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IMPROVING CO2 EFFICIENCY FOR RECOVERING OIL IN HETEROGENEOUS RESERVOIRS

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This document is the Final Report for the U.S. Department of Energy under contract No. DEFG26- 01BC15364, a three-year contract with a no-cost extension entitled: ?Improving CO2 Efficiency for Recovering Oil in Heterogeneous Reservoirs.? This research improved our knowledge and understanding of CO2 flooding and included work in the areas of injectivity and mobility control. Chapter 1 summarizes a survey performed for all the CO2 injection projects in the Permian Basin. Chapter 2 covers CO2-brine-reservoir rock interactions that were studied to better understand injectivity implications. Chapter 3 summarizes work performed to determine possible injectivity and productivity reduction due to high flow rate in near-wellbore regions, and Chapter 4 summarizes work in the areas of foam stability, interfacial tension, surfactant adsorption and desorption, and mobility control. Chapter 5 lists the papers, reports, workshops, and presentations produced as a result of the research work under this contract. The work performed under this contract and the results achieved through this research in the related fields of mobility control and injectivity will improve industry understanding of CO2 flooding mechanisms, with the ultimate goal of economically recovering more of the U.S. oil reserves. Results include: ? Identification of the extent that various properties affect foaming agent adsorption, i.e.: rock type, surfactant type, surfactant concentration, co-surfactants, sacrificial agents, brine salinity, pH, and temperature. ? Understanding of the extent of synergistic effects on adsorption and desorption in dual chemical systems for five powdered minerals and three rock types. ? Identification of parameters that change injectivity and improve sweep efficiency. ? Identification of causes of injectivity changes: fines migration, permeability changes, dissolution, precipitation, stress/pressure gradient, phase behavior, flow rate, etc. ? Development of models to predict advancing rates of individual components in mixed chemical systems with adsorption and desorption kinetic and equilibrium rates, foam behavior in heterogeneous systems, and injectivity.

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Last Updated September 29, 2016, 15:00 (LMT)
Created September 29, 2016, 15:00 (LMT)
Citation Reid B. Grigg ---- Roy Long, IMPROVING CO2 EFFICIENCY FOR RECOVERING OIL IN HETEROGENEOUS RESERVOIRS, 2016-09-29, https://edx.netl.doe.gov/dataset/improving-co2-efficiency-for-recovering-oil-in-heterogeneous-reservoirs
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Poc Email Roy.long@netl.doe.gov
Point Of Contact Roy Long
Program Or Project KMD
Publication Date 2005-5-17