APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TESTING MULTIPLE SAMPLES

    公开(公告)号:US20160109334A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-04-21

    申请号:US14977997

    申请日:2015-12-22

    IPC分类号: G01N1/00 G01N15/08

    CPC分类号: G01N1/00 E21B43/20 G01N15/082

    摘要: The invention relates to an apparatus for simultaneously injecting fluids into a plurality of samples of porous media, comprising: a plurality of holders for the samples of porous media, each holder comprising a sleeve and first and second platens, the first platen having an inlet for an injection fluid and the second platen having an outlet for a produced fluid, and the samples of porous media being arranged, in use, in each of the holders such that the first platen and second platen of each holder contact a first and second end of the sample of porous medium respectively, the inlet of each first platen being in fluid communication with an injection line for injecting fluid into the sample of porous medium arranged in the holder, the outlet of each second platen being in fluid communication with a dedicated effluent line for removing fluid produced from the sample of porous medium arranged in the holder, on-line and/or off-line analytical means for analyzing the fluids injected into each of the samples of porous media, on-line and/or off-line means for analyzing the fluids removed from each of the samples of porous media. A method of simultaneously injecting injection fluid into the samples of porous media is also provided.

    METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONFIGURING CRUDE OIL DISPLACEMENT SYSTEM
    4.
    发明申请
    METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONFIGURING CRUDE OIL DISPLACEMENT SYSTEM 审中-公开
    用于配置原油排放系统的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US20150300149A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-10-22

    申请号:US14790090

    申请日:2015-07-02

    IPC分类号: E21B44/00 G05B17/02

    摘要: 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.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于确定原油排放系统的一种或多种操作模式的计算机实现的方法。 原油置换系统被布置成将含水置换流体注入到一个或多个储存器中,每个储存器包括多孔和可渗透的岩层,其中原油和地层水被包含在岩层的孔隙空间内。 原油排放系统用于从岩层孔隙空间中排除原油。 计算机实现的方法包括以下步骤:接收与位移流体的一种或多种化学特性相关联的测量数据和一个或多个储层的岩层,原油和地层水的一种或多种化学特征,以及输入 测量数据和表示预定油量的数据转换成计算机实现的预测模型。 操作该预测模型,以产生指示与预定体积的油相比预测的附加量的油的预测数据,其将通过配置原油排出系统而移位,以便将具有化学特性的置换流体 进入一个或多个储层。 根据预测数据,确定原油排放系统的一个或多个运行模式。 还提供了采用预测模型的进一步的计算机实现的方法,其中产生指示位移流体的一种或多种预测化学特性的预测数据。 另外,提供了一种用于配置原油排放系统的系统。

    Method to Detect Incremental Oil Production Arising from a Low Salinity Waterflood

    公开(公告)号:US20190100996A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-04

    申请号:US16086662

    申请日:2017-03-14

    IPC分类号: E21B49/08 G01N33/28 E21B43/20

    摘要: A method for detecting incremental oil production from an oil-bearing reservoir includes taking a baseline sample of the oil and analyzing the baseline sample of oil to establish a baseline compositional signature for the oxygen-containing organic compounds in the oil. In addition, the method includes commencing a low salinity waterflood by injecting a low salinity water into the reservoir from an injection well. Further, the method includes recovering oil from a production well. Still further, the method includes taking post-flood samples of the oil produced from the production well over time. The method also includes analyzing the post-flood samples of oil to establish post-flood compositional signatures for the oxygen-containing organic compounds in the oil. Moreover, the method includes identifying a difference between one or more of the post-flood compositional signatures and the baseline compositional signature that is characteristic of incremental oil released by the low salinity waterflood.

    Oil recovery method
    7.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09982520B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-29

    申请号:US14905084

    申请日:2014-07-15

    IPC分类号: E21B43/20 C09K8/58

    CPC分类号: E21B43/20 C09K8/58

    摘要: A method for recovering crude oil from a reservoir that is penetrated by at least one injection well, the method comprising: injecting an aqueous displacement fluid comprising a solution of a zinc salt in an aqueous base fluid into the reservoir from the injection well wherein 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; and wherein the aqueous displacement fluid has a dissolved zinc concentration in the range of 10 to 3,750 ppmv.

    Apparatus and method for testing multiple samples

    公开(公告)号:US09804062B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-10-31

    申请号:US14977997

    申请日:2015-12-22

    IPC分类号: E21B43/20 G01N1/00 G01N15/08

    CPC分类号: G01N1/00 E21B43/20 G01N15/082

    摘要: The invention relates to an apparatus for simultaneously injecting fluids into a plurality of samples of porous media, comprising: a plurality of holders for the samples of porous media, each holder comprising a sleeve and first and second platens, the first platen having an inlet for an injection fluid and the second platen having an outlet for a produced fluid, and the samples of porous media being arranged, in use, in each of the holders such that the first platen and second platen of each holder contact a first and second end of the sample of porous medium respectively, the inlet of each first platen being in fluid communication with an injection line for injecting fluid into the sample of porous medium arranged in the holder, the outlet of each second platen being in fluid communication with a dedicated effluent line for removing fluid produced from the sample of porous medium arranged in the holder, on-line and/or off-line analytical means for analyzing the fluids injected into each of the samples of porous media, on-line and/or off-line means for analyzing the fluids removed from each of the samples of porous media. A method of simultaneously injecting injection fluid into the samples of porous media is also provided.

    METHOD OF CONTROLLING SALINITY OF AN INJECTION WATER DURING COMMISSIONING OF AN INJECTION WELL

    公开(公告)号:US20200248514A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-06

    申请号:US16637285

    申请日:2018-08-09

    IPC分类号: E21B21/06 E21B43/20 E21B49/00

    摘要: An integrated system includes a desalination plant including a reverse osmosis (RO) array to produce an RO permeate blending stream and a nanofiltration (NF) array to produce an NF permeate blending stream. The integrated system also includes a blending system, a control unit, and an injection system for an injection well that penetrates an oil-bearing layer of a reservoir. The blending system is to blend the RO permeate blending stream and the NF permeate blending stream to produce a blended injection water stream. The control unit is to dynamically alter operation of the blending system to adjust amounts of at least one of the RO permeate blending stream and the NF permeate blending stream to alter the composition of the blended injection water stream from an initial composition to a target composition.

    Method of Controlling Salinity of a Low Salinity Injection Water

    公开(公告)号:US20200230554A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-23

    申请号:US16645426

    申请日:2018-09-12

    摘要: 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.