WO2009067418A1 - Systems and methods for producing oil and/or gas - Google Patents
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- the present disclosure relates to systems and methods for producing oil and/or gas.
- EOR Enhanced Oil Recovery
- thermal thermal
- chemical/polymer chemical/polymer
- gas injection gas injection
- Thermal enhanced recovery works by adding heat to the reservoir.
- the most widely practiced form is a steamdrive, which reduces oil viscosity so that it can flow to the producing wells.
- Chemical flooding increases recovery by reducing the capillary forces that trap residual oil.
- Polymer flooding improves the sweep efficiency of injected water.
- Miscible injection works in a similar way to chemical flooding. By injecting a fluid that is miscible with the oil, trapped residual oil can be recovered.
- System 100 includes underground formation 102, underground formation 104, underground formation 106, and underground formation 108.
- Production facility 1 10 is provided at the surface.
- Well 1 12 traverses formations 102 and 104, and terminates in formation 106.
- the portion of formation 106 is shown at 1 14.
- Oil and gas are produced from formation 106 through well 1 12, to production facility 1 10. Gas and liquid are separated from each other, gas is stored in gas storage 1 16 and liquid is stored in liquid storage 1 18.
- U.S. Patent Number 5,826,656 discloses a method for recovering waterflood residual oil from a waterflooded oil-bearing subterranean formation penetrated from an earth surface by at least one well by injecting an oil miscible solvent into a waterflood residual oil-bearing lower portion of the oil-bearing subterranean formation through a well completed for injection of the oil miscible solvent into the lower portion of the oil-bearing formation; continuing the injection of the oil miscible solvent into the lower portion of the oil-bearing formation for a period of time equal to at least one week; recompleting the well for production of quantities of the oil miscible solvent and quantities of waterflood residual oil from an upper portion of the oil-bearing formation; and producing quantities of the oil miscible solvent and waterflood residual oil from the upper portion of the oil- bearing formation.
- the formation may have previously been both waterflooded and oil miscible solvent flooded.
- the solvent may be injected through a horizontal well and solvent and oil may be recovered through a plurality of wells completed to produce oil and solvent from the upper portion of the oil-bearing formation.
- U.S. Patent Number 5,826,656 is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety. Co-pending U.S.
- Patent Application Publication Number 2006/0254769 published November 16, 2006, and having attorney docket number TH2616, discloses a system including a mechanism for recovering oil and/or gas from an underground formation, the oil and/or gas comprising one or more sulfur compounds; a mechanism for converting at least a portion of the sulfur compounds from the recovered oil and/or gas into a carbon disulfide formulation; and a mechanism for releasing at least a portion of the carbon disulfide formulation into a formation.
- U.S. Patent Application Publication Number 2006/0254769 is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety.
- WO International Publication Number 03/0951 18 A1 discloses methods of remediating carbon disulfide contaminated soil by contacting the soil with iron.
- WO International Publication Number 03/0951 18 A1 is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety.
- the invention provides a system for producing oil and/or gas from an underground formation comprising a first array of wells dispersed above the formation; a second array of wells dispersed above the formation; wherein the first array of wells comprises a mechanism to inject a miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation into the formation while the second array of wells comprises a mechanism to produce oil and/or gas from the formation for a first time period; a means to convert at least a portion of the miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation within the formation into another compound during a second time period; and a means to recover at least a portion of the another compound during a third time period.
- the invention provides a method for producing oil and/or gas comprising injecting a carbon disulfide formulation into a formation for a first time period from a first well; producing oil and/or gas from the formation from a second well for the first time period; converting at least a portion of the carbon disulfide formulation into another compound in situ at a conclusion of the producing oil and/or gas from the formation; and recovering at least a portion of the another compound from the formation.
- the invention provides a method for producing oil and/or gas comprising injecting a miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation into a formation for a first time period from a first well; producing oil and/or gas from the formation from a second well for the first time period; converting at least a portion of the miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation into another compound within the formation after a conclusion of the producing oil and/or gas from the formation; and producing at least a portion of the another compound from the formation.
