화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.39, 136-148, July, 2016
DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2016.05.020  Export Citation
Enhanced oil recovery in high temperature carbonates using microemulsions formulated with a new hydrophobic component
Mohammad Saber Karambeigi, Masoud Nasiri, Ali Haghighi Asl†, and Mohammad Ali Emadi1
  • Faculty of Chemical, Gas and Petroleum Engineering, Semnan University, Semnan 35195-363, Iran
  • 1IOR/EOR Research Institute, National Iranian Oil Company, Tehran 1969813771, Iran
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The positive feedback from previous studies has confirmed the high performance of microemulsion flooding. However, there are few researches assessing this efficient method in carbonates reservoirs, particularly at high temperature. This paper attempts to fill the gap. Furthermore, biodiesel is introduced and evaluated as a new hydrocarbon source of mixture. For this purpose, phase behavior of surfactant/brine/biodiesel/co-solvent was systematically studied using response surface methodology to find the optimum formulation. Thereafter, optimized microemulsion was characterized in terms of particle size distribution, zeta potential, electrical conductivity, polarized light microscopy, surface tension, interfacial tension, and viscosity. Finally, oil recovery tests comprising spontaneous imbibition, contact angle, core-flood and microvisual experiments were conducted to examine the potential of optimum formulation for chemical enhanced oil recovery (CEOR) purpose in carbonates. Experiments of different stages were carried out at elevated temperature (75 ℃). Employing optimal microemulsion, 20.0% original oil in place (OOIP) in spontaneous imbibition and 6.4% OOIP in core-flood tests were tertiary added to oil recovery. The results of this study illustrate the efficacy of proposed formulation to increase oil recovery factor of carbonate formations.
Keywords:Microemulsion flooding;Biodiesel;Enhanced oil recovery;Carbonate reservoirs;Interfacial tension;Wettability
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