Investigation of Ultrasonic Impact Technology for Breaking Stable Water-Oil Emulsions in Phase Inversion Conditions

Lekomtsev, A. V.; Stepanenko, I. B.; Derendyaev, K. A.; Burtsev, A. S.; Zhigarev, D.B.; Силичев, Максим Алексеевич; Kornilov, K. V.; Borisov, M. I.; Bakaneev, V. S.

doi:10.1007/s10556-021-00886-0

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“…Preliminary calculations of the jet pump operation allowed determining an optimal range of well production water cut for the use of the given technology between 50% and 80%. The specified water cut range was selected to pass to the right-hand side of the emulsion viscosity-water cut dependency, i.e., to provide a water-in-oil emulsion to reduce the viscosity of the transported fluid and intensify system separation kinetics [60].…”

Section: Candidate Well Selection Criteriamentioning

confidence: 99%

An Integrated Oil Production Enhancement Technology Based on Waterflooding Energy Recovery

Lekomtsev¹,

Bakaneev²,

Stepanenko³

et al. 2023

Fluid Dynamics &Amp; Materials Processing

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A new integrated oil production enhancement technology based on water-flooding energy recovery is proposed. After providing an extensive review of the existing scientific and technical literature on this subject, the proposed integrated technology is described together with the related process flow diagram, the criteria used to select a target facility for its implementation and the outcomes of the laboratory studies conducted to analyze emulsion formation and separation kinetics. Moreover, the outcomes of numerical simulations performed using Ansys CFX software are also presented. According to these results, using the proposed approach the incremental oil production may reach 1.2 t/day (with a 13% increase) and more, even at low flow rates (less than 10 t/day), thereby providing evidence for the benefits associated with this integrated technology.

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Section: Candidate Well Selection Criteriamentioning

confidence: 99%