Enhanced oil recovery mechanism of low oxygen air injection in high water cut reservoir
Abstract Whether air injection can extract additional oil in high water cut reservoirs is a big question. In this paper, long-core displacement experiment has been carried out to investigate the potential of low oxygen air flooding in high water cut reservoirs. Results indicate that implementing low...
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| description | Abstract Whether air injection can extract additional oil in high water cut reservoirs is a big question. In this paper, long-core displacement experiment has been carried out to investigate the potential of low oxygen air flooding in high water cut reservoirs. Results indicate that implementing low oxygen air injection has potential to improve oil recovery in high water cut light oil reservoir. The reservoir with higher matrix permeability and or lower reservoir permeability contrast ratio is desirable to achieve higher oil recovery factor. In addition, the oil recovery factor for water/gas alternate injection (WAG) strategy is higher than that of continuous low oxygen air flooding. And the WAG strategy has the ability to delay gas breakthrough compared with the strategy of continuous low oxygen air injection under same experiment condition. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bbaa8fd60706435795a01d9a884edcf02022-12-22T02:02:22ZengSpringerOpenJournal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology2190-05582190-05662017-10-018391792310.1007/s13202-017-0389-0Enhanced oil recovery mechanism of low oxygen air injection in high water cut reservoirHu Jia0Shu-Pin Yin1Xian-Ping Ma2State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum UniversityState Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum UniversityOil Production Technology Institute of Dagang Oilfield, CNPCAbstract Whether air injection can extract additional oil in high water cut reservoirs is a big question. In this paper, long-core displacement experiment has been carried out to investigate the potential of low oxygen air flooding in high water cut reservoirs. Results indicate that implementing low oxygen air injection has potential to improve oil recovery in high water cut light oil reservoir. The reservoir with higher matrix permeability and or lower reservoir permeability contrast ratio is desirable to achieve higher oil recovery factor. In addition, the oil recovery factor for water/gas alternate injection (WAG) strategy is higher than that of continuous low oxygen air flooding. And the WAG strategy has the ability to delay gas breakthrough compared with the strategy of continuous low oxygen air injection under same experiment condition.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13202-017-0389-0Low oxygen air injectionHigh water cutHeterogeneityEnhanced oil recovery |
| spellingShingle | Hu Jia Shu-Pin Yin Xian-Ping Ma Enhanced oil recovery mechanism of low oxygen air injection in high water cut reservoir Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology Low oxygen air injection High water cut Heterogeneity Enhanced oil recovery |
| title | Enhanced oil recovery mechanism of low oxygen air injection in high water cut reservoir |
| title_full | Enhanced oil recovery mechanism of low oxygen air injection in high water cut reservoir |
| title_fullStr | Enhanced oil recovery mechanism of low oxygen air injection in high water cut reservoir |
| title_full_unstemmed | Enhanced oil recovery mechanism of low oxygen air injection in high water cut reservoir |
| title_short | Enhanced oil recovery mechanism of low oxygen air injection in high water cut reservoir |
| title_sort | enhanced oil recovery mechanism of low oxygen air injection in high water cut reservoir |
| topic | Low oxygen air injection High water cut Heterogeneity Enhanced oil recovery |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13202-017-0389-0 |
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