.... Stable SBDWE samples generated at their optimal conditions were then employed for sandpack flooding experiments to observe their capacity to improve heavy oil recovery. In order to create stable SBDWE, biodiesel was first treated with steam at high pressure and high temperature conditions (1.6 MPa, 200°C...

... SWP322 under the conditions of high temperature and high salinity. Experiments show that the polymer has a temperature resistance of 100°C and a salinity resistance level of 2.0×105 mg/L. The experimental results show that the polymer SWP322 has a lower dissolution rate at room temperature than HPAM...

...) ~ (3) . (1) V 1 = v t − V 0 (2) V 2 = π d 2 L / 4 Experiment Methods Experimental Materials Abstract Preformed Particle Gels are successfully used for profile control in heterogeneous reservoirs. However, it is still unclear how to select proper...

... and chlorite, with no palygorskite content, As this viscous oil is planned to be produced by thermal applications, Clay stabilization experiments were conducted to ascertain the permeability reduction in the reservoir due to swelling of clay minerals and changes after exposure to steam. The steam flood...

... inhibitors and a variety of water treatment techniques. For each scenario, a specific SP formulation was designed and evaluated through static adsorption tests using crushed reservoir rock. The two most promising options were then evaluated through coreflood experiments. The best option was selected based...

... 18.44 vol%) 0.8788 4043 2. Experimental Setup Glass-based capillary tubes with diameter of 1.02 mm were utilized to examine the interactions between two miscible fluids, i.e., solvent and viscous oil. A camera (Canon EOS 7D) was used to record the physical processes during the experiments...

... crude oil and 30% brine water, assuming 30% water cut. At this stage the mixture is ready for the experimentation. This mix is sufficient to conduct 30 HDAD experiment-runs. Only 18 experiments is manifested for this study. For each run, the reservoir cell is designed to be 200 gm of which 18 gm brine...

..., and kinetic parameters (activation energies, pre-exponential factor, etc.). Through these data, one can determine that if catalysts have a catalytic effect on the oxidation process. Using TG can get almost the same information like DSC experiments except that heat effect. Nevertheless, the experimental...

... condition homogeneous formation production stage society of petroleum engineers numerical simulation method Simulation numerical simulation experimental study production performance experiment interlayer characteristic oil production rate SAGD process single interlayer SAGD oil reservoir...

... where l is the length of capillary rise, t is the elapsed time, d is diameter of capillary tube, ɣ is surface tension of fluid, η is the viscosity of fluid and θ is the contact angle. Experimental Materials The materials used for these experiments include the carbonate rock powder, which...

...Methodology Polymer Solutions: The core was packed with 40-mesh sand size uniformly in both the experiments. After water saturation, pore volume (PV) and permeability measurements were performed in all the experiments ( Table 4 ). After oil saturation (in recovery experiments), water...

... reaction on the disk surface. Both Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids were studied to investigate the adequacy of the equations’ assumptions. To validate the model, simulations were compared with experimental results. Experiments were run at 0.25, 0.5, 1, and 1.25M HCl with marble using the RDA at 250°F...

... during all steps of each experiment. Also, confining pressure was always 150 psig above the injection pressure. All the experiments were performed at room temperature (about 22 °C). Five core flood experiments (three fractured and two homogenous core samples) were performed, the experimental parameters...

... plugging or excessive retention. Coreflood oil recovery experiments show that hot polymer flood is promising Laboratory corefloods were successfully history matched using thermal and incorporating viscous fingering model. Additional experimental and simulation studies and economic analysis...

... to generate the required steam, the cost per incremental barrel of oil is high. Experimental steam injections on sand and core samples are carried in many academic and industrial laboratories. Experimental setups and standard procedures are commonly used to perform the experiments. Some...

... the water-oil emulsions in the produced oil obtained from steam injection processes ( Nciri et al., 2009 , Hong 2009). Conclusion Based on the control experiments conducted in this study, it is concluded that saturates fraction of oil can precipitate asphaltenes at a higher rate than n-pentane...

... to observe vertical movement of steam, if any. Laboratory steamflood experiments were performed on composite plugs. It was followed by oil injection (drainage) to mimic the CSS process and to quantify the water retention and to compare it with the field data. Moreover, detailed geological analysis...

.... In this study, the effect of low temperature injection in a high temperature system is evaluated. Earlier studies suggested that this method could be beneficial. However, it is not verified by core flooding experiments. If proven effective, the usage of CO 2 would add its advantage along with its current huge...

... not be technically possible. On the basis of these, we adapted our earlier experimental design (continuous solvent injection -dynamic experiments- through fractured rock matrix) introduced in Leyva-Gomez and Babadagli (2014 , 2016 ) and a parametric study was conducted considering a wide range of temperatures...

... these techniques. Experimental Procedure Nine thermal enhanced oil recovery (EOR) experiments were conducted to simulate steam flooding (SF), hot water injection (HWI), in situ combustion (ISC), steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD), and expanding solvent-SAGD processes ( Morrow et al. 2014...