- Patent Title: Method of controlling salinity of a low salinity injection water
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Application No.: US16645426Application Date: 2018-09-12
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Publication No.: US11648511B2Publication Date: 2023-05-16
- Inventor: Ian Ralph Collins , John William Couves , John Henry Crouch , John Dale Williams
- Applicant: BP Exploration Operating Company Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Middlesex
- Assignee: BP EXPLORATION OPERATING COMPANY LIMITED
- Current Assignee: BP EXPLORATION OPERATING COMPANY LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: GB Middlesex
- Agency: Conley Rose, P.C.
- Priority: GB 14649 2017.09.12
- International Application: PCT/EP2018/074669 2018.09.12
- International Announcement: WO2019/053092A 2019.03.21
- Date entered country: 2020-03-06
- Main IPC: B01D61/02
- IPC: B01D61/02 ; B01D61/08 ; B01D61/12 ; B01F23/40 ; C02F1/44 ; C02F1/68 ; C09K8/58 ; E21B43/20 ; B01F35/82 ; B01F101/49 ; C02F103/08 ; C02F103/10

Abstract:
A method includes producing a first blended low salinity injection water for injection into at least one injection well that penetrates a first region of an oil-bearing reservoir and producing a second blended low salinity injection water for injection into at least one injection well that penetrates a second region of an oil-bearing reservoir. The reservoir rock of the first and second regions has first and second rock compositions, respectively, that present different risks of formation damage. The first and second blended low salinity injection waters comprise variable amounts of nanofiltration permeate and reverse osmosis permeate. The compositions of the first and second blended low salinity injection waters are maintained within first and second predetermined operating envelopes, respectively, that balance improving enhanced oil recovery from the first and second regions while reducing formation damage upon injecting the first and second blended low salinity injection waters into the oil-bearing reservoir.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200230554A1 Method of Controlling Salinity of a Low Salinity Injection Water Public/Granted day:2020-07-23
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