WO2015108812A1 - Composition for and process of recovering oil from an oil-bearing formation - Google Patents
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Definitions
- 2003/0220204 provides a process for oil recovery in which a foam containing surface- modified nanoparticles is used.
- the surface of the nanoparticles is modified by contacting the nanoparticles with a surface modifying agent that may be represented by the formula A-B, where the A group is capable of attaching to the surface of the particle and the B group is a compatibilizing group that modifies the solubility characteristics of the nanoparticles.
- A-B surface modifying agent that may be represented by the formula A-B, where the A group is capable of attaching to the surface of the particle and the B group is a compatibilizing group that modifies the solubility characteristics of the nanoparticles.
- Other ultrastable particle-stabilized foams have been developed that are useful in oil-recovery where colloidal particles of various chemical compositions are surface lyophobized through adsorption of short-chain amphiphilic molecules onto the particle surface.
- Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an oil-production system and oil-bearing formation that may be utilized to effect a process of the present invention.
- Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of an oil-production system and oil-bearing formation illustrating the initial flow of a foam composition of the present invention in the formation in a process in accordance with the present invention.
- the fly-ash particles stabilize the foam by collecting and agglomerating in nodes connecting liquid lamellae— the contact points between the liquid phase of adjoining bubbles in the foam— thereby inhibiting the drainage of water and/or surfactant from the lamellae. Furthermore, substantially less surfactant is required to form the foam than a foam formed in the absence of the fly-ash particles.
- the surfactant is mixed with the water to form a fluid in which the fly-ash particles are dispersed and suspended.
- the surfactant is present in the composition in an amount effective to promote the formation of a stable foam upon mixing with a gas.
- the composition of the present invention may contain less surfactant than conventional aqueous surfactant compositions utilized to produce foams for enhanced oil recovery due to the presence of the stabilizing fly-ash particles in the composition.
- the surfactant may comprise from 0.01 wt. to 0.5 wt.% of the composition, or from 0.05 wt.% to 0.3 wt.% of the composition whereas conventional aqueous surfactant compositions utilized to produce foams may typically contain from 0.5 wt.% to 5 wt.% of surfactant.
- concentration of the surfactant will depend on the salinity of the formation brine and the critical micelle concentration of the selected surfactant, as may be determined in accordance with conventional methods of preparing foaming compositions.
- the fly-ash particles may be present in the suspension comprised of water, surfactant, and the fly-ash particles in an amount of from 0.1 mg/ml to 3 mg/ml, and preferably in an amount of from 0.5 mg/ml to 2 mg/ml.
- the present invention is also directed to a process for recovering oil from an oil- bearing formation utilizing a foam of the composition described above or formed from the suspension of the composition described above.
- the foam is relatively stable due to the fly-ash particles, enabling the foam to drive further into a formation from an injection well relative to a comparable foam that does not contain the fly-ash particles. Oil recovery from the formation may be improved by utilization of the fly- ash particle stabilized foam.
- the "foam” refers to a foam of the composition as described above
- the "suspension” refers to a suspension of the composition described above.
- the oil-bearing formation may also be comprised of water, which may be located in pores within the porous matrix material.
- the water in the formation may be connate water, water from a secondary or tertiary oil recovery process water- flood, or a mixture thereof.
- the water in the oil-bearing formation may be positioned to immobilize oil within the pores. Contact of the foam with the oil in the formation may mobilize at least a portion of the oil in the formation for production and recovery from the formation by freeing at least a portion of the oil from pores within the formation.
- each slug of the suspension and each slug of the gas may be introduced into the formation in an amount effective to form a foam 111 utilizing a substantial portion of the injected suspension and gas slugs.
- each slug of the suspension and each slug of the gas may be from 0.03 PV to 0.2 PV of the volume of the formation that may be swept by the foam between the injection well 103 and the production well 109.
- Preferably each slug of the suspension and each slug of the gas may be from 0.05 PV to 0.15 PV of the volume of the formation that may be swept by the foam between the injection well and the production well.
- the foam and mobilized oil may then flow through the formation 101 from the injection well 103 to the production well 109 through both the high permeability zone 201 and the low permeability zone 203 in a relatively uniform front— enhancing the amount of oil produced from the formation by mobilizing and driving oil in the low permeability zone 203 as well as oil in the high permeability zone for production from the production well 109.
- the mobility ratio of the foam to oil in the formation may promote uniform flow of the foam and mobilized oil through the formation and may inhibit fingering of the foam through the oil.
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| EA201691427A EA201691427A1 (ru) | 2014-01-14 | 2015-01-12 | Композиция и способ для добычи нефти из нефтеносного пласта |
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