Ni-Fe Nanoparticles: An Innovative Approach for Recovery of Hydrates

Bhatia, Kutbuddin Hakimuddin; Chacko, Levin Plakottu

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“…33 A detailed review of these applications is the subject of discussions of the previous literature. 22,33−36 Specifically, the NPs have been used in different innovative applications in exploration and reservoir characterization, 33,37−40 drilling and completion, 38,41−47 production and stimulation, 48,49 enhanced oil recovery, 50−52 methane gas hydrates production, 53 corrosion inhibition, 54,55 logging operations, 56 production enhancement and control of formation fines, 57,58 heavy oil viscosity reduction and upgrading, 59−61 and in refining. 62−64 In the literature several reports are available that confirm the potentials of NPs to improve the efficiency of the stimulation fluids and/or operations.…”

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Application of Nanoparticles in Stimulation: A Review

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Oil well stimulation treatments have been employed to improve the productivity index, either by imposing a negative skin effect through hydraulic fracturing or by reducing a positive skin effect using matrix acidizing. The commonly used stimulation fluids are polymer-based, viscoelastic surfactant-based, emulsion (oil)-based, and foam-based. The stability and performance efficiency of the stimulation fluids under harsh conditions of high temperature and high pressures have remained a critical factor. Thus, in recent times, the incorporation of nanoparticles (NPs) as additives in the fluid formulation has received significant attention. NPs have been reported as rheology modifiers, cross-linking agents, gel breakers, leakoff control additives, foam stabilizers, proppant surface modifiers, and emulsion stabilizers in different types of stimulation fluids. In this review, we discuss the application of nanoparticles in different types of stimulation fluids. The different roles of nanoparticles are highlighted. Factors affecting the performance of nanoparticles in stimulation fluids are also covered. Although laboratory experiments have shown the exceptional performance of nanoparticles, the field application of different nanoparticles in stimulation fluids is still limited.

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Application of Nanoparticles in Stimulation: A Review

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“…A new approach that will use the characteristics of self-heating of nickel ferrite nanoparticles (NiFe 2 O 4 ) to release methane from gas hydrates was presented in [10]. These nanoparticles have sizes in the range of 30 -50 nm and, moreover, are non-toxic and environmentally friendly.…”

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“…These nanoparticles have sizes in the range of 30 -50 nm and, moreover, are non-toxic and environmentally friendly. Self-heating of magnetic particles is the result of hysteresis and relaxation losses, respectively [10]. For the laboratory experiment, the gas hydrate was artificially obtained using methane, and its dissociation was measured at atmospheric pressure and temperature range from -7 to +5 ºC.…”

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“…A change in the magnetic field activates the nanoparticles and causes them to raise the temperature of hydrate formations to approximately +42 ºC. Consequently, the thermodynamic equilibrium will be disturbed and this will lead to the decomposition of the water cell; eventually, methane will be released and recovered to the surface through the production well [10].…”

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An innovative method for creating and using nanoparticles for gas extraction from gas hydrates

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The growth of prices for traditional energy sources prompts Ukraine to seek new approaches to solving energy problems. Today, the country has intensified its work in this direction, in particular, legislative support is being developed and improved, and the investment climate for alternative energy projects is improving. In many countries of the world, it has long been understood how serious and necessary is the development of alternative energy. At present, in the face of various gas contradictions and unstable oil prices, the need for energy carriers is constantly increasing, which makes it necessary to seek the latest solutions to the energy problem. Many leading countries in the world are engaged in the search for alternative sources of energy, one of which is natural gas hydrates. This relatively new resource offers great opportunities both for economic growth and stability of states, and for the development of scientific institutions in this field. Flagships in the study and development of gas-hydrated deposits are the United States, China, Japan and Canada. Along with them should be noted the achievements of scientists in India, EU countries, Ukraine, Russia and Bulgaria.

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“…Lesin et al (2011) confirmed the existence of superparamagnetic nanoparticles in petroleum-based materials such as paraffin scales, and quantified the viscosity dependence on shear rate in the presence of a magnetic field. Magnetic Ni-Fe nanoparticles are also experimentally shown to increase recovery from gas-hydrate reservoirs (Bhatia and Chacko 2011). Soares et al (2014) studied magnetic nanoparticles for trapped-oil mobilization.…”

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Crosswell Magnetic Sensing of Superparamagnetic Nanoparticles for Subsurface Applications

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Stable dispersions of superparamagnetic nanoparticles that are already in use in biomedicine as image-enhancing agents also have potential use in subsurface applications. Surface-coated nanoparticles are capable of flowing through micron-sized pores across long distances in a reservoir, with modest retention in rock. These particles change the magnetic permeability of the flooded region, and thus one can use them to enhance images of the flood. In this paper, we model the propagation of a "ferrofluid" slug in a reservoir and its response to a crosswell magnetic tomography system.This approach to monitoring fluid movement within a reservoir is built on established electromagnetic (EM) conductivity-monitoring technology. In this work, however, we investigate the contrast between injected and resident fluids when they have different magnetic permeabilities. Specifically, we highlight the magnetic response at low frequency to the magnetic excitations generated by a vertical magnetic dipole source positioned at the injection well. At these frequencies, the induction effect is small, the casing effect is manageable, the crosswell response originates purely from the magnetic contrast in the formation, and changes in fluid conductivities are irrelevant.The sensitivity of the measurements to the magnetic slug is highest when the slug is closest to the source or receivers and lower when the slug is midway in the interwell region. At low frequencies, the magnetic response of the ferrofluid slug is largely independent of frequency. As expected for the conductive slug, the sensitivity of the inductive measurements is negligible at low frequencies whereas significant levels of detectability result at higher frequencies. We demonstrate sensitivity to the vertical boundaries of the slug by shifting the vertical position of the excitation source relative to the magnetic slug. The slug geometry plays a key role in determining the magnetic response. With a fixed volume of ferrofluid, there is an optimum slug geometry that results in the maximum magnetic response. Hydrodynamic dispersion of the slug has negligible effect on the magnetic response during early stages of the waterflood. As the slug travels farther into the formation, however, dispersion reduces the concentration of nanoparticles, and the spatial contributions of the magnetic measurements are more diffuse. We illustrate how these low-frequency excitation behaviors are consistent with the quasistatic magnetic dipole physics. The fact that the progress of the magnetic slug can be detected at very early stages of the flood, that the traveling slug's vertical boundaries can be identified at low frequencies, and that the magnetic nanoparticles can be sensed well before the actual arrival of the slug at the observer well provide significant value of the use of the magnetic-contrast agents in crosswell EM tomography.

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Ni-Fe Nanoparticles: An Innovative Approach for Recovery of Hydrates

Cited by 10 publications

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Application of Nanoparticles in Stimulation: A Review

Application of Nanoparticles in Stimulation: A Review

An innovative method for creating and using nanoparticles for gas extraction from gas hydrates

Crosswell Magnetic Sensing of Superparamagnetic Nanoparticles for Subsurface Applications

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