- Advantages of the invention include one or more of the following: Improved systems and methods for enhanced recovery of hydrocarbons from a formation with a solvent. Improved systems and methods for enhanced recovery of hydrocarbons from a formation with a fluid containing a miscible solvent.
- Figure 1 illustrates an oil and/or gas production system.
- Figure 2a illustrates a well pattern
- Figures 2b and 2c illustrate the well pattern of Figure 2a during enhanced oil recovery processes.
- FIGS 3a-3c illustrate oil and/or gas production systems.
- Array 200 includes well group 202 (denoted by horizontal lines) and well group 204 (denoted by diagonal lines).
- Each well in well group 202 has horizontal distance 230 from the adjacent well in well group 202.
- Each well in well group 202 has vertical distance 232 from the adjacent well in well group 202.
- Each well in well group 204 has horizontal distance 236 from the adjacent well in well group 204. Each well in well group 204 has vertical distance 238 from the adjacent well in well group 204. Each well in well group 202 is distance 234 from the adjacent wells in well group 204. Each well in well group 204 is distance 234 from the adjacent wells in well group 202. Each well in well group 202 may be surrounded by four wells in well group 204. Each well in well group 204 may be surrounded by four wells in well group 202.
- Horizontal distance 230 is from about 5 to about 1000 meters, or from about 10 to about 500 meters, or from about 20 to about 250 meters, or from about 30 to about 200 meters, or from about 50 to about 150 meters, or from about 90 to about 120 meters, or about 100 meters.
- Vertical distance 232 may be from about 5 to about 1000 meters, or from about 10 to about 500 meters, or from about 20 to about 250 meters, or from about 30 to about 200 meters, or from about 50 to about 150 meters, or from about 90 to about 120 meters, or about 100 meters.
- Horizontal distance 236 may be from about 5 to about 1000 meters, or from about 10 to about 500 meters, or from about 20 to about 250 meters, or from about 30 to about 200 meters, or from about 50 to about 150 meters, or from about 90 to about 120 meters, or about 100 meters.
- Vertical distance 238 may be from about 5 to about 1000 meters, or from about 10 to about 500 meters, or from about 20 to about 250 meters, or from about 30 to about 200 meters, or from about 50 to about 150 meters, or from about 90 to about 120 meters, or about 100 meters.
- Distance 234 may be from about 5 to about 1000 meters, or from about 10 to about 500 meters, or from about 20 to about 250 meters, or from about 30 to about 200 meters, or from about 50 to about 150 meters, or from about 90 to about 120 meters, or about 100 meters.
- Array of wells 200 may have from about 10 to about 1000 wells, for example from about 5 to about 500 wells in well group 202, and from about 5 to about 500 wells in well group 204.
- Array of wells 200 may be seen as a top view with well group 202 and well group 204 being vertical wells spaced on a piece of land.
- Array of wells 200 may be seen as a cross-sectional side view with well group 202 and well group 204 being horizontal wells spaced within a formation.
- the recovery of oil and/or gas with array of wells 200 from an underground formation may be accomplished by any known method. Suitable methods include subsea production, surface production, primary, secondary, or tertiary production. The selection of the method used to recover the oil and/or gas from the underground formation is not critical.
- FIG. 2b Referring now to Figure 2b, in some embodiments, array of wells 200 is illustrated.
- Array 200 includes well group 202 (denoted by horizontal lines) and well group 204 (denoted by diagonal lines).
- a miscible enhanced oil recovery agent may be injected into well group 204, and oil may be recovered from well group 202. As illustrated, the miscible enhanced oil recovery agent has injection profile 208, and oil recovery profile 206 is being produced to well group 202.
- a miscible enhanced oil recovery agent may be injected into well group 202, and oil may be recovered from well group 204. As illustrated, the miscible enhanced oil recovery agent has injection profile 206, and oil recovery profile 208 is being produced to well group 204.
