review articles on the applications of nanoparticles in EOR are available. − Some works only focus on the utilization of water-based nanofluids in additional oil recovery while other works emphasize the surfactant-based nanofluids in oil recovery. − Some review works only discuss the nanoparticle-assisted surfactant and polymer flooding for EOR applications. − However, although different review articles are available, only limited literature can be found on the applications of polymeric nanofluids in EOR and the governing factors associated with oil recovery. Therefore, it is essential to have an updated review on the applications of polymeric nanofluids in EOR that will provide a current scenario of research and development in the field.…”

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A Perspective Review on the Current Status and Development of Polymer Flooding in Enhanced Oil Recovery Using Polymeric Nanofluids

Ambaliya

Bera

2023

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res.

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The globally increasing demand for crude oil has prompted the oil industry to enhance oil production from primary, secondary, and tertiary recovery methods to fulfill the global requirement. Therefore, enhanced oil recovery (EOR) is expected to increase its importance in the coming years. Because of limited efficiency, applicability, and higher gas and thermal injection costs, chemical EOR processes have been considered as an alternative in some special cases. Chemical EOR processes are accepted widely because of their higher efficiency, economic and technical feasibility, and optimum capital cost. Therefore, research of novel chemical compounds is immense in the oil industry. Research of nanotechnology in the petroleum industry has attracted attention among all novel chemical compounds in the past few years. This work focuses on the review of previous research regarding the current scenario of polymer flooding, challenges of polymer flooding, polymeric nanofluid in EOR, recent developments in polymer flooding, characteristics of polymeric nanofluids, prospects, and economic feasibility for polymeric nanofluids’ applications in EOR. This paper also reviews the characterization of polymeric nanofluids such as rheology, stability, wettability alteration, interfacial tension reduction, and absorption control. It has been found from a literature review that polymeric nanofluids are more effective in oil recovery considering viscosity modification, stability enhancement, and chemical adsorption control. Oil recovery can be additionally increased by up to 10–15% original-oil-in-place applying polymeric nanofluids.

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A Perspective Review on the Current Status and Development of Polymer Flooding in Enhanced Oil Recovery Using Polymeric Nanofluids

Ambaliya

Bera

2023

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res.

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“…Polymer is developed from inorganic profile control agents such as clay, fly ash, and cement to organic gel profile control agents in the 1970s. Although polymer flooding has made great progress [ 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 ], due to its small injection volume and small treatment radius, it can only play a certain role in the longitudinal heterogeneity near-well zone, and it is only a production measure, strictly speaking. In order to solve the limitation that polymer flooding can only be used in the near-well area.…”

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Study on Micro-Displacement Mechanism and Reservoir Compatibility of Soft Dispersed Microgel

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Guan

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Polymer flooding is a key technology for improving reservoir heterogeneity around the world, and it has made great progress. However, the traditional polymer has many shortcomings in the theory and application, which causes the efficiency of polymer flooding to gradually decrease and secondary reservoir damage after a long period of polymer flooding. In this work, a novel polymer particle (soft dispersed microgel, SMG) is used as the research object to further investigate the displacement mechanism and reservoir compatibility of SMG. The visualization experiments of the micro-model prove that SMG has excellent flexibility and can be highly deformable to realize deep migration through the pore throat smaller than SMG itself. The visualization displacement experiments of the plane model further show that SMG has a plugging effect, which makes the displacing fluid flow into the middle and low permeability layers, improving the recovery of these layers. The compatibility tests show that the optimal permeability of the reservoir for SMG-μm is 250–2000 mD, and the corresponding matching coefficient range is 0.65–1.40. For SMG-mm−, its corresponding optimal permeabilities of reservoir and matching coefficient are 500–2500 mD and 1.17–2.07, respectively. The comprehensive analysis demonstrates that the SMG has excellent ability of the water-flooding swept control and compatibility with reservoirs, having the potential to solve the problem of traditional polymer flooding.

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“…Since the discovery of new oil reserves has decreased over the years, increasing the recovery factor, especially in mature fields, is critical to meet the rising demands of volume. − Enhanced recovery methods (EOR) aim to increase the volume fraction of oil recovered from the reservoir as compared what would be obtained by conventional methods . EOR techniques can revitalize mature fields to increase oil production and prolong fields’ productive life. , …”

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“…7 EOR techniques can revitalize mature fields to increase oil production and prolong fields' productive life. 8,9 During oil production, reservoirs suffer a natural energy decline. To minimize this effect, two strategies can be implemented: (i) supplement energy through fluid injection and (ii) reducing the viscous and/or capillary resistances of the fluid−rock system by modifying the physicochemical characteristics to reduce the amount of oil retained in the reservoir.…”

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Increasing Recovery Factor in Heavy Oil Fields Using Alternating Steam and Surfactant Injection

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Fossil fuels, particularly oil, currently dominate the global energy matrix. With a projected 30% increase in demand by 2040 compared to 2010, it is crucial to maintain current oil production levels. To achieve this, it is necessary to increase the oil recovery factor through alternative methodologies that will improve oil extraction from reservoirs and exploration viability in mature fields. While previous studies have investigated thermal and chemical methods to increase the recovery factor, this study aims to explore the synergy between steam and non-ionic surfactants varying the surfactant degrees of ethoxylation and injection configurations. The experimental study investigated the application of solutions of ethoxylated nonylphenol surfactants (NP-10EO and NP-100EO) combined with steam injection into banks at different concentrations and injection configurations. The results showed that combining the NP-100EO surfactant (0.5% m/m) with steam demonstrated the highest oil recovery (64.88%) compared to conventional steam (45.19%). The most effective configurations were surfactant + steam + surfactant (65.06%) and surfactant + steam + water (65.88%). These findings suggest that the proposed technique of steam injection and surfactant solution could be a promising alternative. By revitalizing marginal fields, this technique could help extend production and stimulate local and regional development.

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A review on advanced nanoparticle-induced polymer flooding for enhanced oil recovery

Cited by 36 publications

References 94 publications

A Perspective Review on the Current Status and Development of Polymer Flooding in Enhanced Oil Recovery Using Polymeric Nanofluids

A Perspective Review on the Current Status and Development of Polymer Flooding in Enhanced Oil Recovery Using Polymeric Nanofluids

Study on Micro-Displacement Mechanism and Reservoir Compatibility of Soft Dispersed Microgel

Increasing Recovery Factor in Heavy Oil Fields Using Alternating Steam and Surfactant Injection

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