公开(公告)号：US10227858B2

公开(公告)日：2019-03-12

申请号：US14790090

申请日：2015-07-02

Applicant: BP EXPLORATION OPERATING COMPANY LIMITED

Inventor： Ian Ralph Collins ,  Stephanie Jane Houston ,  Kevin John Webb

IPC: E21B43/16 ,  E21B44/00 ,  G05B17/02 ,  C09K8/58 ,  E21B41/00 ,  E21B49/08 ,  G01N24/08 ,  E21B43/20

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for determining one or more operating modes for a crude oil displacement system is provided. The crude oil displacement system is arranged to inject an aqueous displacement fluid into one or more reservoirs, each reservoir comprising a porous and permeable rock formation, wherein crude oil and formation water are contained within a pore space of the rock formation. The crude oil displacement system is for use in displacing crude oil from the pore space of the rock formation. The computer-implemented method comprises the steps of receiving measurement data associated with one or more chemical characteristics of the displacement fluid and one or more chemical characteristics of the rock formation, the crude oil and the formation water of the one or more reservoirs, and inputting the measurement data and data representing a predetermined volume of oil into a computer-implemented predictive model. The predictive model is operated so as to generate predicted data indicative of a predicted additional amount of oil, compared to the predetermined volume of oil, that will be displaced by configuring the crude oil displacement system so as to inject the displacement fluid having the chemical characteristics into the one or more reservoirs. On the basis of the predicted data, the one or more operating modes of the crude oil displacement system are determined. A further computer-implemented method employing the predictive model in which predicted data indicative of one or more predicted chemical characteristics of the displacement fluid are generated is also provided. Additionally, a system for configuring a crude oil displacement system is provided.

公开(公告)号：US20180163523A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-14

申请号：US15890540

申请日：2018-02-07

Applicant: BP EXPLORATION OPERATING COMPANY LIMITED

Inventor： Ian Ralph Collins ,  Arnaud Lager

IPC: E21B43/20 ,  C09K8/58

CPC classification number: E21B43/20 ,  C09K8/58

Abstract: A method for recovering crude oil from a reservoir that is penetrated by at least one injection well includes injecting an aqueous displacement fluid into the reservoir from the injection well. The displacement fluid includes a solution of a zinc salt in an aqueous base fluid. The aqueous base fluid has a total dissolved solids (TDS) concentration in the range of 200 to 250,000 ppmv (parts per million based on the volume of the aqueous base fluid) and a viscosity in the range of 1.00 to 2.00 centipoise (cP) at standard temperature and pressure. The aqueous displacement fluid has a dissolved zinc concentration in the range of 10 to 3,750 ppmv. The aqueous displacement fluid includes dissolved chloride. The molar ratio of dissolved chloride to dissolved zinc in the aqueous displacement fluid is at least 5:1.