- Well group 202 may be used for injecting a miscible enhanced oil recovery agent, and well group 204 may be used for producing oil and/or gas from the formation for a first time period; then well group 204 may be used for injecting a miscible enhanced oil recovery agent, and well group 202 may be used for producing oil and/or gas from the formation for a second time period, where the first and second time periods comprise a cycle.
- Multiple cycles may be conducted which include alternating well groups 202 and 204 between injecting a miscible enhanced oil recovery agent, and producing oil and/or gas from the formation, where one well group may be injecting and the other may be producing for a first time period, and then they are switched for a second time period.
- a cycle may be from about 12 hours to about 1 year, or from about 3 days to about 6 months, or from about 5 days to about 3 months.
- Each cycle may increase in time, for example each cycle may be from about 5% to about 10% longer than the previous cycle, for example about 8% longer.
- a miscible enhanced oil recovery agent or a mixture including a miscible enhanced oil recovery agent may be injected at the beginning of a cycle, and an immiscible enhanced oil recovery agent or a mixture including an immiscible enhanced oil recovery agent may be injected at the end of the cycle.
- the beginning of a cycle may be the first 10% to about 80% of a cycle, or the first 20% to about 60% of a cycle, the first 25% to about 40% of a cycle, and the end may be the remainder of the cycle.
- array of wells 200 is illustrated.
- Array 200 includes well group 202 (denoted by horizontal lines) and well group 204 (denoted by diagonal lines).
- a miscible enhanced oil recovery agent may be injected into well group 204, and oil may be recovered from well group 202.
- the miscible enhanced oil recovery agent has injection profile 208 with overlap 210 with oil recovery profile 206, which is being produced to well group 202.
- a miscible enhanced oil recovery agent may be injected into well group 202, and oil may be recovered from well group 204. As illustrated, the miscible enhanced oil recovery agent has injection profile 206 with overlap 210 with oil recovery profile 208, which is being produced to well group 204.
- a remediation agent may be injected into well group 204, after the oil recovery from well group 204 has been completed. Suitable remediation agents are discussed below.
- the miscible enhanced oil recovery agent may be converted in situ within injection profile 206 into another compound, and then the other compound may be recovered. Suitable methods for the conversion of the miscible enhanced oil recovery agent are discussed below.
- System 300 includes underground formation 302, underground formation 304, underground formation 306, and underground formation 308.
- Facility 310 may be provided at the surface.
- Well 312 traverses formations 302 and 304, and has openings in formation 306. Portions 314 of formation 306 may be optionally fractured and/or perforated.
- oil and gas from formation 306 may be produced into portions 314, into well 312, and travels up to facility 310.
- Facility 310 then separates gas, which may be sent to gas processing 316, and liquid, which may be sent to liquid storage 318.
- Facility 310 also includes miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation storage 330.
- miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation may be pumped down well 312 that is shown by the down arrow and pumped into formation 306.
- Miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation may be left to soak in formation for a period of time from about 1 hour to about 15 days, for example from about 5 to about 50 hours.
- miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation and oil and/or gas may be then produced back up well 312 to facility 310.
- Facility 310 may be adapted to separate and/or recycle miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation, for example by boiling the formulation, condensing it or filtering or reacting it, then re-injecting the formulation into well 312, for example by repeating the soaking cycle shown in Figures 3a and 3b from about 2 to about 5 times.
- miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation may be pumped into formation 306 below the fracture pressure of the formation, for example from about 40% to about 90% of the fracture pressure.
- Well 312 as shown in Figure 3a, injecting into formation 306 may be representative of a well in well group 202, and well 312 as shown in Figure 3b producing from formation 306 may be representative of a well in well group 204.
- Well 312 as shown in Figure 3a, injecting into formation 306 may be representative of a well in well group 204, and well 312 as shown in Figure 3b producing from formation 306 may be representative of a well in well group 202.
- a remediation agent may be injected into another adjacent well (not shown), after the oil recovery from formation 306 has been completed. Suitable remediation agents are discussed below.
