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Laboratory Testing of Novel Polyfraction Nanoemulsion for EOR Processes in Carbonate Formations
Piotr Kasza, Marek Czupski, Klaudia Wilk, Mateusz Masłowski, Rafał Moska, Łukasz Leśniak
March 29, 2023
Nanoemulsions and polymers are widely used for increasing the efficiency of enhanced oil recovery (EOR) processes. The application of both these additives enables the synergistic use of several physical phenomena that are crucial to the process. One of the methods used for assessing these processes is laboratory core flooding tests using natural cores. In various experiments, carbonate rocks are subjected to oil displacement under high pressure and temperature. Polymer solutions and a newly developed polyfraction nanoemulsion are tested. The test results confirm the usefulness of these products for EOR processes and demonstrate their stability under high pressure, high temperature, and in the presence of H2S. Under these conditions the polymers maintain high efficiency in displacing crude oil from carbonate rocks, while the tested nanoemulsion improves the wettability of carbonate rocks and reduces interfacial tension, factors which increase the efficiency of oil displacement.The best result in the laboratory EOR simulation was obtained for polymer and nanoemulsion concentrations in dilute reservoir water of 0.05% and 1%, respectively. In this case, the measured oil recovery was 37.5% higher than that obtained when using water without additives.
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carbonates, chemical EOR, contact angle, core floods, polyfraction nanoemulsion
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Kasza P, Czupski M, Wilk K, Masłowski M, Moska R, Leśniak Ł. Laboratory Testing of Novel Polyfraction Nanoemulsion for EOR Processes in Carbonate Formations. (2023). LAPSE:2023.25811v1
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Kasza P: Oil and Gas Institute—National Research Institute, 25A Lubicz str., 31-503 Krakow, Poland [ORCID]
Czupski M: Oil and Gas Institute—National Research Institute, 25A Lubicz str., 31-503 Krakow, Poland
Wilk K: Oil and Gas Institute—National Research Institute, 25A Lubicz str., 31-503 Krakow, Poland [ORCID]
Masłowski M: Oil and Gas Institute—National Research Institute, 25A Lubicz str., 31-503 Krakow, Poland
Moska R: Oil and Gas Institute—National Research Institute, 25A Lubicz str., 31-503 Krakow, Poland
Leśniak Ł: Brenntag Polska, Jana Bema 21 str., 47-224 Kędzierzyn Koźle, Poland
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Energies
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13
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16
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E4175
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2020
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2020-08-12
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1996-1073
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