CO2 WAG process with gel treatment considering flowing gel viscosity in heavy oil reservoir

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초록

To overcome unfavorable sweep efficiency of CO2 flooding in heavy oil reservoir, an integrated gel treatment with CO2 WAG flooding has been regarded as one of the possible technical suggestions. However, the effects of flowing gel viscosity have not been studied much in previous studies. This paper covers a quantitative simulation study involving hybrid gel treatment with CO2 WAG flood with dynamic gel viscosity in heterogeneous stratified heavy oil reservoir. Due to the mobility and conformance improvement, and oil viscosity reduction, the microgel assisted WAG with dynamic gel viscosity made 31% improvement in recovery factor compared with conventional WAG.

키워드

MicrogelMobility ratioSweep efficiencyViscosityWAGCarbon dioxideCrude oilEfficiencyFloodsGelsOil well floodingPetroleum reservoir engineeringPetroleum reservoirsReservoirs (water)ViscosityGel treatmentHeavy oil reservoirsMicrogelMobility ratiosQuantitative simulationRecovery factorsSweep efficiencyWAGHeavy oil production
제목
CO2 WAG process with gel treatment considering flowing gel viscosity in heavy oil reservoir
저자
Choi, J.Jeong, M.S.Park, K.Lee, Kun Sang
발행일
2015-06
유형
Conference Paper
저널명
Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference
2015-January
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14 ~ 21