- the miscible enhanced oil recovery agent may be converted in situ within formation 306 into another compound, and then the other compound recovered from well 312. Suitable methods for the conversion of the miscible enhanced oil recovery agent are discussed below.
- FIG. 3c Referring now to Figure 3c, in some embodiments of the invention, system
- System 400 includes underground formation 402, formation 404, formation 406, and formation 408.
- Production facility 410 may be provided at the surface.
- Well 412 traverses formation 402 and 404 has openings at formation 406.
- Portions of formation 414 may be optionally fractured and/or perforated.
- Gas and liquid may be separated, and gas may be sent to gas storage 416, and liquid may be sent to liquid storage 418.
- Production facility 410 may be able to produce and/or store miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation, which may be produced and stored in production / storage 430.
- Miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation Hydrogen sulfide and/or other sulfur containing compounds from well 412 may be sent to miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation production / storage 430.
- Miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation may be pumped down well 432, to portions 434 of formation 406.
- Miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation traverses formation 406 to aid in the production of oil and gas, and then the miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation, oil and/or gas may all be produced to well 412, to production facility 410.
- Miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation may then be recycled, for example by boiling the formulation, condensing it or filtering or reacting it, then re-injecting the formulation into well 432.
- a quantity of miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation or miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation mixed with other components may be injected into well 432, followed by another component to force miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation or miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation mixed with other components across formation 406, for example air; water in gas or liquid form; water mixed with one or more salts, polymers, and/or surfactants; carbon dioxide; other gases; other liquids; and/or mixtures thereof.
- well 412 which is producing oil and/or gas may be representative of a well in well group 202
- well 432 which is being used to inject miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation may be representative of a well in well group 204.
- well 412 which is producing oil and/or gas may be representative of a well in well group 204
- well 432 which is being used to inject miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation may be representative of a well in well group 202.
- a remediation agent may be injected into well 412, after the oil recovery from formation 406 and well 412 has been completed. Suitable remediation agents are discussed below.
- the miscible enhanced oil recovery agent may be converted in situ within formation 406 into another compound, and then the other compound recovered from the formation 406. Suitable methods for the conversion of the miscible enhanced oil recovery agent are discussed below.
- Suitable remediation agents include water in liquid or vapor form, foams, aqueous surfactant solutions, aqueous polymer solutions, carbon dioxide, natural gas, and/or other hydrocarbons, and mixtures thereof.
- suitable remediation agents include aqueous surfactant solutions.
- Suitable aqueous surfactant solutions are disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,943,160; U.S. Pat. No. 3,946,812; U.S. Pat. No. 4,077,471 ; U.S. Pat. No. 4,216,079; U.S. Pat. No. 5,318,709; U.S. Pat. No. 5,723,423; U.S. Pat. No. 6,022,834; U.S. Pat. No. 6,269,881 ; and by Wellington, et al. in "Low Surfactant Concentration Enhanced Waterflooding," Society of Petroleum Engineers, 1995; all of which are incorporated by reference herein.
- a remediation agent may be introduced into the formation after the completion of the miscible solvent flooding process in order to produce as much of the miscible solvent as possible.
- any miscible solvent remaining within the formation after the completion of the enhanced oil recovery operation, and after an optional remediation agent flooding operation, may be converted in situ (within the formation) into a different compound.
- the miscible solvent may include a carbon disulfide formulation.
- the carbon disulfide may be hydrolyzed within the formation into hydrogen sulfide, for example by the addition of oxygen, water, steam, peroxides, and/or heat.
- one or more catalysts such as alumina and/or titania, for example in a solution, as a powder, or as a suspension in water or other fluids may be introduced into the formation in order to catalyze the reaction from carbon disulfide to hydrogen sulfide.
- the carbon disulfide can be converted to hydrogen sulfide by any reaction or mechanism.
- the selection of the reaction or mechanism is not critical.
- One suitable mechanism by which the carbon disulfide is hydrolyzed to hydrogen sulfide is a known reaction, which has the formula:
- the hydrogen sulfide may then be recovered from one or more wells.
- water, air, carbon dioxide, or one or more other liquids or gases or remediation agents may be injected into the formation to aid in the recovery of the hydrogen sulfide from a well.
- the miscible solvent may include an alcohol and/or hydrocarbon such as natural gas, propane, butane, and/or pentane.
- the miscible solvent may be burned in place within the formation into primarily water and carbon dioxide, for example by the addition of oxygen, steam, peroxides, and/or heat.
- the miscible solvent may include a carbon disulfide formulation.
- the carbon disulfide may be combusted or oxidized within the formation into sulfur dioxide, for example by the addition of oxygen, peroxides, and/or heat.
- the carbon disulfide can be oxidized by any reaction or mechanism.
- the selection of the reaction or mechanism is not critical.
- One suitable mechanism by which the carbon disulfide is oxidized to sulfur dioxide is a known reaction, which has the formula:
- the sulfur dioxide may then be recovered from one or more wells.
- water, air, carbon dioxide, or one or more other liquids or gases or remediation agents may be injected into the formation to aid in the recovery of the sulfur dioxide from a well.
- oil and/or gas may be recovered from a formation into a well, and flow through the well and flowline to a facility.
- enhanced oil recovery with the use of an agent for example steam, water, a surfactant, a polymer flood, and/or a miscible agent such as a carbon disulfide formulation or carbon dioxide, may be used to increase the flow of oil and/or gas from the formation.
- oil and/or gas recovered from a formation may include a sulfur compound.
- the sulfur compound may include hydrogen sulfide, mercaptans, sulfides and disulfides other than hydrogen disulfide, or heterocyclic sulfur compounds for example thiophenes, benzothiophenes, or substituted and condensed ring dibenzothiophenes, or mixtures thereof.
- a sulfur compound from the formation may be converted into a carbon disulfide formulation.
- the conversion of at least a portion of the sulfur compound into a carbon disulfide formulation may be accomplished by any known method. Suitable methods may include oxidation reaction of the sulfur compound to sulfur and/or sulfur dioxides, and by reaction of sulfur and/or sulfur dioxide with carbon and/or a carbon containing compound to form the carbon disulfide formulation. The selection of the method used to convert at least a portion of the sulfur compound into a carbon disulfide formulation is not critical.
- a suitable miscible enhanced oil recovery agent may be a carbon disulfide formulation.
- the carbon disulfide formulation may include carbon disulfide and/or carbon disulfide derivatives for example, thiocarbonates, xanthates and mixtures thereof; and optionally one or more of the following: hydrogen sulfide, sulfur, carbon dioxide, hydrocarbons, and mixtures thereof.
- a suitable method of producing a carbon disulfide formulation is disclosed in copending U.S. Patent Application having serial number 1 1/409,436, filed on April 19, 2006, having attorney docket number TH2616.
- U.S. Patent Application having serial number 1 1/409,436 is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety.
- suitable miscible enhanced oil recovery agents include carbon disulfide, hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide, octane, pentane, LPG, C2-C6 aliphatic hydrocarbons, nitrogen, diesel, mineral spirits, naptha solvent, asphalt solvent, kerosene, acetone, xylene, trichloroethane, or mixtures of two or more of the preceding, or other miscible enhanced oil recovery agents as are known in the art.
- suitable miscible enhanced oil recovery agents are first contact miscible or multiple contact miscible with oil in the formation.
- suitable immiscible enhanced oil recovery agents include water in gas or liquid form, air, mixtures of two or more of the preceding, or other immiscible enhanced oil recovery agents as are known in the art. In some embodiments, suitable immiscible enhanced oil recovery agents are not first contact miscible or multiple contact miscible with oil in the formation.
- immiscible and/or miscible enhanced oil recovery agents injected into the formation may be recovered from the produced oil and/or gas and re-injected into the formation.
- oil as present in the formation prior to the injection of any enhanced oil recovery agents has a viscosity of at least about 100 centipoise, or at least about 500 centipoise, or at least about 1000 centipoise, or at least about 2000 centipoise, or at least about 5000 centipoise, or at least about 10,000 centipoise. In some embodiments, oil as present in the formation prior to the injection of any enhanced oil recovery agents has a viscosity of up to about 5,000,000 centipoise, or up to about 2,000,000 centipoise, or up to about 1 ,000,000 centipoise, or up to about 500,000 centipoise.
- Releasing at least a portion of the miscible enhanced oil recovery agent and/or other liquids and/or gases may be accomplished by any known method.
- One suitable method is injecting the miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation into a single conduit in a single well, allowing carbon disulfide formulation to soak, and then pumping out at least a portion of the carbon disulfide formulation with gas and/or liquids.
- Another suitable method is injecting the miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation into a first well, and pumping out at least a portion of the miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation with gas and/or liquids through a second well.
- the selection of the method used to inject at least a portion of the miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation and/or other liquids and/or gases is not critical.
- the miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation and/or other liquids and/or gases may be pumped into a formation at a pressure up to the fracture pressure of the formation.
- the miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation may be mixed in with oil and/or gas in a formation to form a mixture which may be recovered from a well.
- a quantity of the miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation may be injected into a well, followed by another component to force carbon the formulation across the formation.
- air, water in liquid or vapor form, carbon dioxide, other gases, other liquids, and/or mixtures thereof may be used to force the miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation across the formation.
- the miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation may be heated prior to being injected into the formation to lower the viscosity of fluids in the formation, for example heavy oils, paraffins, asphaltenes, etc.
- the miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation may be heated and/or boiled while within the formation, with the use of a heated fluid or a heater, to lower the viscosity of fluids in the formation.
- heated water and/or steam may be used to heat and/or vaporize the miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation in the formation.
- the miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation may be heated and/or boiled while within the formation, with the use of a heater.
- One suitable heater is disclosed in copending United States Patent Application having serial number 10/693,816, filed on October 24, 2003, and having attorney docket number TH2557. United States Patent Application having serial number 10/693,816 is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety.
- oil and/or gas produced may be transported to a refinery and/or a treatment facility.
- the oil and/or gas may be processed to produced to produce commercial products such as transportation fuels such as gasoline and diesel, heating fuel, lubricants, chemicals, and/or polymers.
- Processing may include distilling and/or fractionally distilling the oil and/or gas to produce one or more distillate fractions.
- the oil and/or gas, and/or the one or more distillate fractions may be subjected to a process of one or more of the following: catalytic cracking, hydrocracking, hydrotreating, coking, thermal cracking, distilling, reforming, polymerization, isomehzation, alkylation, blending, and dewaxing.
- a system for producing oil and/or gas from an underground formation comprising a first array of wells dispersed above the formation; a second array of wells dispersed above the formation; wherein the first array of wells comprises a mechanism to inject a miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation into the formation while the second array of wells comprises a mechanism to produce oil and/or gas from the formation for a first time period; a means to convert at least a portion of the miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation within the formation into another compound during a second time period; and a means to recover at least a portion of the another compound during a third time period.
- a well in the first array of wells is at a distance of 10 meters to 1 kilometer from one or more adjacent wells in the second array of wells.
- the underground formation is beneath a body of water.
- the system also includes a mechanism for injecting an immiscible enhanced oil recovery formulation into the formation, after the miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation has been released into the formation.
- the system also includes a miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation selected from the group consisting of a carbon disulfide formulation, hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide, octane, pentane, LPG, C2-C6 aliphatic hydrocarbons, nitrogen, diesel, mineral spirits, naptha solvent, asphalt solvent, kerosene, acetone, xylene, thchloroethane, and mixtures thereof.
- the system also includes an immiscible enhanced oil recovery formulation selected from the group consisting of water in gas or liquid form, air, and mixtures thereof.
- the first array of wells comprises from 5 to 500 wells
- the second array of wells comprises from 5 to 500 wells.
- the system also includes a miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation comprising a carbon disulfide formulation. In some embodiments, the system also includes a mechanism for producing a carbon disulfide formulation.
- the underground formation comprises an oil having a viscosity from 100 to 5,000,000 centipoise.
- the first array of wells comprises a miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation profile in the formation
- the second array of wells comprises an oil recovery profile in the formation, the system further comprising an overlap between the miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation profile and the oil recovery profile.
- the miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation comprises carbon disulfide.
- the another compound comprises hydrogen sulfide.
- the means to recover at least a portion of the another compound comprises a well to collect the another compound and convey the another compound from within the formation to a position above the formation. In some embodiments, the means to recover at least a portion of the another compound comprises a well to inject a remediation agent into the formation to displace the another compound from within the formation towards one or more other wells.
- a method for producing oil and/or gas comprising injecting a carbon disulfide formulation into a formation for a first time period from a first well; producing oil and/or gas from the formation from a second well for the first time period; converting at least a portion of the carbon disulfide formulation into another compound in situ at a conclusion of the producing oil and/or gas from the formation; and recovering at least a portion of the another compound from the formation.
- the method also includes recovering carbon disulfide formulation from the oil and/or gas, if present, and then injecting at least a portion of the recovered carbon disulfide formulation into the formation.
- injecting the carbon disulfide formulation comprises injecting at least a portion of the carbon disulfide formulation into the formation in a mixture with one or more of hydrocarbons; sulfur compounds other than carbon disulfide; carbon dioxide; carbon monoxide; or mixtures thereof.
- the method also includes further comprising heating the carbon disulfide formulation prior to injecting the carbon disulfide formulation into the formation, or while within the formation.
- the carbon disulfide formulation is injected at a pressure from 0 to 37,000 kilopascals above the initial reservoir pressure, measured prior to when carbon disulfide injection begins.
- the underground formation comprises a permeability from 0.0001 to 15 Darcies, for example a permeability from 0.001 to 1 Darcy.
- any oil, as present in the underground formation prior to the injecting the carbon disulfide formulation has a sulfur content from 0.5% to 5%, for example from 1 % to 3%.
- the method also includes converting at least a portion of the recovered oil and/or gas into a material selected from the group consisting of transportation fuels such as gasoline and diesel, heating fuel, lubricants, chemicals, and/or polymers.
- the method also includes injecting a remediation agent into the formation for a second time period from the second well; and producing the another compound from the formation from the first well for the second time period.
- the remediation agent comprises a material selected from the group consisting of water, water and a surfactant, carbon dioxide, air, and natural gas.
- the remediation agent comprises water and a polymer dissolved in the water.
- converting at least a portion of the carbon disulfide formulation into another compound comprises injecting at least one of steam, water, and peroxide into the formation.
- a method for producing oil and/or gas comprising injecting a miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation into a formation for a first time period from a first well; producing oil and/or gas from the formation from a second well for the first time period; converting at least a portion of the miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation into another compound within the formation after a conclusion of the producing oil and/or gas from the formation; and producing at least a portion of the another compound from the formation.
- the method also includes injecting an immiscible enhanced oil recovery formulation into the formation for a time period after the first time period from the first well, to push the miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation through the formation.
- the produced oil and/or gas comprises a sulfur compound, further comprising converting at least a portion of the sulfur compound into a miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation.
- the miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation comprises a carbon disulfide formulation.
- the another compound comprises hydrogen sulfide.
- the method also includes heating the miscible enhanced oil recovery formulation.
- the method also includes injecting a remediation agent into the formation for a second time period from the second well; and producing the another compound from the formation from the first well for the second time period.
- the remediation agent comprises at least one of water and carbon dioxide.
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